Polybius, Histories

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Book 15 - Chapter 18

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<w lemma="%2A%29%3Dhn">Ἦν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kefa%2Flaia">κεφάλαια</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="proteinome%2Fnwn">προτεινομένων</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w>. <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhn">Λιβύην</w> <w lemma="a%28%5Cs">ἃς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="teleutai%3Don">τελευταῖον</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="e%29cenegkei%3Dn">ἐξενεγκεῖν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="palaio%5Cn">παλαιὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w>, <w lemma="kth%2Fnh">κτήνη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sw%2Fmata">σώματα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllhn">ἄλλην</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fparcin">ὕπαρξιν</w>,
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<w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnhs">ἐκείνης</w> <w lemma="a%29sinei%3Ds">ἀσινεῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fqesi">ἔθεσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmois">νόμοις</w> <w lemma="xrh%3Dsqai">χρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fois">ἰδίοις</w>, <w lemma="a%29frourh%2Ftous">ἀφρουρήτους</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntas">ὄντας</w>.
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<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="fila%2Fnqrwpa">φιλάνθρωπα</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29nanti%2Fa">ἐναντία</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29noxa%5Cs">ἀνοχὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29dikh%2Fmata">ἀδικήματα</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmena">γενόμενα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="a%29pokatasth%3Dsai">ἀποκαταστῆσαι</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftous">αἰχμαλώτους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="drape%2Ftas">δραπέτας</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="panto%5Cs">παντὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29podou%3Dnai">ἀποδοῦναι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnou">χρόνου</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="makra%5C">μακρὰ</w> <w lemma="ploi%3Da">πλοῖα</w> <w lemma="paradou%3Dnai">παραδοῦναι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="trih%2Frwn">τριήρων</w>, <w lemma="o%28moi%2Fws">ὁμοίως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29le%2Ffantas">ἐλέφαντας</w>.
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<w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="mhdeni%5C">μηδενὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcw">ἔξω</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhs">Λιβύης</w> <w lemma="e%29pife%2Frein">ἐπιφέρειν</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Flou">καθόλου</w> <w lemma="mhde%5C">μηδὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fh%7C">Λιβύῃ</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Fmhs:">γνώμης·</w>
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<w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fas">οἰκίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2F">εἴ</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Ftero%2Fn">ἕτερόν</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="%2Amasanna%2Fsou">Μασαννάσου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="progo%2Fnwn">προγόνων</w> <w lemma="e%29nto%5Cs">ἐντὸς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29podeixqhsome%2Fnwn">ἀποδειχθησομένων</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Frwn">ὅρων</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="a%29podou%3Dnai">ἀποδοῦναι</w> <w lemma="%2Amasanna%2Fsa%7C:">Μασαννάσᾳ·</w>
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<w lemma="sitometrh%3Dsai%2F">σιτομετρῆσαί</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="trimh%2Fnou">τριμήνου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="misqodoth%3Dsai">μισθοδοτῆσαι</w> <w lemma="me%2Fxri">μέχρι</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhs">Ῥώμης</w> <w lemma="a%29ntifwnhqh%3D%7C">ἀντιφωνηθῇ</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkas:">συνθήκας·</w>
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<w lemma="e%29cenegkei%3Dn">ἐξενεγκεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29rguri%2Fou">ἀργυρίου</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="mu%2Fria">μύρια</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftesi">ἔτεσι</w> <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w>, <w lemma="fe%2Frontas">φέροντας</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkaston">ἕκαστον</w> <w lemma="e%29niauto%5Cn">ἐνιαυτὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29boi+ka%5C">Εὐβοϊκὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="diako%2Fsia:">διακόσια·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28mh%2Frous">ὁμήρους</w> <w lemma="dou%3Dnai">δοῦναι</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstews">πίστεως</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%5Cn">ἑκατὸν</w> <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="progra%2Fyh%7C">προγράψῃ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ne%2Fwn">νέων</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w>, <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="newte%2Frous">νεωτέρους</w> <w lemma="tettareskai%2Fdeka">τετταρεσκαίδεκα</w> <w lemma="e%29tw%3Dn">ἐτῶν</w> <w lemma="mhde%5C">μηδὲ</w> <w lemma="presbute%2Frous">πρεσβυτέρους</w> <w lemma="tria%2Fkonta">τριάκοντα</w>.
The principal points of the condition proposed were as follows. <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> was to retain all the cities she formerly possessed in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Africa&groupId=300&placeId=294">Africa</a> before entering on the last war with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, all her former territory, all flocks, herds, slaves, and other property:
from that day onward the Carthaginians were to suffer no injury, they were to be governed by their own laws and customs and to receive no garrison.
These were the lenient conditions; the others of a contrary kind were as follows: Reparation was to be made to the Romans for all acts of injustice committed by the Carthaginians during the truce: prisoners of war and deserters who had fallen into their hands at any date were to be delivered up: they were to surrender their ships of war with the exception of ten triremes,
and all their elephants: they were not to make war at all on any nation outside <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Africa&groupId=300&placeId=294">Africa</a> and on no nation in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Africa&groupId=300&placeId=294">Africa</a> without consulting <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>:
they were to restore to King Massanissa, within the boundaries that should subsequently be assigned, all houses, lands, and cities, and other property which had belonged to him or to his ancestors:
they were to contribute ten thousand talents in fifty years, paying two hundred Euboic talents each year:
finally they were to give as surety a hundred hostages chosen by the Roman general from among their young men between the age of fourteen and thirty.