vescitur ipse silens et tantos damnat honores esse epulis facilesque coli tanto agmine mensas, donec pulsa fames et Bacchi munera duram laxarunt mentem.
Hannibal himself kept silence while eating, disapproving the splendour of the feast and the great retinue that ministered to a need so easily satisfied; but, when he had eaten enough, the gift of Bacchus  softened his harsh mood.
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