atque hic Dardanius pravo certamine ductor iam Styga et aeternas intrarat mente tenebras (nam Fabium auxiliumque viri sperare pudebat) cum senior, gemino complexus proelia cornu, ulteriore ligat Poenorum terga corona et modo claudentes aciem nunc, extima cingens, clausos ipse tenet.
And now the Roman general in that ill-judged battle had already in thought crossed the Styx to the place of eternal darknessa'for he was ashamed to look to Fabius for help'when the Dictator, surrounding the battle-field with his two flanks, hemmed in the Carthaginian rear with an outer circle, and now, from his outside position, blockaded those who had lately been blockaders.
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