“What does he think he’s doing?” demanded Publius Cornelius Scipio the Elder, who had two months left to his term as consul, and was in no mood for nonsense like this. “Marching on Rome?”
“Looks like it, sir,” said Publius Cornelius Scipio the Younger, who was still sea-queasy, and thoroughly annoyed with this Hannibal.
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