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    thee.thesenatedecideduponan

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    soil.asenddivisiohecarthaginian

    aresofroushingtothe

    aidofthehotoplanandeverybody

    expectedagreatvictory.butthegodshaddecided

    otherwise.

    ithefalloftheyear218beforethebirthofchrist

    andtheronaroattaarthaginiansin

    spainhadleftitaly.peopleingfoewsof

    aneasyaevictoryanto

    spreadthroughtheplainofthepo.ountaiheir

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    thousandsofyearsbefore,haddriventheoxenofgeryonon

    hisspaintogreeof

    bedraggledrefugeesappearedbeforethegatesofro,h

    repletedetails.hannibal,thesonofhalcar,h

    fiftythousandsoldiers,nihousandhorsenandthirty

    sevenfightingelephants,hadcrossedthepyrenees.hehad

    defeatedtheronarofscipioonthebanksoftherhone

    andhehadguidedhisarsafelyaountainpasses

    ofthealpsalthoughitoberandtheroadshickly

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    thegaulsandtogethertheyhaddefeatedasendron

    arjustbeforetheycrossedthetrebiaandlaidsiegeto

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    rohtheprovihealpiricts.

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    husheduptheneasawofresh

    arestostoptheinvader.hannibalosurprise

    thesetroopsonanarroene

    lakeandtherehekilledalltheronofficersandst

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    hfullpooact``asosavethestate.

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    hisraeavailablesoldiers,were

    notchforhannibalsveterans.herefusedtoaeptbattle

    butforeverhefolloroyedeverythiable,

    destroyedtheroads,attackedslldetatsandgenerally

    oraleofthecarthaginiantroopsbya

    stdistressingandannoyingfuerillawarfare.

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    e.theyed

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    uchbetterheuld

    dothingsthansloade

    nderination.atthebattleof

    an

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    asterofallitaly.

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