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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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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
Titus Quinctius Flamininus intervenes in the siege of Naupactus, persuading the consul Acilius that preventing the rise of Philip is more critical than crushing the Aetolians.
dum haec a Philippo geruntur, T. Quinctius recepta Zacyntho ab Achaico concilio Naupactum traiecit, quae iam per duos menses —
While these things were being done by Philip, T. Quinctius, having recovered Zacynthus from the Achaean council, crossed over to Naupactus, which for two months now —
et iam prope excidium erat — oppugnabatur, et si capta vi foret, omne nomen ibi Aetolorum ad internecionem videbatur venturum.
and it was already near destruction — was being besieged; and if it should be taken by force, it seemed that the entire name of the Aetolians there would come to utter destruction.
ceterum quamquam merito iratus erat Aetolis, quod solos obtrectasse gloriae suae, cum liberaret Graeciam, meminerat, et nihil auctoritate sua motos esse, cum, quae tum maxime accidebant, casura praemonens a furioso incepto eos deterreret, tamen sui maxime operis esse credens1 nullam gentem liberatae ab se Graeciae funditus everti, obambulare muris, ut facile nosceretur ab Aetolis, coepit.
However, although he was deservedly angry with the Aetolians, because he remembered that they alone had disparaged his glory when he was liberating Greece, and had been in no way moved by his authority when, forewarning them that what was then especially happening would come to pass, he was deterring them from their mad enterprise, nevertheless, believing it to be especially his own task that no nation of the Greece liberated by him should be utterly destroyed, he began to walk about the walls, so that he might easily be recognized by the Aetolians.
confestim a primis stationibus cognitus est, vulgatumque per omnes ordines, Quinctium esse. itaque concursu facto undique in muros manus pro se quisque tendentes consonante clamore nominatim Quinctium orare, ut opem ferret ac servaret.
He was immediately recognized by the advanced guard, and it was spread through all the ranks that Quinctius was there. Therefore, a rush being made from all sides to the walls, everyone, stretching out their hands, with a unanimous shout implored Quinctius by name to bring help and save them.
et tum quidem, quamquam moveretur his vocibus, manu tamen abnuit quicquam opis in se esse; ceterum postquam ad consulem venit, “utrum fefellit” inquit “te,2 M’. Acili, quid agatur, an, cum satis pervideas, nihil id magnopere ad summam rem pertinere censes?”
And at that time indeed, although he was moved by these voices, he nevertheless signaled with his hand that there was no help in him; but after he came to the consul, he said, “Has it escaped you, M’. Acilius, what is being done, or, though you fully perceive it, do you think that it does not greatly concern the general interest?”
erexerat expectatione consulem; et “quin expromis” inquit, “quid rei sit?” tum Quinctius “ecquid vides te devicto Antiocho in duabus urbibus oppugnandis tempus terere, cum iam prope annus circumactus sit imperii tui, Philippum autem, qui non aciem, non signa hostium vidit, non solum urbes sed tot iam gentes, Athamaniam Perrhaebiam Aperantiam Dolopiam, sibi adiunxisse, et victoriae tuae praemium te militesque tuos nondum duas urbes, Philippum tot gentes Graeciae habere?
He had raised the consul’s expectation; and the consul said, “Why do you not disclose what the matter is?” Then Quinctius said, “Do you not see at all that, Antiochus being defeated, you are wasting time in besieging two cities, while now almost a year of your command has revolved, but Philip, who saw neither the battle line nor the standards of the enemy, has joined to himself not only cities but now so many nations—Athamania, Perrhaebia, Aperantia, Dolopia—and that as the reward of your victory, you and your soldiers do not yet have two cities, while Philip has so many nations of Greece?
atqui non tantum interest nostra3 Aetolorum opes ac vires minui, quantum non supra modum Philippum crescere.”
And yet, it does not so much concern us that the power and strength of the Aetolians be diminished, as that Philip should not grow beyond measure.”
- 36.34.4sui maxime operis esse credens
Predicative use of the genitive ("sui operis", "to be of his own task"). It functions as a predicate within the accusative and infinitive clause dependent on "credens" ("believing").
- 36.34.6utrum fefellit te
The verb "fallere" is used in the sense of "to escape one's notice," either impersonally or with the indirect question "quid agatur" as its subject, forming a double question with "utrum ... an ...".
- 36.34.10interest nostra
A special construction of the impersonal verb "interest" ("it concerns") with the ablative feminine singular of the possessive adjective "nostra". The subject of the verb is the accusative and infinitive clause "Aetolorum opes ac vires minui".