The king, fighting from the higher ground, had the better on the right wing, by means chiefly of the advantage of situation.

On the left, all was disorder and confusion; particularly when that division of the phalanx, which had marched in the rear, was coming up.

The centre stood intent on the fight as on a spectacle which in no way concerned them.

The phalanx, just arrived (a column rather than a line of battle, and fitter for a march than for a fight,) had scarcely mounted the top of the hill: before these could form, Quinctius, though he saw his men in the left wing giving way, charged the enemy furiously, first driving on the elephants against them, for he judged that one part being routed would draw the rest after.

The affair was no longer doubtful.