politiquement, ' diplomatically

,, 19. Pjrrrhus . . : Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, in his battlcs with the Romans, ranged his éléphants in front of his army ;

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and by this means he won the battles of Heraclea (280 B.C.) and Asculum (279 B.c.), the Romans, who liad never met éléphants in war before, being thrown into disorder by their charge. In his third battle, however, that of Beneventum (275 B.C.), the Romans succeeded in driving the éléphants back upon Pyrrhus' ovvn men, and won the victory.

80. 20. front de bandière : the name given to the line of flags and

standards placed in a row in front of an army or a camp.