§1.82.1Ἀμίλκας δὲ δυσχρηστούμενος τῇ τῶν πολεμίων ἀπονοίᾳ τὸν μὲν Ἄννωνα πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἐκάλει, πεπεισμένος ἁθροισθέντων ὁμοῦ τῶν στρατοπέδων θᾶττον ἐπιθήσειν τέλος τοῖς ὅλοις.
But Amilcar, finding himself in difficulty due to the desperation of the enemy, summoned Hanno to him, being convinced that once their armies were united, they would more quickly bring an end to the whole war.
§1.82.2τῶν δὲ πολεμίων οὕς ποτε κρατήσειε, τοὺς μὲν ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ διέφθειρεν, τοὺς δὲ ζωγρίᾳ πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσαναχθέντας ὑπέβαλλε τοῖς θηρίοις, μίαν ὁρῶν λύσιν ταύτην, εἰ δυνηθείη τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ἄρδην ἀφανίσαι.
As for those of the enemy whom he might capture, some he put to death in the course of action, while others, who were brought to him alive, he threw to the wild beasts, seeing this as the only solution, if he could utterly exterminate the enemy.
§1.82.3δοκούντων δὲ τῶν Καρχηδονίων ἐπικυδεστέρας ἐλπίδας ἔχειν ἤδη κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον, γίνεταί τις ὁλοσχερὴς καὶ παράδοξος περὶ αὐτοὺς παλίρροια τῶν πραγμάτων.
Just when the Carthaginians seemed to have more glorious hopes for the war, a complete and unexpected reverse of fortune befell them.
§1.82.4οἵ τε γὰρ στρατηγοὶ συνελθόντες ἐπὶ ταὐτὸ διεστασίασαν πρὸς σφᾶς ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ὥστε μὴ μόνον τοὺς κατὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν παραλείπειν καιρούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ σφῶν αὐτῶν πολλὰς ἀφορμὰς διδόναι τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις διὰ τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους φιλονικίαν.
For the generals, having come together, quarreled with one another to such an extent that they not only missed opportunities against the enemy, but also, due to their mutual rivalry, gave many opportunities to their opponents against themselves.
§1.82.5ἃ δὴ καὶ συνέντες οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι τῷ μὲν ἑνὶ τῶν στρατηγῶν ἀπαλλάττεσθαι προσέταξαν, τῷ δʼ ἑτέρῳ μένειν, ὃν ἂν αἱ δυνάμεις προκρίνωσιν.
Recognizing this, the Carthaginians ordered one of the generals to depart and the other to remain, whichever the troops should prefer.
§1.82.6ἅμα δὲ τούτοις καὶ τὰς παρακομιζομένας ἀγορὰς ἐκ τῶν παρʼ αὐτοῖς καλουμένων Ἐμπορίων, ἐφʼ αἷς εἶχον τὰς μεγίστας ἐλπίδας περί τε τῆς τροφῆς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιτηδείων, διαφθαρῆναι συνέβη κατὰ θάλατταν ὁλοσχερῶς ὑπὸ χειμῶνος.
At the same time as these things, it also happened that the provisions being brought from what they call the Emporia, on which they had placed their greatest hopes for food and other supplies, were completely destroyed at sea by a storm.
§1.82.7τὰ δὲ κατὰ τὴν Σαρδόνα, καθάπερ ἐπάνω προεῖπον, ἐτύγχανεν ἀπηλλοτριωμένα, μεγάλας αὐτοῖς αἰεί ποτε χρείας παρεχομένης τῆς νήσου ταύτης κατὰ τὰς περιστάσεις.
Moreover, the affairs of Sardinia, as I said above, happened to be alienated, though this island had always been of great service to them in times of trouble.
§1.82.8τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, ἡ τῶν Ἱππακριτῶν καὶ τῶν Ἰτυκαίων ἀπέστη πόλις, αἵτινες ἐτύγχανον μόναι τῶν κατὰ τὴν Λιβύην οὐ μόνον τὸν ἐνεστῶτα πόλεμον ἀναδεδεγμέναι γενναίως, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς κατʼ Ἀγαθοκλέα καιροὺς καὶ τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἔφοδον εὐγενῶς ὑπομεμενηκυῖαι καὶ συλλήβδην οὐδέποτε βεβουλευμέναι Καρχηδονίοις οὐδὲν ὑπεναντίον.
And the greatest blow of all, the city of the Hippacritae and that of the Uticans revolted—cities which happened to be the only ones in Libya that had not only bravely endured the present war, but had also nobly withstood the times of Agathocles and the invasion of the Romans, and in short, had never decided on anything hostile to the Carthaginians.
§1.82.9τότε δὲ χωρὶς τῆς ἀλόγου πρὸς τοὺς Λίβυας ἀποστάσεως καὶ διὰ τῆς μεταθέσεως εὐθέως τούτοις μὲν τὴν μεγίστην οἰκειότητα καὶ πίστιν ἐναπεδείξαντο, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς Καρχηδονίους ἀπαραίτητον ὀργὴν ἐνεστήσαντο καὶ μῖσος.
But then, apart from their irrational defection to the Libyans, by this very change of sides they immediately displayed the greatest intimacy and fidelity toward them, while they conceived an implacable anger and hatred against the Carthaginians.
§1.82.10τοὺς μὲν γὰρ παραβεβοηθηκότας αὐτοῖς παρʼ ἐκείνων, ὄντας εἰς πεντακοσίους, καὶ τὸν ἡγεμόνα τούτων ἀποκτείναντες ἅπαντας ἔρριψαν κατὰ τοῦ τείχους, τὴν δὲ πόλιν ἐνεχείρισαν τοῖς Λίβυσι· τοῖς γε μὴν Καρχηδονίοις οὐδὲ θάψαι συνεχώρησαν τοὺς ἠτυχηκότας αἰτουμένοις.
For having put to death all those who had come to their aid from Carthage, numbering about five hundred, along with their commander, they threw them from the wall, and delivered the city to the Libyans; and they did not even permit the Carthaginians to bury the victims when they requested it.
§1.82.11τούτων δὲ συμβαινόντων οἱ μὲν περὶ τὸν Μάθω καὶ Σπένδιον ἐπαρθέντες τοῖς συμβεβηκόσιν πολιορκεῖν ἐνεχείρησαν αὐτὴν τὴν Καρχηδόνα.
While these things were happening, Mathos and Spendius, elated by these events, undertook to besiege Carthage itself.
§1.82.12Βάρκας δὲ παραλαβὼν Ἀννίβαν τὸν στρατηγόν· τοῦτον γὰρ ἐξαπέστειλαν οἱ πολῖται πρὸς τὰς δυνάμεις, ἐπεὶ τὸν Ἄννωνα τὸ στρατόπεδον ἔκρινε δεῖν ἀπαλλάττεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ὑπὸ τῶν Καρχηδονίων αὐτοῖς δοθεῖσαν ἐπιτροπὴν περὶ τὰς γενομένας τῶν στρατηγῶν στάσεις πρὸς ἀλλήλους· §1.82.13διόπερ Ἀμίλκας ἔχων τοῦτόν τε καὶ Ναραύαν ἐπῄει τὴν χώραν, διακλείων τὰς χορηγίας τοῖς περὶ τὸν Μάθω καὶ Σπένδιον, μεγίστην αὐτῷ παρεχομένου χρείαν περί τε ταῦτα καὶ τἄλλα Ναραύα τοῦ Νομάδος.
But Barca, taking with him Hannibal as general—for the citizens had dispatched this man to the forces when the army decided that Hanno must depart, in accordance with the authority given to them by the Carthaginians regarding the quarrels that had arisen between the generals— therefore Amilcar, having him and Naravas, marched through the country, cutting off the supplies of Mathos and Spendius, with Naravas the Numidian providing him with the greatest service in this and other matters.
§1.82.14τὰ μὲν οὖν περὶ τὰς ὑπαίθρους δυνάμεις ἐν
The affairs, then, concerning the forces in the field were in