saeptos sed fraude locorum arta fames, poenas miserae exactura Sagunti, urgebat, finisque aderat Carthaginis armis.
they were trapped by the treacherous position; Famine, soon to claim the penalty for the tragedy of Saguntum, held them in her grip; and the army of Carthage came near to destruction.
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