atest eagerness by a multitude of artificers
both in the workshops, and in the armoury and docks. Having put these
preparations in a train, repaired the walls in a part where they had
been shattered, and placed bodies of troops to guard the city, he set
out for Tarraco; and on his way thither was visited by a number of
embassies, some of which he dismissed, having given them answers on
his journey, others he postponed till his arrival at Tarraco; at which
place he had appointed a meeting of all his new and old allies. Here
ambassadors from almost all the people dwelling on this side the
Iberus, and from many dwelling in the further Spain, met. The
Carthaginian generals at first industriously suppressed the rumour of
the capture of Carthage; but afterwards, when it became too notorious
to be concealed or dissembled, they disparaged its importance by their
language. They said, that "by an unexpected attack, and in a manner by
stealth, in one day, one city of Spain had been snatched out of their
hands; that a presumptuous youth, elated with the acquisition of this,
so inconsiderable an advantage, had, by the extravagance of his joy,
given it the air of an important victory; but that as soon as he
should hear that three generals and three victorious armies of his
enemies were approaching, the deaths which had taken place in his
family would occur to his recollection." Such was the tone in which
they spoke of this affair to the people, though they were, at the same
time, far from ignorant how much their strength had been diminished,
in every respect, by the loss of Carthage.

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