Nepos 2 Brendan Jolley
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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 .
He
says
,
"
My
father
Hamilcar
,
with
me
having
been
a
little
boy
,
when
I
was
not
born
more
than
nine
years
ago
,
setting
forward
from
Carthage
to
Spain
as
a
general
,
he
offered
a
sacrifice
to
Jupiter
the
best
and
greatest
.
While
this
divine
thing
was
being
done
,
looked
for
me
,
and
asked
if
I
wanted
to
go
with
him
to
the
camp
.
When
I
giddily
accepted
this
,
and
when
I
began
to
ask
from
him
that
he
not
doubt
to
lead
me
,
then
he
said
,
"
I
will
do
it
,
if
you
my
son
will
have
given
faith
to
me
when
I
have
asked
it
.
"
At
the
same
time
,
he
brought
me
along
to
the
altar
,
on
which
he
had
prepared
a
sacrifice
,
with
the
rest
having
been
sent
away
,
he
ordered
me
,
holding
on
to
the
altar
,
to
swear
that
I
will
never
be
in
friendship
with
Romans
.
"
I
gave
this
sworn
oath
given
to
my
father
up
until
this
age
.