Quae dum turbatos avertunt aequore campi ductores valloque tenent, ex agmine Poenum cedentem consul tumulo speculatus ab alto atque atram belli castris se condere nubem, turbidus extemplo trepidantes milite lecto invadit cuneos subitoque pavore relaxat iam rarescentes acies; tum voce feroci poscit equum ac mediae ruit in certamina vallis.
While this mischance disturbed the leaders, taking them from the battle-field and penning them in the camp, Flaminius, watching from a high mound, saw Hannibal leave the fighting-line and the black cloud of wara disappear within the camp. At once in fury he attacked the wavering enemy with a picked force, and the sudden alarm opened up the ranks that were already growing thin; then he called fiercely for his horse, and rushed into the conflict in the centre of the valley.
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