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>that he was handsome in his youth and tall. He retained, until the most advanced age, an astonishing vigor. He could stay a whole day on his feet or on horseback; In his eighties, he jumped on his mount without any help and, like the other Numidians, he disdained the use of the saddle. He braved the cold and the rain bareheaded. At 88, he commanded his army in a great battle against the Carthaginians; the next day, Emilian found him standing in front of his tent, holding a piece of dry pancake which made up his whole meal.