Idem post aliquot annos, Cannensi clade exhaustis Romani imperii viribus, supplementum in Hispaniam exercitu mittere ausus, fecit ne locus hostilium castrorum, tum maxime Capenam portam armis Hannibale pulsante, minoris veniret quam si illum Poeni non obtinerent ita se gerere in adversis rebus quid aliud est quam saevientem Fortunam in adiutorium sui pudore victam convertere?
The same senate some years later dared to send reinforcements to the army in Spain though the strength of the Roman empire had been sapped by the disaster at Cannae. It also saw to it that the site of the enemy camp when Hannibal was battering the Porta Capena with his arms should not sell for less than if the Carthaginians were not in possession of it. What is such conduct in adversity except to turn angry Fortune to ones assistance for very shame?
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