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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:21.32.1-21.32.15
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
Following the approval of the Senate and the Roman people, the specific terms of the peace treaty with the Aetolians are detailed, including provisions on sovereignty, return of prisoners, indemnity payments, and hostages.
δόξαντος δὲ τῷ συνεδρίῳ, καὶ τοῦ δήμου συνεπιψηφίσαντος, ἐκυρώθη τὰ κατὰ τὰς διαλύσεις. τὰ δὲ κατὰ μέρος ἦν τῶν συνθηκῶν ταῦτα.
The Senate having so resolved, and the people also having voted in support, the terms of the peace were ratified. The detailed provisions of the treaty were as follows.
"ὁ δῆμος ὁ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ τὴν δυναστείαν τοῦ δήμου τῶν Ῥωμαίων1 . πολεμίους μὴ διιέτω διὰ τῆς χώρας καὶ τῶν πόλεων ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους ἢ τοὺς συμμάχους καὶ φίλους αὐτῶν, μηδὲ χορηγείτω μηδὲν δημοσίᾳ βουλῇ.
”The people of the Aetolians [shall maintain] the sovereignty and majesty of the people of the Romans. They shall not allow any enemies to pass through their territory and cities against the Romans or their allies and friends, nor shall they supply them with anything by public decision.
καὶ ἐὰν πολεμῶσιν πρός τινας Ῥωμαῖοι, πολεμείτω πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ δῆμος ὁ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν.
And if the Romans make war upon any people, the people of the Aetolians shall also make war upon them.
τοὺς δὲ αὐτομόλους, τοὺς δραπέτας, τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους πάντας τοὺς Ῥωμαίων καὶ τῶν συμμάχων ἀποδότωσαν Αἰτωλοί, χωρὶς τῶν ὅσοι κατὰ πόλεμον ἁλόντες εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν ἀπῆλθον καὶ πάλιν ἑάλωσαν, καὶ χωρὶς τῶν ὅσοι πολέμιοι Ῥωμαίων ἐγένοντο, καθʼ ὃν καιρὸν Αἰτωλοὶ μετὰ Ῥωμαίων συνεπολέμουν,2 ἐν ἡμέραις ἑκατὸν ἀφʼ ἧς ἂν τὰ ὅρκια τελεσθῇ, τῷ ἄρχοντι τῷ ἐν Κερκύρᾳ·
The Aetolians shall restore all deserters, runaway slaves, and prisoners belonging to the Romans and their allies, except those who, having been captured in war, returned to their own country and were captured again, and except those who became enemies of the Romans during the time when the Aetolians were fighting in alliance with the Romans; this shall be done within one hundred days from the ratification of the treaty, to the magistrate in Corcyra.
ἐὰν δὲ μὴ εὑρεθῶσίν τινες ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ τούτῳ, ὅταν ἐμφανεῖς γένωνται, τότε ἀποδότωσαν χωρὶς δόλου· καὶ τούτοις μετὰ τὰ ὅρκια μὴ ἔστω ἐπάνοδος εἰς τὴν Αἰτωλίαν.
If any are not found within this time, they shall restore them without guile as soon as they are discovered; and these persons, after the treaty, shall not be allowed to return to Aetolia.
δότωσαν δὲ Αἰτωλοὶ ἀργυρίου μὴ χείρονος Ἀττικοῦ παραχρῆμα μὲν τάλαντα Εὐβοϊκὰ διακόσια τῷ στρατηγῷ τῷ ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι, ἀντὶ τρίτου μέρους τοῦ ἀργυρίου χρυσίον, ἐὰν βούλωνται, διδόντες, τῶν δέκα μνῶν ἀργυρίου3 χρυσίου μνᾶν διδόντες, ἀφʼ ἧς δʼ ἂν ἡμέρας τὰ ὅρκια τμηθῇ ἐν ἔτεσι τοῖς πρώτοις ἓξ κατὰ ἔτος ἕκαστον τάλαντα πεντήκοντα· καὶ τὰ χρήματα καθιστάτωσαν ἐν Ῥώμῃ. δότωσαν Αἰτωλοὶ ὁμήρους τῷ στρατηγῷ τετταράκοντα, μὴ νεωτέρους ἐτῶν δώδεκα μηδὲ πρεσβυτέρους τετταράκοντα, εἰς ἔτη ἕξ, οὓς ἂν Ῥωμαῖοι προκρίνωσιν, χωρὶς στρατηγοῦ καὶ ἱππάρχου καὶ δημοσίου γραμματέως καὶ τῶν ὡμηρευκότων ἐν Ῥώμῃ. καὶ τὰ ὅμηρα καθιστάτωσαν εἰς Ῥώμην·
The Aetolians shall pay immediately to the general in Greece two hundred Euboean talents in silver of a standard not inferior to Attic; they may, if they wish, pay gold instead of a third part of the silver, giving one mina of gold for ten minae of silver. From the day the treaty is signed, they shall pay fifty talents annually for the first six years; and they shall deliver the money in Rome. The Aetolians shall give forty hostages to the general, not younger than twelve years nor older than forty, for six years, whom the Romans may select, excluding any general, commander of cavalry, public secretary, or those who have already been hostages in Rome. And they shall deliver the hostages in Rome;
ἐὰν δέ τις ἀποθάνῃ τῶν ὁμήρων, ἄλλον ἀντικαθιστάτωσαν.
and if any of the hostages should die, they shall replace him with another.
περὶ δὲ Κεφαλληνίας μὴ ἔστω ἐν ταῖς συνθήκαις.
The island of Cephallenia shall not be included in the treaty.
ὅσαι χῶραι καὶ πόλεις καὶ ἄνδρες, οἷς οὗτοι ἐχρῶντο,4 ἐπὶ Λευκίου Κοϊντίου καὶ Γναΐου Δομετίου στρατηγῶν ἢ ὕστερον ἑάλωσαν ἢ εἰς φιλίαν ἦλθον Ῥωμαίοις, τούτων τῶν πόλεων καὶ τῶν ἐν ταύταις μηδένα προσλαβέτωσαν Αἰτωλοί.
Of all the territories, cities, and men which they used to hold, and which were captured by the Romans or entered into friendship with them during the consulships of Lucius Quinctius and Gnaeus Domitius or later, the Aetolians shall not associate themselves with any of these cities or the people in them.
ἡ δὲ πόλις καὶ ἡ χώρα ἡ τῶν Οἰνιαδῶν Ἀκαρνάνων ἔστω."
The city and territory of Oeniadae shall belong to the Acarnanians.”
τμηθέντων δὲ τῶν ὁρκίων ἐπὶ τούτοις συνετετέλεστο τὰ τῆς εἰρήνης. καὶ τὰ μὲν κατὰ τοὺς Αἰτωλοὺς καὶ καθόλου τοὺς Ἕλληνας τοιαύτην ἔσχε τὴν ἐπιγραφήν. —
The treaty having been sworn to on these terms, the peace was concluded. Such was the issue of the affairs concerning the Aetolians and the Greeks in general.
- 21.32.2τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ τὴν δυναστείαν τοῦ δήμου τῶν Ῥωμαίων
The main verb is missing in this sentence (lacuna). Given the treaty context, a third-person singular imperative verb meaning "to preserve" or "to respect" (such as τηρείτω or σωζέτω) must be supplied, which is also supported by the use of the third-person singular imperative διιέτω in the following section (§21.32.3).
- 21.32.6καθʼ ὃν καιρὸν Αἰτωλοὶ μετὰ Ῥωμαίων συνεπολέμουν
The relative clause καθʼ ὃν... limits the time period of the preceding phrase ὅσοι πολέμιοι Ῥωμαίων ἐγένοντο (all those who became enemies of the Romans). It specifies that prisoners who became enemies of Rome during the period when the Aetolians were allied with Rome (e.g., during the Second Macedonian War) are excluded from the current obligation of return.
- 21.32.8τῶν δέκα μνῶν ἀργυρίου
The genitive τῶν δέκα μνῶν expresses value or exchange proportion (genitive of price/value, implying "in exchange for"), establishing the gold-to-silver exchange ratio of 1:10 ("giving one mina of gold for ten minae of silver") which was standard at the time.
- 21.32.13οἷς οὗτοι ἐχρῶντο
The relative pronoun οἷς is the object of the verb ἐχρῶντο (which governs the dative) and refers back to the antecedents χῶραι καὶ πόλεις καὶ ἄνδρες. The pronoun οὗτοι refers to the Aetolians. The initial nominative noun phrase acts as a pendens (prolepsis), which is subsequently picked up by the genitive phrase τούτων τῶν πόλεων in the main clause.