But the Carthaginians, who were posted in the centre of the syntagmata, and had suffered less, stamped their feet with longing for the vengeance which was flying from them; and they were already darting forward in pursuit of the Mercenaries when Hamilcar appeared.
He held in his spotted and sweat-covered horse with silver reins.

The bands fastened to the horns on his helmet flapped in the wind behind him, and he had placed his oval shield beneath his left thigh.

With a motion of his triple-pointed pike he checked the army.
The Tarentines leaped quickly upon their spare horses, and set off right and left towards the river and towards the town.
The phalanx exterminated all the remaining Barbarians at leisure.

When the swords appeared they would stretch out their throats and close their eyelids.

Others defended themselves to the last, and were knocked down from a distance with flints like mad dogs.