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49. The Roman ambassadors stated in the senate that proof had been furnished the Fathers at [p. 407]Rome, first, that King Philip had made war upon the1 Roman people mainly at the instigation of Hannibal, second, that [2] recently letters and messages had been sent by him to Antiochus and the Aetolians, stating that plans had been considered for drawing Carthage into the revolt, and that he had gone nowhere else than to Antiochus; he would never rest, they said, until he had roused the whole world to war; [3] they added that such conduct should not go unpunished if the Carthaginians wished to convince the Roman people that none of these things had been done with their approval or with public sanction. [4] The Carthaginians responded that they would do whatever the Romans should have determined was proper.

[5] Hannibal arrived at Tyre after a prosperous voyage and was received by the founders of Carthage as coming from a second home-land, a man so distinguished by everykind of honour. [6] After a brief stay he sailed to Antioch, and when, on his arrival there, he heard that the king had already gone to Asia, he met his son, who was holding the ritual games at Daphne, and after a courteous reception he set sail without delay. [7] At Ephesus he overtook the king, still wavering in mind and undecided about the war with Rome, but the arrival of Hannibal was no small factor in making up his mind. [8] At that time, too, the Aetolians were inclined to abandon their alliance with Rome, since the ambassadors whom they had sent to recover Pharsalus and Leucas and certain other cities in accordance with the original treaty had been referred by the senate to Titus Quinctius.

1 B.C. 195

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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Tyrii
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Aetoli
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Antiochus Magnus
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Daphne
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Hannibal
    • Smith's Bio, Ha'nnibal
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