advanced into Lucania, and the whole of the district returned to its allegiance to Rome， without offering anyXTT Nannihnl' c Pn_citinn_--Nn artinn wac fm黯tance.with Wa_n n i_ bal this year, 二whichl had fallen upon him andr ,. upon his country, he made no forward movement, nor did the Romans care to disturb him such was their impression powers which that single general possessed, even wh 0，.妇 迁e thhi eS cause was everywhere round him clined to think that he deserves our admiration more in adversity than in_ the time of his greatest successes. For thirteen yearsP I he had been carrying on war with varying fortune in an enemy“ country far from home. His army was not made up of his own fellow-countrymen,‘屯was-".a mixed assemDlage”‘，various nationalities who had nothing in common, neither laws nor customs, nor language, who differed in appearance, dress and arms, who were strangers to one another in their religious observances, who hardly recognised the same gods. And yet he had united them so closely together that no disturbance ever broke out, either amongst the soldiers themselves or against their commander, though very often money and supplies were lacking and it was through want of these that numerous MCC ents of a disgraceful character had occurred between the generals and their soldiers in the First Punic War. He had rested all his hopes of victory on Hasdrubal and his army, and after that army had been wiped out he withdrew into Bruttium and abandoned the rest of Italy to the Rom如s. Is it not a matter of surprise that no mutiny broke out in his camp?For in addition to all his other difficulties.there was no prospect of feeding his ，glil s army except from the resources of Bruttium.and even if the whole of that country had been in cultivation it would have afforded but meagre support for so large an army. But as it was, a large part of the population had been diverted from the tillage of the soil by the war and by their traditional and innate love of brigandage. He received no assistance from home, for the government were mainly concerned about keeping their hold on Spain, just as though evervthing in Italy was on successfully. Carthaginians“户elled Spain.-The situation in yin was in some respects similar, in others completely dis- ilar to the state of affairs in Italy. It was similar in so far as the Carthaginians after their defeat and the loss of their gene ral had been drivenintothemost ddistantthe to the shores oi the ocean. It was dissimilar because the natural features of the country and the character of the inhabitants made Spain more fitted than Italy, more fitt ed, in fact, than any country in the world for the constant rene wal of hostilities. Though it was the first province, at all events on the continent, into which the Romans made their way, it was, owing to this cause, the very last to be completely subjugated, and this only in our own days under the conduct and auspices of Augustus Caesar. Hasdrubal Gisgo, who, next to the Barcine familv. was J， greatest and most brilliant general that held command in war, was encouraged by.Mago to renew hostilities. He Gades. and traversing Further Spy raised a force of 5o,ooo mtantry and 4500 cavalry. As to strength of his cavalry the authorities are generally agreed，but so writers assert