The army which Annibal led from Spain into Italy must necessarily, in those different wars, have been gradually formed to the exact discipline of a standing army.

安尼巴尔从西班牙率领的军队进入意大利，在那些不同的战争中，必然已经逐渐形成了一支严格遵守常备军纪律的军队。

His frequent wars with the Thracians, Illyrians, Thessalians, and some of the Greek cities in the neighbourhood of Macedon, gradually formed his troops, which in the beginning were probably militia, to the exact discipline of a standing army.

他经常与色雷斯人、伊利里亚人、色萨利人以及马其顿附近的一些希腊城市交战，逐渐组建了他的军队，最初可能是民兵，严格遵守常备军的纪律。