d目 urbances arose and were promptly repressed. 一XI. The followine day Hannibal crossed the Anio and led out the whole of扭s force to battle;rlaccus and the consuls aia not,萝 decline the challenge. When both sides where drawn up tot decide an action in which Rome was the victor's prize, a tremendous hailstorm threw the two armies into such disorder that thev had difficulty in holdine their arms.Thev retired to their respective camps, tearing ever外nlng rather than their enemy. The following day, when the armies were drawn up, in’ 'the same position, a similar storm separated them. On each occasion, after they were once more in camp, the weather cleared up in an extraordinary way. The Cartha梦nians looked upon the occasion as preternatural, and the story runs that 、aa}ibal -Waz heard to say that at Qwe time he l心ed叭*嗬伍 at another the opportunity, of becoming master of Rome. His hopes were further damped by two incidents .one of some importance, the other less so. was his These incidents led to his withdrawal from Rome. and he retired -as far as the river Tutia, six miles distant from the City. From there he marched to the grove of Feronia and the temple, which was celebrated in those days for its wealth. The、 bring their first-fruits and ability, and had end and other cities round used toother offerings, according to theirembellished it with a considerableNow the temple was despoiled of all i quantity of is treasures. nibal's de cAll黯rsCoelius tell u咒黑恕toal蛊盘票ng of tmarch岔toit裂e.le he was going from Eretum to Rome, after marching from Amiternum by Reate and Cutiliae. According to this writer, on leaving Capua, Hannibal entered Samnium, and from there passed5 to the Peligni ; then, marching pasthe crossed the frontiers of the Marrucini鑫town of Sulmo,then advanced 黯gh thethere t念n territory to the country of the Marsi, anditernum and the hamlet of Foruli. There can be no uncertainty as to the route he took fo r the t race s of that great commander and his large nQIUs塔rge army could not have been lost in so short a space of time;the only point at issuei ls whether that was the route he took when he marched to Rome or whether he followed it on his return to Campania.