He then had with him a contingent of Italian mercenaries, and, unwilling that these soldiers should go over to the enemy, he bade them accompany him to Africa.

The Italians refused.

Thereupon Hannibal had them led down to the shore of the sea, where he slaughtered one and all.

This event I beheld.

I saw the strand by Croton; the promontory with its temple; not as I know the scene to-day, but as it must have looked to those eyes more than two thousand years ago.