[Linenotes: 2. +habilius+ = _better adapted_, lit. ‘more easily handled’; cf. our _handy_. 7. +ad pericula capessenda+ = _in incurring peril_. 12. +discriminata+ = _regulated_, lit. ‘divided off’; cf. _dis-cerno_, _dis-crimen_. 14. +accersita+ (= _arcessita_) = _wooed_. 15. +sagulo+ = _in his military cloak_: diminutive of _sagum_. 21. +inhumana crudelitas.+ Polybius says that many of his alleged cruelties were to be set down to his namesake H. Monomachus. 21-23. +perfidia plus quam Punica.+ ‘This does not seem to have been anything worse than a consummate adroitness in laying traps for his enemies.’ --Church and Brodribb. Cf. ‘Perfidious Albion.’ 23. +nulla religio+ = _no scruples_, i.e. no force binding (_re + ligare_) or restraining from wrong-doing, no conscience.] +Parallel Passages.+ Livy xxvi. 41 of Scipio Africanus Minor--Sallust _Cat._ 5 of Catiline--Polybius ix. 22-26 (important). ‘Bitterly as the Romans hated, reviled, and persecuted Carthage, the most deadly poison of their hatred they poured upon Hannibal; they did not hesitate to blacken his memory by the most revolting accusations.’ --Ihne. C11 SECOND PUNIC WAR, 218-202 B.C. _The Siege of Saguntum, 219 B.C._ Angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens; adversus eum vineas agere instituit, per quas aries moenibus admoveri posset. Sed ut locus procul muro satis aequus agendis vineis fuit, ita haudquaquam prospere, {5} postquam ad effectum operis ventum est, coeptis succedebat. Et turris ingens imminebat, et murus, ut in suspecto loco, supra ceterae modum altitudinis emunitus erat, et iuventus delecta, ubi plurimum periculi ac timoris ostendebatur, ibi vi maiore obsistebant. {10} Ac primo missilibus summovere hostem nec quicquam satis tutum munientibus pati; deinde iam non pro moenibus modo atque turri tela micare, sed ad erumpendum etiam in stationes operaque hostium animus erat; quibus tumultuariis certaminibus {15} haud ferme plures Saguntini cadebant quam Poeni. Ut vero Hannibal ipse, dum murum incautius subit, adversum femur tragula graviter ictus cecidit, tanta circa fuga ac trepidatio fuit, ut non multum abesset, quin opera ac vineae desererentur. {20} LIVY, xxi. 7. [Linenotes: 2. +quam cetera+ (sc. _loca_) +circa+ = _than the neighbouring country_. 4-5. +ut ... ita+ = lit. _as ... so_, i.e. _although ... yet ..._ 6. +postquam ... ventum est+ = _when they came to attack the wall in earnest_. +Effectum+ (verbal noun in _us_) = _the completion of the work_, i.e. the bringing up of the ram. --Dimsdale. 8. +ut in suspecto loco+ = _as (was natural) in a suspected_ (i.e. weak) _spot_. --Capes. 11-12. +nec quicquam ... pati+ = _they allowed those engaged on the works no sort of safety_, lit. not (even) moderate safety. --D. 18. +adversum femur+ = _in the front of the thigh_.]