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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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Through the mediation of Quinctius, a truce is established with the Aetolians and the siege is raised, after which the consul Acilius and the senate receive embassies from various states including Epirus and Macedon, bringing the war in Greece to a close.
adsentiebatur his consul; sed pudor, si irrito incepto abscederet obsidione,1 occurrebat. tota inde Quinctio res permissa est.
The consul agreed with these arguments; but shame, if he should withdraw from the siege with his undertaking fruitless, rose in his mind. Therefore, the whole matter was entrusted to Quinctius.
is rursus ad eam partem muri, qua paulo ante vociferati Aetoli fuerant, rediit. ibi cum impensius orarent, ut misereretur gentis Aetolorum, exire aliquos ad se iussit. Phaeneas ipse principesque alii extemplo egressi sunt. quibus provolutis ad pedes “fortuna” inquit “vestra facit, ut et irae meae et orationi temperem.
He returned again to that part of the wall where, a little before, the Aetolians had been shouting. When they pleaded there more earnestly that he should have pity on the Aetolian nation, he ordered some of them to come out to him. Phaeneas himself and other leaders immediately came out. When they had thrown themselves at his feet, he said, “Your misfortune makes it so that I moderate both my anger and my speech.
evenerunt quae praedixi eventura, et ne hoc quidem reliqui2 vobis est, ut indignis accidisse ea videantur; ego tamen sorte quadam nutriendae Graeciae3 datus ne ingratis quidem benefacere absistam.
The things which I predicted would happen have come to pass, and you do not have even this much left, that these things should seem to have happened to those who did not deserve them; yet I, given by a certain destiny for the nurturing of Greece, will not cease to do good even to the ungrateful.
mittite oratores ad consulem, qui indutias tanti temporis petant, ut mittere legatos Romam possitis, per quos senatui de vobis permittatis; ego apud consulem deprecator defensorque vobis adero.”
Send envoys to the consul to ask for a truce of so much time that you can send ambassadors to Rome, through whom you may entrust yourselves to the senate; I will assist you before the consul as an intercessor and defender.”
ita, ut censuerat Quinctius, fecerunt, nec aspernatus est consul legationem; indutiisque in diem certam datis, qua legatio renuntiari ab Roma posset, soluta obsidio est et exercitus in Phocidem missus.
They did so, as Quinctius had advised, nor did the consul reject the embassy; and a truce having been granted until a fixed day, on which the embassy could report back from Rome, the siege was raised and the army was sent into Phocis.
consul cum T. Quinctio ad Achaicum concilium Aegium traiecit. ibi de Eleis et de exulibus Lacedaemoniorum restituendis actum est; neutra perfecta res, quia suae gratiae reservari exulum causam Achaei, Elei4 per se ipsi quam per Romanos maluerunt Achaico contribui concilio.
The consul, with T. Quinctius, crossed over to Aegium to the Achaean council. There, discussions were held about the Eleans and about restoring the Lacedaemonian exiles; neither matter was accomplished, because the Achaeans preferred that the cause of the exiles be reserved for their own credit, while the Eleans preferred to be incorporated into the Achaean council by themselves rather than through the Romans.
Epirotarum legati ad consulem venerunt, quos non sincera fide in amicitia fuisse satis constabat; militem tamen nullum Antiocho dederant; pecunia iuvisse eum insimulabantur; legatos ad regem ne ipsi quidem misisse infitiabantur.
Ambassadors of the Epirots came to the consul, and it was sufficiently clear that they had not been of sincere faith in their friendship; nevertheless, they had given no soldiers to Antiochus; they were accused of having helped him with money; and they did not even deny themselves that they had sent ambassadors to the king.
iis petentibus, ut in amicitia pristina esse liceret, respondit consul se, utrum hostium an pacatorum eos numero haberet, nondum scire;
Upon their requesting that they might be permitted to remain in their former friendship, the consul replied that he did not yet know whether he should hold them in the number of enemies or of those at peace;
senatum eius rei iudicem fore; integram se causam eorum Romam reicere; indutias ad id dierum nonaginta dare.
that the senate would be the judge of that matter; that he was referring their case undecided to Rome; and that he was granting a ninety-day truce for this purpose.
Epirotae Romam missi senatum adierunt. iis magis, quae non fecissent hostilia,5 referentibus quam purgantibus ea, de quibus arguebantur, responsum datum est, quo veniam impetrasse, non causam probasse videri possent.
The Epirots, having been sent to Rome, approached the senate. As they recited the hostile acts they had not done rather than clearing themselves of those of which they were accused, an answer was given by which they might seem to have obtained pardon, but not to have proved the justice of their cause.
et Philippi regis legati sub idem tempus in senatum introducti, gratulantes de victoria. iis petentibus, ut sibi sacrificare in Capitolio donumque ex auro liceret ponere in aede Iovis optimi maximi, permissum ab senatu.
At about the same time, the ambassadors of King Philip were also introduced into the senate, congratulating them on the victory. Upon their requesting that they might be permitted to sacrifice on the Capitol and to place a golden gift in the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, it was granted by the senate.
centum pondo coronam auream posuerunt. non responsum solum benigne regis legatis est, sed filius quoque Philippi Demetrius, qui obses Romae erat, ad patrem reducendus legatis datus est.
They placed a golden crown of one hundred pounds’ weight. Not only was a kind answer given to the king’s ambassadors, but also Philip’s son Demetrius, who had been a hostage at Rome, was given to the ambassadors to be returned to his father.
bellum, quod cum Antiocho rege in Graecia gestum est a M’. Acilio consule, hunc finem habuit.
The war, which was waged in Greece with King Antiochus by the consul M’. Acilius, had this end.
- 36.35.1si irrito incepto abscederet obsidione
The imperfect subjunctive abscederet is used in a conditional clause representing a future hypothetical situation that explains the content of pudor. irrito incepto is an ablative absolute ('the undertaking being unsuccessful'), and obsidione is an ablative of separation depending on abscedere.
- 36.35.4reliqui
A partitive genitive (or predicate genitive) modifying the demonstrative pronoun hoc, meaning 'anything left' or 'of remaining'. The following ut clause is a consecutive (result) clause explaining the nature of this remaining thing.
- 36.35.4nutriendae Graeciae
A gerundive construction in the genitive case expressing purpose, modifying the participle datus ('given/appointed'), meaning 'for the purpose of fostering Greece'.
- 36.35.7Achaei, Elei
A double subject-predicate structure within the causal clause introduced by quia. Achaei and Elei are the respective subjects. For the common verb maluerunt, the former takes the accusative and infinitive clause causam reservari as its object, while the latter takes the passive infinitive contribui (acting with Elei as its subject).
- 36.35.11quae non fecissent hostilia
The pluperfect subjunctive fecissent is used in the relative clause because it represents the subjective claim of the Epirot ambassadors (subjunctive in indirect speech, indicating 'hostile acts which they claimed they had not done').
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1