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Excerpt from The Worlds Famous Orations, Vol. 2 of 10: Rome Born in - B. C., died in 212; defeated by Hannibal at the Ticino and the Trebia in 218 B. C.; destroyed the fleet of Carthage in 217, thus gaining for Rome the mastery of the sea; afterward gained other victories; finally defeated and slain in battle; father of the elder Scipio Africanus. If, soldiers, I were leading out that army to battle which I had with me in Gaul, I should have thought it superfluous to address you; for of what use would it be to exhort either those horsemen who so gloriously vanquished the cavalry of the enemy at the river Rhone or those legions with whom, pursuing this very enemy flying before us, I obtained, in lieu of victory, a confession of superiority, shown by his retreat and refusal to fight? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.