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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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Since the threat of Antiochus was temporarily deferred, Rome left the decision of war with Nabis to Flamininus. Meanwhile, reports arrived accusing Hannibal of conspiring with Antiochus, raising Roman alarms based on memories of the Second Punic War.
haec cum ab tam gravibus auctoribus, qui omnia per se ipsos explorata adferrent, audirentur, maior res, quod ad Antiochum attineret, maturanda magis,1 quoniam rex quacumque de causa in Syriam concessisset, de tyranno consultatio visa est.
When these things were heard from such trustworthy sources, who brought reports of everything investigated by themselves, the more important matter concerning Antiochus was deferred, since the king had for some reason withdrawn into Syria; whereas the consultation about the tyrant seemed to demand more immediate action.
cum diu disceptatum esset, utrum satis iam causae videretur, cur decerneretur bellum, an permitterent T. Quinctio, quod ad Nabim Lacedaemonium attineret, faceret,2 quod e re publica censeret esse permiserunt, eam rem esse rati, quae maturata dilatave non ita magni momenti ad summam rem publicam esset;
After a long debate as to whether there already seemed to be sufficient cause for declaring war, or whether they should permit Titus Quinctius to do, as far as Nabis the Lacedaemonian was concerned, what he judged to be of advantage to the state, they decided to leave it to him, deeming that the matter, whether hastened or delayed, was not of such great importance to the safety of the state;
magis id animadvertendum esse, quid Hannibal et Carthaginienses, si cum Antiocho bellum motum foret, acturi essent.
and that they should rather observe what Hannibal and the Carthaginians would do, if war should be started with Antiochus.
adversae Hannibali factionis homines principibus Romanis, hospitibus quisque suis, identidem scribebant nuntios litterasque ab Hannibale ad Antiochum missas et ab rege ad eum clam legatos venisse;
Men of the faction opposed to Hannibal were repeatedly writing to the Roman leaders, each to his own guest-friend, that messengers and letters had been sent by Hannibal to Antiochus, and that embassies from the king had come secretly to him;
ut feras quasdam nulla mitescere arte, sic inmitem et inplacabilem eius viri animum esse; marcescere otii situ queri3 civitatem et inertia sopiri nec sine armorum sonitu excitari posse.
that just as certain wild beasts cannot be tamed by any art, so the mind of that man was ruthless and implacable; and that he complained that the state was languishing in the rust of peace and put to sleep by inactivity, and could not be aroused without the sound of arms.
haec probabilia memoria prioris belli per unum illum non magis gesti4 quam moti faciebat. irritaverat etiam recenti facto multorum potentium animos.
These reports were made credible by the memory of the former war, which had been not more conducted than brought about by that single man. He had also irritated the minds of many powerful men by a recent act.
- 33.45.2maturanda magis
The gerundive maturanda is feminine nominative singular, agreeing with the following subject de tyranno consultatio. While the larger issue concerning Antiochus (maior res) was put aside due to the king's withdrawal, the consultation about the tyrant Nabis was deemed more urgent (maturanda magis).
- 33.45.3faceret
The imperfect active subjunctive faceret introduces a substantival clause serving as the object of the preceding permitterent, with the conjunction ut omitted ('to permit him to do...').
- 33.45.7queri
The subject of the present infinitive queri (from the deponent queror) is the preceding eius viri (Hannibal). It takes the accusative-and-infinitive construction with civitatem as its subject (marcescere, sopiri, posse), forming indirect speech: 'he complained that the state was languishing...'.
- 33.45.8gesti
The perfect passive participles gesti and moti are in the genitive neuter singular, modifying prioris belli ('the former war'). They express that the war was 'not more conducted (gesti) than initiated (moti)' by that single man.