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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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At the Isthmian games, while the crowd anxiously awaits Rome's decision on Greece, the herald proclaims the freedom and immunity of the cities formerly under Philip's rule. The crowd, initially in disbelief, erupts into immense joy when the proclamation is repeated and confirmed.
Isthmiorum statum ludicrum1 aderat, semper quidem et alias frequens cum propter spectaculi studium insitum genti, quo certamina omnis generis artium viriumque et pernicitatis visuntur, tum quia propter opportunitatem loci, per duo diversa maria omnium rerum usus ministrantis2 humano generi, concilium Asiae Graeciaeque is mercatus erat;
The stated festival of the Isthmian games was at hand, which was always indeed on other occasions well attended, both because of the innate passion of the nation for spectacles, in which contests of every kind of skill, strength, and swiftness are viewed, and also because, owing to the convenience of the place, which through two different seas supplies the human race with the use of all things, that market was a gathering-place of Asia and Greece;
tum vero3 non ad solitos modo usus undique convenerant, sed expectatione erecti, qui deinde status futurus Graeciae, quae sua fortuna esset; alii alia non taciti solum opinabantur sed sermonibus etiam ferebant Romanos facturos; vix cuiquam persuadebatur Graecia omni cessuros.
but on this occasion they had assembled from all sides not only for their accustomed purposes, but erect with expectation as to what thereafter would be the state of Greece, and what their own fortune would be; some imagined one thing, others another, not only in silence but also declaring in their conversations what the Romans would do; scarcely anyone was persuaded that they would withdraw from all Greece.
ad spectaculum consederant, et praeco cum tubicine, ut mos est, in mediam aream, unde sollemni carmine ludicrum indici solet, processit et tuba silentio facto ita pronuntiat:
They had taken their seats for the spectacle, and the herald, with a trumpeter, as is the custom, advanced into the middle of the arena, whence the games are accustomed to be announced with a solemn formula, and after silence had been made by the trumpet, he pronounced as follows:
“senatus Romanus et T. Quinctius imperator Philippo rege Macedonibusque devictis liberos, inmunes, suis legibus esse iubet Corinthios, Phocenses, Locrensesque omnis et insulam Euboeam et Magnetas, Thessalos, Perrhaebos, Achaeos Phthiotas.”
“The Roman Senate and T. Quinctius, imperator, having defeated King Philip and the Macedonians, order that the Corinthians, the Phocians, and all the Locrians, and the island of Euboea, and the Magnetes, Thessalians, Perrhaebians, and Achaeans of Phthiotis, shall be free, exempt from tribute, and governed by their own laws.”
percensuerat omnis gentis, quae sub dicione Philippi regis fuerant. audita voce praeconis maius gaudium fuit, quam quod universum homines acciperent.4
He had enumerated all the nations which had been under the sway of King Philip. When the voice of the herald was heard, the joy was greater than what men could comprehend as a whole.
vix satis credere se quisque audisse, et alii alios intueri5 mirabundi velut ad somni vanam speciem; quod ad quemque pertinebat, suarum aurium fidei minimum credentes, proximos interrogabant.
Each one could scarcely believe that he had heard it, and they looked at one another in wonder, as if at the empty vision of a dream; concerning what related to each individual, trusting least of all to the evidence of their own ears, they questioned those next to them.
revocatus praeco, cum unusquisque non audire modo sed videre libertatis suae nuntium averet, iterum pronuntiavit eadem.
The herald was recalled, as everyone desired not only to hear but also to see the messenger of their liberty; he pronounced the same words again.
tum ab certo iam gaudio tantus cum clamore plausus est ortus totiensque repetitus, ut facile appareret nihil omnium bonorum multitudini gratius quam libertatem esse.
Then, from what was now a certain joy, so great an applause with shouting arose and was so many times repeated, that it easily appeared that of all good things, nothing is more pleasing to the multitude than liberty.
ludicrum deinde ita raptim peractum est, ut nullius nec animi nec oculi spectaculo intenti essent; adeo unum gaudium praeoccupaverat omnium aliarum sensum voluptatium.
The games were then performed so hastily that the minds and eyes of none were intent on the spectacle; so entirely had one single joy preoccupied the sense of all other pleasures.
- 33.32.1statum ludicrum
statum is the nominative neuter singular of the adjective status, -a, -um ('fixed', 'regular'), modifying the neuter noun ludicrum ('public game', 'spectacle'), which is the subject of aderat. It is not an accusative.
- 33.32.2ministrantis
The present participle ministrantis (genitive singular) modifies loci ('of the place'). Its object is omnium rerum usus ('the use/supply of all things').
- 33.32.1cum ... tum ... tum vero
The correlative structure cum... tum... tum vero... is used here: 'both because of... (noun phrase), and also because... (clause), but on this occasion indeed...'. This structure contrasts the regular reasons for the crowd's assembly with the extraordinary circumstances of the present situation.
- 33.32.6maius gaudium fuit, quam quod universum homines acciperent
The clause quam quod... acciperent follows the comparative maius. It means 'than that which men could grasp as a whole (or at once)'. The subjunctive acciperent expresses characterization or result.
- 33.32.7credere ... intueri
credere and intueri are historical infinitives, functioning as imperfect indicatives (credebant, intuebantur). Their subjects are quisque and alii respectively.