Laelius, when he saw the enemy in disorder, struck additional terror into them in their confusion.
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The Carthaginian line was deprived of the cavalry on both sides, when the infantry, who were now not a match for the Romans in confidence or strength, engaged.

In addition to this there was one circumstance, trifling in itself, but at the same time producing important consequences in the action.

On the part of the Romans the shout was uniform, and on that account louder and more terrific; while the voices of the enemy, consisting as they did of many nations of different languages, were dissonant.

The Romans used the stationary kind of fight, pressing upon the enemy with their own weight and that of their arms; but on the other side there was more of skirmishing and rapid movement than force.