Polybius, Histories

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Book 3 - Chapter 28

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Fwsper">Ὥσπερ</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fan">Σικελίαν</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fbasin">διάβασιν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Frkous">ὅρκους</w> <w lemma="eu%28ri%2Fskomen">εὑρίσκομεν</w> <w lemma="gegenhme%2Fnhn">γεγενημένην</w>, <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="deute%2Frou">δευτέρου</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w>, <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="e%29poih%2Fsanto">ἐποιήσαντο</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asardo%2Fnos">Σαρδόνος</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkas">συνθήκας</w>, <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="pro%2Ffasin">πρόφασιν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%2Ft%27">οὔτ᾽</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fan">αἰτίαν</w> <w lemma="eu%28%2Froi">εὕροι</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Flogon">εὔλογον</w>,
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<w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%28mologoume%2Fnws">ὁμολογουμένως</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="h%29nagkasme%2Fnous">ἠναγκασμένους</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="di%2Fkaia">δίκαια</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29kxwrh%3Dsai">ἐκχωρῆσαι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Asardo%2Fnos">Σαρδόνος</w>, <w lemma="e%29cenegkei%3Dn">ἐξενεγκεῖν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnon">προειρημένον</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="xrhma%2Ftwn">χρημάτων</w>.
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<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="lego%2Fmenon">λεγόμενον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fgklhma">ἔγκλημα</w>, <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="sfw%3Dn">σφῶν</w> <w lemma="ploi+zome%2Fnous">πλοϊζομένους</w> <w lemma="h%29di%2Fkoun">ἠδίκουν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Alibuko%5Cn">Λιβυκὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="e%29lu%2Fqh">ἐλύθη</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="komisa%2Fmenoi">κομισάμενοι</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpantas">ἅπαντας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kathgme%2Fnous">κατηγμένους</w> <w lemma="a%29ntedwrh%2Fsanto">ἀντεδωρήσαντο</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="lu%2Ftrwn">λύτρων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="xa%2Friti">χάριτι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsin">σφίσιν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxontas">ὑπάρχοντας</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftous">αἰχμαλώτους</w>.
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<w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="h%28mei%3Ds">ἡμεῖς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="bu%2Fblw%7C">βύβλῳ</w> <w lemma="dedhlw%2Fkamen">δεδηλώκαμεν</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="u%28parxo%2Fntwn">ὑπαρχόντων</w>, <w lemma="loipo%5Cn">λοιπὸν</w> <w lemma="dieukrinh%3Dsai">διευκρινῆσαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ske%2Fyasqai">σκέψασθαι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fban">Ἀννίβαν</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="pote%2Frois">ποτέροις</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fan">αἰτίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29naqete%2Fon">ἀναθετέον</w>.
While therefore we find that the crossing of the Romans to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a> was not contrary to treaty, for the second war, that in which they made the treaty about <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sardinia&groupId=947&placeId=1685">Sardinia</a>, it is impossible to discover any reasonable pretext or cause. In this case everyone would agree that the Carthaginians, contrary to all justice, and merely because the occasion permitted it, were forced to evacuate <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sardinia&groupId=947&placeId=1685">Sardinia</a> and pay the additional sum I mentioned. For from the charge brought by the Romans against them in justification of this, that in the Libyan war they inflicted wrongs on the crews of ships sailing from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, they had freed them on the occasion when they had received back from them all their sailors who had been brought into <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> and in return gave back all their own prisoners as an act of grace and without ransom. Of this I have spoken at length in my previous Book. Having established these facts it remains for us to consider, after thorough investigation, to which of the two states we should attribute the cause of the Hannibalic war.