He was to be seen in the leafy taverns discoursing in the midst of the soldiers.

He mended old cuirasses.

He juggled with daggers.

He went and gathered herbs in the fields for the sick.

He was facetious, dexterous, full of invention and talk; the Barbarians grew accustomed to his services, and he came to be loved by them.
However, they were awaiting an ambassador from Carthage to bring them mules laden with baskets of gold; and ever beginning the same calculation over again, they would trace figures with their fingers in the sand.