Polybius, Histories

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Book 3 - Chapter 27

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<w lemma="%2Asuntelesqέntos">Συντελεσθέντος</w> <w lemma="toίnun">τοίνυν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikelίas">Σικελίας</w> <w lemma="polέmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="poiou%3Dntai">ποιοῦνται</w> <w lemma="sunqήkas">συνθήκας</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllas">ἄλλας</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="ai%28%3Ds">αἷς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="sunέxonta">συνέχοντα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29ggrάptwn">ἐγγράπτων</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta:">ταῦτα·</w>
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<w lemma="“e%29kxwrei%3Dn">“ἐκχωρεῖν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdonίous">Καρχηδονίους</w> [<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikelίas">Σικελίας</w> <w lemma="a%28pάshs">ἁπάσης</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w>] <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="nήswn">νήσων</w> <w lemma="a%28pasw%3Dn">ἁπασῶν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="keimέnwn">κειμένων</w> <w lemma="%2A%29italίas">Ἰταλίας</w> <w lemma="metacu%5C">μεταξὺ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Asikelίas">Σικελίας</w>.
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<w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29sfάleian">ἀσφάλειαν</w> <w lemma="u%28pάrxein">ὑπάρχειν</w> <w lemma="par’">παρ’</w> <w lemma="e%28katέrwn">ἑκατέρων</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%28katέrwn">ἑκατέρων</w> <w lemma="summάxois">συμμάχοις</w>.
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<w lemma="mhdetέrous">μηδετέρους</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29llήlwn">ἀλλήλων</w> <w lemma="e%29parxίais">ἐπαρχίαις</w> <w lemma="mhde%5Cn">μηδὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pitάttein">ἐπιτάττειν</w> <w lemma="mhd’">μηδ’</w> <w lemma="oi%29kodomei%3Dn">οἰκοδομεῖν</w> <w lemma="dhmosίa%7C">δημοσίᾳ</w> <w lemma="mhde%5C">μηδὲ</w> <w lemma="cenologei%3Dn">ξενολογεῖν</w> <w lemma="mhde%5C">μηδὲ</w> <w lemma="proslambάnein">προσλαμβάνειν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="filίan">φιλίαν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29llήlwn">ἀλλήλων</w> <w lemma="summάxous">συμμάχους</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29cenegkei%3Dn">ἐξενεγκεῖν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdonίous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftesin">ἔτεσιν</w> <w lemma="dέka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="disxίlia">δισχίλια</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diakόsia">διακόσια</w> <w lemma="tάlanta">τάλαντα</w>, <w lemma="parautίka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dou%3Dnai">δοῦναι</w> <w lemma="xίlia">χίλια</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalώtous">αἰχμαλώτους</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="lύtrwn">λύτρων</w> <w lemma="a%29podou%3Dnai">ἀποδοῦναι</w> <w lemma="pάntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdonίous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmaίois”">Ῥωμαίοις”</w>. <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="pάlin">πάλιν</w>,
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<w lemma="lήcantos">λήξαντος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Alibukou%3D">Λιβυκοῦ</w> <w lemma="polέmou">πολέμου</w>, <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdonίois">Καρχηδονίοις</w> <w lemma="pόlemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="e%29cenέgkantes">ἐξενέγκαντες</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="dόgmatos">δόγματος</w> <w lemma="e%29pisunqήkas">ἐπισυνθήκας</w> <w lemma="e%29poiήsanto">ἐποιήσαντο</w> <w lemma="toiaύtas:">τοιαύτας·</w>
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<w lemma="“e%29kxwrei%3Dn">“ἐκχωρεῖν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdonίous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="%2Asardόnos">Σαρδόνος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosecenegkei%3Dn">προσεξενεγκεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Flla">ἄλλα</w> <w lemma="xίlia">χίλια</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diakόsia">διακόσια</w> <w lemma="tάlanta”">τάλαντα”</w>, <w lemma="kaqάper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29pάnw">ἐπάνω</w> <w lemma="proeίpamen">προείπαμεν</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="proeirhmέnois">προειρημένοις</w> <w lemma="teleutai%3Dai">τελευταῖαι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asdroύban">Ἀσδρούβαν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhrίa%7C">Ἰβηρίᾳ</w> <w lemma="gίnontai">γίνονται</w> <w lemma="diomologήseis">διομολογήσεις</w>, <w lemma="“e%29f’">“ἐφ’</w> <w lemma="w%28%3D%7C">ᾧ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="diabaίnein">διαβαίνειν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdonίous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="polέmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fibhra">Ἴβηρα</w> <w lemma="potamόn”">ποταμόν”</w>.
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<w lemma="tau%3Dq’">ταῦθ’</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%3Drxe">ὑπῆρχε</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="dίkaia">δίκαια</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmaίois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdonίois">Καρχηδονίοις</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kat’">κατ’</w> <w lemma="%2A%29annίban">Ἀννίβαν</w> <w lemma="kairoύs">καιρούς</w>.
<head>The Fourth Treaty</head>At the end of the first Punic war another treaty was<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note47">Fourth treaty, B. C. 241.</note>made, of which the chief provisions were these: "The Carthaginians shall evacuate <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a> and all islands lying between <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sicily&groupId=973&placeId=1724">Sicily</a>."The allies of neither of the parties to the treaty shall be attacked by the other."Neither party shall impose any contribution, nor erect any public building, nor enlist soldiers in the dominions of the other, nor make any compact of friendship with the allies of the other."The Carthaginians shall within ten years pay to the Romans two-thousand two-hundred talents, and a thousand on the spot; and shall restore all prisoners, without ransom, to the Romans."Afterwards, at the end of the Mercenary war in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Africa&groupId=300&placeId=294">Africa</a>, the<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note48">Fifth treaty, B. C. 238.</note>Romans went so far as to pass a decree for war with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a>, but eventually made a treaty to the following effect: "The Carthaginians shall evacuate <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sardinia&groupId=947&placeId=1685">Sardinia</a>, and pay an additional twelve hundred talents."Finally, in addition to these treaties, came that negotiated<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note49">Sixth treaty, B. C. 228.</note>with Hasdrubal in Iberia, in which it was stipulated that "the Carthaginians should not cross the Iber with arms."Such were the mutual obligations established between <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> from the earliest times to that of Hannibal.