<w lemma="%2Aou%29">Οὐ</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fplios">Πόπλιος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Frais">ἡμέραις</w> <w lemma="u%28%2Fsteron">ὕστερον</w> <w lemma="trisi%5C">τρισὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29nazugh%3Ds">ἀναζυγῆς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="parageno%2Fmenos">παραγενόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="potamou%3D">ποταμοῦ</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fbasin">διάβασιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katalabw%5Cn">καταλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="w%28rmhko%2Ftas">ὡρμηκότας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fous">ὑπεναντίους</w> <w lemma="e%29ceni%2Fsqh">ἐξενίσθη</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="e%29nde%2Fxetai">ἐνδέχεται</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w>,
<w lemma="pepeisme%2Fnos">πεπεισμένος</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%2Fpot%27">οὐδέποτ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="tolmh%3Dsai">τολμῆσαι</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7Cde">τῇδε</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsasqai">ποιήσασθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29qesi%2Fan">ἀθεσίαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="katoikou%2Fntwn">κατοικούντων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w> <w lemma="barba%2Frwn">βαρβάρων</w>.
<w lemma="qewrw%3Dn">θεωρῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tetolmhko%2Ftas">τετολμηκότας</w> <w lemma="au%29%3Dqis">αὖθις</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="h%29pei%2Fgeto">ἠπείγετο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parageno%2Fmenos">παραγενόμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29nebi%2Fbaze">ἐνεβίβαζε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29delfo%5Cn">ἀδελφὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29ce%2Fpempen">ἐξέπεμπεν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fa%7C">Ἰβηρίᾳ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fceis">πράξεις</w>, <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="u%28postre%2Fyas">ὑποστρέψας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan">Ἰταλίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="plou%3Dn">πλοῦν</w>, <w lemma="speu%2Fdwn">σπεύδων</w> <w lemma="katataxh%3Dsai">καταταχῆσαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fous">ὑπεναντίους</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Aturrhni%2Fas">Τυρρηνίας</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Falpewn">Ἄλπεων</w> <w lemma="u%28perbolh%2Fn">ὑπερβολήν</w>.
<w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenos">ποιησάμενος</w> <w lemma="e%28ch%3Ds">ἑξῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="te%2Fttaras">τέτταρας</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="diaba%2Fsews">διαβάσεως</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dke">ἧκε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="kaloume%2Fnhn">καλουμένην</w> <w lemma="%2Anh%3Dson">Νῆσον</w>, <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="polu%2Foxlon">πολύοχλον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sitofo%2Fron">σιτοφόρον</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fxousan">ἔχουσαν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="proshgori%2Fan">προσηγορίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29p%27">ἀπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="sumptw%2Fmatos">συμπτώματος</w>.
<w lemma="h%28%3D%7C">ᾗ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodano%2Fs">Ῥοδανός</w>, <w lemma="h%28%3D%7C">ᾗ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29isa%2Fras">Ἰσάρας</w> <w lemma="prosagoreuo%2Fmenos">προσαγορευόμενος</w>, <w lemma="r%28e%2Fontes">ῥέοντες</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28kate%2Fran">ἑκατέραν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pleura%2Fn">πλευράν</w>, <w lemma="a%29pokorufou%3Dsin">ἀποκορυφοῦσιν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sxh%3Dma">σχῆμα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmptwsin">σύμπτωσιν</w>.
<w lemma="e%29%2Fsti">ἔστι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paraplhsi%2Fa">παραπλησία</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="mege%2Fqei">μεγέθει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="sxh%2Fmati">σχήματι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29%2Fgupton">Αἴγυπτον</w> <w lemma="kaloume%2Fnw%7C">καλουμένῳ</w> <w lemma="%2Ade%2Flta">Δέλτα</w>, <w lemma="plh%5Cn">πλὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnou">ἐκείνου</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="qa%2Flatta">θάλαττα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="pleura%5Cn">πλευρὰν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="potamw%3Dn">ποταμῶν</w> <w lemma="r%28u%2Fseis">ῥύσεις</w> <w lemma="e%29pizeu%2Fgnusi">ἐπιζεύγνυσι</w>, <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Frh">ὄρη</w> <w lemma="duspro%2Fsoda">δυσπρόσοδα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="duse%2Fmbola">δυσέμβολα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sxedo%5Cn">σχεδὸν</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="ei%29pei%3Dn">εἰπεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29pro%2Fsita">ἀπρόσιτα</w>.
<w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="a%29fiko%2Fmenos">ἀφικόμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katalabw%5Cn">καταλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3D%7C">αὐτῇ</w> <w lemma="du%2F%27">δύ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29delfou%5Cs">ἀδελφοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fas">βασιλείας</w> <w lemma="stasia%2Fzontas">στασιάζοντας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="a%29ntikaqhme%2Fnous">ἀντικαθημένους</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flois">ἀλλήλοις</w>,
<w lemma="e%29pispwme%2Fnou">ἐπισπωμένου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="presbute%2Frou">πρεσβυτέρου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parakalou%3Dntos">παρακαλοῦντος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sumpra%3Dcai">συμπρᾶξαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumperipoih%3Dsai">συμπεριποιῆσαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w>, ?<w lemma=""></w>* <w lemma="u%28ph%2Fkouse">ὑπήκουσε</w>, <w lemma="prodh%2Flou">προδήλου</w> <w lemma="sxedo%5Cn">σχεδὸν</w> <w lemma="u%28parxou%2Fshs">ὑπαρχούσης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="paro%5Cn">παρὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29some%2Fnhs">ἐσομένης</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fas">χρείας</w>.
<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunepiqe%2Fmenos">συνεπιθέμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunekbalw%5Cn">συνεκβαλὼν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fteron">ἕτερον</w> <w lemma="pollh%3Ds">πολλῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pikouri%2Fas">ἐπικουρίας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftuxe">ἔτυχε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="krath%2Fsantos:">κρατήσαντος·</w>
<w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="si%2Ftw%7C">σίτῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllois">ἄλλοις</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdei%2Fois">ἐπιτηδείοις</w> <w lemma="a%29fqo%2Fnws">ἀφθόνως</w> <w lemma="e%29xorh%2Fghse">ἐχορήγησε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpedon">στρατόπεδον</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fplwn">ὅπλων</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="palaia%5C">παλαιὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="peponhko%2Fta">πεπονηκότα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="dialla%2Fcas">διαλλάξας</w> <w lemma="e%29kainopoi%2Fhse">ἐκαινοποίησε</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="eu%29kai%2Frws">εὐκαίρως</w>,
<w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstous">πλείστους</w> <w lemma="e%29sqh%3Dti">ἐσθῆτι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="u%28pode%2Fsei">ὑποδέσει</w> <w lemma="kosmh%2Fsas">κοσμήσας</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="eu%29xrhsti%2Fan">εὐχρηστίαν</w> <w lemma="pare%2Fsxeto">παρέσχετο</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%29rw%3Dn">ὀρῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28perbola%2Fs">ὑπερβολάς</w>.
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgiston">μέγιστον</w>, <w lemma="eu%29labw%3Ds">εὐλαβῶς</w> <w lemma="diakeime%2Fnois">διακειμένοις</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29allobri%2Fgwn">Ἀλλοβρίγων</w> <w lemma="kaloume%2Fnwn">καλουμένων</w> <w lemma="%2Agalatw%3Dn">Γαλατῶν</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fan">πορείαν</w> <w lemma="a%29pouragh%2Fsas">ἀπουραγήσας</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sfete%2Fras">σφετέρας</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w> <w lemma="a%29sfalh%3D">ἀσφαλῆ</w> <w lemma="pareskeu%2Fase">παρεσκεύασε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="di%2Fodon">δίοδον</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w>, <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fggisan">ἤγγισαν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Falpewn">Ἄλπεων</w> <w lemma="u%28perbolh%3D%7C">ὑπερβολῇ</w>.
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<head>Scipio Is Too Late To Stop Hannibal</head>Three days after Hannibal had resumed his march, the<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note83">Scipio finds that Hannibal has escaped him.</note>Consul Publius arrived at the passage of the river. He was in the highest degree astonished to find the enemy gone: for he had persuaded himself that they would never venture to take this route into <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a>, on account of the numbers and fickleness of the barbarians who inhabited the country. But seeing that they had done so, he hurried back to his ships and at once embarked his forces. He then despatched his brother Gnaeus to conduct the campaign in Iberia, while he himself turned back again to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> by sea, being anxious to anticipate the enemy by marching through <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Etruria&groupId=582&placeId=1089">Etruria</a> to the foot of the pass of the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alps&groupId=313&placeId=609">Alps</a>.Meanwhile, after four days' march from the passage of the<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note84">Hannibal's march to the foot of the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Alps&groupId=313&placeId=609">Alps</a>.</note><a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhone&groupId=933&placeId=1667">Rhone</a>, Hannibal arrived at the place called the Island, a district thickly inhabited and exceedingly productive of corn. Its name is derived from its natural features: for the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhone&groupId=933&placeId=1667">Rhone</a> and Isara flowing on either side of it make the apex of a triangle where they meet, very nearly of the same size and shape as the delta of the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Nile&groupId=794&placeId=449">Nile</a>, except that the base of the latter is formed by the<pb n="210" />sea into which its various streams are discharged, while in the case of the former this base is formed by mountains difficult to approach or climb, and, so to speak, almost inaccessible. When Hannibal arrived in this district he found two brothers engaged in a dispute for the royal power, and confronting each other with their armies. The elder sought his alliance and invited his assistance in gaining the crown: and the advantage which such a circumstance might prove to him at that juncture of his affairs being manifest, he consented; and having joined him in his attack upon his brother, and aided in expelling him, he obtained valuable support from the victorious chieftain. For this prince not only liberally supplied his army with provisions, but exchanged all their old and damaged weapons for new ones, and thus at a very opportune time thoroughly restored the efficiency of the troops: he also gave most of the men new clothes and boots, which proved of great advantage during their passage of the mountains. But his most essential service was that, the Carthaginians being greatly alarmed at the prospect of marching through the territory of the Allobroges, he acted with his army as their rearguard, and secured them a safe passage as far as the foot of the pass.
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