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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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The detailed clauses of the peace treaty concluded between King Antiochus and the Romans and their allies. It specifies the evacuation of territories, limitations on military forces, terms for paying indemnity, and the delivery of hostages.
ἦν δὲ τοιαύτη τις ἡ τῶν κατὰ μέρος διάταξις· φιλίαν ὑπάρχειν Ἀντιόχῳ καὶ Ῥωμαίοις εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν χρόνον ποιοῦντι1 τὰ κατὰ τὰς συνθήκας.
The detailed arrangement of the treaty was of the following nature: that there should be friendship for all time between Antiochus and the Romans, so long as he performs the conditions of the treaty.
μὴ διιέναι βασιλέα Ἀντίοχον καὶ τοὺς ὑποταττομένους διὰ τῆς αὑτῶν χώρας ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους καὶ τοὺς συμμάχους πολεμίους2 μηδὲ χορηγεῖν αὐτοῖς μηδέν·
That King Antiochus and those subject to him should not permit any enemies of the Romans and their allies to pass through their country, nor supply them with anything;
ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ῥωμαίους καὶ τοὺς συμμάχους ἐπʼ Ἀντίοχον καὶ τοὺς ὑπʼ ἐκεῖνον ταττομένους.
and likewise the Romans and their allies should not do so against Antiochus and those subject to him.
μὴ πολεμῆσαι δὲ Ἀντίοχον τοῖς ἐπὶ ταῖς νήσοις μηδὲ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Εὐρώπην.
That Antiochus should not make war upon the inhabitants of the islands, nor upon those in Europe.
ἐκχωρείτω δὲ πόλεων καὶ χώρας . μὴ ἐξαγέτω μηδὲν πλὴν τῶν ὅπλων ὧν φέρουσιν οἱ στρατιῶται· εἰ δέ τι τυγχάνουσιν ἀπενηνεγμένοι, καθιστάτωσαν πάλιν εἰς τὰς αὐτὰς πόλεις.
That he should evacuate the cities and the territory . That he should carry away nothing except the weapons which the soldiers carry; and if they happen to have carried away anything else, they must restore it to the same cities.
μηδʼ ὑποδεχέσθωσαν τοὺς ἐκ τῆς Εὐμένους τοῦ βασιλέως μήτε στρατιώτας μήτʼ ἄλλον μηδένα.
That they should not receive soldiers or any other person from the territory of King Eumenes.
εἰ δέ τινες ἐξ ὧν ἀπολαμβάνουσιν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι πόλεων μετὰ δυνάμεώς εἰσιν Ἀντιόχου, τούτους εἰς Ἀπάμειαν ἀποκαταστησάτωσαν.
And if there are any of Antiochus’s men with an armed force in any of the cities which the Romans receive, they must restore these men to Apamea.
τοῖς δὲ Ῥωμαίοις καὶ τοῖς συμμάχοις εἴ τινες εἶεν ἐκ τῆς Ἀντιόχου βασιλείας, εἶναι τὴν ἐξουσίαν καὶ μένειν, εἰ βούλονται, καὶ ἀποτρέχειν.
And as for any persons belonging to the Romans and their allies who might be in the kingdom of Antiochus, they should have liberty to remain, if they wish, or to depart.
τοὺς δὲ δούλους Ῥωμαίων καὶ τῶν συμμάχων ἀποδότω Ἀντίοχος καὶ οἱ ὑπʼ αὐτὸν ταττόμενοι, καὶ τοὺς ἁλόντας καὶ τοὺς αὐτομολήσαντας, καὶ εἴ τινα αἰχμάλωτόν ποθεν εἰλήφασιν.
That Antiochus and those subject to him should restore the slaves of the Romans and of their allies, both those captured and those who have deserted, and any prisoner whom they have taken from anywhere.
ἀποδότω δὲ Ἀντίοχος, ἐὰν ᾖ δυνατὸν αὐτῷ, καὶ Ἀννίβαν Ἀμίλκου Καρχηδόνιον καὶ Μνασίλοχον Ἀκαρνᾶνα καὶ Θόαντα Αἰτωλόν, καὶ Εὐβουλίδαν καὶ Φίλωνα Χαλκιδεῖς, καὶ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν ὅσοι κοινὰς εἰλήφασιν ἀρχάς, καὶ τοὺς ἐλέφαντας τοὺς ἐν Ἀπαμείᾳ πάντας, καὶ μηκέτι ἄλλους ἐχέτω.
That Antiochus should restore, if it is possible for him, Hannibal the Carthaginian, son of Hamilcar, and Mnasilochus the Acarnanian, and Thoas the Aetolian, and Eubulidas and Philon the Chalcidians, and all of the Aetolians who have held national offices, and all the elephants in Apamea, and should no longer keep others.
ἀποδότω δὲ καὶ τὰς ναῦς τὰς μακρὰς καὶ τὰ ἐκ τούτων ἄρμενα καὶ τὰ σκεύη, καὶ μηκέτι ἐχέτω πλὴν δέκα καταφράκτων· μηδὲ λέμβον πλείοσι τριάκοντα κωπῶν ἐχέτω ἐλαυνόμενον, μηδὲ μονήρη πολέμου ἕνεκεν, οὗ αὐτὸς κατάρχει.3 μηδὲ πλείτωσαν ἐπὶ τάδε τοῦ Καλυκάδνου καὶ Σαρπηδονίου ἀκρωτηρίου, εἰ μὴ φόρους ἢ πρέσβεις ἢ ὁμήρους ἄγοιεν.
That he should also surrender the long ships, their sails and tackle, and should no longer keep more than ten decked ships; nor should he keep any pinnace rowed by more than thirty oars, nor any single-banked ship for the purpose of war, which he himself commands. And they shall not sail this side of the Calycadnus and the Sarpedonian promontory, unless they are carrying tribute, ambassadors, or hostages.
μὴ ἐξέστω δὲ Ἀντιόχῳ μηδὲ ξενολογεῖν ἐκ τῆς ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίους ταττομένης μηδʼ ὑποδέχεσθαι τοὺς φεύγοντας.
That it should not be lawful for Antiochus to enlist mercenaries from the territory subject to the Romans, nor to receive fugitives.
ὅσαι δὲ οἰκίαι Ῥοδίων ἢ τῶν συμμάχων ἦσαν ἐν τῇ ὑπὸ βασιλέα Ἀντίοχον ταττομένῃ ταύτας εἶναι Ῥοδίων, ὡς καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τὸν πόλεμον ἐξενεγκεῖν.
That whatever houses belonged to the Rhodians or their allies in the territory subject to King Antiochus should belong to the Rhodians, just as before they declared war.
καὶ εἴ τι χρῆμα ὀφείλετʼ αὐτοῖς, ὁμοίως ἔστω πράξιμον· καὶ εἴ τι ἀπελήφθη ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, ἀναζητηθὲν ἀποδοθήτω. ἀτελῆ δὲ ὁμοίως ὡς καὶ πρὸ τοῦ πολέμου τὰ πρὸς τοὺς Ῥοδίους ὑπαρχέτω. εἰ δέ τινας τῶν πόλεων,4 ἃς ἀποδοῦναι δεῖ Ἀντίοχον, ἑτέροις δέδωκεν Ἀντίοχος, ἐξαγέτω καὶ ἐκ τούτων τὰς φρουρὰς καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας. ἐὰν δέ τινες ὕστερον ἀποτρέχειν βούλωνται, μὴ προσδεχέσθω.
And if any money is owed to them, it should likewise be recoverable; and if anything was taken from them, it must be searched for and restored. And the immunities of the Rhodians should remain the same as before the war. And if any of the cities, which Antiochus must surrender, have been given by Antiochus to others, he must withdraw his garrisons and men from these as well. And if any persons should wish to desert later, he must not receive them.
ἀργυρίου δὲ δότω Ἀντίοχος Ἀττικοῦ Ῥωμαίοις ἀρίστου τάλαντα μύρια δισχίλια ἐν ἔτεσι δώδεκα, διδοὺς καθʼ ἕκαστον ἔτος χίλια· μὴ ἔλαττον δʼ ἑλκέτω τὸ τάλαντον λιτρῶν Ῥωμαϊκῶν ὀγδοήκοντα· καὶ μοδίους σίτου πεντηκοντακισμυρίους καὶ τετρακισμυρίους.
That Antiochus should pay to the Romans twelve thousand talents of the finest Attic silver in twelve years, paying one thousand talents each year; and the talent must weigh not less than eighty Roman pounds; and also five hundred and forty thousand modii of wheat.
δότω δὲ Εὐμένει τῷ βασιλεῖ τάλαντα τριακόσια πεντήκοντα ἐν ἔτεσι τοῖς πρώτοις πέντε, ἑβδομήκοντα κατὰ τὸ ἔτος, τῷ ἐπιβαλλομένῳ καιρῷ, ᾧ καὶ τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις ἀποδίδωσι, καὶ τοῦ σίτου, καθὼς ἐτίμησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀντίοχος, τάλαντα ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν ἑπτὰ καὶ δραχμὰς χιλίας διακοσίας ὀκτώ· ἃ συνεχώρησεν Εὐμένης λαβεῖν, γάζαν εὐαρεστουμένην ἑαυτῷ.
And he should pay to King Eumenes three hundred and fifty talents in the first five years, seventy talents each year, at the appointed time when he also pays to the Romans, and of wheat, according as King Antiochus valued it, one hundred and twenty-seven talents and twelve hundred and eight drachmae; which Eumenes agreed to accept, as a treasury payment acceptable to himself.
ὁμήρους δὲ εἴκοσι διδότω Ἀντίοχος, διʼ ἐτῶν τριῶν ἄλλους ἀνταποστέλλων, μὴ νεωτέρους ἐτῶν ὀκτωκαίδεκα μηδὲ πρεσβυτέρους τετταράκοντα πέντε.
That Antiochus should give twenty hostages, sending others in exchange every three years, who shall not be younger than eighteen years nor older than forty-five.
ἐὰν δέ τι διαφωνήσῃ τῶν ἀποδιδομένων χρημάτων, τῷ ἐχομένῳ ἔτει ἀποδότωσαν.
And if there should be any deficiency in the money paid, they must make it good in the following year.
ἂν δέ τινες τῶν πόλεων ἢ τῶν ἐθνῶν, πρὸς ἃ γέγραπται μὴ πολεμεῖν Ἀντίοχον, πρότεροι ἐκφέρωσι πόλεμον, ἐξέστω πολεμεῖν Ἀντιόχῳ.
And if any of the cities or nations, against which it has been written that Antiochus should not make war, should be the first to declare war, it shall be lawful for Antiochus to make war.
τῶν δὲ ἐθνῶν καὶ πόλεων τούτων μὴ ἐχέτω τὴν κυρίαν αὐτὸς μηδʼ εἰς φιλίαν προσαγέσθω.
But he shall not have sovereignty over these nations and cities, nor bring them into friendship.
περὶ δὲ τῶν ἀδικημάτων τῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους γινομένων εἰς κρίσιν προκαλείσθωσαν.
And concerning the wrongs committed against each other, they shall challenge each other to a trial.
ἐὰν δέ τι θέλωσι πρὸς τὰς συνθήκας ἀμφότεροι κοινῷ δόγματι προστεθῆναι ἢ ἀφαιρεθῆναι ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, ἐξέστω.
And if both parties, by a common decree, wish to add anything to the treaty or to subtract anything from it, it shall be lawful.
- 21.43.1ποιοῦντι
The dative participle ποιοῦντι agrees with Ἀντιόχῳ and expresses a condition ('so long as he performs').
- 21.43.2πολεμίους
The accusative noun πολεμίους serves as the direct object of the infinitive διιέναι, modified by the phrase ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους καὶ τοὺς συμμάχους ('against the Romans and their allies'). It means 'not to allow enemies against the Romans and their allies to pass through'.
- 21.43.14οὗ αὐτὸς κατάρχει
The antecedent of the relative pronoun οὗ can be understood as μονήρη or πολέμου, but here it is interpreted as referring to the former (single-banked ship), meaning 'which he himself commands' or 'of which he himself has control'.
- 21.43.17εἰ δέ τινας τῶν πόλεων
An incomplete conditional clause at the end of §21.43.17, which directly connects to §21.43.18 (ἃς ἀποδοῦναι δεῖ Ἀντίοχον, ἑτέροις δέδωκεν Ἀντίοχος) to form a single sentence. Note the structural separation across the section division.