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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
Provoked by Hannibal's plundering, the consul Flaminius rejects the advice of his officers to wait and merge forces, and instead advances rashly. Hannibal, exploiting his anger and overconfidence, leads him into favorable terrain.
ὡς γὰρ θᾶττον1 ποιησάμενος ἀναζυγὴν ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Φαισόλαν τόπων καὶ μικρὸν ὑπεράρας τὴν τῶν Ῥωμαίων στρατοπεδείαν ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὴν προκειμένην χώραν, εὐθέως μετέωρος ἦν ὁ Φλαμίνιος καὶ θυμοῦ πλήρης, δοξάζων ἑαυτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐναντίων καταφρονεῖσθαι.
For as soon as he broke up his camp from the districts around Faesulae and, passing slightly beyond the Roman camp, invaded the country in front, Flaminius immediately became excited and full of anger, thinking that he was being treated with contempt by the enemy.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πορθουμένης τῆς χώρας, καὶ πανταχόθεν τοῦ καπνοῦ σημαίνοντος τὴν καταφθορὰν αὐτῆς, ἐσχετλίαζε, δεινὸν ἡγούμενος τὸ γινόμενον.
And after this, as the country was being plundered and the smoke from all sides signaled its destruction, he was indignant, regarding what was happening as intolerable.
διὸ καὶ τινῶν οἰομένων δεῖν2 μὴ προχείρως ἐπακολουθεῖν μηδὲ συμπλέκεσθαι τοῖς πολεμίοις, φυλάττεσθαι δὲ καὶ προσέχειν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἱππέων, μάλιστα δὲ καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ὕπατον προσλαβεῖν καὶ πᾶσιν ἐπὶ ταὐτὸ τοῖς στρατοπέδοις ὁμοῦ ποιήσασθαι τὸν κίνδυνον, οὐχ οἷον προσεῖχε τοῖς λεγομένοις, ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ3 ἀνείχετο τῶν ἀποφαινομένων ταῦτα, παρεκάλει δʼ αὐτοὺς ἐν νῷ λαμβάνειν τί λέγειν εἰκὸς τοὺς ἐν τῇ πατρίδι τῆς μὲν χώρας καταφθειρομένης σχεδὸν ἕως πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν Ῥώμην, αὐτῶν δὲ κατόπιν τῶν πολεμίων ἐν Τυρρηνίᾳ στρατοπεδευόντων.
Therefore, although some thought that they should not pursue rashly or engage with the enemy, but should guard against and pay attention to the multitude of cavalry, and above all, join the other consul so as to face the danger together with all their forces combined, he not only paid no attention to what was said, but could not even tolerate those who expressed these opinions. And he urged them to keep in mind what those at home would naturally say, when the country was being destroyed almost up to Rome itself, while they were encamped in Tyrrhenia behind the enemy.
τέλος δέ, ταῦτʼ εἰπών, ἀναζεύξας προῆγε μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως, οὐ καιρόν, οὐ τόπον προορώμενος, μόνον δὲ σπεύδων συμπεσεῖν τοῖς πολεμίοις, ὡς προδήλου τῆς νίκης αὐτοῖς ὑπαρχούσης·4
Finally, having said this, he broke camp and advanced with his army, neither foreseeing time nor place, but only eager to clash with the enemy, as if victory was already clearly assured to them.
τηλικοῦτον γὰρ προενεβεβλήκει κατελπισμὸν τοῖς ὄχλοις ὥστε πλείους εἶναι τῶν τὰ ὅπλα φερόντων τοὺς ἐκτὸς παρεπομένους τῆς ὠφελείας χάριν, κομίζοντας ἁλύσεις καὶ πέδας καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν τοιαύτην παρασκευήν.
For he had pre-instilled such great confidence in the multitude that those who followed outside the ranks for the sake of plunder, bringing chains and fetters and all such equipment, were more numerous than those who bore arms.
ὅ γε μὴν Ἀννίβας ἅμα μὲν εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν ὡς πρὸς τὴν Ῥώμην προῄει διὰ τῆς Τυρρηνίας, εὐώνυμον μὲν πόλιν ἔχων τὴν προσαγορευομένην Κυρτώνιον καὶ τὰ ταύτης ὄρη, δεξιὰν δὲ τὴν Ταρσιμέννην καλουμένην λίμνην· ἅμα δὲ προάγων ἐπυρπόλει καὶ κατέφθειρε τὴν χώραν, βουλόμενος ἐκκαλέσασθαι τὸν θυμὸν τῶν ὑπεναντίων. ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸν Φλαμίνιον ἤδη συνάπτοντα καθεώρα, τόπους δʼ εὐφυεῖς συνεθεώρησε πρὸς τὴν χρείαν,
Hannibal, on his part, while on the one hand advancing forward through Tyrrhenia towards Rome, having on his left the city called Cyrtonium and its mountains, and on his right the lake called Tarsimenne, on the other hand, as he advanced, was burning and destroying the country, wishing to provoke the anger of the enemy. And when he saw Flaminius already closing in, he observed places well suited to his purpose,
- 3.82.1ὡς γὰρ θᾶττον
The conjunction ὡς θᾶττον means "as soon as" and introduces the temporal clause with the indicative verb ἐνέβαλεν. It governs the entire initial complex clause containing several participial phrases.
- 3.82.4τινῶν οἰομένων δεῖν
A genitive absolute construction. Although it grammatically indicates an attendant circumstance of a different subject ("some people") from the main clause, contextually it carries a concessive force ("although some thought...") preparing for the main clause in §3.82.5.
- 3.82.5οὐχ οἷον ... ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ
The correlative construction οὐχ οἷον ... ἀλλ' οὐδέ ... is an idiomatic expression meaning "not only not... but not even..." or "far from doing... he did not even...".
- 3.82.7ὡς προδήλου τῆς νίκης αὐτοῖς ὑπαρχούσης
A genitive absolute with the particle ὡς, expressing subjective reason or belief ("as if victory was already clearly assured to them"). It highlights Flaminius's blind, subjective confidence, which lacked objective grounds.