§3.29.1τὰ μὲν οὖν ὑπὸ Καρχηδονίων τότε ῥηθέντα δεδηλώκαμεν, τὰ δʼ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων λεγόμενα νῦν ἐροῦμεν·
Therefore, we have already set forth what was said on that occasion by the Carthaginians, and we shall now state what is alleged by the Romans.
οἷς τότε μὲν οὐκ ἐχρήσαντο διὰ τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ Ζακανθαίων ἀπωλείᾳ θυμόν· λέγεται δὲ πολλάκις καὶ ὑπὸ πολλῶν παρʼ αὐτοῖς.
Although they did not make use of these arguments at the time because of their anger at the destruction of Saguntum, they are frequently repeated by many among them.
§3.29.2πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι τὰς πρὸς Ἀσδρούβαν γενομένας ὁμολογίας οὐκ ἀθετητέον, καθάπερ οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι λέγειν ἐθάρρουν· οὐ γὰρ προσέκειτο, §3.29.3καθάπερ ἐπὶ τοῦ Λυτατίου, ‘κυρίας εἶναι ταύτας, ἐὰν καὶ τῷ δήμῳ δόξῃ τῶν ‘Ῥωμαίων· ’ ἀλλʼ αὐτοτελῶς ἐποιήσατο τὰς ὁμολογίας Ἀσδρούβας, ἐν αἷς ἦν, ‘τὸν Ἴβηρα ποταμὸν μὴ δια" §3.29.41βαίνειν ἐπὶ πολέμῳ Καρχηδονίους. ’ καὶ μὴν ἐν ταῖς περὶ Σικελίαν συνθήκαις ἦν ἔγγραπτον, καθάπερ κἀκεῖνοί φασιν, ‘ὑπάρχειν τοῖς ἀμφοτέρων συμ‘μάχοις τὴν παρʼ ἑκατέρων ἀσφάλειαν,’ οὐκ αὐτοῖς μόνον τοῖς τότε συμμαχοῦσι, καθάπερ ἐποιοῦντο τὴν ἐκδοχὴν οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι·
First, that the agreement made with Hasdrubal must not be set aside, as the Carthaginians ventured to assert; for there was no clause added, as in the case of Lutatius, to the effect that "this treaty shall be valid only if it be also approved by the Roman people"; but Hasdrubal made the agreement on his own absolute authority, in which it was written, "the Carthaginians shall not cro ss the river Iber in war." Moreover, in the treaty concerning Sicily, as they themselves also say, it was written that "the allies of both parties shall be secure from attack by either side," not referring only to those who were allies at that time, as the Carthaginians interpreted it.
§3.29.5προσέκειτο γὰρ ἂν ἤτοι τὸ μὴ προσλαμβάνειν ἑτέρους συμμάχους παρὰ τοὺς ὑπάρχοντας ἢ τὸ μὴ παραλαμβάνεσθαι τοὺς ὕστερον προσληφθέντας τούτων τῶν συνθηκῶν.
For in that case, there would have been added either a clause stating that they should not acquire other allies in addition to those already existing, or that those subsequently acquired should be excluded from the protection of this treaty.
§3.29.6ὅτε δὲ τούτων οὐδέτερον ἐγράφη, προφανὲς ἦν ὅτι πᾶσι τοῖς ἑκατέρων συμμάχοις, καὶ τοῖς οὖσι τότε καὶ τοῖς μετὰ ταῦτα προσληφθησομένοις, τὴν παρʼ ἀμφοῖν ἀσφάλειαν ἀεὶ δέον ἦν ὑπάρχειν.
But since neither of these was written, it was manifest that safety from both parties must always be guaranteed to all the allies of each, both those existing at the time and those to be acquired subsequently.
§3.29.7ὃ δὴ καὶ πάντως ἂν εἰκὸς εἶναι δόξειεν.
And this indeed would seem to be entirely reasonable.
οὐ γὰρ δήπου τοιαύτας ἔμελλον ποιήσεσθαι συνθήκας διʼ ὧν ἀφελοῦνται τὴν ἐξουσίαν σφῶν αὐτῶν τοῦ προσλαμβάνειν κατὰ καιρούς, ἄν τινες ἐπιτήδειοι φανῶσιν αὐτοῖς φίλοι καὶ σύμμαχοι, §3.29.8οὐδὲ μὴν προσλαβόντες εἰς τὴν σφετέραν πίστιν περιόψεσθαι τούτους ὑπό τινων ἀδικουμένους·
For they were surely not going to make a treaty by which they would deprive themselves of the power of acquiring allies from time to time, should any suitable persons appear as friends and allies to them; nor, having received them under their protection, would they look on and allow them to be wronged by any.
§3.29.9ἀλλʼ ἦν ἀμφοτέρων τὸ συνέχον τῆς ἐννοίας τῆς ἐν ταῖς συνθήκαις τῶν μὲν ὑπαρχόντων ἀμφοτέροις τότε συμμάχων ἀφέξεσθαι καὶ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον τοὺς ἑτέρους παρὰ τῶν ἑτέρων ἐπιδέξεσθαί τινας τούτων εἰς συμμαχίαν, §3.29.10περὶ δὲ τῶν μετὰ ταῦτα προσληφθησομένων αὐτὸ τοῦτο, μήτε ξενολογεῖν μήτʼ ἐπιτάττειν μηδετέρους μηδὲν ἐν ταῖς ἀλλήλων ἐπαρχίαις καὶ συμμαχίαις, ὑπάρχειν τε τὴν ἀσφάλειαν πᾶσι τὴν παρʼ ἀμφοῖν.
Rather, the essential point of the intention of both parties in the treaty was that they should abstain from interfering with those who were then allies of either, and that neither side should on any account receive any of these into alliance from the other; and regarding those to be acquired subsequently, this very rule: that neither party should enlist mercenaries or exercise authority in the other's provinces and alliances, and that security from both should be guaranteed to all.