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- Polybius. Vols. 1-4. Büttner-Wobst, Theodor, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.
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In the Acarnanian assembly, the pro-Roman faction requested a garrison, but Diogenes opposed it. Gaius and his colleagues, considering the people's displeasure and the Senate's policy, decided against it and departed.
κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἀκαρνανίαν συναχθείσης τῆς ἐκκλησίας εἰς Θύρρειον, Αἰσχρίων μὲν καὶ Γλαῦκος καὶ Χρέμας ὄντες Ῥωμαίων1 παρεκάλουν τοὺς περὶ τὸν Γάιον ἔμφρουρον ποιῆσαι τὴν Ἀκαρνανίαν·
In Acarnania, when the assembly was convened at Thyrrheum, Aeschrion, Glaucus, and Chremas, who were on the side of the Romans, urged Gaius and his colleagues to place a garrison in Acarnania;
εἶναι γὰρ2 παρʼ αὐτοῖς τοὺς ἀποφέροντας τὰ πράγματα πρὸς Περσέα καὶ Μακεδόνας.
for they said that there were those among them who were turning affairs in favor of Perseus and the Macedonians.
Διογένης δὲ τὴν ἐναντίαν ἐποιήσατο τούτοις συμβουλίαν. οὐ γὰρ ἔφη δεῖν φρουρὰν εἰσάγειν εἰς οὐδεμίαν πόλιν· ταῦτα γὰρ ὑπάρχειν τοῖς πολεμίοις γενομένοις καὶ καταπολεμηθεῖσιν ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων·
But Diogenes gave the opposite advice to them. For he said that a garrison ought not to be introduced into any city; for this was the lot of those who had become enemies and had been thoroughly defeated by the Romans;
οὐδὲν δὲ πεποιηκότας Ἀκαρνᾶνας οὐκ ἀξίους εἶναι φρουρὰν εἰσδέχεσθαι κατʼ οὐδένα τρόπον.
and that the Acarnanians, having done nothing wrong, did not deserve to receive a garrison in any way.
τοὺς δὲ περὶ Χρέμαν καὶ Γλαῦκον ἰδίαν ἐθέλοντας κατασκευάζεσθαι δυναστείαν διαβάλλειν τοὺς ἀντιπολιτευομένους καὶ θέλειν ἐπισπᾶσθαι φρουρὰν τὴν συνεπισχύουσαν ταῖς αὐτῶν πλεονεξίαις.
He added that Chremas, Glaucus, and their party, wishing to establish their own private power, were slandering their political opponents, and wished to draw in a garrison that would support their own greedy ambitions.
ῥηθέντων δὲ τούτων οἱ περὶ τὸν Γάιον θεωροῦντες τοὺς ὄχλους δυσαρεστουμένους ταῖς φρουραῖς καὶ βουλόμενοι στοιχεῖν τῇ τῆς συγκλήτου προθέσει,3 συγκαταθέμενοι τῇ τοῦ Διογένους γνώμῃ καὶ συνεπαινέσαντες ἀπῆραν ἐπὶ Λαρίσης πρὸς τὸν ἀνθύπατον. —
When these things had been said, Gaius and his colleagues, seeing that the multitudes were displeased with garrisons and wishing to conform to the policy of the senate, agreed with the opinion of Diogenes and joined in commending him, and then departed for Larissa to meet the proconsul.
- 28.5.1ὄντες Ῥωμαίων
The genitive Ῥωμαίων is a possessive genitive (or genitive of belonging), expressing political or partisan affiliation: 'being on the side of the Romans.'
- 28.5.2εἶναι γὰρ
The infinitive εἶναι introduces indirect speech depending on an implied verb of saying derived from παρεκάλουν ('they urged, saying...'). The subsequent infinitives δεῖν (§28.5.3) and εἶναι (§28.5.4) continue this accusative-with-infinitive construction.
- 28.5.6στοιχεῖν τῇ τῆς συγκλήτου προθέσει
The verb στοιχεῖν governs the dative (τῇ... προθέσει) and means 'to walk in line with' or 'to conform to,' here referring to adhering to the policy or intention of the senate.