7 colloquia esse, i.e. his communications (colloquia) with the Carthaginian party in Nola.
8 resĭdes = inactive, lit. that remains sitting (re + sedeo).
10 si cunctantibus instaret = if he met hesitation with prompt action.—Church and Brodribb. Lit. if he pressed upon those hesitating.
12 in sua . . . ministeria = to their several posts.
19-21 Ingens . . . gesta est = a great victory, the greatest, perhaps throughout the war, was achieved that day.
Nola, an important town in Campania, S.E. of Capua. It remained faithful to the Romans, even after Cannae, when the other Campanian towns revolted to Hannibal.
Marcellus at Nola. ‘It was the merit of Marcellus that he saved Nola from being taken.’—Ihne.