Polybius, Histories

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Book 2 - Chapter 36

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<w lemma="%2A%29asdrou%2Fbas">Ἀσδρούβας</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="strathgo%2Fs">στρατηγός</w> — <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="parece%2Fbhmen">παρεξέβημεν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29chgh%2Fsews">ἐξηγήσεως</w> — <w lemma="e%29%2Fth">ἔτη</w> <w lemma="xeiri%2Fsas">χειρίσας</w> <w lemma="o%29ktw%5C">ὀκτὼ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fan">Ἰβηρίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29teleu%2Fthse">ἐτελεύτησε</w>, <w lemma="dolofonhqei%5Cs">δολοφονηθεὶς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%3D">ἑαυτοῦ</w> <w lemma="katalu%2Fmasi">καταλύμασι</w> <w lemma="nukto%5Cs">νυκτὸς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%2F">ὑπό</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltou%3D">Κελτοῦ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnos">γένος</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fwn">ἰδίων</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fneken">ἕνεκεν</w> <w lemma="a%29dikhma%2Ftwn">ἀδικημάτων</w>,
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<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mikra%5Cn">μικρὰν</w> <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsas">ποιήσας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fdosin">ἐπίδοσιν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fois">Καρχηδονίοις</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasin">πράγμασιν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftw">οὕτω</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn">πολεμίων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgwn">ἔργων</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fstas">δυνάστας</w> <w lemma="o%28mili%2Fas">ὁμιλίας</w>.
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<w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="strathgi%2Fan">στρατηγίαν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fnioi">Καρχηδόνιοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fan">Ἰβηρίαν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fba%7C">Ἀννίβᾳ</w> <w lemma="perie%2Fqesan">περιέθεσαν</w>, <w lemma="o%29%2Fnti">ὄντι</w> <w lemma="ne%2Fw%7C">νέῳ</w>, <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28pofainome%2Fnhn">ὑποφαινομένην</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcewn">πράξεων</w> <w lemma="a%29gxi%2Fnoian">ἀγχίνοιαν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%2Flman">τόλμαν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="paralabw%5Cn">παραλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="dh%3Dlos">δῆλος</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pinohma%2Ftwn">ἐπινοημάτων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="e%29coi%2Fswn">ἐξοίσων</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>. <w lemma="o%28%5C">ὃ</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="e%29poi%2Fhse">ἐποίησε</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Fnu">πάνυ</w> <w lemma="braxu%5Cn">βραχὺν</w> <w lemma="e%29pisxw%5Cn">ἐπισχὼν</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w>.
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<w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kairw%3Dn">καιρῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="u%28poyi%2Fais">ὑποψίαις</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paratribai%3Ds">παρατριβαῖς</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29pebou%2Fleuon">ἐπεβούλευον</w>, <w lemma="a%29mu%2Fnasqai">ἀμύνασθαι</w> <w lemma="speu%2Fdontes">σπεύδοντες</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fan">Σικελίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29lattw%2Fseis">ἐλαττώσεις</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="dihpi%2Fstoun">διηπίστουν</w>, <w lemma="qewrou%3Dntes">θεωροῦντες</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibola%2Fs">ἐπιβολάς</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="dh%3Dlon">δῆλον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%29rqw%3Ds">ὀρθῶς</w> <w lemma="skopoume%2Fnois">σκοπουμένοις</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllousi">μέλλουσι</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flois">ἀλλήλοις</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="polu%5Cn">πολὺν</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w>.
This digression has led us away from the affairs of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Spain&groupId=983&placeId=1735">Spain</a>, where Hasdrubal, after governing the country for eight years, was assassinated at night in his lodging by a certain Celt owing to wrongs of a private nature.
He had largely increased the power of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a>, not so much by military action as by friendly intercourse with the chiefs.
The Carthaginians appointed Hannibal to the chief command in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Spain&groupId=983&placeId=1735">Spain</a>, although he was still young, owing to the shrewdness and courage he had evinced in their service.
From the moment that he assumed the command, it was evident from the measures he took that he intended to make war on <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, as indeed he finished by doing, and that very shortly.
The relations between <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> were henceforth characterized by mutual suspicion and friction.
The Carthaginians continued to form designs against <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> as they were eager to be revenged for their reverses in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a>, while the Romans, detecting their projects, mistrusted them profoundly.
It was therefore evident to all competent judges that it would not be long before war broke out between them.