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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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The Roman army advances to the territory of Cibyra via the river Casus. The consul strictly threatens the untrustworthy tyrant Moagetes of Cibyra, forcing him after negotiations to pay one hundred talents and ten thousand medimni of corn.
tertio inde die ad Casum amnem perventum; inde profecti Erizam urbem primo impetu ceperunt.
On the third day from there they came to the river Casus; setting out from there, they took the city of Eriza at the first onset.
ad Thabusion castellum imminens flumini Indo ventum est, cui fecerat nomen Indus ab elephanto deiectus.1
They came to the fort of Thabusium, which overlooks the river Indus, to which river an Indian thrown from an elephant had given its name.
haud procul a Cibyra aberant, nec legatio ulla a Moagete, tyranno civitatis eius, homine ad omnia infido atque importuno, veniebat.
They were not far from Cibyra, nor did any embassy come from Moagetes, the tyrant of that city, a man treacherous and troublesome in every respect.
ad temptandum eius animum C. Helvium cum quattuor milibus peditum et quingentis equitibus consul praemittit huic agmini iam finis ingredienti legati occurrerunt nuntiantes paratum esse tyrannum imperata facere;
To sound his intentions, the consul sent ahead Gaius Helvius with four thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry; as this column was already entering the borders, ambassadors met them, announcing that the tyrant was ready to perform what was commanded;
orabant, ut pacatus finis iniret cohiberetque a populatione agri militem, et in corona aurea quindecim talenta adferebant.
they begged, that he would enter their territory peaceably and restrain his soldiers from plundering the country, and they brought fifteen talents in a golden crown.
Helvius integros a populatione agros servaturum pollicitus ire ad consulem legatos iussit.
Helvius, having promised that he would keep the fields safe from plundering, ordered the ambassadors to go to the consul.
quibus eadem referentibus consul “neque Romani” inquit “bonae voluntatis ullum signum erga nos tyranni habemus, et ipsum talem esse inter omnes constat, ut de poena eius magis quam de amicitia nobis cogitandum sit.” perturbati hac voce legati nihil aliud petere,2 quam ut coronam acciperet veniendique ad eum tyranno potestatem et copiam loquendi ac purgandi se faceret.3
When they reported the same things, the consul said: “We Romans have no sign of any goodwill on the part of the tyrant towards us, and it is well known among all that he is of such a character, so that we must think of his punishment rather than of his friendship.” Thoroughly dismayed by these words, the ambassadors begged for nothing else than that he would accept the crown, and grant the tyrant the permission and opportunity of coming to him, and of speaking and clearing himself.
permissu consulis postero die in castra tyrannus venit, vestitus comitatusque vix ad privati modice locupletis habitum, et oratio fuit summissa et infracta, extenuantis opes suas urbiumque suae dicionis egestatem querentis.
With the permission of the consul, the tyrant came into the camp on the following day; his dress and retinue were scarcely equal to the style of a moderately wealthy private person, and his speech was submissive and broken, extenuating his wealth and complaining of the poverty of the cities under his dominion.
erant autem sub eo praeter Cibyram Sylleum et ad Limnen quae appellatur. ex his, ut se suosque spoliaret, quinque et viginti talenta se confecturum, prope ut diffidens, pollicebatur.
There were, however, under his rule, besides Cibyra, Sylleum and the town near what is called Limne. From these, as if he were to strip himself and his subjects, he promised, almost as if despairing, that he would raise twenty-five talents.
“enimvero” inquit consul “ferri iam ludificatio ista non potest. parum est non erubuisse absentem, cum per legatos frustrareris nos; praesens quoque in eadem perstas impudentia.
”Indeed,” said the consul, “that mockery of yours can no longer be borne. It was not enough that you did not blush when absent, when you frustrated us through your ambassadors; now in person you also persist in the same impudence.
quinque et viginti talenta tyrannidem tuam exhaurient? quingenta ergo talenta nisi triduo numeras, populationem in agris, obsidionem in urbe expecta.”
Will twenty-five talents exhaust your tyranny? Therefore, unless you pay five hundred talents within three days, expect the devastation of your lands and a siege of your city.”
hac denuntiatione conterritus perstare4 tamen in pertinaci simulatione inopiae.
Terrified by this denunciation, he nevertheless persisted in his obstinate pretense of poverty.
et paulatim illiberali adiectione nunc per cavillationem, nunc precibus et simulatis lacrimis ad centum talenta est perductus. adiecta decem milia medimnum frumenti. haec omnia intra sex dies exacta.
And gradually, by mean additions, now by quibbling, now by entreaties and feigned tears, he was brought up to one hundred talents. To this were added ten thousand medimni of corn. All these things were exacted within six days.
- 38.14.2cui fecerat nomen Indus ab elephanto deiectus
cui is the dative of the relative pronoun qui, referring back to flumini Indo. Indus is a nominative noun meaning 'an Indian', serving as the subject of the relative clause, and is modified by the phrase ab elephanto deiectus. Thus, it translates as 'an Indian thrown from an elephant had given the name to the river', rather than the name Indus itself being presented as the subject.
- 38.14.8petere
This is a historical infinitive (infinitivus historicus), equivalent to the imperfect indicative (petebant), meaning 'they begged'. The subject is the preceding legati.
- 38.14.8faceret
Imperfect subjunctive. In the subordinate clause (ut... faceret), its logical subject is the consul, not the ambassadors (legati). By contrast, tyranno in veniendi... tyranno is a dative depending on potestatem et copiam, which are the objects of faceret.
- 38.14.13perstare
This is a historical infinitive (infinitivus historicus), equivalent to the imperfect indicative (perstabat), meaning 'he (nevertheless) persisted'. The subject is the 'tyrant (tyrannus)' of the preceding clause.