Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor), 29.7

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Scipioni¹ ut nuntiatum est in maiore discrimine Locris rem verti ipsumque Hannibalem adventare,

[2] ne praesidio ² etiam periclitaretur, haud facili inde receptu, et ipse a Messana L. Scipione fratre in praesidio ibi relicto, cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est,... ³ naves mari secundo misit.

[3] et⁴ Hannibal a Buloto amni—haud procul is ab ⁵ urbe Locris abest—nuntio praemisso ut sui luce prima summa vi proelium cum Romanis ac Locrensibus consererent, dum ipse aversis omnibus in eum tumultum ab tergo urbem incautam adgrederetur, ubi luce coeptam invenit pugnam,

[4] ipse nec in arcem se includere, turba locum artum inpediturus, voluit, neque scalas quibus scanderet ⁶ muros attulerat. ⁷

[5] sarcinis in acervum coniectis cum haud procul muris ad terrorem hostium aciem ostendisset, cum equitibus Numidis circumequitat ⁸ urbem, dum scalae quaeque alia ad oppugnandum opus erant parantur, ad visendum qua maxime parte adgrederetur.

[6] progressus ad murum, scorpione icto qui proximus eum forte steterat, territus inde tam periculoso casu receptui canere cum iussisset, castra procul ab ictu teli communit.

[7] classis Romana a Messana Locros aliquot horis die ⁹ superante accessit; expositi omnes e navibus et ante occasum solis urbem ingressi sunt.

[8] postero die coepta ex arce a Poenis pugna, et Hannibal iam scalis aliisque omnibus ad oppugnationem paratis subibat muros, cum repente in eum nihil minus quam tale quicquam timentem patefacta porta erumpunt Romani.

[9] ad ducentos, improvidos cum invasissent, occidunt; ceteros Hannibal, ut consulem adesse sensit. in castra recipit, ¹⁰ nuntioque misso ad ¹¹ eos qui in arce erant ut sibimet ipsi consulerent, nocte motis castris abiit.

[10] et qui in arce erant, igni iniecto tectis quae tenebant, ut is tumultus hostem hosted moraretur, agmen suorum fugae simili cursu ante noctem adsecuti sunt.

Ab urbe condita. Titus Livius (Livy). Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor). Medford, MA. .

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Current edition Perseus

Ab urbe condita (Latin) (Livy in Fourteen Volumes. Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Schlesinger, Alfred C., editors. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959 (printing).)

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Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 29.7 focus

[1] Scipioni ut nuntiatum est in maiore discrimine Locris rem verti ipsumque Hannibalem adventare,

[2] ne praesidio etiam periclitaretur, baud haud facili inde receptu, et ipse a Messana L. Scipione fratre in praesidio ibi relicto, cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est, naves mari secundo misit.

[3] et Hannibal a Buloto amni — haud procul is ab urbe Locris abest — nlntio nuntio praemisso, ut sui luce prima summa vi proelium cum Romanis ac Locrensibus consererent, dum ipse aversis omnibus in eum tumultum ab tergo urbem incautam adgrederetur,

[4] ubi luce coeptam invenit pugnam, ipse nec in arcem se includere, turba locum artum inpediturus, voluit, neque scalas, quibus scanderet muros, attulerat.

[5] sarcinis in acervum coniectis cum haud procul muris ad terrorem hostium aciem ostendisset, cum equitibus Numidis circumequitat urbem, dum scalae quaeque alia ad oppugnandum opus erant parantur, ad visendum, qua maxime parte adgrederetur.

[6] progressus ad murum scorpione icto, qui proximus eum forte steterat, territus inde tam periculoso casu receptui canere cum iussisset, castra procul ab ictu teli communit.

[7] classis Romana a Messana Locros aliquot horis die superante accessit; expositi omnes e navibus et ante occasum solis urbem ingressi sunt.

[8] postero die coepta ex arce a Poenis pugna et Hannibal iam scalis aliisque omnibus ad oppugnationem paratis subibat muros, cum repente in eum nihil minus quam tale quicquam timentem patefacta porta erumpunt Romani.

[9] ad ducentos improvidos cum invasissent occidunt; ceteros Hannibal, ut consulem adesse sensit, in castra recipit, nuntioque misso ad eos, qui in arce erant, ut sibimet ipsi consulerent, nocte motis castris abiit.

[10] et qui in arce erant, igni iniecto tectis, quae tenebant, ut is tumultus hostem moraretur, agmen suorum fugae simili cursu ante noctem adsecuti sunt.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 29.7 focus

[1]

Scipioni ut nuntiatum est in maiore discrimine Locris rem uerti ipsumque Hannibalem aduentare,

[2] ne praesidio etiam periclitaretur haud facili inde receptu, et ipse a Messana L. Scipione fratre in praesidio ibi relicto cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est †naues mari secundo misit.

[3] et Hannibal a Buloto amni—haud procul is ab urbe Locris abest—nuntio praemisso ut sui luce prima summa ui proelium cum Romanis ac Locrensibus consererent dum ipse auersis omnibus in eum tumultum ab tergo urbem incautam adgrederetur,

[4] ubi luce coeptam inuenit pugnam, ipse nec in arcem se includere, turba locum artum impediturus, uoluit, neque scalas quibus scanderet muros attulerat.

[5] sarcinis in aceruum coniectis cum haud procul muris ad terrorem hostium aciem ostendisset, cum equitibus Numidis circumequitabat urbem, dum scalae quaeque alia ad oppugnandum opus erant parantur, ad uisendum qua maxime parte adgrederetur:

[6] progressus ad murum scorpione icto qui proximus eum forte steterat, territus inde tam periculoso casu receptui canere cum iussisset, castra procul ab ictu teli communit. classis Romana a Messana Locros aliquot horis multo die superante accessit;

[7] expositi omnes e nauibus et ante occasum solis urbem ingressi sunt.

[8] postero die coepta ex arce a Poenis pugna, et Hannibal iam scalis aliisque omnibus ad oppugnationem paratis subibat muros cum repente in eum nihil minus quam tale quicquam timentem patefacta porta erumpunt Romani.

[9] ad ducentos, improuidos cum inuasissent, occidunt: ceteros Hannibal, ut consulem adesse sensit, in castra recipit, nuntioque misso ad eos qui in arce erant ut sibimet ipsi consulerent nocte motis castris abiit.

[10] et qui in arce erant igni iniecto tectis quae tenebant ut is tumultus hostem moraretur, agmen suorum fugae simili cursu ante noctem adsecuti sunt.

Translations (3)

History of Rome Perseus (Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Sage, Evan T.; Schlesinger, Alfred C., translators. Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959. (Loeb Classical Library)) — 29.7 focus

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Scipio, on being informed that the situation at Locri had become more critical and that Hannibal himself was approaching, was afraid to take risks for the garrison as well, since it was not easy to retire from the place.

[2] Accordingly he too set out from Messana, after leaving his brother Lucius Scipio there in command of the garrison; and as soon as the strait shifted with the tide, he cast off with . . . ships while the current favoured. ¹ And Hannibal sent a messenger from the river Bulotus —it is not far ² from the city of Locri —ordering his men to engage in battle with the Romans and Locrians with the utmost violence at daybreak, while, when all eyes were turned in the direction of that conflict, he should himself attack the city unawares from the

[3] rear. When he came upon the battle, already begun at daybreak, he did not wish to shut himself in the citadel, where he would have clogged a cramped space by his numbers, and on the other hand he had not brought ladders for scaling city

[4] walls. After making a pile of the soldiers' baggage and displaying his line of battle at no great distance from the walls to frighten the enemy, while ladders and other requisites for an assault were being prepared, he rode round the city with his Numidian horsemen, to discover just where to make the

[5] attack. He had approached the wall when a man who happened to stand nearest to him was struck by a missile from a scorpion. Frightened away by an occurrence so dangerous, he thereupon ordered the recall to be sounded and fortified a camp beyond the range of

[6] missiles. The Roman fleet sailing from Messana reached Locri while several hours of daylight

[7] remained. All were landed from the ships and before sunset they entered the city.

On the following day a battle was begun by the Carthaginians from their citadel, and Hannibal, having made ready the ladders and everything else for the assault, was coming close to the walls when suddenly the Romans opened a gate and sallied out against an enemy who feared anything but

[8] that. In making this surprise attack they slew about two hundred. As for the rest, Hannibal on learning that the consul was there withdrew them ³ to his camp, and sending word to the men in the citadel to shift for themselves, he broke camp in the night and marched

[9] away. And the men in the citadel set fire to the houses which they were occupying, that the commotion might delay the enemy, and with a speed that resembled flight overtook their own column before nightfall.

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 29.7 focus

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When Scipio received intelligence that the posture of affairs at Locri had become more critical, and that Hannibal himself was approaching, lest even the garrison might be exposed to danger;

[2] for it was not an easy matter for it to retire thence; as soon as the direction of the tide in the strait had changed, he let the ships drive with the tide from Messana, having left his brother, Lucius Scipio, in command there.

[3] Hannibal also sent a messenger in advance from the river Butrotus, which is not far from the town of Locri, to desire his party to attack the Romans and Locrians at break of day in the most vigorous manner, while he on the opposite side assaulted the town, which would be unprepared for such a measure, as every one would have his attention occupied with the tumult created in the other quarter.

[4] But when, as soon as it was light, he found that the battle had commenced, he was unwilling to shut himself up in the citadel, where, by his numbers, he would crowd that confined place; nor had he brought with him scaling-ladders to enable him to mount the walls.

[5] Having, however, had the baggage thrown together in a heap, and displayed his line at a distance from the walls to intimidate the enemy, while the scaling-ladders and other requisites for an assault were preparing, he rode round the city with some Numidian horsemen, in order to observe in what quarter the attack might be best made.

[6] Having advanced towards the rampart, the person who happened to stand next him was struck by a weapon from a scorpion; and, terrified at an accident in which he had been exposed to so much danger, he retired, gave directions for sounding a retreat, and fortified a camp out of the reach of weapons.

[7] The Roman fleet from Messana came to Locri several hours before night. The troops were all landed and had entered the city before sun-set.

[8] The following day the fight began from the citadel on the part of the Carthaginians, and Hannibal, having now prepared ladders and all the other requisites for an assault, was coming up to the walls; when, throwing open the gate, the Romans suddenly sallied out upon him, Hannibal fearing nothing less than such a step.

[9] They slew as many as two hundred in the attack, having taken them by surprise. The rest Hannibal withdrew into the camp when he found the consul was there; and having despatched a messenger to those who were in the citadel, to desire them to take measures for their own safety, he decamped by night.

[10] Those who were in the citadel also, after throwing fire upon the buildings they occupied, in order that the alarm thus occasioned might detain their enemy, went away with a speed which resembled flight, and overtook the body of their army before night.

History of Rome Perseus (Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.) — 29.7 focus

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When information reached Scipio as to the serious state of affairs at Locri and Hannibal's approach, he feared for the garrison, which would be in great danger owing to the difficulty of withdrawal.

[2] Leaving his brother Lucius in command of a detachment at Messana, he set sail as soon as the tide turned and allowed a favourable voyage.

[3] Hannibal had reached the river Bulotus, at a point not far from Locri, and had sent instructions from there to Hamilcar, ordering him to commence a violent attack on the Romans and Locrians, whilst he himself would deliver an assault on the opposite side of the city, which would be left unguarded as everyone's attention would be devoted to the attack which Hamilcar was making.

[4] He arrived before the city at daybreak and found the fighting already begun, but he would not confine himself in the citadel where his men, crowded together, would hamper one another's movements, and he had not brought scaling ladders for an attempt on the walls.

[5] After giving orders for the baggage to be piled, he displayed his army in battle formation with the view of intimidating the enemy. Whilst ladders were being got ready and preparations made for an assault he rode round the walls with his Numidians to see where an approach could best be made.

[6] As he was advancing towards the wall, one of those who happened to be close to him was struck by a missile from a scorpion, and, alarmed at the danger to which his men were exposed, he ordered the retreat to be sounded and entrenched himself in a position far beyond the range of any missiles.

[7] The Roman fleet arrived from Messana sufficiently early in the day to allow of the whole force disembarking and entering the city before sunset.

[8] The next day the Carthaginians began the fighting from the citadel, whilst Hannibal advanced to the walls with the scaling ladders and all other apparatus in readiness for the assault. Suddenly a gate was flung open, and the Romans sallied out against him-the last thing he was expecting.

[9] In their sudden charge they killed as many as 200, and Hannibal, finding that the consul was commanding in person, retired the rest of his force to his camp. He sent word to those in the citadel that they must provide for their own safety.

[10] During the night he broke up his camp and departed, and the men in the citadel, after setting their quarters on fire in order to delay any pursuit by the confusion thus created, followed and overtook their main body with a speed which looked very much like flight.

Notes on the current edition

Ab urbe condita

1. Scipioni P (1) n Aldus, Froben: scipio Ax HJK Sigonius.

2. praesidio P (1) N 1: praesidium C 4 M 1 ?A3 ?JK Aldus, Froben.

3. here a numeral seems to have been omitted, Weissenborn conj., Conway.

4. Et HJK Aldus, Froben: om. P (1) N.

5. A.U.C. 549

6. both verbs are plural in HJK Froben 2.

7. both verbs are plural in HJK Froben 2.

8. -equitat P 2(3) R 2 : -equitabat HJK Aldus, Froben, Luchs : -equitib. at P.

9. die cx Gronovius: dici or diei P (1) N: multo die Weissenborn conj., Conway: multa die A3 HV 1 JK Aldus, Froben.

10. recipit P (1) n Froben 2: recepit B 2 NSHJK Aldus.

11. A.U.C. 549

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