<w lemma="%2Ati%2Fnos">Τίνος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="xa%2Frin">χάριν</w> <w lemma="e%29poihsa%2Fmeqa">ἐποιησάμεθα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="plei%3Don">πλεῖον</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnou">προειρημένου</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="mnh%2Fmhn">μνήμην</w>;
<w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kairw%3Dn">καιρῶν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="sunapto%2Fntwn">συναπτόντων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28f%27">ὑφ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28mw%3Dn">ὑμῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28storei%3Dsqai">ἱστορεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="me%2Fllousi">μέλλουσι</w> <w lemma="xrh%2Fsimon">χρήσιμον</w> <w lemma="e%29do%2Fkei">ἐδόκει</w>, <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29nagkai%3Don">ἀναγκαῖον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fqesin">πρόθεσιν</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="poih%3Dsai">ποιῆσαι</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsin">πᾶσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29nargh%3D">ἐναργῆ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="gnw%2Frimon">γνώριμον</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxousan">ὑπάρχουσαν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnas">Μακεδόνας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="kata%2Fstasin">κατάστασιν</w>.
<w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fou">Πτολεμαίου</w> <w lemma="no%2Fsw%7C">νόσῳ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="bi%2Fon">βίον</w> <w lemma="metalla%2Fcantos">μεταλλάξαντος</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="klhqei%5Cs">κληθεὶς</w> <w lemma="%2Afilopa%2Ftwr">Φιλοπάτωρ</w> <w lemma="diede%2Fcato">διεδέξατο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w>.
<w lemma="meth%2Fllace">μετήλλαξε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Ase%2Fleukos">Σέλευκος</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Aseleu%2Fkou">Σελεύκου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Akallini%2Fkou">Καλλινίκου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apw%2Fgwnos">Πώγωνος</w> <w lemma="e%29piklhqe%2Fntos:">ἐπικληθέντος·</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="diede%2Fcato">διεδέξατο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fa%7C">Συρίᾳ</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w>, <w lemma="a%29delfo%5Cs">ἀδελφὸς</w> <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w>.
<w lemma="paraplh%2Fsion">παραπλήσιον</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="dh%2F">δή</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="prw%2Ftois">πρώτοις</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aleca%2Fndrou">Ἀλεξάνδρου</w> <w lemma="teleuth%5Cn">τελευτὴν</w> <w lemma="katasxou%3Dsi">κατασχοῦσι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%5Cs">ἀρχὰς</w> <w lemma="tau%2Ftas">ταύτας</w>, <w lemma="le%2Fgw">λέγω</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aseleu%2Fkw%7C">Σελεύκῳ</w>, <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%2Fw%7C">Πτολεμαίῳ</w>, <w lemma="%2Alusima%2Fxw%7C">Λυσιμάχῳ</w>.
<w lemma="e%29kei%3Dnoi%2F">ἐκεῖνοί</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntes">πάντες</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29kosth%5Cn">εἰκοστὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="teta%2Frthn">τετάρτην</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="e%28kato%5Cn">ἑκατὸν</w> <w lemma="o%29lumpia%2Fda">ὀλυμπιάδα</w> <w lemma="meth%2Fllacan">μετήλλαξαν</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29pa%2Fnw">ἐπάνω</w> <w lemma="proei%3Dpon">προεῖπον</w>, <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi%2F">οὗτοί</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29na%2Fthn">ἐνάτην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="triakosth%2Fn">τριακοστήν</w>.
<w lemma="h%28mei%3Ds">ἡμεῖς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29peidh%5C">ἐπειδὴ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fstasin">ἐπίστασιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prokataskeuh%5Cn">προκατασκευὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flhs">ὅλης</w> <w lemma="i%28stori%2Fas">ἱστορίας</w> <w lemma="dielhlu%2Fqamen">διεληλύθαμεν</w>, <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="u%28pode%2Fdeiktai">ὑποδέδεικται</w> <w lemma="po%2Fte">πότε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pw%3Ds">πῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="di%27">δι᾽</w> <w lemma="a%28%5Cs">ἃς</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fas">αἰτίας</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w> <w lemma="krath%2Fsantes">κρατήσαντες</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="e%29gxeirei%3Dn">ἐγχειρεῖν</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Frcanto">ἤρξαντο</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fcw">ἔξω</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmasi">πράγμασι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="e%29to%2Flmhsan">ἐτόλμησαν</w> <w lemma="a%29mfisbhtei%3Dn">ἀμφισβητεῖν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fois">Καρχηδονίοις</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="qala%2Ftths">θαλάττης</w>,
<w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnas">Ἕλληνας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnas">Μακεδόνας</w>, <w lemma="o%28moi%2Fws">ὁμοίως</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxousan">ὑπάρχουσαν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="kata%2Fstasin">κατάστασιν</w> <w lemma="dedhlw%2Fkamen">δεδηλώκαμεν</w>,
<w lemma="kaqh%3Dkon">καθῆκον</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fh">εἴη</w> <w lemma="paragegono%2Ftas">παραγεγονότας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fqesin">πρόθεσιν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fmellon">ἔμελλον</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Fellhnes">Ἕλληνες</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="summaxiko%2Fn">συμμαχικόν</w>, <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29annibiako%2Fn">Ἀννιβιακόν</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="basilei%3Ds">βασιλεῖς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akoi%2Flhs">Κοίλης</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fas">Συρίας</w> <w lemma="e%29ni%2Fstasqai">ἐνίστασθαι</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>,
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="bu%2Fblon">βύβλον</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="a%29fori%2Fzein">ἀφορίζειν</w> <w lemma="a%29kolou%2Fqws">ἀκολούθως</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="progegono%2Ftwn">προγεγονότων</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="perigrafh%3D%7C">περιγραφῇ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kexeiriko%2Ftwn">κεχειρικότων</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="dunastw%3Dn">δυναστῶν</w> <w lemma="katastrofh%3D%7C">καταστροφῇ</w>.
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<head>Conclusion of Book 2</head>My reason for writing about this war at such length, was the advisability, or rather necessity, in view of the general purpose of my history, of making clear the relations existing between <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a> and Greece at a time which coincides with the period of which I am about to treat.Just about the same time, by the death of Euergetes,<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note141">B. C. 284-280. B. C. 224-220.</note>Ptolemy Philopator succeeded to the throne of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Egypt&groupId=556&placeId=368">Egypt</a>. At the same period died Seleucus, son of that Seleucus who had the double surnames of Callinicus and Pogon: he was succeeded on the throne of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syria&groupId=995&placeId=502">Syria</a> by his brother Antiochus. The deaths of these three sovereigns—Antigonus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus—fell in the same Olympiad, as was the case with the three immediate successors to Alexander the Great,—Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Lysimachus,— for the latter all died in the 124th Olympiad, and the former in the 139th.I may now fitly close this book. I have completed the introduction and laid the foundation on which my history must rest. I have shown when, how, and why the Romans, after becoming supreme in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>, began to aim at dominion outside of it, and to dispute with the Carthaginians the dominion of the sea. I have at the same time explained the state of Greece, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>, and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> at this epoch. I have now arrived at the period which I originally marked out,—that namely in which the Greeks were on the point of beginning the Social, the Romans the Hannibalic war, and the kings in Asia the war for the possession of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Coele-Syria&groupId=484&placeId=908">Coele-Syria</a>. The termination therefore of the wars just described, and the death of the princes engaged in them, forms a natural period to this book.<pb n="166" />
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