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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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After Antiochus' departure, a dispute arose among the Aetolians between Phaeneas, who advocated employing the king as a mediator, and Thoas, who urged for immediate military mobilization; the latter's aggressive view prevailed, and the king was appointed commander-in-chief.
in hanc sententiam rex cum magno omnium adsensu locutus discessit.
Having spoken to this effect amidst the great approval of all, the king departed.
post discessum regis inter duos principes Aetolorum, Phaeneam et Thoantem, contentio fuit.
After the departure of the king, a dispute arose between two leading men of the Aetolians, Phaeneas and Thoas.
Phaeneas reconciliatore pacis et disceptatore de iis, quae in controversia cum populo Romano essent, utendum potius Antiocho1 censebat quam duce belli:
Phaeneas was of the opinion that they should employ Antiochus as a reconciler of peace and an arbitrator concerning those matters which were in dispute with the Roman people, rather than as a leader of war;
adventum eius et maiestatem ad verecundiam faciendam Romanis vim maiorem habituram quam arma;
his arrival and majesty would have greater power in inspiring respect in the Romans than arms;
multa homines, ne bellare necesse sit, voluntate remittere, quae bello et armis cogi non possint. Thoas negare paci studere Phaeneam, sed discutere apparatum belli velle, ut taedio et impetus relanguescat regis et Romani tempus ad comparandum habeant:
people voluntarily surrendered many things, lest it should be necessary to go to war, which could not be extorted by war and arms. Thoas, on the other hand, declared that Phaeneas was not studying peace, but wished to break up the preparations for war, so that the king’s enthusiasm might languish through weariness, and the Romans might have time for making preparations;
nihil enim aequi2 ab Romanis impetrari posse totiens legationibus missis Romam, totiens cum ipso Quinctio disceptando satis expertum esse, nec nisi abscisa omni spe auxilium Antiochi imploraturos fuisse.3
for it had been sufficiently proved, by so many embassies sent to Rome and by so many discussions with Quinctius himself, that nothing equitable could be obtained from the Romans; nor would they have implored the aid of Antiochus unless all hope had been cut off.
quo celerius spe omnium oblato4 non esse elanguescendum, sed orandum potius regem, ut, quoniam, quod maximum fuerit, ipse vindex Graeciae venerit, copias quoque terrestris navalisque accersat.
Therefore, since it had been offered more speedily than anyone expected, they must not grow cold, but rather entreat the king that, since—what was of the greatest importance—he had come in person as the champion of Greece, he would also summon his land and sea forces.
armatum regem aliquid impetraturum; inermem non pro Aetolis modo, sed ne pro se quidem ipso momenti ullius futurum5 apud Romanos.
A king in arms would obtain something; unarmed, he would be of no weight with the Romans, not only on behalf of the Aetolians, but not even on his own.
haec vicit sententia, imperatoremque regem appellandum censuerunt et triginta principes, cum quibus, si qua vellet, consultaret, delegerunt.
This opinion prevailed, and they voted that the king should be styled commander-in-chief, and chose thirty leading men with whom he might consult, if he wished in any matter.
- 35.45.3utendum potius Antiocho
Since the verb utor governs the ablative case, its gerundive construction expressing obligation is impersonal (utendum with esse understood), with the logical object expressed in the ablative Antiocho.
- 35.45.6nihil enim aequi
aequi is the genitive of the neuter adjective aequum, functioning as a partitive genitive with the pronoun nihil ("nothing of what is equitable", i.e., "nothing equitable").
- 35.45.6imploraturos fuisse
The apodosis of a past contrary-to-fact conditional sentence in indirect discourse. The direct form (pluperfect subjunctive imploravissent or indicative perfect imploraturi fuerunt) becomes the future participle with fuisse in the accusative with infinitive construction.
- 35.45.7quo celerius spe omnium oblato
The relative pronoun of connection quo (neuter singular ablative) combines with the perfect participle oblato to form an ablative absolute. spe omnium is the ablative of comparison depending on the comparative celerius.
- 35.45.8momenti ullius futurum
The genitive of quality (or value/importance) momenti ullius is used as the predicate of the future infinitive futurum [esse] (with esse omitted), meaning "would be of no weight".