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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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Eumenes exposes Perseus's strong alliances with Greek cities and neighboring kings, alongside his high popularity fueled by hostility toward Rome. He further warns the senate by detailing that Perseus has steadily accumulated enough grain, funds, weapons, and manpower to sustain a ten-year war.
nam apud Graeciae atque Asiae civitates vereri maiestatem eius omnes. nec pro quibus meritis, pro qua munificentia tantum ei tribuatur, cernere nec dicere pro certo posse, utrum felicitate id quadam eius accidat, an. quod ipse vereatur dicere, invidia adversus Romanos favorem illi conciliet.1
For among the states of Greece and Asia, everyone revered his majesty. And they could neither discern nor say for certain because of what merits or what munificence so much was bestowed upon him, whether it happened by some good fortune of his, or, what he himself was afraid to say, hostility toward the Romans won him this favor.
inter ipsos quoque reges ingentem auctoritate esse, Seleuci filiam duxisse eum, non petentem, sed petitum ultro; sororem dedisse Prusiae precanti atque oranti;
Among the kings themselves, too, he possessed immense authority; he had married the daughter of Seleucus, not as a suitor, but having been sought out himself; and he had given his sister to Prusias at his earnest entreaty.
celebratas esse utrasque nuptias gratulatione donisque innumerabilium legationum, et velut auspicibus nobilissumis populis deductas esse.
Both marriages had been celebrated with the congratulations and gifts of countless embassies, and had been conducted, as it were, with the most noble peoples as sponsors.
Boeotorum gentem, captatam Philippo, numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse;
The nation of the Boeotians, though courted by Philip, could never be brought to sign a treaty of friendship;
tribus nunc locis cum Perseo foedus incisum litteris esse, uno Thebis, altero ad Delium, augustissumo et celeberrumo in templo, tertio Delphis. in Achaico concilio vero, nisi discussa res per paucos Romanum imperium intentantis2 esset, eo rem prope adductam, ut aditus ei in Achaiam daretur.
now, a treaty with Perseus was engraved in writing in three places: one at Thebes, another at Delium in that most august and famous temple, and a third at Delphi. Indeed, in the Achaean council, had not the matter been shattered by a few men who brandished the Roman power as a threat, things had been brought to such a pass that entry into Achaea would have been granted to him.
at hercule suos honores,3 cuius merita in eam gentem privatim an publice sint maiora vix dici possit, partim desertos per incultum ac neglegentiam, partim hostiliter sublatos esse. iam Aetolos quem ignorare in seditionibus suis non ab Romanis, sed a Perseo praesidium petisse?
But by Hercules! His own honors—though whether his services to that nation were greater privately or publicly could hardly be said— were partly abandoned through neglect and lack of respect, and partly abolished with hostile intent. Who was now ignorant of the fact that the Aetolians, during their civil dissensions, had sought protection not from the Romans but from Perseus?
his eum fultum societatibus atque amicitiis eos domesticos apparatus belli habere, ut externis non egeat. triginta milibus peditum, quinque milibus equitum in decem annos frumentum praeparasse, ut abstinere et suo et hostium agro frumentandi causa possit.
Supported by these alliances and friendships, he possessed such domestic preparations for war that he did not stand in need of foreign help. For thirty thousand infantry and five thousand cavalry, he had prepared grain for ten years, so that he could keep away from both his own and the enemy’s territory for the purpose of foraging.
iam pecuniam tantam habere, ut decem milibus mercennariorum militum praeter Macedonum copias stipendium in totidem annos praeparatum habeat, praeter annuum, quod ex metallis regiis capiat, vectigal.
And now he had so much money that, besides the Macedonian forces, he had pay prepared for ten thousand mercenary troops for as many years, in addition to the annual revenue which he received from the royal mines.
arma vel tribus tantis exercitibus in armamentaria congessisse. iuventutem, ut iam Macedonia deficiat, velut ex perenni fonte unde hauriat, Threciam subiectam esse.4
He had accumulated weapons in his armories for even three such armies. As for the youth, even if Macedonia should now fail, Thrace was subjected to him, as if a perennial spring from which he might draw.
- 42.12.2quod ipse vereatur dicere, invidia adversus Romanos favorem illi conciliet.
This clause functions as the second part of the indirect double question introduced by utrum in the previous section (utrum... an...). The subject is invidia (envy/hostility against the Romans), and the verb is conciliet (subjunctive in indirect question). The phrase quod ipse vereatur dicere ('which he himself is afraid to say') is a parenthetical relative clause where quod refers to the following fact, and the subjunctive vereatur is due to the indirect speech.
- 42.12.6Romanum imperium intentantis
intentantis is the accusative plural of the present participle intentans (spelled with -is instead of -es), modifying paucos. It literally means 'those who brandish (or hold out as a threat) the Roman power.' The verb intentare means to direct a threat or charge against someone.
- 42.12.7suos honores
Refers to Eumenes's own honors (the possessive reflexive suos refers to the speaker of the indirect discourse). It functions as the accusative subject of the infinitives desertos (esse)... sublatos esse ('partly neglected... partly abolished'). The relative clause cuius merita... is inserted immediately after this subject.
- 42.12.10iuventutem, ut iam Macedonia deficiat, velut ex perenni fonte unde hauriat, Threciam subiectam esse.
The core of the sentence is the accusative and infinitive construction Threciam subiectam esse ('Thrace is subjected'). The word iuventutem (youth) at the beginning is a proleptic accusative denoting the topic of interest ('as for the youth'). The ut clause is concessive, 'even if Macedonia should fail' (with subjunctive deficiat). The clause unde hauriat is a relative clause of purpose or characteristic modifying fontem (fountain), with the subjunctive hauriat ('from which he may draw').