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12. nec Sagunti oppugnatio segnior erat Maharbale,1 Himilconis2 filio—eum praefecerat Hannibal —ita impigre rem agente ut ducem abesse nec cives nec hostes sentirent. [2] Is et proelia aliquot secunda fecit et tribus arietibus aliquantum muri discussit strataque omnia recentibus ruinis advenienti Hannibali ostendit. [3] itaque ad ipsam arcem extemplo ductus exercitus, atroxque proelium cum multorum utrimque caede initum et pars arcis capta est.

temptata deinde per duos est exigua pacis spes, Alconem Saguntinum et Alorcum Hispanum. [4] Alco3 [p. 36] insciis4 Saguntinis precibus aliquid moturum ratus,5 cum ad Hannibalem noctu transisset, postquam nihil lacrimae movebant condicionesque tristes ut ab irato victore6 ferebantur, transfuga ex oratore factus apud hostem mansit, moriturum adfirmans qui sub condicionibus iis de pace ageret. [5] postulabatur autem, redderent res Turdetanis7 traditoque omni auro atque argento egressi urbe cum singulis vestimentis ibi habitarent ubi Poenus iussisset. [6] has pacis leges abnuente Alcone accepturos Saguntinos, Alorcus, vinci animos ubi alia vincantur adfirmans, se pacis eius interpretem fore pollicetur; erat autem tum miles Hannibalis, ceterum publice Saguntinis amicus atque hospes. [7] tradito palam telo custodibus hostium transgressus munimenta ad praetorem Saguntinum—et ipse ita iubebat est deductus. [8] quo cum extemplo concursus omnis generis hominum esset factus, submota cetera multitudine senatus Alorco8 datus est, cuius talis oratio fuit:

1 Maharbale edd.: mahermale C2M: m hermale C1.

2 Himilconis M2: hamilconis CM1.

3 Alco edd.: alcon M: alconus C.

4 insciis ς: inconsciis CM.

5 A.U.C. 535

6 victore ς: auctore CM.

7 Turdetanis edd.: turditanis CM.

8 Alorco C.: alorci C1M.

Livy. Boooks XXI-XXII With An English Translation. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1929: no copyright notice.

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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32, commentary, 31.17
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34, commentary, 33.32
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38, commentary, 38.52
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Maharbal.
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Turdetani
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Alcon
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Alorcus
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Aries
    • A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), ARIES
    • Smith's Bio, Alorcus
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