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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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King Eumenes of Pergamum arrives in Rome and addresses the senate, warning them with a detailed denunciation of Perseus's war preparations, military strength, and lifetime of training.
Attalum, regis Eumenis fratrem, legatum venisse Romam Valerius Antias his consulibus scribit ad deferenda de Perseo crimina indicandosque apparatus belli. plurium annales, et quibus credidisse malis,1 ipsum Eumenem venisse tradunt.
Valerius Antias writes that under these consuls Attalus, the brother of King Eumenes, came to Rome as an envoy to report the accusations against Perseus and to reveal his preparations for war. The annals of the majority of writers, and those whom one would prefer to believe, relate that Eumenes himself came.
Eumenes igitur ut Romam venit, exceptus cum tanto honore, quantum non meritis tantum eius, sed beneficiis etiam suis, ingentia quae in eum congesta erant,2 existimabant deberi, a praetore in senatum est introductus.
Therefore, when Eumenes arrived at Rome, having been received with as much honor as they thought was due not only to his own merits but also to their own favors, which, being immense, had been heaped upon him, he was introduced into the senate by the praetor.
causam veniendi sibi Romam fuisse dixit praeter cupiditatem videndi deos hominesque, quorum beneficio in ea fortuna esset, supra quam ne optare quidem auderet, etiam ut coram moneret senatum, ut Persei conatis obviam iret.
He said that the reason for his coming to Rome, besides the desire to see the gods and men by whose favor he was in that state of fortune—beyond which he would not have dared even to wish—was also that he might warn the senate in person to oppose the endeavors of Perseus.
orsus inde a Philippi consiliis necem Demetri filii rettulit, adversantis Romano bello; Bastarnarum gentem excitam sedibus suis, quorum auxiliis fretus in Italiam transiret.
Beginning from that point, from the plans of Philip, he related the death of his son Demetrius, who was opposed to war with Rome, and that the nation of the Bastarnae had been stirred up from their dwellings, relying on whose aid Philip was to cross into Italy.
haec secum volutantem in animo, oppressum fato, regnum ei reliquisse,3 quem infestissimum esse sensisset Romanis. itaque Persea hereditarium a patre relictum bellum et simul cum imperio traditum, iamiam proximum alere ac fovere omnibus consiliis.
While revolving these things in his mind, Philip, having been overcome by fate, left his kingdom to him whom he had perceived to be most hostile to the Romans. And so Perseus was now nurturing and fostering by every design a war left as an inheritance from his father and handed down together with the empire, a war now most imminent.
florere praeterea iuventute, quam stirpem longa pax ediderit,4 florere opibus regni, florere etiam aetate. quae cum corporis robore ac viribus vigeat, animum esse inveteratum diutina arte atque usu belli.
Moreover, he was strong in his youth, a generation which a long peace had produced, strong in the wealth of the kingdom, and strong also in his age; and while this was vigorous with bodily strength and power, his mind was seasoned by long-standing art and practice of war.
iam inde a puero patris contubernio Romanis quoque bellis, non finitumis tantum adsuetum, missum a patre in expeditiones multas variasque.
Indeed, from his boyhood, by sharing his father’s tent, he had been accustomed not only to wars with neighbors but also to those with the Romans, and had been sent by his father on many and varied expeditions.
iam ex quo ipse accepisset regnum, multa, quae non vi, non dolo Philippus omnia expertus potuisset moliri, admirando rerum successu tenuisse.
And now, since he himself had received the kingdom, he had secured with admirable success many things which Philip, though he had tried all means, had been unable to accomplish either by force or by guile.
accessisse ad vires eam, quae longo tempore multis magnisque meritis pareretur, auctoritatem.
To his strength there had been added that authority which is acquired over a long time by many and great services.
- 42.11.1quibus credidisse malis
Consists of the relative pronoun in the dative with an omitted antecedent (quibus) and the potential subjunctive in the second person singular present (malis), meaning 'those whom you would prefer to believe' (i.e., more trustworthy historians). credidisse is a perfect infinitive regularly dependent on malo.
- 42.11.2suis, ingentia quae in eum congesta erant
The reflexive pronoun suis refers back to the Romans (the subject of existimabant as the mental subject of the main clause), meaning 'their own benefits/favors'. The antecedent of the relative pronoun quae is beneficiis, and the adjective ingentia modifies quae within the relative clause ('which, being immense...').
- 42.11.5haec secum volutantem in animo, oppressum fato, regnum ei reliquisse
Part of the ongoing indirect speech (AcI construction). The present participle volutantem and perfect passive participle oppressum modify Philip (Philippum), who is the omitted accusative subject. The main verb of the clause is the infinitive reliquisse.
- 42.11.6florere praeterea iuventute, quam stirpem longa pax ediderit
The subject of the infinitive florere in indirect speech (referring to Perseus) is omitted. iuventute is used as an ablative of means, serving as a collective noun meaning 'youths, young soldiers' rather than the abstract quality of youth. quam stirpem incorporates the noun in apposition with the relative pronoun, explaining 'which generation a long peace had produced'.