Hos ut depositis portum contingere velis allatum Hannibali consultaque ferre senatus iam medio seram bello poscentia pacem ductorisque simul conceptas foedere poenas, ocius armatas passim per litora turmas ostentare iubet minitantia signa recensque perfusos clipeos et tela rubentia caede.
When word was brought to Hannibal that the envoys had lowered sail and were gaining the harbour, and that they brought a decree of the Senate demanding peace'a belated peace when war was already raging'and also the punishment of the general as laid down in the treaty, he quickly ordered squadrons in arms to display all along the shore menacing standards, shields newly dyed with blood, and weapons red with slaughter.
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