Besides, since the Carthaginians were not lightly equipped, but, as I have said, encased in armour, both the mud and the bosoms of their tunics filled with water impeded them, so that they were unwieldy and ineffective in their fighting, and easily upset by the Greeks, and when they had once fallen it was impossible for them to rise again from the mud with their weapons.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :
perpetrator: Demaretus' presence as commander of the cavalry is mentioned in 27.4.
Although they are called "Greeks" in the source, Timoleon's army consisted of mercenaries of diverse origin at this point. longtermconsequence: The victory is mentioned in 28.4-5.
