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邱吉爾想發動一場殲滅性的登陸襲擊，打破盟軍登陸義大利本土後的僵局， 結果卻演變成一場消耗戰，令他遺憾道：「我曾希望我們的部隊像一隻勇猛衝上岸的野貓，結果得到的卻是一條擱淺在沙灘上的鯨魚。」登陸行動不僅準備過於倉促，部署兵力更不及應有力量的一半，而義大利的地形本就利於德軍防守，加上盟軍總指揮盧卡斯又過於躑躇不前，失去了種種先機及優勢，導致盟軍付出高昂的代價卻得到跨海進攻失敗的結果。

The oration presented in this volume is critical to our knowledge of Constantine's early career and covers Maximian's rebellion, Constantine's claim of descent from Claudius II and his vision of Apollo. Written in AD 310, two years before Constantine's capture of Rome and his acceptance of Christianity, the speech gives a unique insight into the evolution of an imperial persona. This commentary examines the literary context of the panegyric and the role of the classical literary and rhetorical tradition in the recreation of Constantine's image. From the outset, the orator praises Constantine as separate from the imperial college: a deus praesens, god manifest, to the people of Gaul. He uses Lucan and Caesar to link Maximian's bid for power with the civil war between Caesar and Pompey while Vergilian allusion associates Constantine with Augustus.