Ch. 13.
25. Hispāniīs: the two divisions of Spain, Hither and Further.
28. missus fuerat: cf. questa fuisset, Bk. I, 8.
Page 32.
3. et Hasdrubalem: ‘including Hasdrubal.’
Ch. 14.
8. ad … urbis: cf. ad quintum mīliārum urbis, Bk. I, 15. This was merely a feint on the part of Hannibal to draw the Romans away from Capua, which they were besieging, to the defense of Rome. Rome and Carthage, p. 187.
12. per multōs annōs: cf. per annum, Bk. I, 10.
16. nōbilissima urbs Syrācūsāna: “So fell Syracuse, the virgin city, which had seen two Athenian armaments perish beneath its walls which had for centuries saved Sicily from becoming altogether, what its greater part then was, a Carthaginian appanage. … It fell to rise no more, at least to its former opulence. Its temples were left standing, because they would not pay for moving; … but the choicest works of art were swept off to adorn the imperial city.” Rome and Carthage, p. 181.