Iamque inter varias Fortuna utrimque virorum alternata vices incerto eluserat iras eventu, mediaque diu pendente per ambas spe gentes, paribus Mavors flagrabat in armis.
And now Fortune, shifting from side to side, had baffled the ardour of both armies by keeping the event uncertain; and the hopes of Roman and Carthaginian hung long in the balance, while the battle raged on equal terms.
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