The History of Rome. Book III

Immense was the impression produced by the fall of Capua, and all the more that it had not been brought about by surprise, but by a two years' siege carried on in spite of all the exertions of Ha

After Ha

It was now the eleventh year of the war. The danger which some years before had threatened the very existence of the state seemed to have vanished; but all the more the Romans felt the heavy burden - a burden pressing more severely year after year - of the endless war. The finances of the state suffered beyond measure. After the battle of Ca