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Cossinius and Furius will see their numbers swell,
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stripping advantage.
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We could lay trap.
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Here, upon the Appian Way.
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Catch them by surprise before they have chance to join their brothers.
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That would place us between Crassus advancing from the north
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and Cossinius and Furius in the south.
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We do not have the men to face armies on both fronts.
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We must strike Cossinius and Furius
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before odds tip to imbalance.
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We have inflicted nagging wound.
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Yet for months we have failed to shatter resolve of their men.