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Title: The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians. Translated from the French
Year: 1827 (1820s)
Authors: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741
Subjects: History, Ancient
Publisher: London Printed for G. Cowie
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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l theroad was more craggy and troublesome than ever ; and as they were nowon a descent, the difficulty and danger increased. For the ways werenarrow, steep, and slippery in most places, so that the soldiers couldneither keep upon their feet as they marched, nor recover themselveswhen they made a false step, but stumbled, and beat down one another. They were now come to a worse place than any they had yet met with.This was a path naturally very rugged and craggy, which having beenmade more so by the late falling in of the earth, terminated in a frightfulprecipice above a thousand feet deep. Here the cavalry stopped short.Hannibal, wondering at this sudden halt, ran to the place, and saw that itreally would be impossible for the troops to advance. He therefore wasfor making a circuitous route, but this also was found impracticable. Asupon the old snow, which was grown hard by lying, there was somenewly fallen that was of no great depth, the feet, at first, by their sinking* Of Piedmont.
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THE CARTHAGINIANS. 147 into it, found a firm support; but this snow being soon dissolved, by thetreading of the foremost troops and beasts of burden, the soldiers marchedon nothing but ice, which was so slippery that they had no firm footing ;and where, if they made the least false step, or endeavoured to savethemselves with their hands or knees, there were no boughs or roots tocatch hold of. Besides this difficulty, the horses striking their feetforcibly into the ice to keep themselves from falling, could not draw themout again, but was caught as in a gin. They therefore were forced toseek some other expedient. Hannibal resolved to pitch his camp and to give his troops some daysrest on the summit of this hill, which was of a considerable extent; afterthey should have cleared the ground, and removed all the old as well asthe new fallen snow, which was a work of immense labour. He after-wards ordered a path to be cut into the rock itself, and this was carriedon with amazing patience an

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