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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) | 44 | 44 | Browse | Search |
Polybius, Histories | 11 | 11 | Browse | Search |
Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
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Appian, The Foreign Wars (ed. Horace White) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (ed. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A.) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Character of Hiero II
For, in the first place, Hiero gained the sovereignty of
Character of Hiero II., King of Syracuse, from B. C. 269 to B. C. 215.
Syracuse and her allies by his own unaided
abilities without inheriting wealth, or reputation,
or any other advantage of fortune. And, in
the second place, was established king of Syracuse without putting to death, banishing, or
harassing any one of the citizens,—which is the most astonishing circumstance of all. And what is quite as surprising as
the innocence of his acquisition of power is the fact that it did
not change his character. For during a reign of fifty-four
years he preserved peace for the country, maintained his own
power free from all hostile plots, and entirely escaped the envy
which generally follows greatness; for though he tried on
several occasions to lay down his power, he was prevented by
the common remonstrances of the citizens. And having
shown himself most beneficent to the Greeks, and most
anxious to earn their
Treaty Between Hannibal and King Philip V. of Macedon
This is a sworn treaty made between Hannibal, Mago,
Preamble of a treaty made between Philip and Hannibal, by envoys sent after the battle of Cannae. Ratified
subsequently to March 13. B. C. 215. See Livy, 23, 33-39. Ante 3, 2.
Barmocarus, and such members of the Carthaginian Gerusia as were present, and all Carthaginians serving in his army, on the one part; and
Xenophanes, son of Cleomachus of Athens,
sent to us by King Philip, as his ambassador,
on behalf of himself, the Macedonians, and their
allies, on the other part.
The oath is taken in the presence of Zeus,Gods by whom the oath is taken on either side.
Here, and Apollo: of the god of the Carthaginians, Hercules, and Iolaus: of Ares, Triton,
Poseidon: of the gods that accompany the
army, and of the sun, moon, and earth: of
rivers, harbours, waters: of all the gods who
rule Carthage: of all the gods who rule Macedonia and the rest
of Greece: of all the gods of war that are w
Messene and Philip V. in B. C. 215
Democracy being established at Messene, and the men
Political state of Messene.
of rank having been banished, while those who
had received allotments on their lands obtained
the chief influence in the government, those of
the old citizens who remained found it very hard to put up
with the equality which these men had obtained. . . .
Gorgus of Messene, in wealth and extraction, was inferiorThe character of the Messenian athlete and statesman Gorgus.
See ante. 5. 5.
to no one in the town; and had been a famous
athlete in his time, far surpassing all rivals in
that pursuit. In fact he was not behind any
man of his day in physical beauty, or the
general dignity of his manner of life, or the
number of prizes he had won. Again, when he gave up
athletics and devoted himself to politics and the service of his
country, he gained no less reputation in this department than
in his former pursuit. For he was removed from the
Philistinism that usually characteris
Philip Dissuaded from Taking Messene
Philip, king of the Macedonians, being desirous of
Philip V. of Macedon at Messene, B. C. 215. See Plutarch, Arat. 49-50.
seizing the acropolis of Messene, told the
leaders of the city that he wished to see it and
to sacrifice to Zeus, and accordingly walked up
thither with his attendants and joined in the
sacrifice. When, according to custom, the
entrails of the slaughtered victims were brought
to him, he took them in his hands, and, turning round a little
to one side, held them out to Aratus and asked him "what he
thought the sacrifices indicated? To quit the citadel or hold
it?" Thereupon Demetrius struck in on the spur of the
moment by saying, "If you have the heart of an augur,—to
quit it as quick as you can: but if of a gallant and wise king,
to keep it, lest if you quit it now you may never have so good
an opportunity again: for it is by thus holding the two horns
that you can alone keep the ox under your control." By the
"two horns" he mea
The War of Antiochus with Achaeus
(See 5, 107)
Round Sardis ceaseless and protracted skirmishes were
Siege of Sardis from the end of B. C. 216 to autumn of B. C. 215.
taking place and fighting by night and day, both
armies inventing every possible kind of plot and
counterplot against each other: to describe
which in detail would be as useless as it would
be in the last degree wearisome. At last, when
the siege had already entered upon its second year, Lagoras
the Cretan came forward. He had had a considerable experience in war, and had learnt that as a rule cities fall into
the hands of their enemies most easily from some neglect on
the part of their inhabitants, when, trusting to the natural or
artificial strength of their defences, they neglect to keep proper
guard and become thoroughly careless. He had observed
too, that in such fortified cities captures were effected at
the points of greatest strength, which were believed to have
been despaired of by the enemy. So in the present
The Necessity of Caution in Dealing with an Enemy
TIBERIUS a Roman Pro-consul fell into an ambuscade,
Fall of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus [Cons. B. C. 215 and 213] as he was advancing
from Lucania to Capua, by the treachery of the Lucanian Flavius, B. C. 212. Livy, 25, 16.
and, after offering with his attendants a gallant
resistance to the enemy, was killed.
Now in regard to such catastrophes, whether
it is right to blame or pardon the sufferers is
by no means a safe matter on which to pronounce an opinion; because it has happened to several men, who have been perfectly correct in all their actions, to fall
into these misfortunes, equally with those
who do not scruple to transgress principles of right
confirmed by the consent of mankind. We should not however idly refrain from pronouncing an opinion: but should
blame or condone this or that general, after a review of
the necessities of the moment and the circumstances of
the case. Fall of Archidamus, B. C. 226-225. And my observatio
Rome and Carthage Continue to Covet Sardinia and Sicily
It appears to me not to be alien to my general
Sardinia reduced by T. Manlius Torquatus, B. C. 215. Marcellus took Leontini, B. C. 214 (autumn). Livy, 24, 30.
purpose, and the plan which I originally laid down, to
recall the attention of my readers to the magnitude of the
events, and the persistency of purpose displayed by the two
States of Rome and Carthage. For who could think
it otherwise than remarkable that these two powers,
while en ecomes
our astonishment. Marcus Valerius Laevinus commands a fleet off Greece, B. C. 215-214. Livy, 24, 10.
Publius Sulpicius Galba Cos. (B. C. 211.) sent to Macedonia. Livy, 26, 22; 27, 31.
Appius Claudius Pulcher, Praetor, sent to Sicily, B. C. 215. Livy, 23, 31,
Pro-praetor, B. C. 214. Livy 24, 33. The Romans had two
complete armies under the two Consuls on active service in Italy; two in Iberia in which
Gnaeus Cornelius commanded the land, Publius Cornelius the naval forces; and
naturally