parta tamen formido manu et tot caedibus olim quaesitus terror velut inviolabile telis servabant sacrumque caput; proque omnibus armis et castrorum opibus dextrisque recentibus unum Hannibalis sat nomen erat.
Yet his valour had gained him respect, and the dread inspired by repeated bloody victories in the past kept him safe from all attacks, like a sacred thing. The name of Hannibal was enough: it took the place of all weapons and camp-equipment and fresh recruits.
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