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Often appears with: siege and fortification · hannibal · diplomacy and embassies · conquest, plunder, and captives · capua · campanian ambassadors
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As Roman preparations alarm the Campanians, they urge Hannibal to besiege Capua; Hannibal moves from Arpi to Tifata, then to Lake Avernus to attack Puteoli and its garrison.
proclamation being armed and equipped by their masters, embarked with cooked provisions for thirty days. Then first it happened that the Roman fleet was manned at the expense of individuals. 12. These unusually great preparations alarmed the Campanians particularly, lest the Romans should commence the year's campaign with the siege of Capua. They therefore sent ambassadors to Hannibal, to implore him to bring his ar…