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In the battle which was fought near this
place, the Romans were           with dreadful car-
nage, and with a loss which, as stated by Polybius, is
quite incredible; the whole of the infantry engaged in
battle, amounting to 70,000, was destroyed, with the
exception of 3000 men, who escaped to the neigh-
bouring cities, and also all the cavalry, with the ex-
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