Quam enim temere se Africanus superior ex Hispania duabus quinqueremibus ad Syphacem traiecit, in unius Numidae infidis praecordiis suam pariter et patriae salutem depositurus! itaque exiguo momento maximae rei casus fluctuatus est, utrum interfector an captivus Scipionis Syphax fieret.
How rashly did the elder Africanus cross over from Spain with two quinquiremes to Syphax, to lay his own and his countrys safety on the faithless breast of one Numidian! So for a brief moment the fate of a great matter hung in the balance: was Syphax to be Scipios executioner or his prisoner?
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