Ligures

some persons call it in the latin language the asio in general it is a bird fond of mimicking a great parasite and in some measure a dancer as well like the owlet it is taken without any difficulty for while one person occupies its attention another goes behind and catches it if the wind by its contrary blasts should begin to prevent the onward progress of the flight the birds immediately take up small stones or else fill their throats with sand and so contrive to ballast themselves as they fly the seeds of a certain venomous plant are most highly esteemed by the quails as food footnote either hemlock or hellebore for which reason they have been banished from our tables, and a great repugnance is manifested to eating their flesh on account of the epilepsy to which alone of all animals, with the exception of man, the quail is subject.

book seven chapter twelve of the boys and girls the swallow the only bird that is carnivorous among those which have not hooked talons takes its departure also during the winter months but it goes only to neighboring countries seeking sunny retreats there on the mountain sides sometimes they have been found in such spots bare and quite unfledged this bird it is said will not enter a house in thebes because that city has been captured so frequently nor will it approach the country of byzie on account of the crimes committed there by terus caesina a member of the equestrian order and the owner of several chariots used to have swallows caught and then carried them with him to rome upon gaining a victory he would send the news by them to his friends for after staining them the color of the party that had gained the day he would let them go immediately upon which they would make their way to the nests they had previously occupied Fabius Pictor also relates, in his Annals, that when a Roman garrison was being besieged by the Ligurians, a swallow which had been taken from its young ones was brought to him, in order that he might give them notice, by the number of knots on a string tied to its leg, on what day succor would arrive, and a sortie might be made with advantage.

CHAPTER XIII.

BIRDS WHICH TAKE THEIR DEPARTURE FROM US IN WINTER In a similar manner also, the blackbird, the thrush, and the starling take their departure to neighboring countries.

The Carthaginians, on the contrary, when they saw that Hero had become their enemy and that the Romans were becoming more deeply involved in the enterprise in Sicily, considered that they themselves required stronger forces in order to be able to confront their enemies and control Sicilian affairs.

They therefore enlisted foreign mercenaries from the opposite coasts, many of them Ligurians, Celts, and still more Iberians, and dispatched them all to Sicily.

Perceiving that the city of Agrigentum had the greatest natural advantages for making their preparations, it being also the most important city in their province, they collected their troops and supplies there and decided to use it as a base in the war.

Meanwhile, the Roman consuls who had made the treaty with Hero had left, and their successors, Lucius Postumius and Quintus Mamilius, 262 BC, had arrived in Sicily with their legions.

For the Carthaginian practice of employing hired troops of various nationalities is indeed well calculated to prevent them from combining rapidly in acts of insubordination or disrespect to their officers, but in cases of an outburst of anger or of slanderous rumours or disaffection, it is most prejudicial to all efforts to convey the truth to them, to calm their passions, or to conciliate the culprits.

Indeed, such forces, when once their anger is aroused against anyone or slander spreads among them, are not content with mere human wickedness, but end by becoming like wild beasts or men deranged, as happened in the present case.

Some of these troops were Iberians, some Celts, some Ligurians, and some from the Balearic Islands.

There were a good many Greek half-breeds, mostly deserters and slaves, but the largest portion consisted of Libyans.

The Carthaginians, on the contrary, when they saw that Hero had become their enemy, and that the Romans were becoming more deeply involved in the enterprise in Sicily, considered that they themselves required stronger forces in order to be able to confront their enemies and control Sicilian affairs.

They therefore enlisted foreign mercenaries from the opposite coasts, many of them Ligurians, Celts, and still more Iberians, and dispatched them all to Sicily.

Perceiving that the city of Agrigentum had the greatest natural advantages for making their preparations, it being also the most important city in their province, they collected their troops and supplies there and decided to use it as a base in the war.

Meanwhile, the Roman consuls who had made the treaty with Hero had left, and their successors, Lucius Postumius and Quintus Mamilius, 262 BC, had arrived in Sicily with their legions.

For the Carthaginian practice of employing hired troops of various nationalities is indeed well calculated to prevent them from combining rapidly in acts of insubordination or disrespect to their officers, but in cases of an outburst of anger or of slanderous rumours or disaffection, it is most prejudicial to all efforts to convey the truth to them, to calm their passions, or to conciliate the culprits.

Indeed, such forces, when once their anger is aroused against anyone, or slander spreads among them, are not content with mere human wickedness, but end by becoming like wild beasts or men deranged, as happened in the present case.

Some of these troops were Iberians, some Celts, some Ligurians, and some from the Balearic Islands.

There were a good many Greek half-breeds, mostly deserters and slaves, but the largest portion consisted of Libyans.

From all over.

Greece, Phoenicia, from, they, they recruit soldiers, we think, from, um, the Iberians, the Ligurians, uh, lots of Greeks, uh, in the, in all of Asia Minor.

So ships going everywhere.

So all, yeah, all over the place.

The Carthaginians, on the contrary, when they saw that Hero had become their enemy, and that the Romans were becoming more deeply involved in the enterprise in Sicily, considered that they themselves required stronger forces in order to be able to confront their enemies and control Sicilian affairs.

They therefore enlisted foreign mercenaries from the opposite coasts, many of them Ligurians, Celts, and still more Iberians, and dispatched them all to Sicily.

Perceiving that the city of Agrigentum had the greatest natural advantages for making their preparations, it being also the most important city in their province, they collected their troops and supplies there and decided to use it as a base in the war.

Meanwhile, the Roman consuls who had made the treaty with Hero had left, and their successors, Lucius Postumius and Quintus Mamilius, 262 BC, had arrived in Sicily with their legions.

For the Carthaginian practice of employing hired troops of various nationalities is indeed well calculated to prevent them from combining rapidly in acts of insubordination or disrespect to their officers, but in cases of an outburst of anger or of slanderous rumours or disaffection, it is most prejudicial to all efforts to convey the truth to them, to calm their passions, or to conciliate the culprits.

Indeed, such forces, when once their anger is aroused against anyone, or slander spreads among them, are not content with mere human wickedness, but end by becoming like wild beasts or men deranged, as happened in the present case.

Some of these troops were Iberians, some Celts, some Ligurians, and some from the Balearic Islands.

There were a good many Greek half-breeds, mostly deserters and slaves, but the largest portion consisted of Libyans.

The Carthaginians, on the contrary, when they saw that Hero had become their enemy, and that the Romans were becoming more deeply involved in the enterprise in Sicily, considered that they themselves required stronger forces in order to be able to confront their enemies and control Sicilian affairs.

They therefore enlisted foreign mercenaries from the opposite coasts, many of them Ligurians, Celts, and still more Iberians, and dispatched them all to Sicily.

Perceiving that the city of Agrigentum had the greatest natural advantages for making their preparations, it being also the most important city in their province, they collected their troops and supplies there, and decided to use it as a base in the war.

Meanwhile, the Roman consuls who had made the treaty with Hero had left, and their successors, Lucius Postumius and Quintus Mamilius, 262 BC, had arrived in Sicily with their legions.

For the Carthaginian practice of employing hired troops of various nationalities is indeed well calculated to prevent them from combining rapidly in acts of insubordination or disrespect to their officers, but in cases of an outburst of anger or of slanderous rumours or disaffection, it is most prejudicial to all efforts to convey the truth to them, to calm their passions, or to conciliate the culprits.

Indeed, such forces, when once their anger is aroused against anyone or slander spreads among them, are not content with mere human wickedness, but end by becoming like wild beasts or men deranged, as happened in the present case.

Some of these troops were Iberians, some Celts, some Ligurians, and some from the Balearic Islands.

There were a good many Greek half-breeds, mostly deserters and slaves, but the largest portion consisted of Libyans.

The Carthaginians, on the contrary, when they saw that Hiero had become their enemy and that the Romans were becoming more deeply involved in the enterprise in Sicily, considered that they themselves required stronger forces in order to be able to confront their enemies and control Sicilian affairs.

They therefore enlisted foreign mercenaries from the opposite coasts, many of them Ligurians, Celts, and still more Iberians, and dispatched them all to Sicily.

Perceiving that the city of Agrigentum had the greatest natural advantages for making their preparations, it being also the most important city in their province, they collected their troops and supplies there and decided to use it as a base in the war.

Meanwhile, the Roman consuls who had made the treaty with Hiero had left, and their successors, Lucius Postumius and Quintus Mamilius, 262 BC, had arrived in Sicily with their legions.

For the Carthaginian practice of employing hired troops of various nationalities is indeed well calculated to prevent them from combining rapidly in acts of insubordination or disrespect to their officers, but in cases of an outburst of anger or of slanderous rumors or disaffection, it is most prejudicial to all efforts to convey the truth to them, to calm their passions, or to conciliate the culprits.

Indeed, such forces, when once their anger is aroused against anyone, or slander spreads among them, are not content with mere human wickedness, but end by becoming like wild beasts or men deranged, as happened in the present case.

Some of these troops were Iberians, some Celts, some Ligurians, and some from the Balearic Islands.

There were a good many Greek half-breeds, mostly deserters and slaves, but the largest portion consisted of Libyans.

The Carthaginians, on the contrary, when they saw that Hero had become their enemy, and that the Romans were becoming more deeply involved in the enterprise in Sicily, considered that they themselves required stronger forces in order to be able to confront their enemies and control Sicilian affairs.

They therefore enlisted foreign mercenaries from the opposite coasts, many of them Ligurians, Celts, and still more Iberians, and dispatched them all to Sicily.

Perceiving that the city of Agrigentum had the greatest natural advantages for making their preparations, it being also the most important city in their province, they collected their troops and supplies there and decided to use it as a base in the war.

Meanwhile, the Roman consuls who had made the treaty with Hero had left, and their successors, Lucius Postumius and Quintus Mamilius, 262 BC, had arrived in Sicily with their legions.

For the Carthaginian practice of employing hired troops of various nationalities is indeed well calculated to prevent them from combining rapidly in acts of insubordination or disrespect to their officers, but in cases of an outburst of anger or of slanderous rumours or disaffection, it is most prejudicial to all efforts to convey the truth to them, to calm their passions, or to conciliate the culprits.

Indeed, such forces, when once their anger is aroused against anyone, or slander spreads among them, are not content with mere human wickedness, but end by becoming like wild beasts or men deranged, as happened in the present case.

Some of these troops were Iberians, some Celts, some Ligurians, and some from the Balearic Islands.

There were a good many Greek half-breeds, mostly deserters and slaves, but the largest portion consisted of Libyans.

The Carthaginians, on the contrary, when they saw that Hero had become their enemy and that the Romans were becoming more deeply involved in the enterprise in Sicily, considered that they themselves required stronger forces in order to be able to confront their enemies and control Sicilian affairs.

They therefore enlisted foreign mercenaries from the opposite coasts, many of them Ligurians, Celts, and still more Iberians, and dispatched them all to Sicily.

Perceiving that the city of Agrigentum had the greatest natural advantages for making their preparations, it being also the most important city in their province, they collected their troops and supplies there and decided to use it as a base in the war.

Meanwhile, the Roman consuls who had made the treaty with Hero had left, and their successors, Lucius Postumius and Quintus Mamilius, 262 BC, had arrived in Sicily with their legions.

For the Carthaginian practice of employing hired troops of various nationalities is indeed well calculated to prevent them from combining rapidly in acts of insubordination or disrespect to their officers, but in cases of an outburst of anger or of slanderous rumours or disaffection, it is most prejudicial to all efforts to convey the truth to them, to calm their passions, or to conciliate the culprits.

Indeed, such forces, when once their anger is aroused against anyone, or slander spreads among them, are not content with mere human wickedness, but end by becoming like wild beasts or men deranged, as happened in the present case.

Some of these troops were Iberians, some Celts, some Ligurians, and some from the Balearic Islands.

There were a good many Greek half-breeds, mostly deserters and slaves, but the largest portion consisted of Libyans.