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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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Rome rejects the defense of Perseus's ambassadors and orders them to leave, while instructing the consul to assemble the army. Meanwhile, Praetor Lucretius and his brother sail with the fleet to Cephallania, requisitioning various ships along the way.
his praeparatis, quamquam ad bellum consilia erant destinata, senatum tamen praeberi legatis placuit.1
These things having been prepared, although the plans had been destined for war, it was nevertheless decided that the senate should be granted to the ambassadors.
eadem fere, quae in conloquio ab rege dicta erant, relata ab legatis. insidiarum Eumeni factarum crimen et maxima cura et minime tamen probabiliter — manifesta enim res erat — defensum;
Almost the same things that had been said by the king in the interview were reported by the ambassadors. The charge of the plot made against Eumenes was defended with the greatest care and yet with the least probability—for the matter was obvious;
cetera deprecatio erat. sed non eis animis audiebantur, qui aut doceri aut flecti possent.2 denuntiatum, extemplo moenibus urbis Romae, Italia intra tricesimum diem excederent.3
the rest was entreaty. But they were not heard with such minds as could be either taught or bent. It was announced to them that they must depart immediately from the walls of the city of Rome, and from Italy within thirty days.
P. Licinio deinde consuli, cui Macedonia provincia obvenerat, denuntiatum, ut exercitui diem primam quamque diceret ad conveniendum.
Then it was announced to the consul Publius Licinius, to whom the province of Macedonia had fallen, that he should name the earliest possible day for the army to assemble.
C. Lucretius praetor, cui classis provincia erat, cum quadraginta quinqueremibus ab urbe profectus; nam ex refectis navibus alias in alium usum retineri ad urbem placuit.
The praetor Gaius Lucretius, whose province was the fleet, set out from the city with forty quinqueremes; for it was decided that, out of the repaired ships, some should be retained at the city for one use and others for another.
praemissus a praetore est frater M. Lucretius cum quinqueremi una, iussusque ab sociis ex foedere acceptis navibus ad Cephallaniam classi occurrere.
His brother Marcus Lucretius was sent ahead by the praetor with one quinquereme, and was ordered, having received ships from the allies according to the treaty, to meet the fleet at Cephallania.
ab Reginis triremi una sumpta, ab Locris duabus, ab Uritibus quattuor, praeter oram Italiae supervectus Calabriae extremum promunturium Ionio mari Dyrrhachinorum, traicit.
Having taken one trireme from the Rhegians, two from the Locrians, and four from the Uritans, sailing along the coast of Italy, he passed the extreme promontory of Calabria and crossed the Ionian Sea to the territory of the Dyrrhachinians.
ibi decem ipsorum Dyrrhachinorum, duodecim Issaeorum, quinquaginta quattuor Genti regis lembos nanctus, simulans se credere eos in usum Romanorum conparatos esse,4 omnibus abductis die tertio Corcyram, inde protinus in Cephallaniam traicit.
There, having found ten light vessels belonging to the Dyrrhachinians themselves, twelve of the Issaeans, and fifty-four of King Gentius, pretending that he believed they had been prepared for the use of the Romans, he carried them all off and on the third day crossed to Corcyra, and from there straight to Cephallania.
C. Lucretius praetor ab Neapoli profectus, superato freto, die quinto in Cephallaniam transmisit.
The praetor Gaius Lucretius, setting out from Neapolis, having crossed the strait, passed over to Cephallania on the fifth day.
ibi stetit classis, simul opperiens, ut terrestres copiae traicerentur, simul ut onerariae ex agmine suo per altum dissipatae consequerentur.
There the fleet remained, waiting at the same time for the land forces to be transported, and for the transports, which had been scattered from their line through the deep sea, to catch up.
- 42.48.1senatum tamen praeberi legatis placuit
The accusative with infinitive clause senatum... praeberi (that the senate be granted) functions as the subject of the impersonal verb placuit (it was decided). senatum praebere is an idiomatic expression for 'to grant an audience with the senate', here used in the passive.
- 42.48.3eis animis audiebantur, qui aut doceri aut flecti possent
eis animis is an ablative of quality or manner, meaning 'with such minds (attitude)'. The relative pronoun qui refers back to animis, and the verb possent is in the subjunctive (imperfect) because it introduces a relative clause of characteristic or result ('minds of such a kind as to be able to...').
- 42.48.3excederent
This is a substantive clause of purpose/command with the conjunction ut omitted, dependent on the preceding impersonal passive main verb denuntiatum [est] (it was announced). The subjunctive imperfect (excederent, third-person plural) is used in accordance with the sequence of tenses after a historical main verb.
- 42.48.8simulans se credere eos in usum Romanorum conparatos esse
A nested accusative with infinitive construction in indirect speech. The accusative with infinitive clause se credere (that he himself believed) functions as the object of the present participle simulans (pretending), which in turn takes another accusative with infinitive clause eos... conparatos esse (that they had been prepared) as the object of credere.