r part were walls to hold three hundred elephants with their
fodder, and over these were stables for four thousand horses, and lofts
for their food. There likewise was room enough to lodge twenty thousand
foot, and four thousand horse. All these were contained within the walls
alone. In one place only the walls were weak and low; and that was a
neglected angle, which began at the neck of land above-mentioned, and
extended as far as the harbours, which were on the west side. Of these
there were two, which communicated with each other, but had only one
entrance, seventy feet broad, shut up with chains. The first was
appropriated for the merchants, and had several distinct habitations for
the seamen. The second, or inner harbour, was for the ships of war, in the
midst of which stood an island called Cothon, lined, as the harbour was,
with large quays, in which were distinct receptacles(894) for sheltering
from the weather two hundred and twenty ships; over these were magazines
or storehouses, wherein was lodged whatever is necessary for arming and
equipping fleets. The entrance into each of these receptacles was adorned
with two marble pillars of the Ionic order. So that both the harbour and
the island represented on each side two magnificent galleries. In this
island was the admiral's palace; and, as it stood opposite to the mouth of
the harbour, he could from thence discover whatever was doing at sea,
though no one, from thence, could see what was transacting in the inward
part of the harbour. The merchants, in like manner, had no prospect of the
men of war; the two ports being separated by a double wall, each having
its particular gate, that led to the city, without passing through the
other harbour. So that Carthage may be divided into three parts:(895) the
harbour, which was double, and called sometimes Cothon, from the little
island of that name: the citadel, named Byrsa: the city properly so
called, where the inhabitants dwelt, which lay round the citadel, and was
called Megara.

At daybreak,(896) Asdrubal(897) perceiving the ignominious defeat of his
troops, in order that he might be revenged on the Romans, and, at the same
time, deprive the inhabitants of all hopes of accommodation and pardon,
brought all the Roman prisoners he had taken, upon the walls, in sight of
the whole army. There he put them to the most exquisite torture; putting
out their eyes, cutting off their noses, ears, and fingers; tearing their
skin