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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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Encouraged by their naval victory, the Romans advance their operations in Sicily, though the Carthaginian general Hamilcar successfully ambushes the Roman allies by exploiting their internal disputes. Under new commanders, the Romans proceed to capture several Sicilian towns.
οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι παραδόξως ἀντιπεποιημένοι τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν ἐλπίδος,1 διπλασίως ἐπερρώσθησαν ταῖς ὁρμαῖς πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον.
The Romans, having contrary to expectation laid claim to their hope on the sea, were doubly strengthened in their eagerness for the war.
τότε μὲν οὖν προσσχόντες τῇ Σικελίᾳ τήν τʼ Αἰγεσταίων ἔλυσαν πολιορκίαν ἐσχάτως αὐτῶν ἤδη διακειμένων2 κατά τε τὴν ἐκ τῆς Αἰγέστης ἀναχώρησιν Μάκελλαν πόλιν κατὰ κράτος εἷλον.
At that time, then, they put in at Sicily and raised the siege of the Aegesteans, who were already in an extreme plight, and during their retreat from Aegesta they took the city of Macella by storm.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν ναυμαχίαν Ἀμίλκας, ὁ τῶν Καρχηδονίων στρατηγὸς ὁ τεταγμένος ἐπὶ τῶν πεζικῶν δυνάμεων, διατρίβων περὶ Πάνορμον, γνοὺς ἐν τοῖς Ῥωμαϊκοῖς στρατοπέδοις στασιάζοντας τοὺς συμμάχους πρὸς τοὺς Ῥωμαίους περὶ τῶν ἐν ταῖς μάχαις πρωτείων, καὶ πυνθανόμενος στρατοπεδεύειν αὐτοὺς καθʼ ἑαυτοὺς τοὺς συμμάχους μεταξὺ τοῦ Παρώπου καὶ τῶν Θερμῶν τῶν Ἱμεραίων, ἐπιπεσὼν αὐτοῖς αἰφνιδίως ἀναστρατοπεδεύουσι3 μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως σχεδὸν εἰς τετρακισχιλίους ἀπέκτεινεν.
After the naval battle, Hamilcar, the Carthaginian general in command of the land forces, who was stationed around Panormus, learned that the allies in the Roman camps were quarreling with the Romans about the place of honor in the battles, and hearing that the allies were encamped by themselves between Paropus and Thermae of Himera, he fell upon them suddenly with his whole force as they were breaking camp, and slew about four thousand of them.
μετὰ δὲ ταύτην τὴν πρᾶξιν ὁ μὲν Ἀννίβας ἔχων τὰς διασωθείσας ναῦς ἀπέπλευσεν εἰς τὴν Καρχηδόνα, μετʼ οὐ πολὺ δʼ ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Σαρδόνα διῆρε, προσλαβὼν ναῦς καί τινας τῶν ἐνδόξων τριηράρχων.
After this affair, Hannibal sailed away to Carthage with the ships that had been saved, and not long afterwards set sail from there for Sardinia, taking with him additional ships and some of the distinguished trierarchs.
χρόνοις δʼ οὐ πολλοῖς κατόπιν ἐν τῇ Σαρδόνι συγκλεισθεὶς ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἔν τινι λιμένι καὶ πολλὰς ἀποβαλὼν τῶν νεῶν, παραυτίκα συλληφθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν διασωθέντων Καρχηδονίων ἀνεσταυρώθη.
But not long afterwards, having been shut up by the Romans in a certain harbor in Sardinia and having lost many of his ships, he was immediately seized by the surviving Carthaginians and crucified.
Ῥωμαῖοι γὰρ ἅμα τῆς θαλάττης ἥψαντο καὶ τῶν κατὰ Σαρδόνα πραγμάτων εὐθέως ἀντείχοντο.
For the Romans, as soon as they touched the sea, immediately began to lay hold of the affairs of Sardinia as well.
τὰ δʼ ἐν τῇ Σικελίᾳ στρατόπεδα τῶν Ῥωμαίων κατὰ μὲν τὸν ἑξῆς ἐνιαυτὸν οὐδὲν ἄξιον ἔπραξαν λόγου, τότε δὲ προσδεξάμενοι τοὺς ἐπικαθεσταμένους ἄρχοντας Αὖλον Ἀτίλιον καὶ Γάιον Σολπίκιον ὥρμησαν ἐπὶ τὸν Πάνορμον διὰ τὸ τὰς τῶν Καρχηδονίων δυνάμεις ἐκεῖ παραχειμάζειν.
As for the Roman forces in Sicily, during the following year they performed nothing worthy of mention, but then, having received the newly appointed commanders, Aulus Atilius and Gaius Sulpicius, they set out against Panormus, because the Carthaginian forces were wintering there.
οἱ δὲ στρατηγοὶ συνεγγίσαντες τῇ πόλει μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως παρετάξαντο. τῶν δὲ πολεμίων οὐκ ἀντεξιόντων, πάλιν ἐντεῦθεν ἐποιήσαντο τὴν ὁρμὴν ἐπὶ πόλιν Ἱππάναν, καὶ ταύτην μὲν ἐξ ἐφόδου κατὰ κράτος ἔλαβον, εἷλον δὲ καὶ τὸ Μυττίστρατον, πολλοὺς χρόνους ὑπομεμενηκὸς τὴν πολιορκίαν διὰ τὴν ὀχυρότητα τοῦ τόπου.
The generals, having approached the city with their whole force, drew up in battle array. But as the enemy did not come out to meet them, they turned back from there and directed their march against the city of Hippana, which they took by storm at the first assault, and they also captured Mytistratum, which had held out against siege for a long time on account of the strength of its position.
τὴν δὲ Καμαριναίων πόλιν μικρῷ πρότερον4 ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀποστᾶσαν, τότε προσενέγκαντες ἔργα καὶ καταβαλόντες τὰ τείχη κατέσχον· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὴν Ἔνναν καὶ ἕτερα πλείω πολισμάτια τῶν Καρχηδονίων.
As for the city of the Camarinaeans, which had revolted from them a short time before, they now brought up siege engines against it, threw down its walls, and took possession of it; and in like manner they took Enna and several other small towns belonging to the Carthaginians.
ἀπὸ δὲ τούτων γενόμενοι Λιπαραίους ἐπεχείρησαν πολιορκεῖν.
After these achievements, they set about besieging the Liparaeans.
- 1.24.1ἀντιπεποιημένοι τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν ἐλπίδος
The middle voice verb ἀντιποιέομαι ('to lay claim to' or 'strive for') takes the genitive τῆς ... ἐλπίδος ('the hope on the sea') as its object. It expresses that the Romans had confidently claimed or conceived a hope of naval victory.
- 1.24.2ἐσχάτως αὐτῶν ἤδη διακειμένων
Genitive absolute construction. The personal pronoun αὐτῶν refers to the Aegesteans (Αἰγεσταίων), and διακειμένων (from the intransitive verb διακείμαι meaning 'to be in a certain state') combined with the adverb ἐσχάτως signifies that they were 'in desperate straits' due to the siege.
- 1.24.4ἀναστρατοπεδεύουσι
Dative plural present participle modifying the pronoun αὐτοῖς (referring to the allies), specifying the exact moment they were caught off guard. The verb ἀναστρατοπεδεύω means 'to break up camp' or 'to march away,' highlighting their vulnerability while preparing to move.
- 1.24.12μικρῷ πρότερον
Dative of degree of difference. The dative form μικρῷ (from μικρός) modifies the comparative/temporal adverb πρότερον to mean 'a little before' or 'a short time earlier.'