. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . f Rhegium, now went overto Hannibal. Capua Relieved The fall of Tarentum seems to have occurred at the timewhen the consuls were making their preparations for thesiege of Capua, and Hannibal was still engaged with the affairsof southern Italy when an urgent appeal for help reachedhim from his Campanian allies.^ Acting with his accustomedenergy, he set his forces in motion, and in a few days wasonce more encamped in his old station on Mount Tifata. Hissudden appearance for a moment change
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . f Rhegium, now went overto Hannibal. Capua Relieved The fall of Tarentum seems to have occurred at the timewhen the consuls were making their preparations for thesiege of Capua, and Hannibal was still engaged with the affairsof southern Italy when an urgent appeal for help reachedhim from his Campanian allies.^ Acting with his accustomedenergy, he set his forces in motion, and in a few days wasonce more encamped in his old station on Mount Tifata. Hissudden appearance for a moment changed the aspect of affairs,for as yet no Roman general was to be found who dared tomeet the invincible Phoenician in the open field. The Romanarmies fell back, and Hannibal entered Capua without opposi-tion. The arrival of the great captain and the triumphantevidence which he had just given of his still unshaken ascen-dancy raised the spirits of the Capuans and nerved them forthe impending struggle. * The chronology of this period is in great confusion, and the placing ofthe events largely ^0.
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