Liv. 22.58.1Namque Hannibal secundum tam prosperam ad Cannās pugnam victōris magis quam bellum gerentis intentus cūrīs, cum captīvīs prōductīs sēgregātīsque sociōs, sīcut ante ad Trebiam Trasumennumque lacum benignē adlocūtus sine pretiō dīmīsisset, Rōmānōs quoque vocātōs, quod numquam aliās anteā, satis mītī sermōne adloquitur: nōn internecīvum sibi esse cum Rōmānīs bellum;For Hannibal, after so successful a battle at Cannae, busy with the concerns of a victor rather than of one waging war, had the captives brought out and separated, and when he had spoken kindly to the allies, as before at the Trebia and Lake Trasimene, and released them without ransom, he called the Romans too and addresses them, as he had never done before, in quite a gentle speech: he was not waging a war of extermination with the Romans; Liv. 22.58.3dē dignitāte atque imperiō certāre.he was contending for honour and empire. Liv. 22.58.3Et patrēs virtūtī Rōmānae cessisse, et sē id adnītī, ut suae in vicem simul fēlīcitātī et virtūtī cēdātur.His fathers had yielded to Roman valour, and he was striving that the Romans in their turn should yield to his own good fortune and valour together.
Liv. 22.58.4Itaque redimendī sē captīvīs cōpiam facere;So he was giving the captives the opportunity to ransom themselves; Liv. 22.58.4pretium fore in capita equitī quīngēnōs quadrīgātōs nummōs, trecēnōs peditī, servō centēnōs.the price per head would be five hundred quadrigati for a horseman, three hundred for a foot soldier, a hundred for a slave. Liv. 22.58.5Quamquam aliquantum adiciēbātur equitibus ad id pretium, quō pepigerant dēdentēs sē, laetī tamen quamcumque condiciōnem pacīscendī accēpērunt.Although this added a good deal for the horsemen to the price on which they had agreed when surrendering, they nevertheless gladly accepted any terms of agreement whatever. Liv. 22.58.6Placuit suffrāgiō ipsōrum decem dēligī quī Rōmam ad senātum īrent, nec pignus aliud fideī, quam ut iūrārent sē reditūrōs, acceptum.It was decided that ten should be chosen by their own vote to go to the senate at Rome, and no other pledge of good faith was taken than that they should swear to return. Liv. 22.58.7Missus cum hīs Carthalō, nōbilis Carthāginiēnsis, quī, sī forte ad pācem inclīnārent animōs, condiciōnēs ferret.With them was sent Carthalo, a Carthaginian noble, to offer terms, if by chance their minds were inclined towards peace.
Liv. 22.58.8Cum ēgressī castrīs essent, ūnus ex iīs, minimē Rōmānī ingeniī homō, velutī aliquid oblītus, iūris iūrandī solvendī causā cum in castra redīsset, ante noctem comitēs adsequitur.When they had left the camp, one of them, a man of a most un-Roman character, returned to the camp as if he had forgotten something, in order to release himself from his oath, and caught up with his companions before nightfall. Liv. 22.58.9Ubi Rōmam venīre eōs nūntiātum est, Carthalōnī obviam līctor missus, quī dictātōris verbīs nūntiāret, ut ante noctem excēderet fīnibus Rōmānīs.When it was reported that they were coming to Rome, a lictor was sent to meet Carthalo, to tell him in the dictator's name to leave Roman territory before nightfall.