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Book 33 - Chapter 10

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<w lemma="%2A%28o">Ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Fintos">Κόιντος</w> <w lemma="sunaqroi%2Fsas">συναθροίσας</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aplakenti%2Fnwn">Πλακεντίνων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenos">ποιησάμενος</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29apenni%2Fnwn">Ἀπεννίνων</w> <w lemma="o%29rw%3Dn">ὀρῶν</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dken">ἧκεν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ocubi%2Fous">Ὀξυβίους</w>.
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<w lemma="stratopedeu%2Fsas">στρατοπεδεύσας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Faprwna">Ἄπρωνα</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29nede%2Fxeto">ἀνεδέχετο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fous">πολεμίους</w>, <w lemma="punqano%2Fmenos">πυνθανόμενος</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%28qroi%2Fzesqai">ἁθροίζεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proqu%2Fmous">προθύμους</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="diakinduneu%2Fein">διακινδυνεύειν</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosagagw%5Cn">προσαγαγὼν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="stratia%5Cn">στρατιὰν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Fintos">Κόιντος</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29%2Fgitnan">Αἴγιτναν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="h%28%3D%7C">ᾗ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="paraspondhqh%3Dnai">παρασπονδηθῆναι</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="kra%2Ftos">κράτος</w> <w lemma="e%28lw%5Cn">ἑλὼν</w> <w lemma="e%29chndrapodi%2Fsato">ἐξηνδραποδίσατο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxhgou%5Cs">ἀρχηγοὺς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fbrews">ὕβρεως</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsteile">ἀπέστειλε</w> <w lemma="desmi%2Fous">δεσμίους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="diapraca%2Fmenos">διαπραξάμενος</w> <w lemma="a%29ph%2Fnta">ἀπήντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fois">πολεμίοις</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ocu%2Fbioi">Ὀξύβιοι</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fzontes">νομίζοντες</w> <w lemma="a%29parai%2Fthton">ἀπαραίτητον</w> <w lemma="au%28toi%3Ds">αὑτοῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="a%28marti%2Fan">ἁμαρτίαν</w>, <w lemma="paralo%2Fgw%7C">παραλόγῳ</w> <w lemma="tini%5C">τινὶ</w> <w lemma="xrhsa%2Fmenoi">χρησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="qumw%3D%7C">θυμῷ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="labo%2Fntes">λαβόντες</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%5Cn">ὁρμὴν</w> <w lemma="parastatikh%2Fn">παραστατικήν</w>, <w lemma="pri%5Cn">πρὶν</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Adekih%2Ftas">Δεκιήτας</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="summi%3Dcai">συμμῖξαι</w>, <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tetrakisxili%2Fous">τετρακισχιλίους</w> <w lemma="a%28qroisqe%2Fntes">ἁθροισθέντες</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Frmhsan">ὥρμησαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fous">πολεμίους</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Fintos">Κόιντος</w> <w lemma="i%29dw%5Cn">ἰδὼν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffodon">ἔφοδον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="qra%2Fsos">θράσος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="barba%2Frwn">βαρβάρων</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%2Fnoian">ἀπόνοιαν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="katepla%2Fgh">κατεπλάγη</w>, <w lemma="qewrw%3Dn">θεωρῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="mhdeni%5C">μηδενὶ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgw%7C">λόγῳ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fth%7C">ταύτῃ</w> <w lemma="xrwme%2Fnous">χρωμένους</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29xqrou%5Cs">ἐχθροὺς</w> <w lemma="eu%29qarsh%5Cs">εὐθαρσὴς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="tribh%5Cn">τριβὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasin">πράγμασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsei">φύσει</w> <w lemma="diafero%2Fntws">διαφερόντως</w> <w lemma="a%29gxi%2Fnous">ἀγχίνους</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxwn">ὑπάρχων</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29cagagw%5Cn">ἐξαγαγὼν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="stratia%5Cn">στρατιὰν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parakale%2Fsas">παρακαλέσας</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fponta">πρέποντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2F%7Cei">ᾔει</w> <w lemma="ba%2Fdhn">βάδην</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fous">πολεμίους</w>.
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<w lemma="xrhsa%2Fmenos">χρησάμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sunto%2Fnw%7C">συντόνῳ</w> <w lemma="prosbolh%3D%7C">προσβολῇ</w> <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="e%29ni%2Fkhse">ἐνίκησε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29ntitacame%2Fnous">ἀντιταξαμένους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fkteinen">ἀπέκτεινεν</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipou%5Cs">λοιποὺς</w> <w lemma="h%29na%2Fgkase">ἠνάγκασε</w> <w lemma="fugei%3Dn">φυγεῖν</w> <w lemma="protropa%2Fdhn">προτροπάδην</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Adekih%3Dtai">Δεκιῆται</w> <w lemma="sunhqroisme%2Fnoi">συνηθροισμένοι</w> <w lemma="parh%3Dsan">παρῆσαν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="meqe%2Fcontes">μεθέξοντες</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ocubi%2Fois">Ὀξυβίοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnwn:">κινδύνων·</w>
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<w lemma="u%28sterh%2Fsantes">ὑστερήσαντες</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxhs">μάχης</w> <w lemma="tou%2Fs">τούς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="feu%2Fgontas">φεύγοντας</w> <w lemma="e%29cede%2Fcanto">ἐξεδέξαντο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgon">ὀλίγον</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbalon">συνέβαλον</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhs">μεγάλης</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%3Ds">ὁρμῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="proqumi%2Fas">προθυμίας</w>.
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<w lemma="h%28tthqe%2Fntes">ἡττηθέντες</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxh%7C">μάχῃ</w> <w lemma="parauti%2Fka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fdwkan">παρέδωκαν</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Fintos">Κόιντος</w> <w lemma="ku%2Frios">κύριος</w> <w lemma="geno%2Fmenos">γενόμενος</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29qnw%3Dn">ἐθνῶν</w> <w lemma="parauti%2Fka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fshn">ὅσην</w> <w lemma="e%29nede%2Fxeto">ἐνεδέχετο</w> <w lemma="prose%2Fqhke">προσέθηκε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Amassalih%2Ftais">Μασσαλιήταις</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllon">μέλλον</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fmhra">ὅμηρα</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aligusti%2Fnous">Λιγυστίνους</w> <w lemma="h%29na%2Fgkase">ἠνάγκασε</w> <w lemma="dido%2Fnai">διδόναι</w> <w lemma="kata%2F">κατά</w> <w lemma="tinas">τινας</w> <w lemma="taktou%5Cs">τακτοὺς</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnous">χρόνους</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Amassalih%2Ftais:">Μασσαλιήταις·</w>
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<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paropli%2Fsas">παροπλίσας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29ntitacame%2Fnous">ἀντιταξαμένους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dielw%5Cn">διελὼν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="paraxeimasi%2Fan">παραχειμασίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29poih%2Fsato">ἐποιήσατο</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%29cei%3Dan">ὀξεῖαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flabe">ἔλαβε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="sunte%2Fleian">συντέλειαν</w>. —
Opimius collected his forces at Piacenza, and marching across the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Apennines&groupId=343&placeId=664">Apennines</a> reached the country of the Oxybii.
Encamping beside the river Apro he waited for the enemy, hearing that they were collecting and were ready to give battle.
Then leading his army to Aegitna, the town in which the legates had been treacherously attacked, he took it by assault, sold the inhabitants into slavery, and sent the ringleaders of the outrage in chains to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.
After this success he went to meet the enemy.
The Oxybii, thinking that their offence against the legates was inexpiable, showed extraordinary spirit, and with frenzied eagerness for the fray, before being joined by the Decietae, collected a force of about four thousand men and threw themselves on the enemy.
Opimius, seeing the barbarians attack him so boldly, was amazed at their desperate courage; but knowing that they had no good grounds for this display of valour, felt full of confidence, as he was a practised commander and exceedingly intelligent.
Therefore, leading out his army and exhorting them in terms suitable to the occasion, he advanced slowly to meet the enemy.
Pressing home his attack vigorously he soon got the better of his adversaries, slew many of them and forced the others to headlong flight.
The Decietae now arrived in full force, thinking that they would take part in the battle side by side with the Oxybii, but arriving after all was over, received the fugitives into their ranks;
they shortly afterwards attacked the Romans with great spirit and resolution,
but when worsted in the fight at once unconditionally surrendered themselves and their city.
Opimius having overcome these tribes added as much of their territory as he thought fit to that of Marseilles, and compelled the Ligurians to give the Massaliots in future hostages for certain periods.
He himself, after disarming his adversaries and distributing his forces among the different cities, went into winter quarters in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Liguria&groupId=689&placeId=1259">Liguria</a>.
This campaign, then, both began and ended rapidly.