Duncan Beard Nepos 2
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' Pater meus ' inquit ' Hamilcar puerulo me , utpote non amplius VIIII annos nato , in Hispaniam imperator proficiscens Carthagine , Iovi optimo maximo hostias immolavit . Quae divina res dum conficiebatur , quaesivit a me , vellemne secum in castra proficisci . Id cum libenter accepissem atque ab eo petere coepissem , ne dubitaret ducere , tum ille ' Faciam ' , inquit ' si mihi fidem , quam postulo , dederis . ' Simul me ad aram adduxit , apud quam sacrificare instituerat , eamque ceteris remotis tenentem iurare iussit numquam me in amicitia cum Romanis fore . Id ego ius iurandum patri datum usque ad hanc aetatem conservavi .
My father Hamilcar , said when I was a little boy , me having been born not more than 9 years , departed to the Spain from carthige as the commander , he offered sacrifices to Jupiter the best and biggest . While this divine thing was being done , he asked me if I wanted to go to the camps with him . This I willingly accepted and drove him to begin not to lead uncertain , then " I will do it " , he said , " if you will give faith , which I promised you will give . " At the same time , he led me to the sacrifice , with that the sacrifice was set up , and with the rest having been removed , he ordered me to , holding on , swear that to never be a friend with the Romans . I kept this sworn oath , having been given by my father , up until this age .