Quid? Hannibal Cannensem populi Romani aciem nonne prius quam ad dimicandum descenderet compluribus astutiae copulatam laqueis ad tam miserabilem perduxit exitum? ante omnia enim providit ut et solem et pulverem, qui ibi vento multus ex<ci>tari solet, adversum haberet.
What of Hannibal? Did he not bring the army of the Roman people at Cannae to so miserable an end after entangling it in many nooses of cunning before he went into battle? To begin with, he made sure that they should have their faces to the sun and the dust, which is commonly raised there in large quantities by the wind.
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