quōmodo contrā elephantōs pugnandum sit

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Lūcius Metellus consul, in Siciliā bellum adversus Hasdrubalem gerens, ob ingentem eius exercitum et CXXX elephantōs intentior, diffīdentiā intrā Panhormum cōpiās fossamque ingentis ante sē duxit. conspectō deinde Hasdrubalis, quī in prīmā aciē elephantōs habēbat, praecēpit hastātīs, tēla in bēluās prōtinusque sē intrā mūnīmenta . eā lūdificātiōne rectōrēs elephantōrum concitātī in ipsam elephantōs ēgērunt: quō ut prīmum illātī sunt, partim magnitūdine tēlōrum confectī, retrō in suōs , tōtam aciem turbāvērunt. tunc Metellus, hanc opperiens occāsiōnem, cum tōtō exercitū et aggressus ā latere Poenōs cecīdit ipsīsque elephantīs potītus est.

(From Frontinus’ Strategies)