<w lemma="%2Ameta%5C">Μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="prosepisitisa%2Fmenoi">προσεπισιτισάμενοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftous">αἰχμαλώτους</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="katarti%2Fsantes">καταρτίσαντες</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%28rmo%2Fzousan">ἁρμόζουσαν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="proterh%2Fmasin">προτερήμασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pime%2Fleian">ἐπιμέλειαν</w> <w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenoi">ποιησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="plhrwma%2Ftwn">πληρωμάτων</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%2Fgonto">ἀνήγοντο</w> <w lemma="poiou%2Fmenoi">ποιούμενοι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="plou%3Dn">πλοῦν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhn">Λιβύην</w>.
<w lemma="prossxo%2Fntes">προσσχόντες</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="prw%2Ftais">πρώταις</w> <w lemma="pleou%2Fsais">πλεούσαις</w> <w lemma="nausi%5Cn">ναυσὶν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fkran">ἄκραν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ermai%2Fan">Ἑρμαίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29ponomazome%2Fnhn">ἐπονομαζομένην</w>, <w lemma="h%28%5C">ἣ</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="panto%5Cs">παντὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fna">Καρχηδόνα</w> <w lemma="ko%2Flpou">κόλπου</w> <w lemma="keime%2Fnh">κειμένη</w> <w lemma="protei%2Fnei">προτείνει</w> <w lemma="pela%2Fgios">πελάγιος</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fan">Σικελίαν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosdeca%2Fmenoi">προσδεξάμενοι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29pipleou%2Fsas">ἐπιπλεούσας</w> <w lemma="e%29ntau%3Dqa">ἐνταῦθα</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="sunaqroi%2Fsantes">συναθροίσαντες</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="sto%2Flon">στόλον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpleon">ἔπλεον</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>, <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aspi%2Fda">Ἀσπίδα</w> <w lemma="kaloume%2Fnhn">καλουμένην</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="a%29fi%2Fkonto">ἀφίκοντο</w>.
<w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenoi">ποιησάμενοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%2Fbasin">ἀπόβασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29ntau%3Dqa">ἐνταῦθα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="newlkh%2Fsantes">νεωλκήσαντες</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%2Ffrw%7C">τάφρῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xa%2Fraki">χάρακι</w> <w lemma="perilabo%2Fntes">περιλαβόντες</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fnonto">ἐγίνοντο</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="poliorkei%3Dn">πολιορκεῖν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%2Fn">αὐτήν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="boulome%2Fnwn">βουλομένων</w> <w lemma="e%28kousi%2Fws">ἑκουσίως</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="prosxwrh%3Dsai">προσχωρῆσαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="katexo%2Fntwn">κατεχόντων</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="diafugo%2Fntes">διαφυγόντες</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="naumaxi%2Fan">ναυμαχίαν</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnou">κινδύνου</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="katapleu%2Fsantes">καταπλεύσαντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pepeisme%2Fnoi">πεπεισμένοι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fous">ὑπεναντίους</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Ftos">γεγονότος</w> <w lemma="proterh%2Fmatos">προτερήματος</w> <w lemma="e%29parqe%2Fntas">ἐπαρθέντας</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsesqai">ποιήσεσθαι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fploun">ἐπίπλουν</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fna">Καρχηδόνα</w>, <w lemma="pareth%2Froun">παρετήρουν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="pezikai%3Ds">πεζικαῖς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nautikai%3Ds">ναυτικαῖς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmesi">δυνάμεσι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="prokeime%2Fnous">προκειμένους</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w>.
<w lemma="e%29pigno%2Fntes">ἐπιγνόντες</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalw%3Ds">ἀσφαλῶς</w> <w lemma="a%29pobebhko%2Ftas">ἀποβεβηκότας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poliorkou%3Dntas">πολιορκοῦντας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aspi%2Fda">Ἀσπίδα</w>, <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="parafula%2Fttein">παραφυλάττειν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fploun">ἐπίπλουν</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fgnwsan">ἀπέγνωσαν</w>, <w lemma="sunh%2Fqroizon">συνήθροιζον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="fulakh%5Cn">φυλακὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fnonto">ἐγίνοντο</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="kurieu%2Fsantes">κυριεύσαντες</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aspi%2Fdos">Ἀσπίδος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fulakh%5Cn">φυλακὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29polipo%2Fntes">ἀπολιπόντες</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fmyantes">πέμψαντες</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29paggelou%3Dntas">ἀπαγγελοῦντας</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Ftwn">γεγονότων</w>, <w lemma="e%29rhsome%2Fnous">ἐρησομένους</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="mello%2Fntwn">μελλόντων</w> <w lemma="ti%2F">τί</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pw%3Ds">πῶς</w> <w lemma="xrh%3Dsqai">χρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasin">πράγμασιν</w>, <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fsh%7C">πάσῃ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmei">δυνάμει</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="spoudh%5Cn">σπουδὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29nazeu%2Fcantes">ἀναζεύξαντες</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Frmhsan">ὥρμησαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="porqei%3Dn">πορθεῖν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>.
<w lemma="ou%29deno%5Cs">οὐδενὸς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29mpodw%5Cn">ἐμποδὼν</w> <w lemma="i%28stame%2Fnou">ἱσταμένου</w>, <w lemma="polla%5Cs">πολλὰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kh%2Fseis">οἰκήσεις</w> <w lemma="perittw%3Ds">περιττῶς</w> <w lemma="kateskeuasme%2Fnas">κατεσκευασμένας</w> <w lemma="die%2Ffqeiran">διέφθειραν</w>, <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tetrapo%2Fdou">τετραπόδου</w> <w lemma="lei%2Fas">λείας</w> <w lemma="perieba%2Flonto:">περιεβάλοντο·</w> <w lemma="sw%2Fmata">σώματα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fw">πλείω</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="dismuri%2Fwn">δισμυρίων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%2Fgagon">ἀνήγαγον</w>.
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="kairw%3D%7C">καιρῷ</w> <w lemma="parh%3Dsan">παρῆσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhs">Ῥώμης</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="diasafou%3Dntes">διασαφοῦντες</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fna">ἕνα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="strathgw%3Dn">στρατηγῶν</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnein">μένειν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxonta">ἔχοντα</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29rkou%2Fsas">ἀρκούσας</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fteron">ἕτερον</w> <w lemma="a%29pokomi%2Fzein">ἀποκομίζειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="sto%2Flon">στόλον</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Frkos">Μάρκος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmenen">ἔμενεν</w>, <w lemma="u%28poleipo%2Fmenos">ὑπολειπόμενος</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="tettara%2Fkonta">τετταράκοντα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pezou%5Cs">πεζοὺς</w> <w lemma="muri%2Fous">μυρίους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pentakisxili%2Fous">πεντακισχιλίους</w>, <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pentakosi%2Fous:">πεντακοσίους·</w>
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkios">Λεύκιος</w> <w lemma="a%29nalabw%5Cn">ἀναλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="plhrw%2Fmata">πληρώματα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftwn">αἰχμαλώτων</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="komisqei%5Cs">κομισθεὶς</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fan">Σικελίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalw%3Ds">ἀσφαλῶς</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dken">ἧκεν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>.
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<head>The Siege of Aspis</head>After the battle the Romans took in a fresh supply of victual, repaired and refitted the ships they had captured, bestowed upon the crews the attention which they had deserved by their victory, and then put to sea with a view of continuing their voyage to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Libya&groupId=686&placeId=427">Libya</a>. Their leading ships made the shore just under the headland called the Hermaeum, which is the extreme point on the east of the Gulf of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a>, and runs out into the open sea in the direction of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a>.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note90">Siege of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Aspis&groupId=374&placeId=706">Aspis</a>. (Clupea.)</note>There they waited for the rest of the ships to come up, and having got the entire fleet together coasted along until they came to the city called <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Aspis&groupId=374&placeId=706">Aspis</a>. Here they disembarked, beached their ships, dug a trench, and constructed a stockade round them; and on the inhabitants of the city refusing to submit without compulsion, they set to work to besiege the town. Presently those of the Carthaginians who had survived the sea-fight came to land also; and feeling sure that the enemy, in the flush of their<pb n="34" />victory, intended to sail straight against <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> itself, they began by keeping a chain of advanced guards at outlying points to protect the capital with their military and naval forces. But when they ascertained that the Romans had disembarked without resistance and were engaged in besieging <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Aspis&groupId=374&placeId=706">Aspis</a>, they gave up the idea of watching for the descent of the fleet; but concentrated their forces, and devoted themselves to the protection of the capital and its environs.Meanwhile the Romans had taken <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Aspis&groupId=374&placeId=706">Aspis</a>, had placed in it a<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note91">Aspis taken.</note>garrison to hold it and its territory, and had besides sent home to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> to announce the events which had taken place and to ask for instructions as to the future,—what they were to do, and what arrangements they were to make. Having done this they made active preparations for a general advance and set about plundering the country. They met with no opposition in this: they destroyed numerous dwelling houses of remarkably fine construction, possessed themselves of a great number of cattle; and captured more than twenty thousand slaves whom they took to their ships. In the midst of these proceedings the messengers arrived from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> with orders that one Consul was to remain with an adequate force, the other was to bring the fleet to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note92">M. Atilius Regulus remains in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Africa&groupId=300&placeId=294">Africa</a>, winter of B. C. 256-255.</note>Accordingly Marcus was left behind with forty ships, fifteen thousand infantry, and five hundred cavalry; while Lucius put the crowd of captives on board, and having embarked his men, sailed along the coast of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a> without encountering any danger, and reached <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.
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