after the way had been prepared 马J.户毛.户，， for it by another man's toils and dangers. So there was a unanimous verdict in favour of peace being made. XXXV II. The next day the envoys were again summoned before the council and severely taken to task for their truth and honesty, and they were admonished to lay the lesson taught by their numerous defeats and to believe in the power of the gods and the sanctit少of oaths. The conditions of peace were then stated to them. They were to be a free State. livinz under their own laws: all the cities, all the territory and all the frontiers that they had held before the war they were to continue to hold, and the Romans would on that 血y cease from all further depredations. They were to restore to the Romans all the deserters, refugees and prisoners, to 。warships; retaining only ten triremes and all .phants, 'at the same time undertaking not to Thev were not to make war either within or d the frontiers of Africa without the permission of Rome. were to restore all his possessions to Masinissa and make a treaty with him. Pending the return of the envoys from Rome they were to' supply corn and pay to the auxiliaries in the Roman army. They were also to pay a war indemnity of i o,ooo talents of silver., 20 the payment to be in equal annual instalments,’ extending over fifty years. One hundred hostages were to be handed over, to be selected by Scipio between the ages of fourteen and thirty years. Finally, he undertook to grant them an armistice if the transports which had been seized during the previous truce were restored with all that they contained. Otherwise there would be no armistice, nor arty hopes of peace. When the envoys brought these terms back and laid them before the Assembly, Gisgo came forward and protested against any proposals for peace. The populace, alike opposed to peace and incap able of war, were giving him a favourable hearing when Hannibal indignant at such arguments being urged at such a crisis, seized him and dragged him by main force off the platform. This was an unusual sight in a free communitv. 几~J.少， and the people were loud in their disapproval. The soldier, taken aback by the free expression of opinion on the 伴比of his fellow-citizens, said,“I left you when I was nine years old, and now after thirty-six years' absence I have The art of war which I have been taught from my boyhood, firstas a private soldier and then in high command, I think I amfairly well acquainted with. The rules and laws and customs 豁靡攫and of the forum IC must learn from you." Aftery for his inexperience, he discussed the terms of peace and showed that they were not unreasonable and thattheir acceptance was a necessity. The greatest difficulty of allconcerned the transports seized during the armistice, for nothingwas to be found but the ships themselves, and any investigationwould be difficult, as those who would be charged were theopponents of peace 21 It was decided that the ships should berestored and that in any case search should be made for the 棘It was left to Scipio to1 put a value on whatever elsesing and the Carthaginians were to pay the amount According to some writers, Hannibal went down to the coast straight from the battlefield, and going on board a ship whichwas in readiness, set sail immediately for the court of KingAntiochus, and when Scipio insisted before all else upon hissurrender, he was told that Hannibal was not in Africa.