ut pepulere levem intrantis vestigia somnum: heus! inquit pariterque manus ad tela ferebat, quae te cura vigil fessum, germane, fatigat? ac iam constiterat sociosque in caespite fusos incussa revocat castrorum ad munera planta, cum Libyae ductor: Fabius me noctibus aegris, in curas Fabius nos excitat; illa senectus, heu fatis quae sola meis currentibus obstat! cernis, ut armata circumfundare corona, et vallet clausos collectus miles in orbem.
When his light slumber was broken by the sound of entering footsteps, Ha, brother! he cried, and at the same time reached out for his weapons; what sleepless anxiety forbids you to rest your weary limbs? Already he stood erect, and a stamp of his foot summoned to attention his men who lay stretched upon the sward, when Hannibal thus began: It is Fabius who breaks my rest, Fabius who excites my fears; that old man, alas, alone withstands the tide of my fortunes. You see how you are surrounded by a ring of warriors, trapped and encircled by the army he has placed there.
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