Polybius, Histories

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Book 8 - Chapter 31

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<w lemma="%2A%29%2Fhdh">Ἤδη</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbou">Ἀννίβου</w> <w lemma="parembeblhko%2Ftos">παρεμβεβληκότος</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29gora%2Fn">ἀγοράν</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="a%29pokexwrhko%2Ftwn">ἀποκεχωρηκότων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fkran">ἄκραν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="prokatesxh%3Dsqai">προκατεσχῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="froura%3D%7C">φρουρᾷ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>, <w lemma="o%29%2Fntos">ὄντος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="fwto%5Cs">φωτὸς</w> <w lemma="ei%29likrinou%3Ds">εἰλικρινοῦς</w>, <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="e%29kh%2Frutte">ἐκήρυττε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Ataranti%2Fnous">Ταραντίνους</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fneu">ἄνευ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fplwn">ὅπλων</w> <w lemma="a%28qroi%2Fzesqai">ἁθροίζεσθαι</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29gora%2Fn">ἀγοράν</w>,
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="neani%2Fskoi">νεανίσκοι</w> <w lemma="periporeuo%2Fmenoi">περιπορευόμενοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29bo%2Fwn">ἐβόων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29leuqeri%2Fan">ἐλευθερίαν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Floun">παρεκάλουν</w> <w lemma="qarrei%3Dn">θαρρεῖν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnwn">ἐκείνων</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fntas">παρόντας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28%2Fsoi">ὅσοι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Ataranti%2Fnwn">Ταραντίνων</w> <w lemma="prokatei%2Fxonto">προκατείχοντο</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fa%7C">εὐνοίᾳ</w>, <w lemma="gno%2Fntes">γνόντες</w> <w lemma="a%29pexw%2Froun">ἀπεχώρουν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fkran:">ἄκραν·</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipoi%5C">λοιποὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kh%2Frugma">κήρυγμα</w> <w lemma="sunhqroi%2Fzonto">συνηθροίζοντο</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fplwn">ὅπλων</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="filanqrw%2Fpous">φιλανθρώπους</w> <w lemma="diele%2Fxqh">διελέχθη</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w>.
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<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Ataranti%2Fnwn">Ταραντίνων</w> <w lemma="o%28moqumado%5Cn">ὁμοθυμαδὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pishmhname%2Fnwn">ἐπισημηναμένων</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkasta">ἕκαστα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="legome%2Fnwn">λεγομένων</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="para%2Fdocon">παράδοξον</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdos">ἐλπίδος</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="diafh%3Dke">διαφῆκε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pollou%2Fs">πολλούς</w>, <w lemma="sunta%2Fcas">συντάξας</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkaston">ἕκαστον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fan">οἰκίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29panelqo%2Fntas">ἐπανελθόντας</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="spoudh%3Ds">σπουδῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="qu%2Fran">θύραν</w> <w lemma="e%29pigra%2Fyai">ἐπιγράψαι</w> <w lemma="%2At%2Aa%2Ar%2Aa%2An%2At%2Ai%2An%2Ao%2Au">ΤΑΡΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ</w>.
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<w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai+kh%5Cn">Ῥωμαϊκὴν</w> <w lemma="kata%2Flusin">κατάλυσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pigra%2Fyanti">ἐπιγράψαντι</w> <w lemma="tau%29to%5C">ταὐτὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="qa%2Fnaton">θάνατον</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Frise">ὥρισε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="zhmi%2Fan">ζημίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dielw%5Cn">διελὼν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdeiota%2Ftous">ἐπιτηδειοτάτους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="e%29fh%3Dke">ἐφῆκε</w> <w lemma="diarpa%2Fzein">διαρπάζειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fas">οἰκίας</w>, <w lemma="su%2Fnqhma">σύνθημα</w> <w lemma="dou%5Cs">δοὺς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fas">πολεμίας</w> <w lemma="nomi%2Fzein">νομίζειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29nepigra%2Ffous">ἀνεπιγράφους</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipou%5Cs">λοιποὺς</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fxwn">συνέχων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fcei">τάξει</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="e%29fe%2Fdrous">ἐφέδρους</w>.
Hannibal having by this time encamped his force in the market-place, and the Romans having retired to the citadel where they had always had a garrison, it being now bright daylight, he summoned all the Tarentines by herald to assemble unarmed in the market-place.
The conspirators also went round the town calling on the people to help the cause of freedom and exhorting them to be of good courage, as it was for their sake that the Carthaginians had come.
Those Tarentines who were favourably disposed to the Romans retired to the citadel when they knew what had happened, and the rest assembled in response to the summons without their arms and were addressed by Hannibal in conciliatory terms.
The Tarentines loudly cheered every sentence, delighted as they were at the unexpected prospect, and Hannibal on dismissing the meeting ordered everyone to return as quickly as possible to his own house and write on the door "Tarentine,"
decreeing the penalty of death against anyone who should write this on the house of a Roman.
He then selected the most suitable of his officers and sent them off to conduct the pillage of the houses belonging to Romans, ordering them to regard as enemy property all houses which were uninscribed, and meanwhile he kept the rest of his forces drawn up in order to act as a support for the pillagers.