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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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Antiochus' envoy Heraclides arrives at the Roman camp to propose peace, waiting first for the arrival of the influential Publius Scipio. The narrative also mentions various accounts of the capture of Scipio's son, who was treated generously by the king.
per eos forte dies legatus ab Antiocho in castra venerat Byzantius Heraclides, de pace adferens mandata;
About that time, Heraclides of Byzantium came to the camp as an ambassador from Antiochus, bringing proposals of peace;
quam impetrabilem fore1 magnam ei spem attulit mora et cunctatio Romanorum, quos, simul Asiam attigissent, effuso agmine ad castra regia ituros crediderat.2
the delay and hesitation of the Romans brought him great hope that this peace would be obtainable, for he had believed that as soon as they touched Asia, they would march in a rapid rush to the royal camp.
statuit tamen non prius consulem adire quam P. Scipionem, et ita mandatum ab rege erat. in eo maximam spem habebat, praeterquam quod et magnitudo animi et satietas gloriae placabilem eum maxime faciebat, notumque erat gentibus, qui victor ille in Hispania, qui deinde in Africa fuisset, etiam quod filius eius captus in potestate regis erat.
He decided, however, not to approach the consul before Publius Scipio, and such were the instructions from the king. In him he placed his greatest hope, because, besides the fact that both his greatness of soul and his satiety of glory made him extremely placable, it was known to all nations what kind of victor he had been in Spain, and then in Africa, and also because his son, who had been captured, was in the power of the king.
is ubi et quando et quo casu captus sit, sicut pleraque alia, parum inter auctores constat. alii principio belli, a Chalcide Oreum petentem, circumventum ab regiis navibus tradunt;
Where, when, and by what accident he was captured, like most other things, is not well agreed among authors. Some report that at the beginning of the war, as he was making his way from Chalcis to Oreus, he was intercepted by the royal ships;
alii, postquam transitum in Asiam est, cum turma Fregellana missum exploratum ad regia castra, effuso obviam equitatu cum reciperet sese, in eo tumultu delapsum ex equo cum duobus equitibus oppressum, ita ad regem deductum esse.
others, that after the crossing into Asia was made, having been sent with a troop of Fregellans to reconnoiter the royal camp, when he was retreating as the enemy’s cavalry rushed out to meet them, he fell from his horse in that confusion and was overwhelmed with two horsemen, and thus brought to the king.
illud satis constat, si pax cum populo Romano maneret hospitiumque privatim regi cum Scipionibus esset, neque liberalius neque benignius haberi colique adolescentem, quam cultus est, potuisse.3
This much is sufficiently established, that if peace had existed with the Roman people, and a private hospitality had existed between the king and the Scipios, the young man could not have been treated and cherished more generously or more kindly than he actually was.
ob haec cum adventum P. Scipionis legatus expectasset, ubi is venit, consulem adit petitque, ut mandata audiret.
For these reasons, the ambassador had awaited the arrival of Publius Scipio; when he arrived, he went to the consul and requested that he would hear his proposals.
- 37.34.2quam impetrabilem fore
The relative pronoun quam refers to peace in the preceding sentence, functioning as a relative connection (connecting relative). Here, quam is the subject of the accusative and infinitive construction quam impetrabilem fore [esse] ("that this peace would be obtainable"), which specifies the content of spem.
- 37.34.2quos, simul Asiam attigissent, effuso agmine ad castra regia ituros crediderat
The main verb crediderat ("he had believed") governs the accusative subject quos ("them," referring to the Romans) and the future infinitive ituros [esse] ("would march"). Embedded between them is the temporal/conditional clause introduced by simul [atque] ("as soon as") with the pluperfect subjunctive attigissent ("they should have touched"), which represents a future perfect action from a past perspective.
- 37.34.7neque liberalius neque benignius haberi colique adolescentem, quam cultus est, potuisse
This is an accusative and infinitive construction dependent on the impersonal illud satis constat ("it is sufficiently established"). The perfect infinitive potuisse ("could have been") represents the apodosis of an unreal conditional sentence (originally potuit or potuisset) shifted into indirect speech. The passive infinitives haberi colique govern the subject accusative adolescentem ("the young man").