bo jiang Hannibal
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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
to
little
boy
me
,
not
more
than
nine
years
old
,
depart
for
Spain
as
commander
and
sacrifice
to
Jupiter
the
best
and
greatest
.
While
he
was
doing
the
sacred
thing
,
he
asked
me
whether
I
wanted
to
go
out
into
the
field
with
him
.
When
I
accepted
willingly
and
started
asking
him
not
to
doubt
to
take
me
,
then
he
said
"
I
will
take
you
,
if
you
give
me
the
proof
of
your
dedication
which
I
ask
of
you
.
"
At
the
same
time
,
he
led
me
up
to
the
altar
,
were
he
had
performed
the
sacrifice
and
,
when
everyone
else
had
left
,
he
ordered
me
to
take
hold
of
the
altar
and
swear
that
I
would
never
enter
into
friendship
with
the
Romans
.
This
formal
oath
,
given
to
my
father
,
I
have
maintained
up
to
this
time
,
such
that
there
ought
to
be
no
doubt
for
anyone
whether
I
will
be
in
the
same
mind
for
the
rest
of
time
.