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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 led by the consul marches from Cibyra into Pamphylia, relieves Isionda from siege, and extracts tribute and supplies from various cities as it advances through Phrygia toward the Galatian border of the Tolostobogii.
A Cibyra per agros Sindensium exercitus ductus, transgressusque Caularem amnem posuit castra.
From Cibyra the army was led through the lands of the Sindenses, and having crossed the river Caular, pitched camp.
postero die praeter Caralitin paludem agmen ductum; ad Madamprum manserunt. inde progredientibus1 ab Lago, proxima urbe, metu incolae fugerunt;
On the following day the column was led past the Caralitis marsh; they stayed at Madamprum. As they were advancing from there, the inhabitants fled in terror from Lagus, the nearest city;
vacuum hominibus et refertum rerum omnium copia oppidum diripuerunt. inde ad Lysis fluminis fontes, postero die ad Cobulatum amnem progressi. Termessenses eo tempore Isiondensium arcem urbe capta oppugnabant. inclusi, cum alia spes auxilii nulla esset, legatos ad consulem orantes opem miserunt: cum coniugibus ac liberis in arce inclusos se mortem in dies, aut ferro aut fame patiendam, expectare.2 volenti consuli causa in Pamphyliam devertendi oblata est.
they plundered the town, which was empty of men and filled with an abundance of all things. From there they went to the sources of the river Lysis, and on the following day they advanced to the river Cobulatus. At that time the Termessians, having captured the city, were besieging the citadel of the Isiondenses. Those who were shut up inside, since there was no other hope of help, sent ambassadors to the consul, begging for aid: they said that, shut up in the citadel with their wives and children, they were daily expecting death, which they must suffer either by the sword or by hunger. To the consul, who was willing, an opportunity of turning aside into Pamphylia was presented.
adveniens obsidione Isiondensis exemit; Termesso pacem dedit quinquaginta talentis argenti acceptis; item Aspendiis ceterisque Pamphyliae populis.
On his arrival, he freed the Isiondenses from the siege; he granted peace to Termessus upon receiving fifty talents of silver; likewise to the Aspendians and the other peoples of Pamphylia.
ex Pamphylia rediens ad fluvium Taurum primo die, postero ad Xylinen quam vocant Comen posuit castra. profectus inde continentibus itineribus ad Cormasa urbem pervenit.
Returning from Pamphylia, he pitched camp on the first day at the river Taurus, and on the next day at what they call Xyline Come. Setting out from there, by uninterrupted marches he reached the city of Cormasa.
Darsa proxima urbs erat; eam metu incolarum desertam, plenam omnium rerum copia invenit. progredienti praeter paludes legati ab Lysinoe dedentes civitatem venerunt.
Darsa was the nearest city; he found it abandoned through the fear of its inhabitants, but full of an abundance of all things. As he was advancing past the marshes, ambassadors came from Lysinoe, surrendering their state.
inde in agrum Sagalassenum, uberem fertilemque omni genere frugum, ventum est. colunt Pisidae, longe optimi bello regionis eius. cum ea res animos fecit, tum agri fecunditas et multitudo hominum et situs inter paucas3 munitae urbis.
From there they came into the territory of Sagalassus, rich and fertile in every kind of produce. The Pisidians cultivate it, by far the best warriors of that region. Not only did this circumstance give them courage, but also the fertility of the land, the multitude of people, and the situation of their city, which was fortified beyond almost any other.
consul, quia nulla legatio ad finem praesto fuerat, praedatum in agros misit. tum demum fracta pertinacia est, ut ferri agique4 res suas viderunt;
The consul, because no embassy had been waiting on the frontier, sent troops to plunder the fields. Only then was their obstinancy broken, when they saw their property being plundered and carried off;
legatis missis pacti quinquaginta talentis et viginti milibus medimnum tritici, viginti hordei, pacem impetraverunt.
sending ambassadors, they agreed on fifty talents and twenty thousand medimni of wheat and twenty thousand of barley, and thus obtained peace.
progressus inde ad Rhotrinos fontes ad vicum, quem Acoridos Comen vocant, posuit castra. eo Seleucus ab Apamea postero die venit.
Having advanced from there to the springs of Rhotrini, at a village which they call Acoridos Come, he pitched camp. Seleucus came there from Apamea on the following day.
aegros inde et inutilia impedimenta cum Apameam dimisisset, ducibus itinerum ab Seleuco acceptis profectus eo die in Metropolitanum campum, postero die Dynias Phrygiae processit.
When he had sent back from there the sick and the useless baggage to Apamea, having received guides for the route from Seleucus, he set out on that day for the Metropolitan plain, and on the following day advanced to Dyniae in Phrygia.
inde Synnada venit, metu omnibus circa oppidis desertis. quorum praeda iam grave agmen trahens vix quinque milium5 die toto itinere perfecto ad Beudos, quod vetus appellant, pervenit.
From there he came to Synnada, all the towns around being deserted through fear. Dragging a column already heavy with the plunder of these towns, and having completed a march of scarcely five miles in a whole day, he arrived at Beudos, which they call the Old.
ad Anabura inde, et altero die ad Alandri fontes, tertio ad Abbassium posuit castra. ibi plures dies stativa habuit, quia perventum erat ad Tolostobogiorum fines.
From there he marched to Anabura, and on the second day to the sources of the Alander, and on the third day he pitched camp at Abbassium. There he kept a stationary camp for several days, because they had arrived at the borders of the Tolostobogii.
- 38.15.2progredientibus
The dative plural of the present participle progrediens, with the pronoun iis omitted. This functions as a dative of reference or interest ('as they were advancing...'). While it could theoretically be interpreted as an ablative absolute, the dative is frequently used by Livy to introduce a background action of one group relative to another.
- 38.15.5se... expectare
An accusative with infinitive construction in indirect speech following miserunt (they sent [ambassadors]), expressing the message. The subject of the infinitive is se (themselves). patiendam is a gerundive (future passive participle) modifying mortem (death), meaning 'death which must be suffered.'
- 38.15.9inter paucas
The phrase inter paucas (among a few [cities]) is an idiomatic expression used with superlatives or strong adjectives to mean 'extremely' or 'exceptionally.' Here it modifies munitae (fortified), meaning 'a city fortified to an exceptional degree.'
- 38.15.10ferri agique
These are the passive infinitives of the common active combination ferre et agere (to carry off and drive away). This is a traditional Latin formulaic expression meaning 'to plunder and pillage' (specifically, carrying off movables and driving away cattle). Here it depicts their property (res suas) being plundered, inside the clause introduced by ut ('when').
- 38.15.14quinque milium
The noun passuum (of paces) is omitted, so the phrase means 'of five miles' (five thousand paces). The genitive plural milium functions as a genitive of measure modifying itinere (march) in the ablative absolute construction itinere perfecto.