1. Cicero, On Duties, 1.38, 1.108 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 132, 133| 1.38. Cum vero de imperio decertatur belloque quaeritur gloria, causas omnino subesse tamen oportet easdem, quas dixi paulo ante iustas causas esse bellorum. Sed ea bella, quibus imperii proposita gloria est, minus acerbe gerenda sunt Ut enim cum civi aliter contendimus, si est inimicus, aliter, si competitor (cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae), sic cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur, uter esset, non uter imperaret, cum Latinis, Sabinis, Samnitibus, Poenis, Pyrrho de imperio dimicabatur. Poeni foedifragi, crudelis Hannibal, reliqui iustiores. Pyrrhi quidem de captivis reddendis illa praeclara: Nec mi aurum posco nec mi pretium dederitis, Nec caupotes bellum, sed belligerantes Ferro, non auro vitam cernamus utrique. Vosne velit an me regnare era, quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur. Et hoc simul accipe dictum: Quorum virtuti belli fortuna pepercit, Eorundem libertati me parcere certum est. Dono, ducite, doque volentibus cum magnis dis. Regalis sane et digna Aeacidarum genere sententia. 1.108. Erat in L. Crasso, in L. Philippo multus lepos, maior etiam magisque de industria in C. Caesare L. filio; at isdem temporibus in M. Scauro et in M. Druso adulescente singularis severitas, in C. Laelio multa hilaritas, in eius familiari Scipione ambitio maior, vita tristior. De Graecis autem dulcem et facetum festivique sermonis atque in omni oratione simulatorem, quem ei)/rwna Graeci nominarunt, Socratem accepimus, contra Pythagoram et Periclem summam auctoritatem consecutos sine ulla hilaritate. Callidum Hannibalem ex Poenorum, ex nostris ducibus Q. Maximum accepimus, facile celare, tacere, dissimulare, insidiari, praeripere hostium consilia. In quo genere Graeci Themistoclem et Pheraeum Iasonem ceteris anteponunt; in primisque versutum et callidum factum Solonis, qui, quo et tutior eius vita esset et plus aliquanto rei publicae prodesset, furere se simulavit. | 1.38. But when a war is fought out for supremacy and when glory is the object of war, it must still not fail to start from the same motives which I said a moment ago were the only righteous grounds for going to war. But those wars which have glory for their end must be carried on with less bitterness. For we contend, for example, with a fellow-citizen in one way, if he is a personal enemy, in another, if he is a rival: with the rival it is a struggle for office and position, with the enemy for life and honour. So with the Celtiberians and the Cimbrians we fought as with deadly enemies, not to determine which should be supreme, but which should survive; but with the Latins, Sabines, Samnites, Carthaginians, and Pyrrhus we fought for supremacy. The Carthaginians violated treaties; Hannibal was cruel; the others were more merciful. From Pyrrhus we have this famous speech on the exchange of prisoners: "Gold will I none, nor price shall ye give; for I ask none; Come, let us not be chaff'rers of war, but warriors embattled. Nay; let us venture our lives, and the sword, not gold, weigh the outcome. Make we the trial by valour in arms and see if Dame Fortune Wills it that ye shall prevail or I, or what be her judgment. Hear thou, too, this word, good Fabricius: whose valour soever Spared hath been by the fortune of war â their freedom I grant them. Such my resolve. I give and present them to you, my brave Romans; Take them back to their homes; the great gods' blessings attend you." A right kingly sentiment this and worthy a scion of the Aeacidae. 1.108. Diversities of character are greater still. Lucius Crassus and Lucius Philippus had a large fund of wit; Gaius Caesar, Lucius's son, had a still richer fund and employed it with more studied purpose. Contemporary with them, Marcus Scaurus and Marcus Drusus, the younger, were examples of unusual seriousness; Gaius Laelius, of unbounded jollity; while his intimate friend, Scipio, cherished more serious ideals and lived a more austere life. Among the Greeks, history tells us, Socrates was fascinating and witty, a genial conversationalist; he was what the Greeks call εἴÏÏν in every conversation, pretending to need information and professing admiration for the wisdom of his companion. Pythagoras and Pericles, on the other hand, reached the heights of influence and power without any seasoning of mirthfulness. We read that Hannibal, among the Carthaginian generals, and Quintus Maximus, among our own, were shrewd and ready at concealing their plans, covering up their tracks, disguising their movements, laying stratagems, forestalling the enemy's designs. In these qualities the Greeks rank Themistocles and Jason of Pherae above all others. Especially crafty and shrewd was the device of Solon, who, to make his own life safer and at the same time to do a considerably larger service for his country, feigned insanity. |
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| 2. Cicero, On The Haruspices, 19 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 133 |
3. Cicero, On Invention, 1.71 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 132| 1.71. assumptionis autem approbatione praeterita quadri- pertita sic fiet argumentatio: qui saepenumero nos per fidem fefellerunt, eorum orationi fidem habere non debemus. si quid enim perfidia illorum detrimenti acceperimus, nemo erit praeter nosmet ipsos, quem iure accusare possimus. ac primo quidem decipi in- commodum est; iterum, stultum; tertio, turpe. Cartha- ginienses autem persaepe iam nos fefellerunt. summa igitur amentia est in eorum fide spem habere, quorum perfidia totiens deceptus sis. | |
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| 4. Cicero, De Lege Agraria, 2.95 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 132 |
| 5. Nepos, Hannibal, 9.2 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 133 |
6. Livy, History, 21.4.9, 22.6.12, 22.22.15, 28.44.4, 30.22.6, 30.30.27, 30.42.17, 34.31.2-34.31.4, 34.61.13, 42.47.7 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 132, 133| 42.47.7. religionis haec Romanae esse, non versutiarum Punicarum neque calliditatis Graecae, apud quos fallere hostem quam vi superare gloriosius fuerit. | |
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| 7. Horace, Odes, 3.5.33, 4.4.49 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 133 |
8. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 30.7.1 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 133 | 30.7.1. When the Roman (envoys) reported that they had outwitted Perseus without recourse to arms, some members of the senate made a move to praise them. The older men, however, were far from pleased with what had been done, and said it did not become Romans to ape the Phoenicians, nor to get the better of their enemies by knavery rather than by bravery. |
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| 9. Sallust, Iugurtha, 108.3 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 132 |
| 10. Ovid, Epistulae (Heroides), 7.7-7.8, 7.18, 7.30, 7.57, 7.81-7.82, 7.195-7.196 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 136 |
11. Ovid, Fasti, 3.545-3.550 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 136| 3.545. arserat Aeneae Dido miserabilis igne, 3.546. arserat exstructis in sua fata rogis; 3.547. compositusque cinis, tumulique in marmore carmen 3.548. hoc breve, quod moriens ipsa reliquit, erat: 3.549. “praebuit Aeneas et causam mortis et ensem. 3.550. ipsa sua Dido concidit usa manu.” | 3.545. She burned on the pyre built for her funeral: 3.546. Her ashes were gathered, and this brief couplet 3.547. Which she left, in dying, adorned her tomb: 3.548. AENEAS THE REASON, HIS THE BLADE EMPLOYED. 3.549. DIDO BY HER OWN HAND WAS DESTROYED. 3.550. The Numidians immediately invaded the defencele |
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| 12. Appian, The Punic Wars, 53, 62-64, 250 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Gruen (2011) 132 |
| 13. Silius Italicus, Punica, 3.231-3.234 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 136 |
| 14. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of The Philosophers, a b c d\n0 2. 2. 2 \n1 4.67 4.67 4 67 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Gruen (2011) 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137 |
15. Vergil, Aeneis, 6.853 Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 132 | 6.853. Fell wounded on the field; here holy priests |
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| 16. Abercius, Papyrus Bodmer Xli, 4.66 Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 132 |
| 17. Valerius Maximus, Memorable Deeds And Sayings, 7.4.4 Tagged with subjects: •punica fides, and manipulation of carthaginian image Found in books: Gruen (2011) 136 |
