<w lemma="%2Aou%28%3D">Οὗ</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnou">γενομένου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prospeso%2Fntos">προσπεσόντος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerh%3D">ὁλοσχερῆ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="taraxh%5Cn">ταραχὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fbon">φόβον</w> <w lemma="e%29mpesei%3Dn">ἐμπεσεῖν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w>,
<w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmatos">πράγματος</w> <w lemma="ai%29fnidi%2Fou">αἰφνιδίου</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fntos">ὄντος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tele%2Fws">τελέως</w> <w lemma="a%29nelpi%2Fstou">ἀνελπίστου</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="mhde%2Fpote">μηδέποτε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fban">Ἀννίβαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="a%29phrke%2Fnai">ἀπηρκέναι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w>, <w lemma="u%28potrexou%2Fshs">ὑποτρεχούσης</w> <w lemma="de%2F">δέ</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fths">τοιαύτης</w> <w lemma="e%29nnoi%2Fas">ἐννοίας</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Do%2Fn">οἷόν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29nanti%2Fous">ἐναντίους</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="e%29ggi%2Fsai">ἐγγίσαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kataqarrh%3Dsai">καταθαρρῆσαι</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akapu%2Fhn">Καπύην</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="a%29polwlo%2Ftwn">ἀπολωλότων</w>.
<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndres">ἄνδρες</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tei%2Fxh">τείχη</w> <w lemma="prokatela%2Fmbanon">προκατελάμβανον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="eu%29kai%2Frous">εὐκαίρους</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w>, <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="gunai%3Dkes">γυναῖκες</w> <w lemma="periporeuo%2Fmenai">περιπορευόμεναι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="naou%5Cs">ναοὺς</w> <w lemma="i%28ke%2Fteuon">ἱκέτευον</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="qeou%2Fs">θεούς</w>, <w lemma="plu%2Fnousai">πλύνουσαι</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="ko%2Fmais">κόμαις</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28erw%3Dn">ἱερῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29da%2Ffh:">ἐδάφη·</w>
<w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="au%29tai%3Ds">αὐταῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqos">ἔθος</w> <w lemma="e%29sti%5C">ἐστὶ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ftan">ὅταν</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerh%5Cs">ὁλοσχερὴς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="patri%2Fda">πατρίδα</w> <w lemma="katalamba%2Fnh%7C">καταλαμβάνῃ</w> <w lemma="ki%2Fndunos">κίνδυνος</w>.
<w lemma="a%29%2Frti">ἄρτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fban">Ἀννίβαν</w> <w lemma="katestratopedeuko%2Ftwn">κατεστρατοπεδευκότων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dianooume%2Fnwn">διανοουμένων</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dq%27">ταῦθ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fra%7C">ἡμέρᾳ</w> <w lemma="katapeira%2Fzein">καταπειράζειν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w>, <w lemma="gi%2Fnetai">γίνεται</w> <w lemma="para%2Fdoco%2Fn">παράδοξόν</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tuxiko%5Cn">τυχικὸν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmptwma">σύμπτωμα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="swthri%2Fan">σωτηρίαν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Agna%2Fion">Γνάιον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fplion">Πόπλιον</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%28no%5Cs">ἑνὸς</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdou">στρατοπέδου</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="pepoihme%2Fnoi">πεποιημένοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="katagrafh%5Cn">καταγραφὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29no%2Frkous">ἐνόρκους</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="stratiw%2Ftas">στρατιώτας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnhn">ἐκείνην</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fcein">ἥξειν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fplois">ὅπλοις</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>, <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28te%2Frou">ἑτέρου</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="katagrafa%5Cs">καταγραφὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29poiou%3Dnto">ἐποιοῦντο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dokimasi%2Fas">δοκιμασίας</w>.
<w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3D">οὗ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29toma%2Ftws">αὐτομάτως</w> <w lemma="a%28qroisqh%3Dnai">ἁθροισθῆναι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="de%2Fonta">δέοντα</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>. <w lemma="ou%28%5Cs">οὓς</w> <w lemma="e%29cagago%2Fntes">ἐξαγαγόντες</w> <w lemma="eu%29qarsw%3Ds">εὐθαρσῶς</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="strathgoi%5C">στρατηγοὶ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parembalo%2Fntes">παρεμβαλόντες</w> <w lemma="pro%5C">πρὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="e%29pe%2Fsxon">ἐπέσχον</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28rmh%5Cn">ὁρμὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fban">Ἀννίβαν</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fnioi">Καρχηδόνιοι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Frmhsan">ὥρμησαν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flws">ὅλως</w> <w lemma="a%29pelpi%2Fzontes">ἀπελπίζοντες</w> <w lemma="ai%28rh%2Fsein">αἱρήσειν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="kra%2Ftos">κράτος</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn:">Ῥώμην·</w> <w lemma="sunqeasa%2Fmenoi">συνθεασάμενοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fous">ὑπεναντίους</w> <w lemma="paratetagme%2Fnous">παρατεταγμένους</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="dia%2F">διά</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="ai%29xmalw%2Ftou">αἰχμαλώτου</w> <w lemma="puqo%2Fmenoi">πυθόμενοι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Fs">γεγονός</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%3Ds">ἐπιβολῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsthsan">ἀπέστησαν</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="e%29dh%2F%7Coun">ἐδῄουν</w> <w lemma="e%29piporeuo%2Fmenoi">ἐπιπορευόμενοι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="oi%29ki%2Fas">οἰκίας</w> <w lemma="e%29nepi%2Fmprasan">ἐνεπίμπρασαν</w>.
<w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%5Cs">ἀρχὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29nari%2Fqmhton">ἀναρίθμητον</w> <w lemma="perielasa%2Fmenoi">περιελασάμενοι</w> <w lemma="lei%2Fas">λείας</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fqroisan">ἥθροισαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="parembolh%2Fn">παρεμβολήν</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fgran">ἄγραν</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Fkontes">ἥκοντες</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fthn">τοιαύτην</w>
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<head><a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> Saved by Luck</head>On this being known at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, the utmost confusion<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note11">Terror at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.</note>and terror prevailed among the inhabitants,— this movement of Hannibal's being as unexpected as it was sudden; for he had never been so close to the city before. At the same time their alarm was increased by the idea at once occurring to them, that he would not have ventured so near, if it were not that the armies at Capua were destroyed. Accordingly, the men at once went to line the walls, and the points of vantage in the defences of the town; while the women went round to the temples of the gods and implored their protection, sweeping<pb n="568" />the pavements of the temples with their hair: for this is their customary way of behaving when any serious danger comes upon their country. But just as Hannibal had encamped, and was intending to attempt the city itself next day, an extraordinary coincidence occurred which proved fortunate for the preservation of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.For Gnaeus Fulvius and Publius Sulpicius, having already<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note12">The Consular levies fortunately being at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> enable the Romans to make a counter-demonstration</note>enrolled one consular army, had bound the men with the usual oath to appear at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> armed on that very day; and were also engaged on that day in drawing out the lists and testing the men for the other army:<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note13">Or "legion," according to others. But as both Consuls are engaged in the business, it seems reasonable to refer it to the two consular armies of two legions each.</note>whereby it so happened that a large number of men had been collected in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> spontaneously in the very nick of time. These troops the Consuls boldly led outside the walls, and, entrenching themselves there, checked Hannibal's intended movement. For the Carthaginians were at first eager to advance, and were not altogether without hope that they would be able to take <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> itself by assault.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note14">Hannibal devastates the Campagna.</note>But when they saw the enemy drawn up in order, and learnt before long from a prisoner what had happened, they abandoned the idea of attacking the city, and began devasting the country-side instead, and setting fire to the houses. In these first raids they collected an innumerable amount of booty, for the field of plunder upon which they were entered was one into which no one had ever expected an enemy to set foot.
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