<w lemma="%2Ato%5C">Τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fper">ὅπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fbalen">ἐνέβαλεν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w>, <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="dedhlw%2Fkamen">δεδηλώκαμεν</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29sbolh%5Cn">εἰσβολὴν</w> <w lemma="katastratopedeu%2Fsas">καταστρατοπεδεύσας</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="parw%2Freian">παρώρειαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Falpewn">Ἄλπεων</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%5Cs">ἀρχὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29nela%2Fmbane">ἀνελάμβανε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w>.
<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29naba%2Fsewn">ἀναβάσεων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kataba%2Fsewn">καταβάσεων</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="traxuth%2Ftwn">τραχυτήτων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28perbola%2Fs">ὑπερβολάς</w>, <w lemma="deinw%3Ds">δεινῶς</w> <w lemma="tetalaipwrh%2Fkei">τεταλαιπωρήκει</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmpan">σύμπαν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpedon">στρατόπεδον</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdei%2Fwn">ἐπιτηδείων</w> <w lemma="spa%2Fnei">σπάνει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="swma%2Ftwn">σωμάτων</w> <w lemma="a%29qerapeusi%2Fais">ἀθεραπευσίαις</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Ds">κακῶς</w> <w lemma="a%29ph%2Fllatte">ἀπήλλαττε</w>.
<w lemma="polloi%5C">πολλοὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaqufei%3Dnq%27">καθυφεῖνθ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%5Cs">ἑαυτοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerw%3Ds">ὁλοσχερῶς</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fndeian">ἔνδειαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fxeian">συνέχειαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="po%2Fnwn">πόνων</w>. <w lemma="ou%29%2Fte">οὔτε</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="diakomi%2Fzein">διακομίζειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tosau%2Ftas">τοσαύτας</w> <w lemma="muria%2Fdas">μυριάδας</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpwn">τόπων</w> <w lemma="dayilh%3D">δαψιλῆ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="trofh%5Cn">τροφὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Doi%2F">οἷοί</w> <w lemma="t%27">τ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2F">ἅ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pareko%2Fmizon">παρεκόμιζον</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pozugi%2Fwn">ὑποζυγίων</w> <w lemma="katafqora%3D%7C">καταφθορᾷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="plei%3Dsta">πλεῖστα</w> <w lemma="sunapw%2Flluto">συναπώλλυτο</w>.
<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%2Fsas">ὁρμήσας</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodanou%3D">Ῥοδανοῦ</w> <w lemma="diaba%2Fsews">διαβάσεως</w>, <w lemma="pezou%5Cs">πεζοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="o%29ktakisxili%2Fous">ὀκτακισχιλίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="trismuri%2Fous">τρισμυρίους</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="o%29ktakisxili%2Fwn">ὀκτακισχιλίων</w>, <w lemma="sxedo%2Fn">σχεδόν</w> <w lemma="pou">που</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28mi%2Fseian">ἡμίσειαν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29pa%2Fnw">ἐπάνω</w> <w lemma="proei%3Dpon">προεῖπον</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28perbolai%3Ds">ὑπερβολαῖς</w> <w lemma="die%2Ffqeiren">διέφθειρεν</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28%2F">οἵ</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="swqe%2Fntes">σωθέντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pifanei%2Fais">ἐπιφανείαις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="loiph%3D%7C">λοιπῇ</w> <w lemma="diaqe%2Fsei">διαθέσει</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fxeian">συνέχειαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnwn">προειρημένων</w> <w lemma="po%2Fnwn">πόνων</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Don">οἷον</w> <w lemma="a%29poteqhriwme%2Fnoi">ἀποτεθηριωμένοι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w>.
<w lemma="pollh%5Cn">πολλὴν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="poiou%2Fmenos">ποιούμενος</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fnoian">πρόνοιαν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pimelei%2Fas">ἐπιμελείας</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nekta%3Dto">ἀνεκτᾶτο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="yuxa%5Cs">ψυχὰς</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="sw%2Fmata">σώματα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w>, <w lemma="o%28moi%2Fws">ὁμοίως</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppwn">ἵππων</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w>, <w lemma="prosaneilhfui%2Fas">προσανειληφυίας</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Atauri%2Fnwn">Ταυρίνων</w>, <w lemma="oi%28%5C">οἳ</w> <w lemma="tugxa%2Fnousi">τυγχάνουσι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="parwrei%2Fa%7C">παρωρείᾳ</w> <w lemma="katoikou%3Dntes">κατοικοῦντες</w>, <w lemma="stasiazo%2Fntwn">στασιαζόντων</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Finsombras">Ἴνσομβρας</w> <w lemma="a%29pistou%2Fntwn">ἀπιστούντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fois">Καρχηδονίοις</w>,
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="fili%2Fan">φιλίαν</w> <w lemma="proukalei%3Dto">προυκαλεῖτο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="summaxi%2Fan:">συμμαχίαν·</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="u%28pakouo%2Fntwn">ὑπακουόντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peristratopedeu%2Fsas">περιστρατοπεδεύσας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="baruta%2Fthn">βαρυτάτην</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="trisi%5Cn">τρισὶν</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Frais">ἡμέραις</w> <w lemma="e%29cepolio%2Frkhsen">ἐξεπολιόρκησεν</w>.
<w lemma="katasfa%2Fcas">κατασφάξας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29nantiwqe%2Fntas">ἐναντιωθέντας</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton">τοιοῦτον</w> <w lemma="e%29neirga%2Fsato">ἐνειργάσατο</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fbon">φόβον</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="su%2Fneggus">σύνεγγυς</w> <w lemma="katoikou%3Dsin">κατοικοῦσιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="barba%2Frwn">βαρβάρων</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="xeiro%5Cs">χειρὸς</w> <w lemma="paragi%2Fnesqai">παραγίνεσθαι</w>, <w lemma="dido%2Fntas">διδόντας</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%5Cs">αὑτοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w>.
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipo%5Cn">λοιπὸν</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pedi%2Fa">πεδία</w> <w lemma="katoikou%2Fntwn">κατοικούντων</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltw%3Dn">Κελτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29spou%2Fdaze">ἐσπούδαζε</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="koinwnei%3Dn">κοινωνεῖν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fois">Καρχηδονίοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%2Fn:">ἐπιβολήν·</w>
<w lemma="parhllaxo%2Ftwn">παρηλλαχότων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai+kw%3Dn">Ῥωμαϊκῶν</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstous">πλείστους</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diakekleiko%2Ftwn">διακεκλεικότων</w>, <w lemma="h%28suxi%2Fan">ἡσυχίαν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dgon:">ἦγον·</w> <w lemma="tine%5Cs">τινὲς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sustrateu%2Fein">συστρατεύειν</w> <w lemma="h%29nagka%2Fzonto">ἠναγκάζοντο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>.
<w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="a%28%5C">ἃ</w> <w lemma="ble%2Fpwn">βλέπων</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fkrine">ἔκρινε</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllein">μέλλειν</w> <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="proa%2Fgein">προάγειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%29%2Fmprosqen">τοὔμπροσθεν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fttein">πράττειν</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="qarrh%3Dsai">θαρρῆσαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="boulome%2Fnous">βουλομένους</w> <w lemma="mete%2Fxein">μετέχειν</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdwn">ἐλπίδων</w>.
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I have already stated the strength of Hannibal\'s army when he entered <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>. Once arrived there he at first encamped at the very foot of the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alps&groupId=313&placeId=609">Alps</a> to refresh his forces. For his men had not only suffered terribly from the toil of ascent and descent of the passes and the roughness of the road but they were also in wretched condition owing to the scarcity of provisions and neglect of their persons, many having fallen into a state of utter despondency from prolonged toil and want of food. For it had been impossible to transport over such ground a plentiful supply of provisions for so many thousand men, and with the loss of the pack-animals the greater part of what they were carrying perished. So that while Hannibal started from the passage of the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhone&groupId=933&placeId=1667">Rhone</a> with thirty-eight thousand foot and more than eight thousand horse he lost in crossing the passes, as I said above, about half his whole force, while the survivors, owing to the continued hardships they had suffered, had become in their external appearance and general condition more like beasts than men. Hannibal, therefore, made every provision for carefully attending to the men and the horses likewise until they were restored in body and spirit. After this, his forces having now picked up their strength, when the Taurini who live at the foot of the mountains quarrelled with the Insubres and showed no confidence in the Carthaginians, he at first made overtures for their friendship and alliance, but on their rejecting these he encamped round their chief city and reduced it in three days. By massacring those who had been opposed to him he struck such terror into the neighbouring tribes of barbarians that they all came in at once and submitted to him. The remaining Celtic inhabitants of the plains were impatient to join the Carthaginians, as had been their original design, but as the Roman legions had advanced beyond most of them and cut them off, they kept quiet, some even being compelled to serve with the Romans. Hannibal, in view of this, decided not to delay, but to advance and try by some action to encourage those who wished to take part in his enterprise.
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