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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
In Iberia, Hasdrubal begins his advance towards the river Ebro by land and sea. In response, Gnaeus Scipio abandons a land confrontation, mans a fleet, and, aided by the Massaliots, sails out to make a surprise attack on the Carthaginian fleet.
τὰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν τοιαύτην εἶχε τὴν διάθεσιν.
Such, then, was the state of affairs in Italy.
κατὰ δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς καιροὺς ταῖς προειρημέναις πράξεσιν1 Ἀσδρούβας ὁ τεταγμένος ἐπὶ τῆς Ἰβηρίας στρατηγὸς κατηρτικὼς ἐν τῇ παραχειμασίᾳ τὰς ὑπὸ τἀδελφοῦ καταλειφθείσας τριάκοντα ναῦς καὶ δέκα προσπεπληρωκὼς ἄλλας, ἀρχομένης τῆς θερείας ἀνήχθη τετταράκοντα ναυσὶ καταφράκτοις ἐκ Καινῆς πόλεως, προχειρισάμενος Ἀμίλκαν τοῦ στόλου ναύαρχον.
At the same time as the events described above, Hasdrubal, the general appointed to the command in Iberia, having refitted during the winter the thirty ships left behind by his brother and manned ten more, at the beginning of summer put to sea from Carthago Nova with forty decked ships, having appointed Hamilcar commander of the fleet.
ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὴν πεζὴν ἐκ τῆς παραχειμασίας ἡθροικὼς δύναμιν ἀνέζευξε· καὶ ταῖς μὲν ναυσὶ παρὰ τὴν χέρσον ἐποιεῖτο τὸν πλοῦν, τοῖς δὲ πεζοῖς τὴν πορείαν παρὰ τὸν αἰγιαλόν, σπεύδων ἀμφοτέραις ἅμα ταῖς δυνάμεσι καταζεῦξαι πρὸς τὸν Ἴβηρα ποταμόν.
At the same time, having also assembled his land forces from their winter quarters, he set out; and while the ships made their voyage along the land, the land forces marched along the shore, his object being to reach the river Ebro with both forces together.
Γνάιος δὲ τὰς ἐπιβολὰς συλλογιζόμενος τῶν Καρχηδονίων τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐπεβάλετο κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν ἐκ τῆς παραχειμασίας ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀπάντησιν.
Gnaeus, on calculating the plans of the Carthaginians, at first intended to advance from his winter quarters and meet them both by land and sea.
ἀκούων δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν δυνάμεων καὶ τὸ μέγεθος τῆς παρασκευῆς τὸ μὲν κατὰ γῆν ἀπαντᾶν ἀπεδοκίμασε, συμπληρώσας δὲ πέντε καὶ τριάκοντα ναῦς καὶ λαβὼν ἐκ τοῦ πεζικοῦ στρατεύματος τοὺς ἐπιτηδειοτάτους ἄνδρας πρὸς τὴν ἐπιβατικὴν χρείαν ἀνήχθη καὶ κατῆρε δευτεραῖος2 ἐκ Ταρράκωνος εἰς τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ἴβηρα ποταμὸν τόπους.
But on hearing of the great number of their forces and the magnitude of their preparations, he abandoned the idea of meeting them by land; and having manned thirty-five ships and taken from the land army the men best fitted for the service of marines, he put to sea and on the second day after his departure from Tarraco anchored in the neighbourhood of the river Ebro.
καθορμισθεὶς δὲ τῶν πολεμίων ἐν ἀποστήματι3 περὶ τοὺς ὀγδοήκοντα σταδίους προαπέστειλε κατασκεψομένας δύο ναῦς ταχυπλοούσας Μασσαλιητικάς· καὶ γὰρ προκαθηγοῦντο καὶ προεκινδύνευον οὗτοι καὶ πᾶσαν ἀποτόμως σφίσι παρείχοντο τὴν χρείαν.
Anchoring at a distance of about eighty stades from the enemy, he sent ahead two fast Massaliot ships to reconnoitre; for these people used to act as guides and run risks in the vanguard, and rendered every service to the Romans unsparingly.
εὐγενῶς γάρ, εἰ καί τινες ἕτεροι,4 κεκοινωνήκασι Ῥωμαίοις πραγμάτων καὶ Μασσαλιῶται, πολλάκις μὲν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα, μάλιστα δὲ κατὰ τὸν Ἀννιβιακὸν πόλεμον.
For if any people ever shared the fortunes of the Romans with noble devotion, the Massaliots did so, both on many subsequent occasions and especially in the Hannibalic War.
διασαφούντων δὲ τῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κατασκοπὴν ἐκπεμφθέντων ὅτι περὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ ποταμοῦ συμβαίνει τὸν τῶν ὑπεναντίων ὁρμεῖν στόλον, ἀνήγετο κατὰ σπουδήν, βουλόμενος ἄφνω προσπεσεῖν τοῖς
When those sent on the reconnaissance reported that the enemy’s fleet was anchored near the mouth of the river, he put to sea in haste, wishing to fall upon them suddenly.
- 3.95.2τοὺς αὐτοὺς καιροὺς ταῖς προειρημέναις πράξεσιν
The dative ταῖς προειρημέναις πράξεσιν depends on the adjective of identity ὁ αὐτός in τοὺς αὐτοὺς καιρούς, expressing "at the same time as the aforementioned events".
- 3.95.5δευτεραῖος
An adjective indicating order or a specific day (δευτεραῖος) agreeing with the subject, used adverbially to mean "on the second day".
- 3.95.6καθορμισθεὶς δὲ τῶν πολεμίων ἐν ἀποστήματι
The genitive τῶν πολεμίων depends on the nominal phrase of distance ἐν ἀποστήματι ("at a distance from"). The participle καθορμισθεὶς is in the nominative in agreement with the subject.
- 3.95.7εἰ καί τινες ἕτεροι
An idiomatic conditional phrase, literally "if indeed any others did so," used to mean "as much as any other people" or "more than anyone else" for emphasis.