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Book 15 - Chapter 3

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<w lemma="%2Agenome%2Fnwn">Γενομένων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="au%29%3Dqis">αὖθις</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemos">πόλεμος</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllhn">ἄλλην</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29lh%2Ffei">εἰλήφει</w> <w lemma="barute%2Fran">βαρυτέραν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fsqen">πρόσθεν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dusmenikwte%2Fran">δυσμενικωτέραν</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28%2F">οἵ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="dokou%3Dntes">δοκοῦντες</w> <w lemma="parespondh%3Dsqai">παρεσπονδῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="filoti%2Fmws">φιλοτίμως</w> <w lemma="die%2Fkeinto">διέκειντο</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="perigene%2Fsqai">περιγενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w>, <w lemma="oi%28%2F">οἵ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fnioi">Καρχηδόνιοι</w> <w lemma="suneido%2Ftes">συνειδότες</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pepragme%2Fna">πεπραγμένα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dn">πᾶν</w> <w lemma="e%28toi%2Fmws">ἑτοίμως</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29xqroi%3Ds">ἐχθροῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28poxei%2Frioi">ὑποχείριοι</w> <w lemma="genhqh%3Dnai">γενηθῆναι</w>.
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<w lemma="toiau%2Fths">τοιαύτης</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29mfoi%3Dn">ἀμφοῖν</w> <w lemma="parasta%2Fsews">παραστάσεως</w> <w lemma="u%28parxou%2Fshs">ὑπαρχούσης</w> <w lemma="profane%5Cs">προφανὲς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="deh%2Fsei">δεήσει</w> <w lemma="ma%2Fxh%7C">μάχῃ</w> <w lemma="kri%2Fnesqai">κρίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%2Ftwn">ἐνεστώτων</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhn">Λιβύην</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fan">Ἰβηρίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikeli%2Fan">Σικελίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asardo%2Fna">Σαρδόνα</w> <w lemma="metew%2Frous">μετεώρους</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="perispa%3Dsqai">περισπᾶσθαι</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="dianoi%2Fais">διανοίαις</w>, <w lemma="karadokou%3Dntas">καραδοκοῦντας</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sumbhso%2Fmenon">συμβησόμενον</w>.
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<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w>, <w lemma="e%29llei%2Fpwn">ἐλλείπων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="i%28ppikoi%3Ds">ἱππικοῖς</w>, <w lemma="die%2Fpempe">διέπεμπε</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fs">πρός</w> <w lemma="tina">τινα</w> <w lemma="%2Anoma%2Fda">Νομάδα</w> <w lemma="%2Atuxai%3Don">Τυχαῖον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%3Dos">οἰκεῖος</w> <w lemma="%2Aso%2Ffakos">Σόφακος</w>, <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="maximwta%2Ftous">μαχιμωτάτους</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="e%29do%2Fkei">ἐδόκει</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>,
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<w lemma="parakalw%3Dn">παρακαλῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="bohqei%3Dn">βοηθεῖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunepilamba%2Fnesqai">συνεπιλαμβάνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kairou%3D">καιροῦ</w>, <w lemma="safw%3Ds">σαφῶς</w> <w lemma="ginw%2Fskonta">γινώσκοντα</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="krathsa%2Fntwn">κρατησάντων</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnatai">δύναται</w> <w lemma="diafula%2Fttein">διαφυλάττειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%2Fn">ἀρχήν</w>, <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29knikhsa%2Fntwn">ἐκνικησάντων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fw%7C">βίῳ</w> <w lemma="kinduneu%2Fsei">κινδυνεύσει</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Amasanna%2Fsou">Μασαννάσου</w> <w lemma="filarxi%2Fan">φιλαρχίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%28%3Dtos">οὗτος</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="peisqei%5Cs">πεισθεὶς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="parakaloume%2Fnois">παρακαλουμένοις</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dke">ἧκε</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="disxili%2Fwn">δισχιλίων</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fban">Ἀννίβαν</w>.
<head>Last Year of the Second Punic War</head>This was the signal for the recommencement of the war<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note6">Renewal of hostilities.</note>in a fiercer and more angry spirit than before. The Romans on their part, looking upon themselves as having been treated with perfidy, were possessed with a furious determination to conquer the Carthaginians; while the latter, conscious of the consequences of what they had done, were ready to go all lengths to avoid<pb n="139" />falling under the power of the enemy. With such feelings animating both sides, it was quite evident that the result would have to be decided on the field of battle.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note7">Hannibal's cavalry reinforced by Tychaeus.</note>Consequently everybody, not only in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Libya&groupId=686&placeId=427">Libya</a>, but in Iberia, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a>, and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sardinia&groupId=947&placeId=1685">Sardinia</a>, was in a state of excited expectation, watching with conflicting feelings to see what would happen. But meanwhile Hannibal, finding himself too weak in cavalry, sent to a certain Numidian named Tychaeus, who was a friend of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syphax&groupId=993&placeId=1751">Syphax</a>, and was reputed to possess the most warlike cavalry in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Libya&groupId=686&placeId=427">Libya</a>, urging him "to lend his aid, and not let the present opportunity slip; as he must be well aware that, if the Carthaginians won the day, he would be able to maintain his rule; but if the Romans proved victorious, his very life would be in danger, owing to the ambition of Massanissa." This prince was convinced by these arguments, and joined Hannibal with two thousand horsemen.