utque ora agnovit et aegrum vulneribus diris ac, lamentabile visu, lapsantes fultum truncata cuspide gressus, funesti rumore mali iam saucius aures: quod scelus, o nimius vitae nimiumque ferendis adversis genitus, cerno? te, maxime, vidi, ductorum, cum captivo Carthaginis arcem terreres vultu, crimen culpamque Tonantis, occidere atque hausi, quem non Sidonia tecta expulerint eversa meo de corde, dolorem.
He recognized Serranus and saw him suffering from dreadful wounds, and supporting himself on his halting feet by the broken spear'a piteous sight to behold. Rumour of the fatal disaster had already wounded his ears; and now he cried: What horror is this I see!'I have lived too long and was born to suffer too much adversity. I saw you,c greatest of generals, when, though you were a prisoner, your aspect terrified the citadel of Carthage; I witnessed your death, a scandal and a shame to the Thundererd; and even the destruction of Carthage could never expel from my heart the grief I suffered then.
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