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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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The consul pitched camp near Elatia in Phocis and, after initial negotiations failed, launched an assault with siege engines and force. The Romans successfully captured the city through breaches and ladders, and shortly after secured the citadel through negotiations.
dum haec ab navali exercitu geruntur, consul in Phocide ad Elatiam castris positis primo colloquiis rem per principes Elatensium temptavit;
While these things were being done by the naval army, the consul, having pitched his camp in Phocis near Elatia, at first attempted negotiation through the leading men of the Elatians;
postquam nihil esse in manu sua et plures validioresque esse regios quam oppidanos respondebatur,1 tum simul ab omni parte operibus armisque urbem est adgressus.
after the reply was made that nothing was in their power, and that the king’s forces were more numerous and stronger than the townspeople, he then at once attacked the city from every side with siege works and arms.
ariete admoto cum quantum inter duas turres muri erat prorutum2 cum ingenti fragore ac strepitu nudasset urbem, simul et cohors Romana per apertum recenti strage iter invasit, et ex omnibus oppidi partibus relictis suis quisque stationibus in eum, qui premebatur impetu hostium, locum concurrerunt. eodem tempore Romani et ruinas muri supervadebant et scalas ad stantia moenia inferebant. et dum in unam partem oculos animosque hostium certamen averterat, pluribus locis scalis capitur murus, armatique in urbem transcenderunt. quo tumultu audito territi hostes relicto, quem conferti tuebantur, loco in arcem omnes, inermi quoque sequente turba, confugerunt. ita urbe potitur consul. qua direpta missis in arcem, qui vitam regiis, si inermes abire vellent, libertatem Elatensibus pollicerentur,3 fideque in haec data post dies paucos arcem recipit.
When a battering ram was brought up, and the portion of the wall between two towers was demolished and had laid open the city with a huge crash and noise, at the same time a Roman cohort rushed through the passage opened by the recent destruction, and from all parts of the town, leaving their respective stations, they all rushed together into that place which was being pressed by the onslaught of the enemy. At the same time, the Romans were both climbing over the ruins of the wall and applying scaling ladders to the standing walls. And while the combat had diverted the eyes and minds of the enemy to one part, the wall was captured by ladders in several places, and armed men crossed over into the city. Hearing this tumult, the terrified enemy, having abandoned the place which they had been defending in close array, all, with the unarmed crowd also following, to the citadel fled. Thus the consul got possession of the city. After it was plundered, having sent messengers into the citadel to promise life to the king’s soldiers if they wished to depart without arms, and freedom to the Elatians, and after a pledge had been given on these terms, he received the citadel a few days later.
- 32.24.2respondebatur
This is an impersonal passive verb ("it was replied"), and the content of the reply is expressed by two accusative-with-infinitive clauses (nihil esse in manu sua and plures validioresque esse regios).
- 32.24.3quantum inter duas turres muri erat prorutum
This phrase acts as a noun clause serving as the subject of the temporal clause introduced by cum (cum ... nudasset). It means "as much of the wall between the two towers as had been demolished."
- 32.24.7missis in arcem, qui ... pollicerentur
"missis" is an ablative absolute construction with the omitted head noun (such as "nuntiis" or "legatis"). The relative clause "qui ... pollicerentur" takes the subjunctive to express purpose ("who were to promise / in order to promise").