The Seven Hills
“The senators stood in their ranks downcast and grim. All day the messengers had been coming in from the battlefield to the north. The first report had sounded ominous, and subsequent reports had done nothing to lighten the sense of foreboding. Now the princeps stood with Aemilius's final report in his hand, and it required an effort to keep that hand from trembling.
"There you have it," Gabinius said. "Two legions destroyed, and Rome now open to attack from the north." He closed the tablet, low...ered his head, then looked up at his peers. "We have been too confident. We have had everything our own way for too long. We have been too contemptuous of our enemy. I point no fingers, for I have been as foolish as anyone here. We should have seen it coming. This Carthaginians used Hannibal's old route, only he bypassed the Alps." An elderly senator stepped forward. He was an old family conservative, and notoriously reactionary. "They were inferior legions. They were made up of half-Gauls and Germans!MoreLess
"There you have it," Gabinius said. "Two legions destroyed, and Rome now open to attack from the north." He closed the tablet, low...ered his head, then looked up at his peers. "We have been too confident. We have had everything our own way for too long. We have been too contemptuous of our enemy. I point no fingers, for I have been as foolish as anyone here. We should have seen it coming. This Carthaginians used Hannibal's old route, only he bypassed the Alps." An elderly senator stepped forward. He was an old family conservative, and notoriously reactionary. "They were inferior legions. They were made up of half-Gauls and Germans!MoreLess
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