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Book 3 - Chapter 33

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<w lemma="%2Aoi%28">Οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w> — <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fkbasin">παρέκβασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29nteu%3Dqen">ἐντεῦθεν</w> <w lemma="e%29poihsa%2Fmeqa">ἐποιησάμεθα</w> — <w lemma="diakou%2Fsantes">διακούσαντες</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllo">ἄλλο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5Cn">οὐδὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dpan">εἶπαν</w>,
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="presbu%2Ftatos">πρεσβύτατος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="dei%2Fcas">δείξας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="sunedri%2Fw%7C">συνεδρίῳ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="ko%2Flpon">κόλπον</w> <w lemma="e%29ntau%3Dqa">ἐνταῦθα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rh%2Fnhn">εἰρήνην</w> <w lemma="fe%2Frein:">φέρειν·</w> <w lemma="e%29kbalw%5Cn">ἐκβαλὼν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w>, <w lemma="o%28po%2Fteron">ὁπότερον</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="keleu%2Fswsin">κελεύσωσιν</w>, <w lemma="a%29polei%2Fyein">ἀπολείψειν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w>, <w lemma="o%28po%2Fteron">ὁπότερον</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="fai%2Fnetai">φαίνεται</w>, <w lemma="tou%3Dt%27">τοῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kbalei%3Dn">ἐκβαλεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29ke%2Fleuse">ἐκέλευσε</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fou">Ῥωμαίου</w> <w lemma="fh%2Fsantos">φήσαντος</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="e%29kbalei%3Dn">ἐκβαλεῖν</w>, <w lemma="a%29nefw%2Fnhsan">ἀνεφώνησαν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="sunedri%2Fou">συνεδρίου</w>, <w lemma="de%2Fxesqai">δέχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="fa%2Fskontes">φάσκοντες</w>. <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fdrion">συνέδριον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="e%29xwri%2Fsqhsan">ἐχωρίσθησαν</w>.
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<w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paraxeima%2Fzwn">παραχειμάζων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Akainh%3D%7C">Καινῇ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flei">πόλει</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="diafh%3Dke">διαφῆκε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fibhras">Ἴβηρας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%28autw%3Dn">ἑαυτῶν</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%28toi%2Fmous">ἑτοίμους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proqu%2Fmous">προθύμους</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%2Fzein">παρασκευάζειν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllon">μέλλον</w>.
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<w lemma="deu%2Fteron">δεύτερον</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asdrou%2Fba%7C">Ἀσδρούβᾳ</w> <w lemma="ta%29delfw%3D%7C">τἀδελφῷ</w> <w lemma="die%2Ftace">διέταξε</w> <w lemma="pw%3Ds">πῶς</w> <w lemma="deh%2Fsei">δεήσει</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibh%2Frwn">Ἰβήρων</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3D%7C">ἀρχῇ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fa%7C">δυναστείᾳ</w> <w lemma="xrh%3Dsqai">χρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="paraskeuai%3Ds">παρασκευαῖς</w>, <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="xwri%2Fzhtai%2F">χωρίζηταί</w> <w lemma="pou">που</w>.
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<w lemma="tri%2Fton">τρίτον</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalei%2Fas">ἀσφαλείας</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fh%7C">Λιβύῃ</w> <w lemma="prounoei%3Dto">προυνοεῖτο</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w>.
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<w lemma="pa%2Fnu">πάνυ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29mpei%2Frws">ἐμπείρως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="froni%2Fmws">φρονίμως</w> <w lemma="e%29klogizo%2Fmenos">ἐκλογιζόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhs">Λιβύης</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fan">Ἰβηρίαν</w>, <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fas">Ἰβηρίας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhn">Λιβύην</w> <w lemma="diebi%2Fbaze">διεβίβαζε</w> <w lemma="stratiw%2Ftas">στρατιώτας</w>, <w lemma="e%29kdesmeu%2Fwn">ἐκδεσμεύων</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%28kate%2Frwn">ἑκατέρων</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fths">τοιαύτης</w> <w lemma="oi%29konomi%2Fas">οἰκονομίας</w>.
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<w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="diaba%2Fntes">διαβάντες</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhn">Λιβύην</w> <w lemma="%2Aqersi%3Dtai">Θερσῖται</w>, <w lemma="%2Amastianoi%2F">Μαστιανοί</w>,
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<w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="%2A%29orh%3Dtes">Ὀρῆτες</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fibhres">Ἴβηρες</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29olka%2Fdes">Ὀλκάδες</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmpantes">σύμπαντες</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29qnw%3Dn">ἐθνῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="xi%2Flioi">χίλιοι</w> <w lemma="diako%2Fsioi">διακόσιοι</w>, <w lemma="pezoi%5C">πεζοὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mu%2Frioi">μύριοι</w> <w lemma="trisxi%2Flioi">τρισχίλιοι</w> <w lemma="o%29ktako%2Fsioi">ὀκτακόσιοι</w> <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="%2Abaliarei%3Ds">Βαλιαρεῖς</w> <w lemma="o%29ktako%2Fsioi">ὀκτακόσιοι</w> <w lemma="e%28bdomh%2Fkonta">ἑβδομήκοντα</w>,
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<w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="kuri%2Fws">κυρίως</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kalou%3Dsi">καλοῦσι</w> <w lemma="sfendonh%2Ftas">σφενδονήτας</w>, <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fas">χρείας</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="sunwnu%2Fmws">συνωνύμως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnos">ἔθνος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="prosagoreu%2Fousi">προσαγορεύουσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="nh%3Dson">νῆσον</w>.
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<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnwn">προειρημένων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Ametagw%2Fnia">Μεταγώνια</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhs">Λιβύης</w>, <w lemma="tina%5Cs">τινὰς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fna">Καρχηδόνα</w> <w lemma="kate%2Ftacen">κατέταξεν</w>.
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<w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flewn">πόλεων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Ametagwnitw%3Dn">Μεταγωνιτῶν</w> <w lemma="kaloume%2Fnwn">καλουμένων</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsteilen">ἀπέστειλεν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllous">ἄλλους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fna">Καρχηδόνα</w> <w lemma="pezou%5Cs">πεζοὺς</w> <w lemma="tetrakisxili%2Fous">τετρακισχιλίους</w>, <w lemma="o%28mhrei%2Fas">ὁμηρείας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxontas">ἔχοντας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="bohqei%2Fas">βοηθείας</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fcin">τάξιν</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fas">Ἰβηρίας</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Flipen">ἀπέλιπεν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asdrou%2Fba%7C">Ἀσδρούβᾳ</w> <w lemma="ta%29delfw%3D%7C">τἀδελφῷ</w> <w lemma="penth%2Freis">πεντήρεις</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w>, <w lemma="tetrh%2Freis">τετρήρεις</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="trih%2Freis">τριήρεις</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnte:">πέντε·</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="e%29xou%2Fsas">ἐχούσας</w> <w lemma="plhrw%2Fmata">πληρώματα</w> <w lemma="penth%2Freis">πεντήρεις</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tria%2Fkonta">τριάκοντα</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w>, <w lemma="trih%2Freis">τριήρεις</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnte">πέντε</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Alibufoini%2Fkwn">Λιβυφοινίκων</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fwn">Λιβύων</w> <w lemma="tetrakosi%2Fous">τετρακοσίους</w> <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w>, <w lemma="%2Alerghtw%3Dn">Λεργητῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="triakosi%2Fous">τριακοσίους</w>, <w lemma="%2Anoma%2Fdwn">Νομάδων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Amasuli%2Fwn">Μασυλίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amasaisuli%2Fwn">Μασαισυλίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakkoi%2Fwn">Μακκοίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amaurousi%2Fwn">Μαυρουσίων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29wkeano%5Cn">Ὠκεανὸν</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fous">χιλίους</w> <w lemma="o%29ktakosi%2Fous">ὀκτακοσίους</w>,
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<w lemma="pezou%5Cs">πεζοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fwn">Λιβύων</w> <w lemma="muri%2Fous">μυρίους</w> <w lemma="xili%2Fous">χιλίους</w> <w lemma="o%29ktakosi%2Fous">ὀκτακοσίους</w> <w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w>, <w lemma="%2Aligusti%2Fnous">Λιγυστίνους</w> <w lemma="triakosi%2Fous">τριακοσίους</w>, <w lemma="%2Abaliarei%3Ds">Βαλιαρεῖς</w> <w lemma="pentakosi%2Fous">πεντακοσίους</w>, <w lemma="e%29le%2Ffantas">ἐλέφαντας</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosi">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fna">ἕνα</w>.
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<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Aou%29">Οὐ</w> <w lemma="xrh%5C">χρὴ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="qauma%2Fzein">θαυμάζειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29kri%2Fbeian">ἀκρίβειαν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29nagrafh%3Ds">ἀναγραφῆς</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fth%7C">τοιαύτῃ</w> <w lemma="kexrh%2Fmeqa">κεχρήμεθα</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbou">Ἀννίβου</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fan">Ἰβηρίαν</w> <w lemma="pepragme%2Fnwn">πεπραγμένων</w> <w lemma="oi%28%2Fa%7C">οἵᾳ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Flis">μόλις</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="xrh%2Fsaito%2F">χρήσαιτό</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="kexeirikw%5Cs">κεχειρικὼς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fceis">πράξεις</w>, <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="prokataginw%2Fskein">προκαταγινώσκειν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="pepoih%2Fkamen">πεποιήκαμεν</w> <w lemma="paraplh%2Fsion">παραπλήσιον</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29ciopi%2Fstws">ἀξιοπίστως</w> <w lemma="yeudome%2Fnois">ψευδομένοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="suggrafe%2Fwn">συγγραφέων</w>.
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<w lemma="h%28mei%3Ds">ἡμεῖς</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="eu%28ro%2Fntes">εὑρόντες</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Alakini%2Fw%7C">Λακινίῳ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="grafh%5Cn">γραφὴν</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="xalkw%2Fmati">χαλκώματι</w> <w lemma="katatetagme%2Fnhn">κατατεταγμένην</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbou">Ἀννίβου</w>, <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpois">τόποις</w> <w lemma="a%29nestre%2Ffeto">ἀνεστρέφετο</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Fntws">πάντως</w> <w lemma="e%29nomi%2Fsamen">ἐνομίσαμεν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%2F">περί</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="a%29cio%2Fpiston">ἀξιόπιστον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai:">εἶναι·</w> <w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katakolouqei%3Dn">κατακολουθεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%28lo%2Fmeqa">εἱλόμεθα</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="grafh%3D%7C">γραφῇ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fth%7C">ταύτῃ</w>.
I interrupted my narrative to enter on this digression at the point where the Roman ambassadors were at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a>. After listening to the Carthaginians\' statement of their case, they made no other reply but the following. The oldest member of the embassy, pointing to the bosom of his toga, told the Senate that it held both war and peace for them: therefore he would let fall from it and leave with them whichever of the two they bade him. The Carthaginian Suffete bade him let fall whichever the Romans chose, and when the envoy said he would let fall war, many of the senators cried out at once, "We accept it." The ambassadors and the Senate parted on these terms. Hannibal, who was wintering in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=New Carthage&groupId=791&placeId=1430">New Carthage</a>, in the first place dismissed the Iberians to their own cities hoping thus to make them readily disposed to help in the future; next he instructed his brother Hasdrubal how to manage the government of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Spain&groupId=983&placeId=1735">Spain</a> and prepare to resist the Romans if he himself happened to be absent; in the third place he took precautions for the security of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Africa&groupId=300&placeId=294">Africa</a>, adopting the very sensible and wise policy of sending soldiers from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Africa&groupId=300&placeId=294">Africa</a> to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Spain&groupId=983&placeId=1735">Spain</a>, and vice versa, binding by this measure the two provinces to reciprocal loyalty. The troops who crossed to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Africa&groupId=300&placeId=294">Africa</a> were supplied by the Thersitae, Mastiani, Iberian Oretes and Olcades, and numbered twelve hundred horse and thirteen thousand eight hundred and seventy Balearians, a popular appellation, derived from ballein, "to throw," and meaning slingers, given to them owing to their skill with this weapon and extended to their nation and islands. He stationed most of these troops at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Metagonia&groupId=761&placeId=1381">Metagonia</a> in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Libya&groupId=686&placeId=427">Libya</a> and some in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> itself. From the so‑called Metagonian towns he sent four thousand foot to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> to serve both as a reinforcement and as hostages. In <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Spain&groupId=983&placeId=1735">Spain</a> he left with his brother Hasdrubal fifty quinqueremes, two quadriremes and all the triremes being fully manned. He also gave him as cavalry Liby-Phoenicians and Libyans to the number of four hundred and fifty, three hundred Ilergetes and eighteen hundred Numidians drawn from the Masylii, Masaesylii, Maccoei and Maurusi, who dwell by the ocean, and as infantry eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty Libyans, three hundred Ligurians, and five hundred Balearians, as well as twenty-one elephants. No one need be surprised at the accuracy of the information I give here about Hannibal\'s arrangements in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Spain&groupId=983&placeId=1735">Spain</a>, an accuracy which even the actual organizer of the details would have some difficulty in attaining, and I need not be condemned off-hand under the idea that I am acting like those authors who try to make their misstatements plausible. The fact is that I found on the Lacinian promontory a bronze tablet on which Hannibal himself had made out these lists during the time he was in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>, and thinking this an absolutely first-rate authority, decided to follow the document.