And that this information about him is not false, but is truthful tradition, his works are proof.  Much of Spain he won over in a short time, and from there carried the war into Italy through the country of the Gauls, most of whom were not only not in league with him, but actually unknown to him.  He was the first of non-Europeans, so far as we know, to cross the Alps with an army, and after that he made a campaign against Rome itself, sundering from it almost all its allies, some by force and others by persuasion.  This, however, he achieved by himself without the aid of the Carthaginian government.  He was not sent forth in the beginning by the magistrates at home, nor did he later obtain any considerable assistance from them.  While they were on the eve of enjoying the greatest glory and benefit through his efforts, they wished rather not to appear to be leaving him in the lurch than to cooeperate effectively in any enterprise. (Valesius, p. 593.)

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Dio Cocceianus calls the Narbonenses Bebruces, writing this:  “To those who of old were Bebruces, but now Narbonenses, belongs the Pyrenees range.  This range is the boundary between Spain and Gaul.” (Isaac Tzetzes on Lycophron, 516.  Zonaras, 8, 21.)

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1. ¶ Peace both creates wealth and preserves it, but war both expends it and destroys it. [Footnote:  The first eight sections of this fragment seem to be taken from speeches of Romans in the senate-house.  Nos. 1 and 2 are apparently the words of an unknown individual discouraging the eagerness for war; Nos. 3 and 4 may be spoken by Lentulus, urging war; and Nos. 5 to 8 may contain the opposing arguments of Fabius.](Mai, p. 188.)

2. ¶Every human being is so constituted as to desire to lord it over such as yield, and to employ the turn of Fortune’s scale against voluntary slaves. (Mai, ib.)

3.  But do you who know the facts and have experienced them, think that propriety and humaneness are sufficient for your safety?  And do you regard listlessly all the wrongs they have committed against us by stealth or deceit or violence?  Are you not stimulated, are you not for paying them back or for defending yourselves?  Then again, you have never reflected that such behavior is in place for you toward one another, but toward the Carthaginians is cowardly and base.  Our citizens we must treat in a gentle and politic fashion; if one be preserved unexpectedly, he is of our possessions:  but harsh treatment is for the enemy.  We shall save ourselves not by our defeats as a result of sparing them, but by our victories that will come from abasing them. (Mai, p.188.)

4. ¶War both preserves men’s own possessions and wins the property of others, whereas peace destroys not only what has been bestowed by war but itself in addition. (Mai, pp.188 and 541.)

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