 Book 6
The book opens with a description of Bruttius' burial of the legionary eagle to save it from Hannibal.Serranus, a son of Marcus Atilius Regulus, escapes the battle and comes to the humble house of Marus at Perusia.There he is treated by Marus, who tells him the story of Regulus' battle with the Libyan snake at the river Bagradas (Medjerda) which leads the Naiads to demand suffering from Regulus in the future.