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- Titi Livi ab urbe condita libri editionem priman, Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.
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Sopatrus addresses the assembly, accusing Adranodorus and Themisto of plotting to restore the tyranny under the influence of their royal wives. Stirred to fury, the crowd demands the eradication of the tyrant's line, leading the praetors to decree and execute the deaths of Damarata and Harmonia.
is,1 tamquam reos ageret, ab ante acta vita orsus, quaecumque post Hieronis mortem sceleste atque impie facta essent, Adranodorum ac Themistum arguit fecisse.
He, as if he were prosecuting them as defendants, beginning from their past lives, argued that Adranodorus and Themisto had committed whatever wicked and impious deeds had been done after the death of Hiero.
quid enim sua sponte fecisse Hieronymum quid puerum ac vixdum pubescentem facere potuisse?2 tutores ac magistros eius sub aliena invidia regnasse; itaque aut ante Hieronymum aut certe cum Hieronymo perire eos debuisse.
For what had Hieronymus done of his own accord? What could a boy, scarcely even at the age of puberty, have been able to do? His guardians and teachers had ruled under the cover of another’s unpopularity; therefore, they ought to have perished either before Hieronymus or certainly along with Hieronymus.
at illos debitos iam morti destinatosque alia nova scelera post mortem tyranni molitos, palam primo, cum clausis Adranodorus Insulae portis hereditatem regni creverit3 et, quae procurator tenuerat, pro domino possederit;
But they, although already owed to death and destined for it, had plotted other new crimes after the death of the tyrant, at first openly, when Adranodorus, having closed the gates of the Island, formally declared his acceptance of the inheritance of the kingdom and possessed as master what he had held as administrator;
proditus deinde ab eis, qui in Insula erant, circumsessus ab universa civitate, quae Achradinam tenuerit,4 nequiquam palam atque aperte petitum regnum clam et dolo adfectare conatus sit et ne beneficio quidem atque honore potuerit vinci, cum inter liberatores patriae insidiator ipse libertatis creatus esset praetor.
then, betrayed by those who were on the Island and besieged by the entire state which held Achradina, he attempted to seek secretly and by guile the kingdom which he had sought in vain openly and publicly, and could not be won over even by benefit and honor, when he, himself a conspirator against liberty, had been elected praetor among the liberators of his country.
sed animos eis regios regias coniuges fecisse, alteri5 Hieronis alteri Gelonis filias nuptas.
But their royal wives, the one having married the daughter of Hiero, the other the daughter of Gelon, had inspired them with royal ambitions.
sub hanc vocem ex omnibus partibus contionis clamor oritur nullam earum vivere debere nec quemquam superesse tyrannorum stirpis.
Upon these words, a shout arose from all parts of the assembly that none of them ought to live, nor should anyone of the tyrants’ stock survive.
ea natura multitudinis est:6 aut servit humiliter aut superbe dominatur; libertatem, quae media est, nec sibi parare modice nec habere sciunt.
Such is the nature of the crowd: it either serves humbly or rules insolently; liberty, which lies between, they know neither how to acquire with moderation nor how to keep.
et non ferme desunt irarum indulgentes ministri, qui avidos atque intemperantes suppliciorum animos ad sanguinem et caedes inritent;
And there is rarely a lack of ministers who indulge their anger, who incite minds eager and immoderate for punishments to blood and slaughter;
sicut tum extemplo praetores rogationem promulgarunt, acceptaque paene prius quam promulgata est, ut omnes regiae stirpis interficerentur.
just as then the praetors immediately proposed a bill, and it was accepted almost before it was proposed, that all of the royal stock should be put to death.
missique a praetoribus Damaratam Hieronis et Harmoniam Gelonis filiam, coniuges Adranodori et Themisti, interfecerunt.
And those sent by the praetors put to death Damarata, the daughter of Hiero, and Harmonia, the daughter of Gelon, the wives of Adranodorus and Themisto.
- 24.25.1is
The demonstrative pronoun "is" refers back to Sopatrus, who was commissioned to make a speech at the end of the previous section (§24.24.10).
- 24.25.2quid enim sua sponte fecisse Hieronymum quid puerum ac vixdum pubescentem facere potuisse?
Rhetorical questions in indirect discourse (Oratio Obliqua). Questions that would be in the indicative in direct speech are expressed by the accusative with infinitive (fecisse, potuisse) in indirect speech.
- 24.25.3creverit
From the verb "cerno", used here in the technical legal sense of formally accepting an inheritance ("hereditatem cernere"). The perfect subjunctive is used because it is in a subordinate clause (cum-clause) in indirect discourse.
- 24.25.4tenuerit
The verb "tenuerit" is in the subjunctive because the relative clause "quae Achradinam tenuerit" is part of the indirect discourse.
- 24.25.6alteri ... alteri
Datives of "alter", referring to Adranodorus and Themisto respectively. In the following part, "nuptas" (married) agrees with "filias", forming an accusative with infinitive clause as a main clause in the indirect discourse.
- 24.25.8ea natura multitudinis est
The demonstrative pronoun "ea" is attracted to the feminine gender of the predicate noun "natura", instead of being the neuter "id" which would logically represent the situation.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
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