pascere nec Poenus pravum ac nutrire furorem deerat et, ut parvo maiora ad proelia damno eliceret, dabat interdum simulantia terga.
And Hannibal was not slow to feed and encourage this folly: he feigned at times to retreat, that by a trifling loss he might tempt Minucius to a pitched battle.
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