. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . e orderedthem to be thrown into the sea. But his talents as a com-mander were not equal to his daybreak the Roman fleet wasseen entering the long arm of the seawhich forms the harbour of Drepa-num. Adherbal was taken by sur-prise, but, acting with great promp-titude anci coolness, he set his fleetin motion and rowed with all speedalong the opposite shore until hereached the mouth of the , wheeling suddenly, he fellupon the Roman ships, which werethus cut off from the o
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . e orderedthem to be thrown into the sea. But his talents as a com-mander were not equal to his daybreak the Roman fleet wasseen entering the long arm of the seawhich forms the harbour of Drepa-num. Adherbal was taken by sur-prise, but, acting with great promp-titude anci coolness, he set his fleetin motion and rowed with all speedalong the opposite shore until hereached the mouth of the , wheeling suddenly, he fellupon the Roman ships, which werethus cut off from the open seaand thrown into confusion by the suddenness of the attack. The unworthy consul made hisescape with twenty vessels, but all the rest, to the numberof ninety-three, were captured with their crews, or run ashoreand abandoned. Claudius, it seems, had neglected to supplyhis fleet with crows, which had done such good service atMylae and Bcnomus, and to this omission, added to his generalincapacity, the Carthaginians owed the only great naval vic-tory they could boast of*in the whole course of the The Sacred Chickens Another Disaster Meanwhile another fleet was on its way from Italy, bringingsuppHes for the army besieging Lilybaeum. Warships andtransports together, it numbered more than nine hundredvessels. The Carthaginian admiral, who was waiting for itsapproach on the southern side of Sicily, received warning fromhis pilots that a storm was brewing in the south, and by greatefforts he contrived to round the headland of Pachynum andmoor his ships in sheltered water. But the Romans, sailing 179 REPUBLICAN ROME blindly on, encountered the full fuiy of the tempest, and out oftheir vast fleet hardly a single vessel escaped destruction. A Narrow Policy The war had now lasted for fifteen years, and the Romansseemed to be farther from their goal than ever. Their recentheavy losses had once more disgusted them with the sea, andthat part of the service was now left to the enterp
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