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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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After Perseus withdrew to Macedonia, the consul abandoned the siege of Gonnus and recovered several towns in Perrhaebia. Ultimately, in response to the prayers of the Thebans, he led his army into Boeotia.
hic dies et Romanis refecit animos et Persea perculit, ut dies paucos ad Mopselum moratus sepulturae maxume militum amissorum cura,1 praesidio satis valido ad Gonnum relicto, in Macedoniam reciperet copias.
This day both revived the spirits of the Romans and struck terror into Perseus, so that, having delayed a few days at Mopselum, chiefly out of concern for the burial of the lost soldiers, and having left a sufficiently strong garrison at Gonnus, he withdrew his forces into Macedonia.
Timotheum quendam ex regiis praefectis cum modica manu relinquit ad Philam, iussum Magnetas ex propinquo temptare.
He left a certain Timotheus, one of the royal commanders, with a moderate force at Phila, with orders to sound out the Magnetes from nearby.
cum Pellam venisset, exercitu in hiberna dimisso ipse cum Cotye Thessalonicam est profectus.
When he had come to Pella, having dismissed the army into winter quarters, he himself set out with Cotys for Thessalonica.
eo fama adfertur, Autlesbim, regulum Thracum, et Corragum, Eumenis praefectum, in Cotyis fines impetum fecisse et regionem, Marenen quam vocant, cepisse.
There, a report was brought that Autlesbis, a petty king of the Thracians, and Corragus, a commander of Eumenes, had made an inroad into the territory of Cotys and had captured the region which they call Marene.
itaque dimittendum Cotyn ad sua tuenda ratus, magnis proficiscentem donis prosequitur. ducenta talenta, semestre stipendium, equitatui numerat, cum primo annuum dare constituisset.
Therefore, thinking that Cotys should be sent away to protect his own possessions, he escorted him as he departed with great gifts. He paid two hundred talents, representing six months’ pay, to the cavalry, although he had at first resolved to give a year’s pay.
consul postquam profectum Persea audivit, ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset.2 ante ipsa Tempe in faucibus situm Macedoniae claustra tutissima praebet et in Thessaliam opportunum Macedonibus decursum.
The consul, after he heard that Perseus had departed, moved his camp to Gonnus, to see if he could gain possession of the town. Situated at the very entrance before Tempe itself, it provides a very secure barrier for Macedonia and an advantageous descent for the Macedonians into Thessaly.
cum et loco et praesidio valido inexpugnabilis urbs esset, abstitit incepto. in Perrhaebiam flexis itineribus Malloea primo impetu capta ac direpta, Tripoli aliaque Perrhaebia recepta, Larisam redit.
Since the city was impregnable both by its location and by its strong garrison, he desisted from his attempt. Turning his march into Perrhaebia, Malloea was captured and plundered at the first assault; and after Tripolis and the rest of Perrhaebia had been recovered, he returned to Larisa.
inde Eumene atque Attalo domum remissis, Misageni Numidisque hiberna in proxumis Thessaliae urbibus distribuit, et partem exercitus ita per totam Thessaliam divisit, ut et hiberna commoda omnes haberent et praesidio urbibus essent.
From there, having sent Eumenes and Attalus home, he distributed winter quarters for Misagenes and the Numidians in the nearest cities of Thessaly, and divided part of the army throughout the whole of Thessaly in such a way that everyone might both have comfortable winter quarters and serve as a garrison for the cities.
Q. Mucium legatum cum duobus milibus ad obtinendam Ambraciam misit. Graecarum civitatium socios omnes praeter Achaeos dimisit. cum exercitus parte profectus in Achaiam Pthiotim Pteleum desertum fuga oppidanorum diruit a fundamentis, Antronas voluntate incolentium recepit.
He sent the lieutenant Quintus Mucius with two thousand men to hold Ambracia. He dismissed all the allies of the Greek states except the Achaeans. Setting out with a part of the army into Achaea Phthiotis, he destroyed Pteleum from its foundations, which had been deserted by the flight of its inhabitants, and received Antronae by the voluntary surrender of its inhabitants.
ad Larisam deinde exercitum admovit. urbs deserta erat; in arcem omnis multitudo concesserat; eam oppugnare adgreditur.
Then he moved his army to Larisa. The city was deserted; the entire multitude had withdrawn into the citadel; he proceeded to besiege it.
primi omnium Macedones, regium praesidium, metu excesserant; a quibus relicti oppidani in deditionem extemplo veniunt. dubitantem inde, utrum Demetrias prius adgredienda foret, an in Boeotia aspiciendae res, Thebani vexantibus eos Coronaeis in Boeotiam arcessebant.3
First of all, the Macedonians, the royal garrison, had departed out of fear; abandoned by them, the townspeople immediately surrendered. As he was hesitating after this, whether Demetrias should be attacked first, or the affairs in Boeotia should be looked after, the Thebans, since the Coroneans were harassing them, summoned him into Boeotia.
et ad horum preces et quia hibernis aptior regio quam Magnesia erat, in Boeotiam duxit.
Both in response to their prayers and because that region was more suitable for winter quarters than Magnesia, he led his army into Boeotia.
- 42.67.1sepulturae maxume militum amissorum cura
The noun cura (concern, care) is an ablative of cause or means, explaining the motive for the main action in the clause (ut ... reciperet copias). sepulturae is an objective genitive dependent on cura ('concern for the burial'), and militum amissorum is a genitive dependent on sepulturae ('the burial of the lost soldiers').
- 42.67.6si potiri oppido posset
The si clause with the imperfect subjunctive posset functions to express the consul's purpose or attempt ('to see if he could...'), framed as an indirect question. The deponent verb potiri (to gain possession of) governs the ablative case, taking oppido as its object.
- 42.67.11dubitantem inde, utrum Demetrias prius adgredienda foret, an in Boeotia aspiciendae res, Thebani vexantibus eos Coronaeis in Boeotiam arcessebant.
The core structure of the main clause is Thebani [eum] arcessebant ('the Thebans were summoning him'), where the accusative present participle dubitantem at the beginning modifies the implied direct object (the consul). The indirect question utrum ... an ... ('whether... or...') explains the content of his hesitation (dubitantem), and vexantibus eos Coronaeis is an ablative absolute expressing cause ('since the Coroneans were harassing them').