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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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Upon hearing Harpalus's report of Roman hostility, King Perseus plans to assassinate his arch-rival Eumenes. On his ascent to Delphi, Eumenes is ambushed and severely injured by falling boulders rolled down by the conspirators.
legationibus dimissis cum Harpalus, quanta maxima celeritate poterat, regressus in Macedoniam nuntiasset regi, nondum quidem parantis bellum reliquisse se Romanos,1 sed ita infestos, ut facile appareret, non dilaturos, et ipse, praeterquam quod et ita credebat futurum, iam etiam volebat, in flore virium se credens esse.
When the embassies were dismissed, and Harpalus, having returned to Macedonia with the greatest speed he could, had reported to the king that he had left the Romans not yet indeed preparing for war, but so hostile that it was easily apparent they would not delay, the king himself, besides the fact that he believed it would be so, now even wished for it, believing himself to be in the flower of his strength.
Eumeni ante omnis infestus erat; a cuius sanguine ordiens bellum, Euandrum Cretensem, ducem auxiliorum, et Macedonas tres adsuetos ministeriis talium facinorum ad caedem regis subornat litterasque eis dat ad Praxo hospitam, principem auctoritate et opibus Delphorum.
He was hostile to Eumenes above all others; beginning the war with his blood, he suborned Evander the Cretan, a commander of auxiliaries, and three Macedonians accustomed to the service of such crimes, for the murder of the king, and gave them letters to Praxo, his hostess, a woman of chief authority and wealth in Delphi.
satis constabat, Eumenem, ut sacrificaret Apollini, Delphos escensurum. praegressi cum Euandro insidiatores nihil aliud ad peragendum inceptum quam loci opportunitatem, omnia circumeuntes, quaerebant.
It was sufficiently clear that Eumenes would ascend to Delphi to sacrifice to Apollo. The conspirators, having gone on ahead with Evander, going around everywhere, were seeking nothing other than a favorable opportunity of place to accomplish their undertaking.
escendentibus ad templum a Cirrha,2 priusquam perveniretur ad frequentia aedificiis loca, maceria erat ab laeva ad semitam paulum extantem a fundamento, qua singuli transirent; dextra pars labe terrae in aliquantum altitudinis derupta erat.
As they were ascending to the temple from Cirrha, before reaching the places crowded with buildings, there was a stone wall on the left of a path rising slightly from its foundation, along which they had to pass one by one; the right side had fallen away to a considerable depth due to a landslide.
post maceriam se abdiderunt gradibus adstructis, ut ex ea velut e muro tela in praetereuntem conicerent.
Behind this wall they hid themselves, having constructed steps so that they might cast weapons from it, as if from a rampart, upon anyone passing by.
primo a mari circumfusa turba amicorum ac satellitum procedebat, deinde extenuabant paulatim angustiae agmen.
At first, starting from the sea, a crowd of friends and bodyguards advanced surrounding him, then the narrowness of the way gradually thinned the column.
ubi ad eum locum ventum est, qua singulis eundum erat, primus semitam ingressus Pantaleon, Aetoliae princeps, cum quo institutus regi sermo erat.
When they came to that place where they had to go one by one, Pantaleon, the chief of Aetolia, with whom the king had entered into conversation, entered the path first.
tum insidiatores exorti saxa duo ingentia devolvunt, quorum altero caput ictum est regi,3 altero umerus;
Then the conspirators, starting up, rolled down two huge stones, with one of which the king’s head was struck, and with the other his shoulder;
sopitusque ex semita procidit in declive, multis super prolapsum iam saxis congestis. et ceteri quidem, etiam amicorum et satellitum turba, postquam cadentem videre, diffugiunt; Pantaleon contra inpavidus mansit ad protegendum regem.
and stunned, he fell from the path down the slope, many stones being already heaped upon him after his fall. Indeed, the others, even the crowd of friends and bodyguards, fled in all directions after they saw him falling; Pantaleon, on the contrary, remained undaunted to protect the king.
- 42.15.1nondum quidem parantis bellum reliquisse se Romanos
The word 'parantis' is an accusative plural participle (-is ending for -es) modifying 'Romanos'. The verb 'reliquisse' (with its subject 'se' referring to Harpalus) is used here in the sense of 'leaving someone in a certain state', meaning 'that he had left the Romans not yet indeed preparing for war'.
- 42.15.5escendentibus ad templum a Cirrha
The dative plural participle 'escendentibus' functions as a dative of reference (or standpoint), common in geographical descriptions to indicate the perspective of a traveler: 'To those ascending to the temple from Cirrha... there was a wall'.
- 42.15.9regi
The dative 'regi' is a sympathetic dative (dative of reference/person affected), used instead of the genitive 'regis' modifying 'caput' and 'umerus' to emphasize the person affected by the physical impact.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (2, latest 2026-09-22)
- 2026-09-22 AI review — source 1
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