§958Καρχηδονίων δʼ αὐτὸν μετακαλούντων κατὰ σπουδὴν ἐπικουρεῖν κινδυνευούσῃ τῇ πατρίδι ὑπὸ Σκιπίωνος, καὶ τὸν ναύαρχον Ἀσδρούβαν ἐπʼ αὐτόν, ἵνα μὴ βραδύνειε, πεμψάντων, ἤχθετο μὲν τῆς Καρχηδονίων ἐς τοὺς ἄρχοντας ἀπιστίας τε καὶ ἀχαριστίας ἐς πεῖραν ἐρχόμενος διὰ μακροῦ, καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν ἐδεδοίκει τοῦ τοσοῦδε πολέμου πρῶτος ἐμβαλὼν ἐν Ἰβηρίᾳ, ἐγνώκει δʼ ὑπʼ ἀνάγκης ὅμως ἕπεσθαι, καὶ ναῦς εἰργάζετο πολλάς, εὐξύλου τῆς Ἰταλίας οὔσης.
But when the Carthaginians summoned him in haste to bring aid to their fatherland, which was endangered by Scipio, and sent the admiral Hasdrubal to him so that he might not delay, he was vexed on the one hand at experiencing after a long time the distrust and ingratitude of the Carthaginian leaders, and he feared the blame for having been the first to initiate so great a war in Iberia; nevertheless, he decided that he must follow out of necessity, and he built many ships, as Italy was rich in timber.
τῶν δʼ ἔτι ὑπηκόων οἱ πόλεων ὡς ἀλλοτρίων καταφρονῶν, ἔγνω διαρπάσαι πάσας, καὶ τὴν στρατιὰν πλουτίσας, εὔνουν ἐς τὰς ἐν Καρχηδόνι συκοφαντίας ἐπαγαγέσθαι.
Despising the cities of those still subject to him as if they belonged to others, he resolved to plunder them all, and by enriching his army, to win their goodwill against the slanders that awaited him in Carthage.
αἰδούμενός τε αὐτὸς παρασπονδεῖν, Ἀσδρούβαν τὸν ναύαρχον ἐπὶ προφάσει περιέπεμπε, τοὺς φρουροῦντας ὀψόμενον.
Being ashamed to break the treaty himself, he sent the admiral Hasdrubal around on the pretext of inspecting the garrisons.
ὁ δὲ ἐς ἑκάστην πόλιν ἐσιὼν ἐκέλευσε τοῖς ἐνοικοῦσιν, αὐτούς τε καὶ δούλους αὐτῶν, ὅσα δύναιντο λαβόντας, ἐκ τῶν πόλεων μεθίστασθαι, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ διήρπαζεν.
He, entering into each city, ordered the inhabitants to depart from the cities, taking themselves and their slaves with whatever they could carry, and he plundered the rest.
τούτων ἔνιοι πυνθανόμενοι, πρὶν τὸν Ἀσδρούβαν ἥκειν, τοῖς φρουροῖς ἐπετίθεντο, καὶ συνέβαινεν ὅπου μὲν κρατεῖν τὰς πόλεις ὅπου δὲ τοὺς φρουρούς, σφαγή τε ποικίλη καὶ γυναικῶν ὕβρις καὶ παρθένων ἀπαγωγαί, καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐν πόλεσιν ἑαλωκυίαις, ἐγίγνοντο.
Some of them, learning of this before Hasdrubal arrived, attacked the garrisons, and it happened that in some places the cities prevailed and in others the garrisons; and various slaughters, outrages upon women, abductions of virgins, and all things that happen in captured cities took place.
§959αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Ἀννίβας τοὺς συστρατευομένους οἱ τῶν Ἰταλῶν εἰδὼς εὖ γεγυμνασμένους, ἔπειθε πολλαῖς ὑποσχέσεσιν ἐς τὴν Λιβύην αὑτῷ συστρατεῦσαι.
Hannibal himself, knowing that those of the Italians who campaigned with him were well trained, tried to persuade them with many promises to campaign with him to Libya.
καὶ τούτων οἱ μὲν τὰ ἡμαρτημένα σφίσιν ἐς τὰς πατρίδας δεδιότες εἵποντο, φεύγοντες τὴν οἰκείαν ἑκόντες, οἱ δὲ οὐδὲν ἁμαρτόντες ὤκνουν.
And of these, some, fearing the offenses they had committed against their own homelands, followed him, willingly fleeing their native soil, while others, having committed no offense, hesitated.
ἀθροίσας οὖν τούσδε τοὺς ὑπομένειν ἀξιοῦντας ὡς δή τι λέξων αὐτοῖς ἢ χαριούμενος τῶν γεγονότων ἢ περὶ τοῦ μέλλοντος ἐπισκήψων, περιέστησε τὴν στρατιὰν ὡπλισμένην ἄφνω, καὶ προσέταξε τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράποδα ἐξ αὐτῶν ὅσα θέλουσιν ἐπιλέξασθαι.
Therefore, having assembled those who claimed the right to remain, as if to say something to them, or to show favor for the past, or to give instructions for the future, he suddenly surrounded them with his armed army, and ordered his own men to select from them as many slaves as they wished.
ὡς δὲ οἱ μὲν ἐπελέξαντο, οἱ δὲ ᾐδοῦντο συστρατιώτας πολλὰ συνειργασμένους σφίσιν ἀνδραποδίσασθαι, τοὺς λοιποὺς κατηκόντισεν ἅπαντας, τοῦ μὴ τοιούσδε ἄνδρας ποτὲ Ῥωμαίοις γενέσθαι χρησίμους.
And when some selected them, while others were ashamed to enslave fellow soldiers who had shared so much with them, he transfixed all the rest with javelins, so that such men would never become useful to the Romans.
ἐπικατέσφαξε δʼ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἵππους ἐς τετρακισχιλίους καὶ πλῆθος ὑποζυγίων, οὐ δυνάμενος ἐς Λιβύην ἐπάγεσθαι.
In addition to them, he slaughtered also about four thousand horses and a multitude of pack animals, since he was unable to take them to Libya.
§960μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο ἐς τὰς ναῦς τὸ πλῆθος ἐμβιβάσας τὸ πνεῦμα ἀνέμενεν, ὀλίγους ἐς φυλακὴν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καταλιπών.
After this, having embarked the multitude onto the ships, he waited for the wind, leaving a few on land for guard duty.
οἱ δὲ Πετηλῖνοι καὶ σὺν αὐτοῖς ἕτεροι Ἰταλοὶ ἐπέθεντο, καί τινας αὐτῶν κατασφάξαντες ἀπέδρασαν.
But the Petelians and other Italians with them attacked them, and having slaughtered some of them, they escaped.
Ἀννίβας δʼ ἐπὶ Λιβύης ἀνήγετο, ἑκκαίδεκα ἔτεσιν ὁμαλῶς πορθήσας τε τὴν Ἰταλίαν, καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐμπλήσας κακῶν μυρίων καὶ ἐς κίνδυνον ἔσχατον πολλάκις συναγαγών, τοῖς τε ὑπηκόοις αὑτοῦ καὶ συμμάχοις ἐνυβρίσας ὡς πολεμίοις· ἅτε γὰρ καὶ τέως αὐτοῖς οὐκ ἐπʼ εὐνοίᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ χρείᾳ χρώμενος, οὐδὲν ἔχων ἔτι πρὸς αὐτῶν ὠφελεῖσθαι κατεφρόνησεν ὡς πολεμίων.
And Hannibal put to sea for Libya, having for sixteen years continuously ravaged Italy, and filled the inhabitants with countless evils and frequently brought them to extreme danger, while insulting his own subjects and allies as if they were enemies; for indeed, having used them hitherto not so much out of goodwill as out of necessity, once he could no longer derive any benefit from them, he despised them as enemies.
§961Ἀννίβου δʼ ἀποπλεύσαντος ἡ βουλὴ τοῖς μὲν ἄλλοις ἔθνεσι τῆς Ἰταλίας, ὅσοι μετέθεντο πρὸς ἐκεῖνον, συνέγνω τῶν γεγονότων καὶ ἀμνηστίαν ἐψηφίσατο, Βρεττίων δὲ μόνων, οἳ μέχρι τέλους αὐτῷ προθυμότατοι ἐγεγένηντο, χώραν τε πολλὴν ἀφείλετο καὶ ὅπλα, εἴ τινα ἦν ἔτι χωρὶς ὧν Ἀννίβας ἀφῄρητο·
After Hannibal had sailed away, the Senate forgave the other peoples of Italy, as many as had gone over to him, for what had happened and voted an amnesty, but from the Bruttians alone, who had been most zealous for him until the end, they took away much land and their weapons, if any were left besides those which Hannibal had already taken away.
ἔς τε τὸ μέλλον ἀπεῖπεν αὐτοῖς μὴ στρατεύεσθαι ὡς οὐδʼ ἐλευθέροις οὖσιν, ὑπηρέτας δὲ τοῖς τε ὑπάτοις καὶ στρατηγοῖς τοῖς ἐς τὰς τῶν ἐθνῶν ἡγεμονίας ἀπιοῦσιν ἐς τὰς δημοσίας ὑπηρεσίας, οἷα θεράποντας, ἀκολουθεῖν.
And for the future they forbade them to serve in the army, as they were not even free men, but ordered them to follow as attendants, like slaves, for public duties to the consuls and praetors who went out to the governments of the provinces.
τοῦτο τὸ τέλος ἦν Ἀννίβου τῆς ἐς τὴν Ἰταλίαν γενομένης ἐσβολῆς.
This was the end of Hannibal's invasion into Italy.