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Otherwise, they said, the land must lie uncultivated, and, above all, they were looking forward to a great war with Africa, as they heard that on Mago's return the Carthaginians were so enraged at his failure, that, though he committed suicide to avoid a worse fate, they had crucified his dead body, and were collecting a great force, meaning next summer to invade Sicily.
Again Marcia noted disturbance under Calavius' smile. He was wondering at the general's knowledge. Then he realized that Mago's report must be its basis, and his face cleared. "Yes, truly, I have a boon to ask," replied Marcia, fixing her great eyes upon the bearded front, stern through its smiles. "It is that you will spare one house in Italy from ravage and destruction."
Case of Metellus. Metellus yields. Consternation at Rome. The senate adjourns. Hannibal refuses to march to Rome. Hannibal makes his head-quarters at Capua. Hannibal sends Mago to Carthage. Mago's speech. The bag of rings. Debate in the Carthaginian senate. The speech of Hanno in the Carthaginian senate. Progress of the war. Enervation of Hannibal's army. Decline of the Carthaginian power.
"That is the philosophy of these times. I am convinced that there were days, and women but pah! now it is only glory that is worthy to be a man's bride. Come, I will lead you to the house of Calavius." Ligurius had recovered sufficiently to remount his horse, while Mago's attendants had laid the still senseless Caipor in the rheda to which their master now assisted Marcia.
After this speech of Mago's, all being elated with joy, Himilco, a member of the Barcine faction, conceiving this a good opportunity for inveighing against Hanno, said to him, "What think you now, Hanno? do you now also regret that the war against the Romans was entered upon?
The eyes lost nothing of their cold scrutiny at the implied compliment or the covert reproach. "And what reasons?" he asked sharply. "For the one," replied Marcia, and she was conscious of an effort in holding her voice to its steady inflection; "that my house is bound in hospitality to that of Pacuvius Calavius " Mago's brow cleared for an instant. "Our friend," he said.
Wintering in the valley of the Po, in the early spring Hannibal crossed the Apennines and pushed through a region of lakes, flooded by the melting of the snow, to Fæsulæ. The beasts of burden perished in vast numbers amid the morasses; the Gauls, disheartened by the perils of the journey, had to be driven forward by Mago's horsemen, and the general lost an eye.
Hanno, with an air of perfect ease and composure, spoke somewhat as follows: "I should have said nothing, but should have allowed the senate to take what action they pleased on Mago's proposition if I had not been particularly addressed. As it is, I will say that I think now just as I always have thought.
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