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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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Philip sent plundering forces to Attica and personally captured strategic positions such as Maronea and Aenus. As the Abydenes closed their gates, Philip laid siege to the city, while Attalus and the Rhodians failed to provide effective assistance.
Philippus magis regio animo est usus; qui cum1 Attalum Rhodiosque hostis non sustinuisset, ne Romano quidem, quod imminebat, bello territus Philocle quodam ex praefectis suis cum duobus milibus peditum, equitibus ducentis ad populandos Atheniensium agros misso, classe tradita Heraclidi, ut Maroneam peteret, ipse terra eodem cum expeditis duobus milibus peditum, equitibus ducentis pergit.
Philip displayed a more kingly spirit; although he had not withstood Attalus and the Rhodians as enemies, not even terrified by the Roman war which was impending, having sent a certain Philocles, one of his prefects, with two thousand infantry and two hundred cavalry to ravage the lands of the Athenians, and having handed over the fleet to Heraclides so that he might head for Maronea, he himself proceeded by land to the same place with two thousand light-armed infantry and two hundred cavalry.
et Maroneam quidem primo impetu expugnavit; Aenum inde cum magno labore nequiquam oppugnasset, postremo per proditionem Callimedis, praefecti Ptolomaei, cepit. deinceps alia castella, Cypsela et Doriscon et Serrheum, occupat.
And indeed he captured Maronea at the first assault; although he had besieged Aenus with great effort in vain, he finally captured it through the treachery of Callimedes, a prefect of Ptolemy. Next, he occupied other strongholds: Cypsela, Doriscus, and Serrheum.
inde progressus ad Chersonesum Elaeunta et Alopeconnesum tradentibus ipsis recipit; Callipolis quoque et Madytos dedita et castella quaedam ignobilia;
Having advanced from there to the Chersonese, he received Elaeus and Alopeconnesum, as they surrendered of themselves; Callipolis also and Madytos were surrendered, and certain obscure strongholds.
Abydeni ne legatis quidem admissis regi portas clauserunt. ea oppugnatio diu Philippum tenuit, eripique ex obsidione, ni cessatum ab Attalo et Rhodiis foret, potuerunt.2
The Abydenes, not even admitting envoys, shut their gates against the king. That siege delayed Philip for a long time, and they could have been rescued from the siege, if there had not been inactivity on the part of Attalus and the Rhodians.
Attalus trecentos tantum milites in praesidium, Rhodii quadriremem unam ex classe, cum ad Tenedum staret, miserunt.
Attalus sent only three hundred soldiers as a garrison, and the Rhodians sent only one quadrireme from their fleet, while it was stationed at Tenedos.
eodem postea, cum iam vix sustinerent obsidionem, et ipse Attalus cum traiecisset, spem tantum auxilii ex propinquo ostendit neque terra neque mari adiutis sociis.3
Later, when they were already scarcely withstanding the siege, and Attalus himself had crossed over to the same place, he only displayed a hope of assistance from nearby, without helping his allies either by land or by sea.
- 31.16.1qui cum
The relative pronoun qui (nominative singular masculine) is a relative connection (connecting relative) referring back to Philippus, and cum introduces a concessive clause with the subjunctive pluperfect sustinuisset ('although he had not withstood').
- 31.16.6potuerunt
In the apodosis of a contrary-to-fact conditional sentence (with the protasis ni ... foret in the subjunctive), the indicative perfect potuerunt of the verb of ability possum is used. In Latin, verbs expressing ability, duty, or necessity regularly stand in the indicative in the apodosis of contrary-to-fact conditions.
- 31.16.8adiutis sociis
Ablative absolute construction, where the past participle adiutis functions passively, meaning 'their allies not having been helped' (i.e., without helping his allies).