Nepos 2 - Hannibal's Oath
Paul Mahoney /
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Latin
English
Nepos 2
Mr. Clark's translation
' 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
said
"
My
father
,
Hamilcar
,
with
me
being
a
young
boy
,
not
having
been
born
older
than
9
years
,
setting
out
as
the
commander
into
Spain
from
Carthage
,
sacrificed
offerings
to
Jupiter
the
Best
and
Greatest
.
While
this
divine
thing
was
being
done
,
he
asked
me
if
I
wanted
to
proceed
into
the
military
camps
with
him
.
When
I
had
accepted
this
gladly
and
began
to
ask
from
him
that
he
not
doubt
to
lead
me
,
then
he
said
"
I
will
do
it
,
if
you
give
the
oath
,
which
I
ask
,
to
me
.
"
At
the
same
time
,
he
led
me
to
the
altar
,
on
which
he
had
set
up
the
sacrifice
,
and
ordered
me
holding
it
,
with
all
the
others
having
been
removed
,
to
swear
that
I
would
never
be
in
friendship
with
Rome
.
I
preserved
the
sworn
oath
having
been
given
to
my
father
up
until
this
age
.