Life of Hannibal
James Schindler /
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Ainu
Ainu
' 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
when
you
were
a
little
boy
you
were
born
in
not
more
than
9
year
,
in
Spain
the
emperor
departed
in
Carthage
,
Jupiter
sacrafise
the
best
biggest
animal
.
While
this
divine
thing
was
being
done
,
they
asked
me
if
I
wanted
to
go
into
the
camps
with
him
.
When
I
accepted
this
glady
and
when
I
began
to
beg
from
him
that
he
not
doubt
me
but
to
lead
me
.
At
the
same
time
he
lead
me
to
the
altor
which
he
had
set
up
a
sacrafise
,
he
orders
me
to
swear
that
I
would
never
be
on
the
other
side
.
The
oath
being
given
until
this
age
.