retire from office sent for the consuls, surrendered his army to them, and advised them in addition very fully regarding all the details of what must be done.  The safety of the city stood higher in his estimation than a reputation for being the only successful commander, and expecting that if they followed their own bent they would probably meet with failure, but if they heeded his counsel they would meet with a favorable outcome, he preferred to look to the second contingency for praise.  And the consuls were not unduly bold but acted on the suggestion of Fabius, deeming it better not to accomplish any important result than to be ruined; hence they remained where they were throughout the entire period of their command. (Mai, p. 195.  Zonaras, 8, 26.)

18.  For the Iapygians and Apulians dwell around the Ionic Gulf.  Of the Apulians the tribes according to Dio are the Peuketii Pediculi, Daunii, Tarentini.  There is also Cannae, the “plain of Diomed,” near Daunian Apulia.  Messapia was called also Iapygia, later Salentia, and then Calabria.  Argyrippa, a Diomedian city, was renamed Arpi by the Apulians. (Isaac Tzetzes on Lycophron, 603 and 852.  Cp.  Zonaras, 9, 1.)

[Sidenote:  B.C. 216 (a.u. 538)] 19.  Later he was arrayed against the Romans at Cannae, when the Roman generals were Paulus and Terentius.  Now Cannae is a level district of Argyrippa, where Diomed founded the city Argyrippa, that is to say “Argos the Horse-City” in the tongue of the Greeks.  And this plain comes to belong later to the Daunii (of the Iapygians), then to the Salantii, and now to those that all call by the name Calauri.  It is also the boundary between the Calauri and Longibardi, where the great war burst upon them. (Tzetzes, Hist., 1, 757-767.  Cp.  Zonaras, 9, 1.)

20. ¶ With regard to divination and astronomy Dio says:  “I, however, can not form any opinion either about these events or about others that are foretold by divination.  For what does foreshowing avail, if a thing shall certainly come to pass, and if there could be no averting of it either by human devices or by divine providence?  Accordingly, let each man look at these matters in what way he pleases.” (Mai, p. 195.  Cp.  Zonaras, 9, 1.)

21. ¶ The commanders were Paulus and Terentius, men not of similar temperament, but differing alike in family and in character.  The former was a patrician, possessed of the graces of education, and esteemed safety before haste, being restrained partly, it might be said, as a result of the censure he had received for his former conduct in office.  Hence he was not inclined to audacity, but was considering how he might keep from getting into trouble again rather than how he might achieve success by some desperate venture.  Terentius, however, had been brought up among the rabble, was practiced in vulgar bravado, and so displayed lack of prudence in nearly all respects; for instance, he promised himself general direction