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... Numidians , and who now , as soon as they came in sight of the Carthaginian camp , wheeled about to carry back tidings to their general . Scipio now no longer delayed to put his army in motion to oppose Hannibal , but he was already too ...
... Numidians , and who now , as soon as they came in sight of the Carthaginian camp , wheeled about to carry back tidings to their general . Scipio now no longer delayed to put his army in motion to oppose Hannibal , but he was already too ...
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... Numidians , supported by the Gaulish heavy cavalry , completely defeated the Roman horse , and in which Scipio himself was dangerously wounded . Here was first established the superiority of the cavalry of Hannibal over that of the ...
... Numidians , supported by the Gaulish heavy cavalry , completely defeated the Roman horse , and in which Scipio himself was dangerously wounded . Here was first established the superiority of the cavalry of Hannibal over that of the ...
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... Numidians across the river to skirmish with the Roman horse , and , if possible , to entice the Romans by retreating to cross the river in pursuit . He had previously posted his brother Mago with 2000 picked men in an ambush , in the ...
... Numidians across the river to skirmish with the Roman horse , and , if possible , to entice the Romans by retreating to cross the river in pursuit . He had previously posted his brother Mago with 2000 picked men in an ambush , in the ...
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... Numidians across the river . It was mid - winter , bitterly cold , and the stream ran breast high . It is said the Romans had not broken their fast , and thus wet , ex- hausted , and half - frozen , Sempronius after crossing formed his ...
... Numidians across the river . It was mid - winter , bitterly cold , and the stream ran breast high . It is said the Romans had not broken their fast , and thus wet , ex- hausted , and half - frozen , Sempronius after crossing formed his ...
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... Numidians , who were the best scouts in the world . Whatever the explanation may be of his permitting Sempronius to pass him and to join Scipio , if it proceeded from any fault of his , which is very improbable , he speedily redeemed it ...
... Numidians , who were the best scouts in the world . Whatever the explanation may be of his permitting Sempronius to pass him and to join Scipio , if it proceeded from any fault of his , which is very improbable , he speedily redeemed it ...
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