<w lemma="%2Akai%5C">Καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fan">Ἰβηρίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>. <w lemma="e%29nistame%2Fnhs">ἐνισταμένης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29arinh%3Ds">ἐαρινῆς</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fras">ὥρας</w>, <w lemma="%2Aga%2Fios">Γάιος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Aflami%2Fnios">Φλαμίνιος</w> <w lemma="a%29nalabw%5Cn">ἀναλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="proh%3Dge">προῆγε</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Aturrhni%2Fas">Τυρρηνίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katestratope%2Fdeuse">κατεστρατοπέδευσε</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arrhti%2Fnwn">Ἀρρητίνων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w>,
<w lemma="%2Agna%2Fios">Γνάιος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aseroui%2Flios">Σερουίλιος</w> <w lemma="tou%29%2Fmpalin">τοὔμπαλιν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29arimi%2Fnou">Ἀριμίνου</w>, <w lemma="tau%2Fth%7C">ταύτῃ</w> <w lemma="parathrh%2Fswn">παρατηρήσων</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29sbolh%5Cn">εἰσβολὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fwn">ὑπεναντίων</w>.
<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="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2Akeltikh%3D%7C">Κελτικῇ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhs">μάχης</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftwn">αἰχμαλώτων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="fulakh%3D%7C">φυλακῇ</w> <w lemma="sunei%3Dxen">συνεῖχεν</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Ftria">μέτρια</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdei%2Fwn">ἐπιτηδείων</w> <w lemma="didou%2Fs">διδούς</w>,
<w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxous">συμμάχους</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsh%7C">πάσῃ</w> <w lemma="filanqrwpi%2Fa%7C">φιλανθρωπίᾳ</w> <w lemma="diech%3Dgen">διεξῆγεν</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="sunagagw%5Cn">συναγαγὼν</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Flei">παρεκάλει</w>, <w lemma="fa%2Fskwn">φάσκων</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnois">ἐκείνοις</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fkein">ἥκειν</w> <w lemma="polemh%2Fswn">πολεμήσων</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnwn">ἐκείνων</w>. <w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%2Fs">αὐτούς</w>,
<w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="o%29rqw%3Ds">ὀρθῶς</w> <w lemma="fronw%3Dsin">φρονῶσιν</w>, <w lemma="a%29nte%2Fxesqai">ἀντέχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="fili%2Fas">φιλίας</w>.
<w lemma="parei%3Dnai">παρεῖναι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29leuqeri%2Fan">ἐλευθερίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29nakthso%2Fmenos">ἀνακτησόμενος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29italiw%2Ftais">Ἰταλιώταις</w>, <w lemma="o%28moi%2Fws">ὁμοίως</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="a%29polwleko%2Ftes">ἀπολωλεκότες</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkastoi">ἕκαστοι</w> <w lemma="tugxa%2Fnousi">τυγχάνουσι</w>, <w lemma="sunanasw%2Fswn">συνανασώσων</w>.
<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29pw%5Cn">εἰπὼν</w> <w lemma="a%29fh%3Dke">ἀφῆκε</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="lu%2Ftrwn">λύτρων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fan">οἰκείαν</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="prokalei%3Dsqai">προκαλεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftou">τοιούτου</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpou">τρόπου</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%28to%5Cn">αὑτὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="katoikou%3Dntas">κατοικοῦντας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29pallotriou%3Dn">ἀπαλλοτριοῦν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fas">εὐνοίας</w>, <w lemma="e%29reqi%2Fzein">ἐρεθίζειν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="dokou%3Dntas">δοκοῦντας</w> <w lemma="po%2Flesin">πόλεσιν</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="lime%2Fsin">λιμέσιν</w> <w lemma="h%29lattw%3Dsqai%2F">ἠλαττῶσθαί</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w>.
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Such was the state of matters in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Spain&groupId=983&placeId=1735">Spain</a>. In the early spring Gaius Flaminius with his army advanced through <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Etruria&groupId=582&placeId=1089">Etruria</a> and encamped before Arretium, while Gnaeus Servilius advanced as far as <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Ariminum&groupId=362&placeId=691">Ariminum</a> to watch for the invasion of the enemy from that side. Hannibal, who was wintering in Cisalpine <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Gaul&groupId=598&placeId=1108">Gaul</a>, kept the Roman prisoners he had taken in the battle in custody, giving them just sufficient to eat, but to the prisoners from the allies he continued to show the greatest kindness, and afterwards called a meeting of them and addressed them, saying that he had not come to make war on them, but on the Romans for their sakes and therefore if they were wise they should embrace his friendship, for he had come first of all to re-establish the liberty of the peoples of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> and also to help them to recover the cities and territories of which the Romans had deprived them. Having spoken so, he dismissed them all to their homes without ransom, his aim in doing so being both to gain over the inhabitants of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> to his own cause and to alienate their affections from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, provoking at the same time to revolt those who thought their cities or harbours had suffered damage by Roman rule.
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