- Source
- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:3.27.1-3.27.10
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
The author lists the specific terms of the treaty ending the First Punic War, the subsequent additional treaty on Sardinia after the Libyan War, and the agreement with Hasdrubal regarding the Ebro boundary, defining them as the legal framework between Rome and Carthage prior to Hannibal's war.
συντελεσθέντος τοίνυν τοῦ περὶ Σικελίας πολέμου ποιοῦνται συνθήκας ἄλλας, ἐν αἷς τὰ συνέχοντα τῶν ἐγγράπτων ἦν ταῦτα· " 1ἐκχωρεῖν1 Καρχηδονίους ‘καὶ Σικελίας ἁπάσης καὶ τῶν νήσων ἁπασῶν τῶν " 1κειμένων Ἰταλίας μεταξὺ καὶ Σικελίας. τὴν ἀσφάλειαν ‘ὑπάρχειν παρʼ ἑκατέρων τοῖς ἑκατέρων συμμάχοις. " 1μηδετέρους ἐν ταῖς ἀλλήλων ἐπαρχίαις μηδὲν ἐπι‘τάττειν μηδʼ οἰκοδομεῖν δημοσίᾳ μηδὲ ξενολογεῖν ‘μηδὲ προσλαμβάνειν εἰς φιλίαν τοὺς ἀλλήλων συμ" 1μάχους. ἐξενεγκεῖν Καρχηδονίους ἐν ἔτεσιν δέκα ‘δισχίλια καὶ διακόσια τάλαντα, παραυτίκα δὲ δοῦ" 1ναι χίλια. τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους χωρὶς λύτρων ἀπο‘δοῦναι πάντας Καρχηδονίους τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις.’ μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πάλιν, λήξαντος τοῦ Λιβυκοῦ πολέμου, Ῥωμαῖοι Καρχηδονίοις πόλεμον ἐξενέγκαντες ἕως δόγματος2 ἐπισυνθήκας ἐποιήσαντο τοιαύτας· " 1ἐκ‘χωρεῖν Καρχηδονίους Σαρδόνος καὶ προσεξενεγκεῖν ‘ἄλλα χίλια καὶ διακόσια τάλαντα,’ καθάπερ ἐπάνω προείπαμεν.
When, therefore, the war for Sicily was brought to an end, they made another treaty, in which the main points of the document were as follows: “ 1’The Carthaginians are to evacuate ‘both the whole of Sicily and all the islands 1situated between Italy and Sicily. Safety ‘is to be guaranteed by each party to the allies of the other. “ 1Neither party is to impose ‘any commands in the dominions of the other, nor build public buildings, nor enlist mercenaries, ‘nor admit the allies of the other into friendship. “ 1allies. The Carthaginians are to pay in ten years ‘two thousand two hundred talents, and to gi 1ve immediately one thousand. All captives are to be returned ‘without ransom by the Carthaginians to the Romans.’ After this again, when the Libyan war was ended, the Romans, having declared war against the Carthaginians, carried it to the point of a decree, and made an additional treaty to this effect: “ 1’The Carthaginians are to evacuate Sardinia and to pay in addition ‘another twelve hundred talents,’ as we have already said above.
ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς προειρημένοις τελευταῖαι πρὸς Ἀσδρούβαν ἐν Ἰβηρίᾳ γίνονται διομολογήσεις, ‘ἐφʼ ᾧ3 μὴ διαβαίνειν Καρχηδονίους ἐπὶ πολέμῳ " 1τὸν Ἴβηρα ποταμόν.’ ταῦθʼ ὑπῆρχε τὰ δίκαια Ῥωμαίοις καὶ Καρχηδονίοις ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἕως εἰς τοὺς κατʼ Ἀννίβαν καιρούς.
In addition to the aforementioned, the final agreement was made with Hasdrubal in Iberia, ‘on the condition that the Carthaginians should not cross for the purpose of war “ 1the river Ebro.’ These were the legal rights existing between the Romans and Carthaginians from the beginning down to the times of Hannibal.
- 3.27.2ἐκχωρεῖν
The infinitive with an accusative subject (as also ὑπάρχειν in 3.27.3 and ἐπιτάττειν in 3.27.4) is used to express the terms of the treaty in an imperative or obligatory sense. It functions either as a continuation of indirect speech dependent on the concept of 'treaty' (συνθήκας) or as an independent imperative infinitive.
- 3.27.7ἕως δόγματος
Meaning 'up to the point of a decree' or 'carrying it to a formal resolution.' It indicates that the Romans did not merely threaten war but passed an official decree to force Carthage into accepting the additional treaty.
- 3.27.9‘ἐφʼ ᾧ
An idiomatic expression meaning 'on the condition that,' taking the following negative infinitive (μὴ διαβαίνειν) to introduce the restrictive clause of the agreement with Hasdrubal.