Polybius, Histories

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Book 1 - Chapter 71

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<w lemma="lesqai">λεσθαι</w> <w lemma="metasxei%3Dn">μετασχεῖν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29posta%2Fsews">ἀποστάσεως</w>. <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fnioi">Καρχηδόνιοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fous">βίους</w> <w lemma="a%29ei%5C">ἀεὶ</w> <w lemma="diecagago%2Fntes">διεξαγαγόντες</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="gennhma%2Ftwn">γεννημάτων</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="koina%5Cs">κοινὰς</w> <w lemma="paraskeua%5Cs">παρασκευὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w> <w lemma="a%28qroi%2Fzontes">ἁθροίζοντες</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhn">Λιβύην</w> <w lemma="proso%2Fdwn">προσόδων</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29qisme%2Fnoi">εἰθισμένοι</w> <w lemma="cenikai%3Ds">ξενικαῖς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmesi">δυνάμεσι</w>,
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<w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="e%29sterhme%2Fnoi">ἐστερημένοι</w> <w lemma="paralo%2Fgws">παραλόγως</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kaq%27">καθ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28rw%3Dntes">ὁρῶντες</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkasta">ἕκαστα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnwn">προειρημένων</w> <w lemma="e%29pistre%2Ffonta">ἐπιστρέφοντα</w>, <w lemma="tele%2Fws">τελέως</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flh%7C">μεγάλῃ</w> <w lemma="dusqumi%2Fa%7C">δυσθυμίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="duselpisti%2Fa%7C">δυσελπιστίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kaqe%2Fstasan">καθέστασαν</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="prosdoki%2Fan">προσδοκίαν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="a%29pobebhko%2Ftwn">ἀποβεβηκότων</w>.
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<w lemma="tetrume%2Fnoi">τετρυμένοι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fas">Σικελίας</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w> <w lemma="sunexw%3Ds">συνεχῶς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Flpizon">ἤλπιζον</w> <w lemma="e%29pitelesqeisw%3Dn">ἐπιτελεσθεισῶν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fsewn">διαλύσεων</w> <w lemma="a%29napnoh%3Ds">ἀναπνοῆς</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="teu%2Fcesqai">τεύξεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katasta%2Fsews">καταστάσεως</w> <w lemma="eu%29dokoume%2Fnhs">εὐδοκουμένης</w>.
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<w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="ta%29nanti%2Fa:">τἀναντία·</w> <w lemma="mei%2Fzonos">μείζονος</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29ni%2Fstato">ἐνίστατο</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="katarxh%5C">καταρχὴ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="foberwte%2Frou">φοβερωτέρου</w>.
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<w lemma="pro%2Fsqen">πρόσθεν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fas">Σικελίας</w> <w lemma="h%29mfisbh%2Ftoun">ἠμφισβήτουν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="sfw%3Dn">σφῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fdos">πατρίδος</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmellon">ἔμελλον</w> <w lemma="kinduneu%2Fsein">κινδυνεύσειν</w>, <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="a%29nalamba%2Fnontes">ἀναλαμβάνοντες</w> <w lemma="e%29mfu%2Flion">ἐμφύλιον</w>.
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<w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fplwn">ὅπλων</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="nautikh%5C">ναυτικὴ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamis">δύναμις</w>, <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="ploi%2Fwn">πλοίων</w> <w lemma="kataskeuh%5C">κατασκευὴ</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="tosau%2Ftais">τοσαύταις</w> <w lemma="naumaxi%2Fais">ναυμαχίαις</w> <w lemma="peripeptwko%2Ftwn:">περιπεπτωκότων·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="xorhgiw%3Dn">χορηγιῶν</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fqesis">διάθεσις</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flwn">φίλων</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxwn">συμμάχων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="bohqhso%2Fntwn">βοηθησόντων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcwqen">ἔξωθεν</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%5Cs">ἐλπὶς</w> <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28tisou%3Dn">ἡτισοῦν</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%3Drxen">ὑπῆρχεν</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="safw%3Ds">σαφῶς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fgnwsan">ἔγνωσαν</w> <w lemma="h%28li%2Fkhn">ἡλίκην</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxei">ἔχει</w> <w lemma="diafora%5Cn">διαφορὰν</w> <w lemma="ceniko%5Cs">ξενικὸς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diapo%2Fntios">διαπόντιος</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemos">πόλεμος</w> <w lemma="e%29mfuli%2Fou">ἐμφυλίου</w> <w lemma="sta%2Fsews">στάσεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="taraxh%3Ds">ταραχῆς</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fkista">ἥκιστα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%5C">αὐτοὶ</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="toiou%2Ftwn">τοιούτων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="thli">τηλι</w>
<head>Despair at Carthage</head>Three things must be noticed in regard to the Carthaginians. First, among them the means of life of private persons are supplied by the produce of the land; secondly, all public expenses for war material and stores are discharged from the tribute paid by the people of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Libya&groupId=686&placeId=427">Libya</a>; and thirdly, it is their regular custom to carry on war by means of mercenary troops. At this moment they not only found themselves unexpectedly deprived of all these resources at once, but saw each one of them actually employed against themselves.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note179">Despair at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a>.</note>Such an unlooked-for event naturally reduced them to a state of great discouragement and despair. After the long agony of the Sicilian war they were in hopes, when the peace was ratified, that they might obtain some breathing space and some period of settled content. The very reverse was now befalling them. They were confronted by an outbreak of war still more difficult and formidable. In the former they were disputing with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> for the possession of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a>: but this was a domestic war, and the issue at stake was the bare existence of themselves and their county. Besides, the many battles in which they had been engaged at sea had naturally left them ill supplied with arms, sailors, and vessels. They had no store of provisions ready, and no expectation whatever of external assistance from<pb n="81" />friends or allies. They were indeed now thoroughly taught the difference between a foreign war, carried on beyond the seas, and a domestic insurrection and disturbance.