§11.2.1Ἀσδρούβας δὲ καὶ τὸν πρὸ τούτου χρόνον καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἔσχατον καιρὸν ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς γενόμενος, ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον· ὃν οὐκ ἄξιον ἀνεπισήμαντον παραλιπεῖν.
Hasdrubal, having shown himself a brave man both in the preceding period and at the final moment, ended his life in hand-to-hand combat; whom it is not fitting to pass over without mention.
§11.2.2ὅτι μὲν ἀδελφὸς ἦν Ἀννίβου κατὰ φύσιν, καὶ διότι χωριζόμενος εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν τούτῳ τὰς κατὰ τὴν Ἰβηρίαν πράξεις ἐνεχείρισε, ταῦτα μὲν ἐν τοῖς πρὸ τούτων ἡμῖν δεδήλωται §11.2.3.
That he was indeed Hannibal's own brother, and that when departing for Italy Hannibal entrusted to him the affairs in Iberia, these things have been made clear by us in the preceding parts.
παραπλησίως δὲ καὶ διότι πολλοῖς μὲν χρησάμενος ἀγῶσι πρὸς Ῥωμαίους, πολλαῖς δὲ καὶ ποικίλαις περιστάσεσι παλαίσας διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἐπαποστελλομένους ἐκ Καρχηδόνος εἰς Ἰβηρίαν στρατηγούς, ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς εἰρημένοις καιροῖς ἀξίως μὲν τοῦ πατρὸς Βάρκα, καλῶς δὲ καὶ γενναίως τὰς περιπετείας καὶ τὰς ἐλαττώσεις διετέλει φέρων, καὶ ταῦτα διὰ τῶν πρὸ τοῦ συντάξεων δεδηλώκαμεν.
Similarly, also that, having engaged in many contests against the Romans, and having struggled with many and various difficult circumstances because of the generals sent out one after another from Carthage to Iberia, he continued throughout all the aforementioned times to bear his reverses and defeats in a manner worthy of his father Barca, and in a noble and brave spirit, this too we have made clear through our previous writings.
περὶ δὲ τῶν τελευταίων ἀγώνων νῦν ἐροῦμεν, §11.2.4καθὸ μάλιστα πέφηνεν ἡμῖν ἄξιος ἐπιστάσεως εἶναι καὶ ζήλου.
But concerning his final struggles we shall now speak, in which he has appeared to us to be most worthy of attention and emulation.
§11.2.5τοὺς γὰρ πλείστους ἰδεῖν ἔστι τῶν στρατηγῶν καὶ τῶν βασιλέων, ἐπειδὰν συνιστῶνται τοὺς ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων ἀγῶνας, τὰ μὲν ἐκ τῶν κατορθωμάτων ἔνδοξα καὶ λυσιτελῆ συνεχῶς λαμβάνοντας ὑπὸ τὴν ὄψιν, καὶ πολλάκις ἐφιστάνοντας καὶ διαλογιζομένους πῶς ἑκάστοις χρήσονται, κατὰ λόγον σφίσι χωρησάντων τῶν πραγμάτων, §11.2.6τὰ δʼ ἐκ τῶν ἀποπτωμάτων οὐκέτι πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν τιθεμένους, οὐδʼ ἐν νῷ λαμβάνοντας πῇ καὶ τί πρακτέον ἑκάστοις ἐστὶ κατὰ τὰς περιπετείας.
For one can see that most generals and kings, when they enter upon contests for their entire existence, constantly keep before their eyes the glorious and profitable results of success, and frequently ponder and calculate how they will make use of each of them, if things turn out according to their expectations; but they no longer place before their eyes the consequences of failure, nor do they take into mind how and what each of them must do in the event of reverses.
καίτοι τὸ μὲν ἕτοιμόν ἐστι, τὸ δὲ πολλῆς δεῖται προνοίας.
And yet the former is easy, while the latter requires much foresight.
§11.2.7τοιγαροῦν οἱ πλεῖστοι διὰ τὴν αὑτῶν ἀγεννίαν καὶ τὴν ἐν τούτοις ἀβουλίαν αἰσχρὰς μὲν ἐποίησαν τὰς ἥττας, εὐγενῶς πολλάκις ἠγωνισμένων τῶν στρατιωτῶν, κατῄσχυναν δὲ τὰς πρὸ τούτου πράξεις, ἐπονείδιστον δὲ σφίσι τὸν καταλειπόμενον ἐποίησαν βίον.
Consequently, most of them, through their own cowardice and lack of counsel in these matters, have made their defeats shameful, even though their soldiers had often fought bravely, and have disgraced their previous achievements, making the remainder of their lives a reproach to themselves.
§11.2.8διότι δὲ πολλοὶ τῶν ἡγουμένων περὶ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος σφάλλονται, καὶ διότι μεγίστην ἐν τούτοις ἔχει διαφορὰν ἀνὴρ ἀνδρός, εὐχερὲς τῷ βουλομένῳ καταμαθεῖν· πολλὰ γὰρ ὑποδείγματα τῶν τοιούτων πεποίηκεν ὁ προγεγονὼς χρόνος.
And that many leaders err in this part, and that in these matters there is the greatest difference between man and man, is easy for anyone who wishes to understand; for past time has produced many examples of such things.
§11.2.9Ἀσδρούβας δʼ, ἕως μὲν ἦν ἐλπὶς ἐκ τῶν κατὰ λόγον τοῦ δύνασθαι πράττειν ἄξιόν τι τῶν προβεβιωμένων, οὐδενὸς μᾶλλον προενοεῖτο κατὰ τοὺς κινδύνους ὡς τῆς αὑτοῦ σωτηρίας· §11.2.10ἐπεὶ δὲ πάσας ἀφελομένη τὰς εἰς τὸ μέλλον ἐλπίδας ἡ τύχη συνέκλεισε πρὸς τὸν ἔσχατον καιρόν, οὐδὲν παραλιπὼν οὔτε περὶ τὴν παρασκευὴν οὔτε κατὰ τὸν κίνδυνον πρὸς τὸ νικᾶν, οὐχ ἧττον πρόνοιαν εἶχε καὶ τοῦ σφαλεὶς τοῖς ὅλοις ὁμόσε χωρῆσαι τοῖς παροῦσι καὶ μηδὲν ὑπομεῖναι τῶν προβεβιωμένων ἀνάξιον.
But Hasdrubal, as long as there was hope from reasonable calculation of being able to achieve something worthy of his past life, took foresight for nothing more in times of danger than for his own safety; but when fortune, taking away all hopes for the future, shut him up to his final moment, though leaving nothing undone either in preparation or in the danger itself to achieve victory, he had no less foresight, if he should fail in the main issue, to face the present reality and to submit to nothing unworthy of his past life.
§11.2.11ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἡμῖν εἰρήσθω περὶ τῶν ἐν πράγμασιν ἀναστρεφομένων, ἵνα μήτε προπετῶς κινδυνεύοντες σφάλλωσι τὰς τῶν πιστευσάντων ἐλπίδας μήτε φιλοζωοῦντες παρὰ τὸ δέον αἰσχρὰς καὶ
Therefore, let these things be said by us concerning those engaged in public affairs, so that they may neither by rashly risking danger disappoint the hopes of those who trusted them, nor by clinging to life contrary to what is proper bring about shameful and