Post duorum in Hispania Scipionum totidemque Romani sanguinis exercituum miserabilem stragem, Saguntini victricibus Hannibalis armis intra moenia urbis suae compulsi, cum vim Punicam ulterius nequirent arcere, collatis in forum quae unicuique erant carissima atque undique circumdatis accensisque ignis nutrimentis, ne a societate nostra desisterent, publico et communi rogo semet ipsi superiecerunt.
After the pitiable slaughter of the two Scipios in Spain and as many armies of Roman race, the Saguntines were driven by Hannibals victorious arms inside the walls of their city. Unable to fend off the Punic power any longer, they collected into their forum all that each one of them held dearest and set inflammable substances around and ignited them. Then, rather than defect from our alliance, they threw themselves on top of the public and communal pyre.
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