Kitap fragments
60
He brought up the transports, by lading which with rocks and sinking them at the mouth of the harbour he planned to shut out the enemy entirely from the sea.
61
Though I have much more to say, I fear lest some of you may think that I am unnecessarily diffuse.
62
They are reserving themselves for an opportunity, and are quite ready to meet them again.
63
To be eager for life and to cling to it is a sign of the greatest baseness and weakness.
64
He was feeling something like starters in horse races, which are started by the raising of torches.
65a
Their boldness transgresses the bounds of propriety, and their actions are a violation of duty.
65b
Seeing that the Carthaginians had obeyed all injunctions in the most honourable spirit.
66
To have fifty ships built entirely new, and to launch fifty of those already existing from the docks.
67
Lucius being appointed to go on a mission to the Lapateni and speak to them in favour of an unconditional surrender, was unprepared for the task before him.
68
Of all the determining forces in war the most decisive of failure or success is the spirit of the combatants.
69
Having mentioned summarily the defeats they had sustained, and putting before them the successes of the Macedonians.
70
For he perceived that the Macedonian kingdom would become contemptible, if the rebels succeeded in their first attempt.
71
Therefore it was intolerable that the Romans even then should make their way into Macedonia unobserved.
