Nepos 2 Evan T
Evan Tripp /
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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
nine
years
,
left to
go
Spain as
the
general
,
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
I
was
his
age
.