- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
- Translation
- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
- Languages
- 日本語 · English · 简体中文 · 한국어
- CTS URN
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:1.29.1-1.29.10
- Generated
- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-12
The Roman forces crossed over to Libya, captured and besieged Aspis, and plundered the surrounding territory. Following instructions from Rome, Regulus remained behind with a portion of the army, while Vulso returned to Rome with the fleet and captives.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πάλιν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι προσεπισιτισάμενοι καὶ τὰς αἰχμαλώτους ναῦς καταρτίσαντες, ἔτι δὲ τὴν ἁρμόζουσαν τοῖς προτερήμασιν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιησάμενοι τῶν πληρωμάτων ἀνήγοντο ποιούμενοι τὸν πλοῦν ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν Λιβύην.1
After this, the Romans, having taken on board fresh provisions and refitted the captured ships, and further having bestowed upon the crews the care appropriate to their success, put to sea, shaping their course towards Libya.
προσσχόντες δὲ ταῖς πρώταις πλεούσαις ναυσὶν ὑπὸ τὴν ἄκραν τὴν Ἑρμαίαν ἐπονομαζομένην, ἣ πρὸ παντὸς τοῦ περὶ τὴν Καρχηδόνα κόλπου κειμένη προτείνει πελάγιος ὡς πρὸς τὴν Σικελίαν, καὶ προσδεξάμενοι τὰς ἐπιπλεούσας ἐνταῦθα ναῦς καὶ πάντα συναθροίσαντες τὸν στόλον ἔπλεον παρὰ τὴν χώραν, ἕως ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀσπίδα καλουμένην πόλιν ἀφίκοντο.
Having put in with their leading ships under the promontory called Hermaeum, which lies in front of the whole Gulf of Carthage and projects into the open sea towards Sicily, and having waited there for the arriving ships and assembled the entire fleet, they sailed along the coast until they reached the city called Aspis.
ποιησάμενοι δὲ τὴν ἀπόβασιν ἐνταῦθα καὶ νεωλκήσαντες, ἔτι δὲ τάφρῳ καὶ χάρακι περιλαβόντες τὰς ναῦς ἐγίνοντο πρὸς τὸ πολιορκεῖν αὐτήν, οὐ βουλομένων ἑκουσίως σφίσι προσχωρῆσαι τῶν κατεχόντων τὴν πόλιν.2
Having made a landing there and hauled their ships on shore, and further having surrounded the ships with a trench and palisade, they set themselves to besiege the city, as those who held it were unwilling to surrender to them voluntarily.
οἱ δὲ διαφυγόντες ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν ναυμαχίαν κινδύνου τῶν Καρχηδονίων καταπλεύσαντες καὶ πεπεισμένοι τοὺς ὑπεναντίους ἐκ τοῦ γεγονότος προτερήματος ἐπαρθέντας εὐθέως ποιήσεσθαι τὸν ἐπίπλουν ἐπʼ αὐτὴν τὴν Καρχηδόνα, παρετήρουν ταῖς πεζικαῖς καὶ ναυτικαῖς δυνάμεσι τοὺς προκειμένους τῆς πόλεως τόπους.
The Carthaginians who had escaped from the danger of the naval battle, having sailed back and being convinced that the enemy, elated by their recent success, would immediately advance against Carthage itself, kept watch over the approaches in front of the city with their land and sea forces.
ἐπιγνόντες δὲ τοὺς Ῥωμαίους ἀσφαλῶς ἀποβεβηκότας καὶ πολιορκοῦντας τὴν Ἀσπίδα, τοῦ μὲν παραφυλάττειν τὸν ἐπίπλουν ἀπέγνωσαν, συνήθροιζον δὲ τὰς δυνάμεις καὶ περὶ φυλακὴν ἐγίνοντο τῆς τε πόλεως καὶ τῆς χώρας.
But when they learned that the Romans had landed safely and were besieging Aspis, they gave up keeping watch for their attack on Carthage, and began to assemble their forces and occupy themselves with the defense of both the city and the country.
οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι κυριεύσαντες τῆς Ἀσπίδος καὶ φυλακὴν ἀπολιπόντες τῆς πόλεως καὶ χώρας, ἔτι δὲ πρεσβευτὰς εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην πέμψαντες τοὺς ἀπαγγελοῦντας μὲν περὶ τῶν γεγονότων, ἐρησομένους δὲ3 περὶ τῶν μελλόντων τί δεῖ ποιεῖν καὶ πῶς χρῆσθαι τοῖς πράγμασιν, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει κατὰ σπουδὴν ἀναζεύξαντες ὥρμησαν ἐπὶ τὸ πορθεῖν τὴν χώραν.
The Romans, having made themselves masters of Aspis, left a garrison in the city and territory, and also dispatched envoys to Rome to report what had taken place and to ask what they should do in future and how they should conduct their affairs. After this, breaking camp in haste with their whole army, they set out to pillage the country.
οὐδενὸς δʼ ἐμποδὼν ἱσταμένου, πολλὰς μὲν οἰκήσεις περιττῶς κατεσκευασμένας διέφθειραν, πολὺ δὲ πλῆθος τῆς τετραπόδου λείας περιεβάλοντο· σώματα δὲ πλείω τῶν δισμυρίων ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς ἀνήγαγον.
Since no one opposed them, they destroyed many sumptuously built houses, secured a vast quantity of cattle as booty, and carried off to their ships more than twenty thousand captives.
ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τῷ καιρῷ παρῆσαν ἐκ τῆς Ῥώμης οἱ διασαφοῦντες ὅτι δεῖ τὸν μὲν ἕνα τῶν στρατηγῶν μένειν ἔχοντα δυνάμεις τὰς ἀρκούσας, τὸν δʼ ἕτερον ἀποκομίζειν εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην τὸν στόλον.
At this time, messengers arrived from Rome announcing that one of the generals was to remain with a sufficient force, while the other was to bring the fleet back to Rome.
ὁ μὲν οὖν Μάρκος ἔμενεν, ὑπολειπόμενος ναῦς τετταράκοντα καὶ πεζοὺς μυρίους καὶ πεντακισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ πεντακοσίους·
Marcus therefore remained, keeping forty ships, fifteen thousand infantry, and five hundred cavalry;
ὁ δὲ Λεύκιος ἀναλαβὼν τὰ πληρώματα καὶ τὸ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων πλῆθος καὶ κομισθεὶς παρὰ τὴν Σικελίαν ἀσφαλῶς ἧκεν εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην.
while Lucius, taking with him the crews and the multitude of captives, and sailing along Sicily, arrived safely in Rome.
- 1.29.1ποιούμενοι τὸν πλοῦν ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν Λιβύην
The present participle ποιούμενοι accompanies the main verb ἀνήγοντο to express the direction or manner of their voyage. The prepositional phrase with ὡς ἐπὶ indicates their intended destination.
- 1.29.3οὐ βουλομένων ἑκουσίως σφίσι προσχωρῆσαι τῶν κατεχόντων τὴν πόλιν
A genitive absolute construction with τῶν κατεχόντων (substantive participle) serving as the subject of the participle βουλομένων, expressing the reason or cause for the action in the main clause (the siege of Aspis).
- 1.29.6τοὺς ἀπαγγελοῦντας μὲν... ἐρησομένους δὲ...
Attributive future participles modifying πρεσβευτάς, demonstrating the typical usage of the future participle in Greek to express purpose ("envoys who would report... and ask...").