He reckoned upon incorporating the best of them with his own troops and of thus instigating defections.

But hatred swept away all circumspection.
The two thousand Barbarians were tied to the stelae of the tombs in the Mappalian quarter; and traders, scullions, embroiderers, and even women,--the widows of the dead with their children--all who would, came to kill them with arrows.

They aimed slowly at them, the better to prolong their torture, lowering the weapon and then raising it in turn; and the multitude pressed forward howling.

Paralytics had themselves brought thither in hand-barrows; many took the precaution of bringing their food, and remained on the spot until the evening; others passed the night there.

Tents had been set up in which drinking went on.