Polybius, Histories

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Book 2 - Chapter 31

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<w lemma="%2A%29ape%2Fqanon">Ἀπέθανον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltw%3Dn">Κελτῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tetrakismuri%2Fous">τετρακισμυρίους</w>, <w lemma="e%28a%2Flwsan">ἑάλωσαν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29la%2Fttous">ἐλάττους</w> <w lemma="muri%2Fwn">μυρίων</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fwn">βασιλέων</w> <w lemma="%2Akogkolita%2Fnos">Κογκολιτάνος</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fteros">ἕτερος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anhro%2Festos">Ἀνηρόεστος</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fs">εἴς</w> <w lemma="tina">τινα</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpon">τόπον</w> <w lemma="sumfugw%5Cn">συμφυγὼν</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgwn">ὀλίγων</w> <w lemma="prosh%2Fnegke">προσήνεγκε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3D%7C">αὑτῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29nagkai%2Fois">ἀναγκαίοις</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="sku%3Dla">σκῦλα</w> <w lemma="sunaqroi%2Fsas">συναθροίσας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsteile">ἀπέστειλε</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="lei%2Fan">λείαν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fdwke">ἀπέδωκε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="prosh%2Fkousin">προσήκουσιν</w>.
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<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29nalabw%5Cn">ἀναλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpeda">στρατόπεδα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dielqw%5Cn">διελθὼν</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aligustikh%5Cn">Λιγυστικὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aboi%2Fwn">Βοίων</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fbale">ἐνέβαλε</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>. <w lemma="plhrw%2Fsas">πληρώσας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="o%28rma%5Cs">ὁρμὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="w%29felei%2Fas">ὠφελείας</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgais">ὀλίγαις</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Frais">ἡμέραις</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dken">ἧκεν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmewn">δυνάμεων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Akapetw%2Flion">Καπετώλιον</w> <w lemma="e%29ko%2Fsmhse">ἐκόσμησε</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="shmei%2Fais">σημείαις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="mania%2Fkais">μανιάκαις</w> — <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fsti">ἔστι</w> <w lemma="xrusou%3Dn">χρυσοῦν</w> <w lemma="ye%2Flion">ψέλιον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="forou%3Dsi">φοροῦσι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="tra%2Fxhlon">τράχηλον</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2Agala%2Ftai">Γαλάται</w> —
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<w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipoi%3Ds">λοιποῖς</w> <w lemma="sku%2Flois">σκύλοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftois">αἰχμαλώτοις</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fsodon">εἴσοδον</w> <w lemma="e%29xrh%2Fsato">ἐχρήσατο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%3D">ἑαυτοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="qria%2Fmbou">θριάμβου</w> <w lemma="diako%2Fsmhsin">διακόσμησιν</w>.
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<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28h">Ἡ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="baruta%2Fth">βαρυτάτη</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltw%3Dn">Κελτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffodos">ἔφοδος</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftw">οὕτω</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpw%7C">τρόπῳ</w> <w lemma="diefqa%2Frh">διεφθάρη</w>, <w lemma="pa%3Dsi">πᾶσι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29italiw%2Ftais">Ἰταλιώταις</w>, <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgan">μέγαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fobero%5Cn">φοβερὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pikrema%2Fsasa">ἐπικρεμάσασα</w> <w lemma="ki%2Fndunon">κίνδυνον</w>.
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<w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="katorqw%2Fmatos">κατορθώματος</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="katelpi%2Fsantes">κατελπίσαντες</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="dunh%2Fsesqai">δυνήσεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltou%5Cs">Κελτοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Apa%2Fdon">Πάδον</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerw%3Ds">ὁλοσχερῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29kbalei%3Dn">ἐκβαλεῖν</w>, <w lemma="tou%2Fs">τούς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="katastaqe%2Fntas">κατασταθέντας</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Ftous">ὑπάτους</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Fi+nton">Κόϊντον</w> <w lemma="%2Afo%2Flouion">Φόλουιον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ati%2Fton">Τίτον</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Flion">Μάλιον</w> <w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frous">ἀμφοτέρους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="paraskeuh%3Ds">παρασκευῆς</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhs">μεγάλης</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteilan">ἐξαπέστειλαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltou%2Fs">Κελτούς</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Aboi%2Fous">Βοίους</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="e%29fo%2Fdou">ἐφόδου</w> <w lemma="kataplhca%2Fmenoi">καταπληξάμενοι</w> <w lemma="sunhna%2Fgkasan">συνηνάγκασαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%5Cs">ἑαυτοὺς</w> <w lemma="dou%3Dnai">δοῦναι</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipo%5Cn">λοιπὸν</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="stratei%2Fas">στρατείας</w>,
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<w lemma="e%29pigenome%2Fnwn">ἐπιγενομένων</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fmbrwn">ὄμβρων</w> <w lemma="e%29caisi%2Fwn">ἐξαισίων</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loimikh%3Ds">λοιμικῆς</w> <w lemma="diaqe%2Fsews">διαθέσεως</w> <w lemma="e%29mpe">ἐμπε</w>
About forty thousand Celts were slain and at least ten thousand taken prisoners, among them the king Concolitanus.
The other king, Aneroëstes, escaped with a few followers to a certain place where he put an end to his life and to those of his friends.
The Roman Consul collected the spoils and sent them to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, returning the booty of the Gauls to the owners.
With his legions he traversed <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Liguria&groupId=689&placeId=1259">Liguria</a> and invaded the territory of the Boii, from whence, after letting his legions pillage to their heart\'s content, he returned at their head in a few days to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.
He sent to ornament the Capitol the standards and necklaces (the gold necklets worn by the Gauls),
but the rest of the spoil and the prisoners he used for his entry into <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> and the adornment of his triumph.
were destroyed these Celts during whose invasion, the most serious that had ever occurred, all the Italians and especially the Romans had been exposed to great and terrible peril.
This success encouraged the Romans to hope that they would be able entirely to expel the Celts from the plain of the Po and both the Consuls of the next year, Quintus Fulvius and Titus Manlius, were sent against them with a formidable expeditionary force.
They surprised and terrified the Boii, compelling them to submit to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>,
but the rest of the campaign had no practical results whatever, owing to the very heavy rains, and an epidemic which broke out among them.