<w lemma="%2A%29%2Feti">Ἔτι</w> <w lemma="toigarou%3Dn">τοιγαροῦν</w> <w lemma="teleutai%2Fas">τελευταίας</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkas">συνθήκας</w> <w lemma="poiou%3Dntai">ποιοῦνται</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Apu%2Frrou">Πύρρου</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fbasin">διάβασιν</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="susth%2Fsasqai">συστήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fas">Σικελίας</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon:">πόλεμον·</w>
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ai%28%3Ds">αἷς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Flla">ἄλλα</w> <w lemma="throu%3Dsi">τηροῦσι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28parxou%2Fsas">ὑπαρχούσας</w> <w lemma="o%28mologi%2Fas">ὁμολογίας</w>, <w lemma="pro%2Fskeitai">πρόσκειται</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="u%28pogegramme%2Fna">ὑπογεγραμμένα</w>.
<w lemma="“e%29a%5Cn">“ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="summaxίan">συμμαχίαν</w> <w lemma="poiw%3Dntai">ποιῶνται</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Apύrron">Πύρρον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fggrapton">ἔγγραπτον</w>, <w lemma="poieίsqwsan">ποιείσθωσαν</w> <w lemma="a%29mfόteroi">ἀμφότεροι</w>, <w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="e%29ch%3D%7C">ἐξῇ</w> <w lemma="bohqei%3Dn">βοηθεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29llήlois">ἀλλήλοις</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="polemoumέnwn">πολεμουμένων</w> <w lemma="xώra%7C:">χώρᾳ·</w>
<w lemma="o%28pόteroi">ὁπότεροι</w> <w lemma="d’">δ’</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="xreίan">χρείαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwsi">ἔχωσι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="bohqeίas">βοηθείας</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="ploi%3Da">πλοῖα</w> <w lemma="parexέtwsan">παρεχέτωσαν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdόnioi">Καρχηδόνιοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28do%5Cn">ὁδὸν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Ffodon">ἄφοδον</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="o%29yώnia">ὀψώνια</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%28kάteroi">ἑκάτεροι</w>.
<w lemma="%2Akarxhdόnioi">Καρχηδόνιοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="qάlattan">θάλατταν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmaίois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="bohqeίtwsan">βοηθείτωσαν</w>, <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="xreίa">χρεία</w> <w lemma="h%29%3D%7C">ᾖ</w>. <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plhrώmata">πληρώματα</w> <w lemma="mhdei%5Cs">μηδεὶς</w> <w lemma="a%29nagkazέtw">ἀναγκαζέτω</w> <w lemma="e%29kbaίnein">ἐκβαίνειν</w> <w lemma="a%29kousίws”">ἀκουσίως”</w>. <w lemma="%2Ato%5Cn">Τὸν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Frkon">ὅρκον</w> <w lemma="o%29mnu%2Fein">ὀμνύειν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fdei">ἔδει</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton">τοιοῦτον</w>,
<w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="prw%2Ftwn">πρώτων</w> <w lemma="sunqhkw%3Dn">συνθηκῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="qeou%5Cs">θεοὺς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="patrw%2F%7Cous">πατρῴους</w>, <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Adi%2Fa">Δία</w> <w lemma="li%2Fqon">λίθον</w> <w lemma="kata%2F">κατά</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="palaio%5Cn">παλαιὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqos">ἔθος</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Farhn">Ἄρην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29enua%2Flion">Ἐνυάλιον</w>.
<w lemma="e%29%2Fsti">ἔστι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Adi%2Fa">Δία</w> <w lemma="li%2Fqon">λίθον</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton:">τοιοῦτον·</w> <w lemma="labw%5Cn">λαβὼν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dra">χεῖρα</w> <w lemma="li%2Fqon">λίθον</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="poiou%2Fmenos">ποιούμενος</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Frkia">ὅρκια</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="sunqhkw%3Dn">συνθηκῶν</w>, <w lemma="e%29peida%5Cn">ἐπειδὰν</w> <w lemma="o%29mo%2Fsh%7C">ὀμόσῃ</w> <w lemma="dhmosi%2Fa%7C">δημοσίᾳ</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstei">πίστει</w>, <w lemma="le%2Fgei">λέγει</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fde:">τάδε·</w> "
<w lemma="eu%29orkou%3Dnti">εὐορκοῦντι</w> <w lemma="me%2Fn">μέν</w> <w lemma="moi">μοι</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fh">εἴη</w> <w lemma="ta%29gaqa%2F:">τἀγαθά·</w> <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllws">ἄλλως</w> <w lemma="dianohqei%2Fhn">διανοηθείην</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcaimi">πράξαιμι</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="sw%7Czome%2Fnwn">σῳζομένων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fais">ἰδίαις</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fsin">πατρίσιν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fois">ἰδίοις</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmois">νόμοις</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fwn">ἰδίων</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fwn">βίων</w>, <w lemma="i%28erw%3Dn">ἱερῶν</w>, <w lemma="ta%2Ffwn">τάφων</w>, <w lemma="e%29gw%5C">ἐγὼ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnos">μόνος</w> <w lemma="e%29kpe%2Fsoimi">ἐκπέσοιμι</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fde">ὅδε</w> <w lemma="li%2Fqos">λίθος</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w>.
"<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dt%27">ταῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29pw%5Cn">εἰπὼν</w> <w lemma="r%28i%2Fptei">ῥίπτει</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="li%2Fqon">λίθον</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xeiro%2Fs">χειρός</w>.
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A further and final treaty with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> was made by the Romans at the time of Pyrrhus\' invasion before the Carthaginians had begun the war for <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a>. In this they maintain all the previous agreements and add the following: "If they make an alliance with Pyrrhus, both shall make it an express condition that they may go to the help of each other in whichever country is attacked. No matter which require help, the Carthaginians are to provide the ships for transport and hostilities, but each country shall provide the pay for its own men. The Carthaginians, if necessary, shall come to the help of the Romans by sea too, but no one shall compel the crews to land against their will." The oaths they had to swear were as follows. In the case of the first treaty the Carthaginians swore by their ancestral gods and the Romans, following an old custom, by Jupiter Lapis, and in the case of this latter treaty by Mars and Quirinus. The oath by Jupiter Lapis is as follows. The man who is swearing to the treaty takes in his hand a stone, and when he has sworn in the name of the state, he says, "If I abide by this my oath may all good be mine, but if I do otherwise in thought or act, let all other men dwell safe in their own countries under their own laws and in possession of their own substance, temples, and tombs, and may I alone be cast forth, even as this stone," and so saying he throws the stone from his hand.
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