2/7/21 Nepos 2 Thomas Bruen
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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
with
me
having
been
born
not
more
than
9
years
,
setting
out
from
Carthage
into
Spain
as
the
commander
,
he
offered
sacrifices
to
Jupiter
the
best
and
biggest
he
says
.
When
the
divine
thing
was
done
he
asked
if
I
wanted
to
go
to
camps
with
him
.
When
I
accepted
it
freely
and
began
to
ask
from
him
will
you
be
uncertain
to
lead
me
then
he
said
I
will
do
it
if
you
give
the
faith
which
I
ask
.
At
that
time
he
led
me
to
the
alter
on
which
he
had
set
up
the
sacrifice
with
everyone
else
having
been
removed
,
he
ordered
me
holding
on
to
it
to
swear
that
he
will
be
in
friendship
with
the
romans
.
The
sworn
oath
having
been
given
to
my
father
up
until
this
age
.