第3巻 第20章

Greek Τῇ δὲ ὑστεραίᾳ τῶν πεζῶν ἅμα τῇ Βελισαρίου γυναικὶ παραγενομένων ξύμπαντες τὴν ἐπὶ Καρχηδόνα ἐπορευόμεθα, ἔνθα δὴ περὶ δείλην ὀψίαν ἥκοντες ηὐλισάμεθα, καίτοι ἐκώλυεν οὐδεὶς ἐς τὴν πόλιν αὐτίκα ἐσελάσαι. οἵ τε γὰρ Καρχηδόνιοι τὰς πύλας ἀνακλίναντες λύχνα ἔκαιον πανδημεὶ καὶ ἡ πόλις κατελάμπετο τῷ πυρὶ τὴν νύκτα ὅλην ἐκείνην, καὶ τῶν Βανδίλων οἱ ἀπολελειμμένοι ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς ἱκέται ἐκάθηντο.

Dewing But on the following day the infantry with the wife of Belisarius came up and we all proceeded together on the road toward Carthage, which we reached in the late evening; and we passed the night in the open, although no one hindered us from marching into the city at once. For the Carthaginians opened the gates and burned lights everywhere and the city was brilliant with the illumination that whole night, and those of the Vandals who had been left behind were sitting as suppliants in the sanctuaries.

Greek ἀλλὰ Βελισάριος διεκώλυσε τοῦ μήτε ἐνέδραν σφίσι πρὸς τῶν πολεμίων γενέσθαι μήτε τοῖς στρατιώταις ἄδειαν εἶναι, ἅτε ἐν νυκτὶ λανθάνουσιν, ἐς ἁρπαγὴν τραπέσθαι.

Dewing But Belisarius prevented the entrance in order to guard against any ambuscade being set for his men by the enemy, and also to prevent the soldiers from having freedom to turn to plundering, as they might under the concealment of night.

Greek ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ αἱ νῆες, εὔρου σφίσιν ἀνέμου ἐπιπεσόντος, ἐς τὴν ἄκραν ἀφίκοντο. καὶ οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι, ἤδη γὰρ αὐτὰς καθεώρων, τὰς σιδηρᾶς ἁλύσεις τοῦ λιμένος, ὃν δὴ Μανδράκιον καλοῦσιν, ἀφελόμενοι, εἰσιτητὰ τῷ στόλῳ ἐποίουν.

Dewing On that day, since an east wind arose for them, the ships reached the headland, and the Carthaginians, for they already sighted them, removed the iron chains of the harbour which they call Mandracium, and made it possible for the fleet to enter.

Greek ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῇ βασιλέως αὐλῇ οἴκημα σκότους ἀνάπλεων, ὃ δὴ Ἀγκῶνα καλοῦσιν οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι, ἔνθα ἐνεβάλλοντο ἅπαντες οἷς ἂν χαλεπαίνοι ὁ τύραννος.

Dewing Now there is in the king's palace a room filled with darkness, which the Carthaginians call Ancon, where all were cast with whom the tyrant was angry.

Greek ἐνταῦθα καθειργμένοι ἐτύγχανον πολλοὶ τῶν ἑῴων ἐμπόρων ἐς ἐκεῖνο τοῦ χρόνου.

Dewing In that place, as it happened, many of the eastern merchants had been confined up to that time.

Greek τούτοις γὰρ δὴ ὁ Γελίμερ χαλεπῶς εἶχεν, ἐπικαλῶν ὡς δὴ αὐτοὶ βασιλέα ἐς τὸν πόλεμον ἐναγάγοιεν, ἔμελλόν τε διαφθαρῆναι πάντες, δόξαν τοῦτο Γελίμερι ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ Ἀμμάτας ἐν Δεκίμῳ ἀπέθανε· παρὰ τοσοῦτον κινδύνου ἦλθον.

Dewing For Gelimer was angry with these men, charging them with having urged the emperor on to the war, and they were about to be destroyed, this having been decided upon by Gelimer on that day on which Ammatas was killed in Decimum; to such an extremity of danger did they come.

Greek τούτου ὁ φύλαξ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου, ἐπεὶ τά τε ἐν Δεκίμῳ πραχθέντα ἤκουσε καὶ τὸν στόλον εἶδε τῆς ἄκρας ἐντός, ἐσελθὼν ἐς τὸ οἴκημα πυνθάνεται τῶν ἀνδρῶν, οὔπω τἀγαθὰ πεπυσμένων, ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ σκότῳ καθημένων καὶ καραδοκούντων τὸν θάνατον, τί ποτε ἄρα βουλομένοις ἂν αὐτοῖς εἴη τῶν ὑπαρχόντων προεμένοις σεσῶσθαι.

Dewing The guard of this prison, upon hearing what had taken place in Decimum and seeing the fleet inside the point, entered the room and enquired of the men, who had not yet learned the good news, but were sitting in the darkness and expecting death, what among their possessions they would be willing to give up and be saved.

Greek τῶν δὲ ἅπαντα αἱρουμένων διδόναι ἃ βούλοιτο, ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν ᾔτει τῶν πάντων χρημάτων, ἠξίου δὲ ἅπαντας ὀμνύναι ὡς, ἢν διαφύγοιεν, καὶ αὐτῷ ἐν κινδύνοις γενησομένῳ ξυλλήψονται ὅση δύναμις. οἱ μὲν οὖν κατὰ ταῦτα ἐποίουν.

Dewing And when they said they desired to give everything he might wish, he demanded nothing of all their treasures, but required them all to swear that, if they escaped, they would assist him also with all their power when he came into danger. And they did this.

Greek ὁ δὲ τόν τε λόγον ἅπαντα ἔφραζε καὶ σανίδα ἐκ τοῦ πρὸς θάλασσαν ἀφελὼν μέρους προσιόντα τὸν στόλον ἐπέδειξε, τῆς τε εἱρκτῆς ἀφεὶς ἅπαντας ξὺν αὐτοῖς ᾔει.

Dewing Then he told them the whole story, and tearing off a plank from the side toward the sea, he pointed out the fleet approaching, and releasing all from the prison went out with them.

Greek Οἱ δὲ ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶν ὄντες, οὔπω τι ἀκηκοότες ὧν ἐν τῇ γῇ ὁ στρατὸς ἔδρασε, διηποροῦντο, καὶ τὰ ἱστία χαλάσαντες ἔς τε τὸ Μερκούριον πέμψαντες τὰ ἐν Δεκίμῳ πραχθέντα ἔμαθον, καὶ περιχαρεῖς γενόμενοι ἔπλεον.

Dewing But the men on the ships, having as yet heard nothing of what the army had done on the land, were completely at a loss, and slackening their sails they sent to the town of Mercurium; there they learned what had taken place at Decimum, and becoming exceedingly joyful sailed on.

Greek ἐπεὶ δὲ τοῦ πνεύματος σφίσιν ἐπιφόρου ὄντος ἀπὸ σταδίων πεντήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν Καρχηδόνος ἐγένοντο, Ἀρχέλαος μὲν καὶ οἱ στρατιῶται αὐτοῦ ὁρμίσασθαι ἐκέλευον, τὴν τοῦ στρατηγοῦ δεδιότες πρόρρησιν, οἱ δὲ ναῦται οὐκ ἐπείθοντο.

Dewing And when, with a favouring wind blowing, they came to within one hundred and fifty stades of Carthage, Archelaus and the soldiers bade them anchor there, fearing the warning of the general, but the sailors would not obey.

Greek τήν τε γὰρ ἐκείνῃ ἀκτὴν ἀλίμενον εἶναι ἔφασκον καὶ χειμῶνα ἐπίσημον αὐτίκα μάλα γενήσεσθαι ἐπίδοξον εἶναι, ὃν δὴ οἱ ἐπιχώριοι Κυπριανὰ καλοῦσι.

Dewing For they said that the promontory at that point was without a harbour and also that the indications were that a well-known storm, which the natives call Cypriana, would arise immediately.

Greek προὔλεγόν τε ὡς, εἰ ἐνταῦθα σφίσιν ἐπιγένηται, οὐδ’ ἂν τῶν νεῶν μίαν διασώσασθαι δυνατοὶ εἶεν. καὶ ἦν δὲ οὕτως.

Dewing And they predicted that if it came upon them in that place, they would not be able to save even one of the ships. And it was as they said.

Greek ἐν βραχεῖ οὖν τά τε ἱστία χαλάσαντες καὶ βουλευσάμενοι τοῦ μὲν Μανδρακίου πειράσασθαι οὐκ

Dewing So they slackened their sails for a short time and deliberated; and they did not think they ought to try for Mandracium

Greek ᾤοντο χρῆναι ʽτάς τε γὰρ Βελισαρίου ἐντολὰς ὑπεστέλλοντο καὶ ἅμα τὴν ἐς τὸ Μανδράκιον εἴσοδον ταῖς ἁλύσεσιν ἀποκεκλεῖσθαι ὑπώπτευον, ἄλλως τε καὶ τῷ παντὶ στόλῳ τὸν λιμένα ἐκεῖνον οὐχ ἱκανὸν εἶναἰ, τὸ δὲ Στάγνον σφίσιν ἐφαίνετο ἐν καλῷ κεῖσθαι ʽμέτρῳ γὰρ σταδίων τεσσαράκοντα Καρχηδόνος διέχεἰ ἐμπόδιόν τε οὐδὲν ἐν αὐτῷ εἶναι καὶ πρὸς τὸν στόλον ἅπαντα ἱκανῶς πεφυκέναι.

Dewing (for they shrank from violating the commands of Belisarius, and at the same time they suspected that the entrance to Mandracium was closed by the chains, and besides they feared that this harbour was not sufficient for the whole fleet) but Stagnum seemed to them well situated (for it is forty stades distant from Carthage), and there was nothing in it to hinder them, and also it was large enough for the whole fleet.

Greek ἔνθα δὴ ἀφικόμενοι περὶ λύχνων ἁφὰς ὡρμίσαντο πάντες, πλήν γε δὴ ὅτι Καλώνυμος ἅμα τῶν ναυτῶν τισι, τοῦ τε στρατηγοῦ ἀφροντιστήσας καὶ τῶν ἄλλων πάντων, ἔς τε τὸ Μανδράκιον λάθρα ἀπέβη, οὐδενὸς κωλῦσαι τολμήσαντος, καὶ χρήματα τῶν ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ ᾠκημένων ἐμπόρων ξένων τε καὶ Καρχηδονίων διήρπασε.

Dewing There they arrived about dusk and all anchored, except, indeed, that Calonymus with some of this sailors, disregarding the general and all the others, went off secretly to Mandracium, no one daring to hinder him, and plundered the property of the merchants dwelling on the sea, both foreigners and Carthaginians.

Greek Τῇ δὲ ἐπιγενομένῃ ἡμέρᾳ Βελισάριος τούς τε ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ τὴν ἀπόβασιν ἐκέλευε ποιεῖσθαι καὶ ὅλον διακοσμήσας τὸ στράτευμα διατάξας τε ὡς ἐς μάχην ἐπὶ Καρχηδόνα ἐσήλαυνεν· ἐδεδίει γὰρ μή τίς οἱ ἐνέδρα πρὸς τῶν πολεμίων ὑπαντιάσῃ.

Dewing On the following day Belisarius commanded those on the ships to disembark, and after marshalling the whole army and drawing it up in battle formation, he marched into Carthage; for he feared lest he should encounter some snare set by the enemy.

Greek ἔνθα δὴ πολλὰ μὲν τοὺς στρατιώτας ὑπέμνησεν, ἡλίκα σφίσιν εὐτυχήματα γένοιτο, ἐπειδὴ σωφροσύνην ἐς Λίβυας ἐπεδείξαντο, πολλὰ δὲ παρῄνεσε τὴν εὐκοσμίαν ἐν Καρχηδόνι ὡς μάλιστα διασώσασθαι.

Dewing There he reminded the soldiers at length of how much good fortune had come to them because they had displayed moderation toward the Libyans, and he exhorted them earnestly to preserve good order with the greatest care in Carthage.

Greek Λίβυας γὰρ ἅπαντας Ῥωμαίους τὸ ἀνέκαθεν ὄντας γενέσθαι τε ὑπὸ Βανδίλοις οὔτι ἐθελουσίους καὶ πολλὰ πεπονθέναι πρὸς ἀνδρῶν βαρβάρων ἀνόσια.

Dewing For all the Libyans had been Romans in earlier times and had come under the Vandals by no will of their own and had suffered many outrages at the hands of these barbarians.

Greek διὸ δὴ καὶ βασιλέα ἐς πόλεμον καταστῆναι Βανδίλοις, εἶναί τε οὐχ ὅσιον ξυμβῆναί τι πρὸς αὐτῶν ἄχαρι ἐς ἀνθρώπους ὧν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ὑπόθεσιν ποιησάμενοι ἐπὶ Βανδίλους ἐστράτευσαν.

Dewing For this very reason the emperor had entered into war with the Vandals, and it was not holy that any harm should come from them to the people whose freedom they had made the ground for taking the field against the Vandals.

Greek τοσαῦτα παραινέσας ἔς τε Καρχηδόνα εἰσῆλθε καί, ἐπεὶ πολέμιον σφίσιν οὐδὲν ἐφαίνετο, ἐς τὸ Παλάτιον ἀναβὰς ἐν τῷ Γελίμερος θρόνῳ ἐκάθισεν.

Dewing After such words of exhortation he entered Carthage, and, since no enemy was seen by them, he went up to the palace and seated himself on Gelimer's throne.

Greek ἐνταῦθα ἐντυχόντες πολλῇ κραυγῇ Βελισαρίῳ ἐμπόρων τε πλῆθος καὶ ἄλλοι Καρχηδόνιοι ὅσοις ἐπιθαλάσσια τὰ οἰκία τετύχηκεν εἶναι, ᾐτιῶντο ἁρπαγὴν σφίσι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων τῇ προλαβούσῃ νυκτὶ πρὸς τῶν ναυτῶν ξυμβῆναι.

Dewing There a crowd of merchants and other Carthaginians came before Belisarius with much shouting, persons whose homes were on the sea, and they made the charge that there had been a robbery of their property on the preceding night by the sailors.

Greek ὁ δὲ Καλώνυμον ὅρκοις καταλαμβάνει ἦ μὴν ἅπαντα ἐς τὸ ἐμφανὲς ἐνεγκεῖν τὰ φώρια.

Dewing And Belisarius bound Calonymus by oaths to bring without fail all his thefts to the light.

Greek Καλώνυμος δὲ ὀμόσας τε καὶ τὰ ὀμωμοσμένα ἐν ἀλογίᾳ ποιησάμενος τὸ μὲν παραυτίκα τὰ χρήματα ἐληίσατο, χρόνῳ δὲ οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον τὴν δίκην ἔτισεν ἐς Βυζάντιον.

Dewing And Calonymus, taking the oath and disregarding what he had sworn, for the moment made the money his plunder, but not long afterwards he paid his just penalty in Byzantium.

Greek νόσῳ γὰρ ἁλοὺς τῇ καλουμένῃ ἀποπληξίᾳ καὶ τῶν φρενῶν ἔξω γενόμενος τῆς τε γλώσσης ἀποτραγὼν τῆς αὑτοῦ, εἶτα ἀπέθανεν. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν χρόνῳ τῷ ὑστέρῳ ἐγένετο.

Dewing For being taken with the disease called apoplexy, he became insane and bit off his own tongue and then died. But this happened at a later time.