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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 leaders of Chalcis requested aid from neighboring Eretria and Carystus to reinforce the city's defenses. The Aetolians, who had relied entirely on a surprise attack, aborted their assault against the well-fortified city and withdrew, resulting in the failure of the conspirators' plot.
Micythio et Xenoclides, penes quos tum summa rerum pulso Euthymida Chalcide erat, seu ipsi per se suspicati seu indicata re, primo pavidi nihil usquam spei nisi in fuga ponebant;
Micythio and Xenoclides, in whose hands the supreme power was at that time after Euthymidas had been driven from Chalcis, whether they themselves suspected it on their own or because the matter had been disclosed, were at first terrified and placed no hope anywhere except in flight;
deinde postquam resedit terror et prodi et deseri non patriam modo sed etiam Romanorum societatem cernebant, consilio tali animum adiecerunt.
then, after the terror subsided and they saw that not only their fatherland but also the alliance with the Romans was being betrayed and deserted, they turned their minds to the following plan.
sacrum anniversarium eo forte tempore Eretriae Amarynthidis Dianae erat, quod non popularium modo sed Carystiorum etiam coetu celebratur.
At that very time, there happened to be the annual festival of Amarynthian Diana at Eretria, which is celebrated by a gathering not only of the locals but also of the Carystians.
eo miserunt, qui orarent Eretrienses Carystiosque, ut et suarum fortunarum in eadem insula geniti misererentur et Romanam societatem respicerent; ne sinerent Aetolorum Chalcidem fieri; Euboeam habituros,1 si Chalcidem habuissent; graves fuisse Macedonas dominos; multo minus tolerabilis futuros Aetolos. Romanorum maxime respectus civitates movit, et virtutem nuper in bello et in victoria iustitiam benignitatemque expertas. itaque quod roboris in iuventute erat utraque civitas armavit misitque.
They sent messengers there to entreat the Eretrians and Carystians to take pity on their fortunes, as people born on the same island, and to respect the Roman alliance; and not to allow Chalcis to become the property of the Aetolians; for they would hold Euboea, if they should gain possession of Chalcis; the Macedonian masters had been oppressive, but the Aetolians would be far less tolerable. Respect for the Romans especially moved the cities, having recently experienced both their courage in war and their justice and kindness in victory. Therefore, both cities armed and sent the flower of their youth.
iis tuenda moenia Chalcidis oppidani cum tradidissent, ipsi omnibus copiis transgressi Euripum ad Salganea posuerunt castra.
When the townsmen had handed over the defense of the walls of Chalcis to them, they themselves crossed the Euripus with all their forces and pitched camp at Salganeus.
inde caduceator primum, deinde legati ad Aetolos missi percunctatum, quo suo dicto factove socii atque amici ad se oppugnandos venirent.
From there, first a herald, and then ambassadors were sent to the Aetolians to ask by what word or deed of theirs they, who were allies and friends, were coming to attack them.
respondit Thoas, dux Aetolorum, non ad oppugnandos, sed ad liberandos ab Romanis venire sese;
Thoas, the leader of the Aetolians, replied that they were coming not to attack them, but to deliver them from the Romans;
splendidiore nunc eos catena, sed multo graviore vinctos esse, quam cum praesidium Macedonum in arce habuissent. se vero negare Chalcidenses2 aut servire ulli aut praesidio cuiusquam egere.
that they were now bound by a more splendid chain, but a much heavier one, than when they had a Macedonian garrison in their citadel. But they replied that the Chalcidians neither served anyone nor needed anyone’s garrison.
ita digressi ex colloquio legati ad suos; Thoas et Aetoli, ut qui3 spem omnem in eo, ut improviso opprimerent, habuissent, ad iustum bellum oppugnationemque urbis mari ac terra munitae haudquaquam pares, domum rediere.
Having thus departed from the conference, the ambassadors returned to their people; Thoas and the Aetolians, as men who had placed all their hope in taking them by surprise, being by no means equal to a regular war and the siege of a city fortified by sea and land, returned home.
Euthymidas postquam castra popularium ad Salganea esse profectosque Aetolos audivit, et ipse a Thebis Athenas rediit; et Herodorus cum per aliquot dies intentus ab Atalante signum nequiquam expectasset, missa speculatoria nave, ut, quid morae esset, sciret, postquam rem omissam ab sociis vidit, Thronium, unde venerat, repetit.
After Euthymidas heard that the camp of his fellow citizens was at Salganeus and that the Aetolians had departed, he himself also returned from Thebes to Athens; and Herodorus, after he had for several days waited in vain from Atalante, watching intently for a signal, sent a scouting vessel to find out what was causing the delay, and when he saw that the enterprise had been abandoned by his allies, he returned to Thronium, whence he had come.
- 35.38.4Euboeam habituros
An apodosis in indirect speech (oratio obliqua), consisting of an accusative with infinitive construction where esse is omitted after the future active participle habituros. This represents the warning delivered by the ambassadors to the Eretrians and Carystians about the consequence that would follow: 'the Aetolians would hold Euboea.' The condition is expressed by the pluperfect subjunctive si Chalcidem habuissent (corresponding to a future perfect si habuerint in direct speech).
- 35.38.10se vero negare Chalcidenses
The verb negare is a historical infinitive (infinitivus historicus), functioning as an imperfect indicative in the main clause. The accusative pronoun se (referring to the ambassadors, i.e., the Chalcidians themselves) serves as its subject, with Chalcidenses standing in apposition or clarifying se. It introduces the subsequent infinitives servire... egere.
- 35.38.12ut qui
The relative pronoun preceded by ut and introducing a subjunctive verb (here the pluperfect habuissent). This construction is used to characterize the subject (Thoas and the Aetolians) and emphasize the causal ground ('as men who had...', 'inasmuch as they had...') for their subsequent action.