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Often appears with: diplomacy and embassies · war with rome · treaty violation · treaty dispute · syracuse · revolution and the fall of states · lilybaeum · history and the writing of history · hieronymus’s council · contracts, oaths, and obligation · alphabetic index · aegospotami
Usually: narrative (2) · betrayal (2) · detachment (2) · record or table (1) · injustice endured (1) · indignation (1)
“With how much more reason might the space employed on these descriptions,—which they use merely to fill up and spin out their books,—have been devoted to Hiero and Gelo, without mentioning Hieronymus at all! It would have given greater pleasure to readers and more instruction to students.” Polybius, The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) · observation
“And what is quite as surprising as the innocence of his acquisition of power is the fact that it did not change his character.” Polybius, The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) · insight
Roman envoys from the praetor at Lilybaeum remonstrate with Hieronymus to renew the old treaty; Hieronymus blames Carthaginian lies, challenges Roman intentions, and hints he will “sail back” to Carthage to maintain authority.
[Sidenote: The king’s pretensions rise, and a new arrangement is made with Carthage.] +4.+ Hieronymus on his part selected Agatharchus, Onesimus, and Hipposthenes to send with Hannibal to Carthage, with instructions to make an alliance on the following terms: “The Carthaginians to assist him with land and sea forces, in expelling the Romans from Sicily, and then divide the island with him; so as to have the river Hi…
Romans send legates protesting Hieronymus’s treaty violation; Hieronymus consults his council, and the pro-Roman and anti-Roman options are weighed until war with Rome is decided, followed by Hieronymus’s provocative demands.
[Sidenote: Fall of Hieronymus, B.C. 214.] +7.+ Some of the historians who have described the fall of Hieronymus have written at great length and in terms of mysterious solemnity. They tell us of prodigies preceding his coming to the throne, and of the misfortunes of Syracuse. They describe in dramatic language the cruelty of his character and the impiety of his actions; and crown all with the sudden and terrible nat…
A massive reference index lists events, people, and places tied to Polybius’s history (especially Achaean congresses and Roman involvement), and then begins alphabetic entries such as Acilius Glabrio and Aegospotami.
Roman legates at the congress at Cleitor, +22+, 2; Eumenes offers 120 talents to the congress at Megalopolis, Seleucus 10 ships of war, +22+, 10-12; difficulty as to the renewal of a treaty with Ptolemy, +22+, 12; Q. Caecilius before the congress at Argos remonstrates on the subject of Sparta, +22+, 13; their dealing with Messene after the murder of Philopoemen, +23+, 16-18; send an embassy to …