Romana parentem solum castra vocant, solum vocat Hannibal hostem impatiensque morae fremit: ut sit copia Martis, expectanda viri fata optandumque sub armis Parcarum auxilium; namque, hac spirante senecta, nequicquam sese Latium sperare cruorem.
Fabius had been the first to show the Romans the retreating backs of the Carthaginians. Him alone his soldiers called their father, and him alone Hannibal called his foe. The Carthaginian leader raged, impatient of delay: for a chance of fighting, he must wait for the death of Fabius and summon the Fates as allies in war; for, so long as that old man lived, he had no hope of shedding Italian blood.
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