. Rome and Carthage, the Punic wars; . ^^^^--.^ ^^^l. 1—I Carfhaginians 30,000?i Homans 80,000 Camp flanks. The convex line of battle had thus become con-cave, and it seemed .that the whole would be drivenheadlong into the river by the overwhelming masses ofthe Romans, who, as they yielded, kept pressing on, orwere themselves pressed on by those behind and at theirflanks, into every inch of ground left- vacant for them. i6o Rome and Carthage. But just at the critical moment Hasdrubal fell upon theirrear, and the heavy Libyan infantry, who had hardlyyet taken part in the battle, wheeling inward
. Rome and Carthage, the Punic wars; . ^^^^--.^ ^^^l. 1—I Carfhaginians 30,000?i Homans 80,000 Camp flanks. The convex line of battle had thus become con-cave, and it seemed .that the whole would be drivenheadlong into the river by the overwhelming masses ofthe Romans, who, as they yielded, kept pressing on, orwere themselves pressed on by those behind and at theirflanks, into every inch of ground left- vacant for them. i6o Rome and Carthage. But just at the critical moment Hasdrubal fell upon theirrear, and the heavy Libyan infantry, who had hardlyyet taken part in the battle, wheeling inward at the sametime from right and left, attacked them on both and denser grew the mass of terrified Romans,pressed on all four sides at once. Huddled togetherwithout room to draw, much less to wield, their swords,they stood or struggled in helpless imbecility, seeingtheir comrades on the circumference of the fatal circlecut down, one after the other, and doomed to wait inpatience till their own turn should come. The questionwas no lo
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