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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 their victory in the naval battle, the allied fleet of Rome, Rhodes, and Eumenes pursues the enemy to Ephesus before dispersing to their respective stations or winter quarters. In Rome, Lucius Cornelius Scipio and Gaius Laelius are elected consuls to finish the war with Antiochus, under the influential gaze of Scipio Africanus.
neque ita multo post primum ab laevo cornu fuga coepit. Polyxenidas enim ut virtute militum haud dubie se superari vidit, sublatis dolonibus effuse fugere intendit; mox idem1 et qui prope terram cum Eumene contraxerant certamen fecerunt.
And not so long after, the flight began first from the left wing. For Polyxenidas, when he saw that he was undoubtedly surpassed in the valor of his soldiers, having raised the auxiliary sails, intended to flee headlong; soon those also who had engaged in combat with Eumenes near the land did the same.
Romani et Eumenes, quoad sufficere remiges potuerunt et in spe erant extremi agminis vexandi, satis pertinaciter secuti sunt.
The Romans and Eumenes pursued quite persistently, as long as the rowers were able to hold out and they were in hope of harassing the rear of the fleet.
postquam celeritate navium, utpote levium, suas commeatu onustas eludi frustra tendentis2 viderunt, tandem abstiterunt tredecim captis navibus cum milite ac remige, decem demersis. Romanae classis una Punica navis, in primo certamine ab duabus circumventa, periit. Polyxenidas non prius quam in portu Ephesi fugae finem fecit.
After they saw that their own ships, loaded with provisions, were eluded by the speed of the enemy’s ships—since they were light—while striving in vain to pursue, they finally desisted, after capturing thirteen ships with their soldiers and rowers, and sinking ten. Of the Roman fleet, one Carthaginian ship, which had been surrounded by two in the first engagement, was lost. Polyxenidas did not make an end of his flight until he was in the harbor of Ephesus.
Romani eo die, unde egressa regia classis erat, manserunt; postero die hostem persequi intenderunt. medio fere in cursu obviae fuere iis quinque et viginti tectae Rhodiae naves cum Pausistrato praefecto classis.
The Romans remained that day at the place from which the royal fleet had set out; the next day they intended to pursue the enemy. Nearly in the middle of their course, twenty-five decked Rhodian ships met them under the command of Pausistratus, the prefect of the fleet.
his adiunctis Ephesum hostem persecuti ante ostium portus acie instructa steterunt. postquam confessionem victis satis expresserunt, Rhodii et Eumenes domos dimissi;
Having joined these, they pursued the enemy to Ephesus and stood in battle array before the mouth of the harbor. After they had sufficiently extorted a confession of defeat from the vanquished, the Rhodians and Eumenes were dismissed to their homes;
Romani Chium petentes, Phoenicuntem primum portum Erythraeae terrae praetervecti, nocte ancoris iactis, postero die in insulam ad ipsam urbem traiecerunt. ubi paucos dies remige maxime reficiendo morati Phocaeam tramittunt.
the Romans, heading for Chios, sailed past Phoenicus, the first harbor of the Erythraean land, and having cast anchor for the night, crossed over the next day to the island, to the city itself. Having delayed there for a few days, chiefly to refresh the rowers, they crossed over to Phocaea.
ibi relictis ad praesidium urbis quattuor quinqueremibus ad Canas classis venit; et, cum iam hiems appeteret, fossa valloque circumdatis naves subductae.
There, having left four quinqueremes for the defense of the city, the fleet came to Canae; and, as winter was now approaching, the ships were hauled ashore, surrounded by a ditch and a rampart.
exitu anni comitia Romae habita, quibus creati sunt consules L. Cornelius Scipio et C. Laelius Africanum intuentibus cunctis3 — ad finiendum cum Antiocho bellum. postero die praetores creati M. Tuccius L. Aurunculeius Cn. Fulvius L. Aemilius P. Iunius C. Atinius Labeo.
At the close of the year, the elections were held at Rome, in which Lucius Cornelius Scipio and Gaius Laelius were elected consuls—while everyone looked toward Africanus—to finish the war with Antiochus. On the following day, the praetors were elected: Marcus Tuccius, Lucius Aurunculeius, Gnaeus Fulvius, Lucius Aemilius, Publius Junius, and Gaius Atinius Labeo.
- 36.45.1idem
The pronoun idem is the neuter singular accusative, functioning as the direct object of the verb fecerunt ('did the same thing'). This is conjoined with the clause et qui... ('and those who...'). Although idem could grammatically be taken as a spelling variant of isdem (masculine nominative plural, 'the same people') acting as the antecedent to qui, it is contextually more natural to interpret it as 'the same action' (i.e., flight) performed by those who had been fighting on the right wing.
- 36.45.3tendentis
The participle tendentis is an accusative plural feminine form (the ending -is being a common alternative for -es in the classical period) agreeing with suas (naves). Thus, it belongs to the accusative and infinitive construction suas [naves] ... eludi, meaning 'they saw that their own ships, while striving [to pursue], were being eluded'. Although it could grammatically be read as a nominative plural referring to the subject of the main clause, the word order and the position of frustra favor its agreement with the ships.
- 36.45.9Africanum intuentibus cunctis
An ablative absolute construction utilizing the present participle intuentibus with cunctis as its subject, and Africanum as the direct object of the participle, meaning 'while all were looking toward Africanus'. This highly condensed phrase reflects the political context of Rome at the time, where everyone anticipated that the legendary Scipio Africanus would accompany and assist his brother Lucius (the newly elected consul) in the war against Antiochus.