hinc pila, hinc Libycae certant subtexere cornus densa nube polum; quantumque interiacet aequi ad ripas campi, tantum vibrantia condunt tela; nec artatis locus est in morte cadendi.
Roman javelins and African spears vied in covering the sky with a thick cloud, and all the level ground, as far as the river-banks, was hidden by the hurtling missiles; and in that closepacked throng the dead had no room to fall.
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