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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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Numerous envoys from Greece, Asia, and Africa (Carthage and Masinissa) assembled in Rome to offer assistance and alliances for the war against Perseus, and the senate received them favorably.
multarum simul Graeciae Asiaeque civitatium legati Romam convenerunt.
At the same time, envoys from many states of Greece and Asia assembled in Rome.
primi Athenienses introducti; ii se, quod navium habuerint militumque,1 P. Licinio consuli et C. Lucretio praetori misisse exposuerunt;
First, the Athenians were introduced; they explained that they had sent whatever ships and soldiers they had to the consul Publius Licinius and the praetor Gaius Lucretius;
quibus eos non usos2 frumenti sibi centum milia imperasse; quod, quamquam sterilem terram ararent, ipsosque etiam agrestis peregrino frumento alerent, tamen, ne deessent officio, confecisse; et alia, quae imperarentur, praestare paratos esse.
they added that the latter, not having used them, had demanded of them one hundred thousand modii of grain; and that, although they cultivated a sterile soil, and even their own country-dwellers were fed on imported grain, they had nevertheless provided it, so as not to fail in their duty; and they were ready to furnish other things also, which might be commanded.
Milesii nihil, quod praestitissent, memorantes, si quid imperare ad bellum senatus vellet, praestare se paratos esse polliciti sunt.
The Milesians, mentioning nothing that they had already furnished, promised that if the senate wished to command anything for the war, they were ready to supply it.
Alabandenses templum Urbis Romae se fecisse commemoravere ludosque anniversarios ei divae instituisse;
The Alabandians mentioned that they had built a temple to the City of Rome, and had instituted annual games in honor of that goddess;
et coronam auream quinquaginta pondo, quam in Capitolio ponerent donum Iovi optimo maximo, attulisse et scuta equestria trecenta; ea, cui iussissent, tradituros. donum ut in Capitolio ponere et sacrificare liceret, petebant.
and that they had brought a golden crown of fifty pounds’ weight, to be placed on the Capitol as a gift to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, and three hundred cavalry shields; these they would deliver to whomever they should order. They requested that they might be allowed to place the gift on the Capitol and to offer sacrifice.
hoc et Lampsaceni, octoginta pondo coronam adferentes, petebant, commemorantes discessisse se a Perseo, postquam Romanus exercitus in Macedoniam venisset, cum sub dicione Persei et ante Philippi3 fuissent.
This was requested also by the Lampsacenes, who brought a crown of eighty pounds’ weight, mentioning that they had revolted from Perseus after the Roman army had come into Macedonia, although they had been under the sway of Perseus, and before that, of Philip.
pro eo et quod imperatoribus Romanis omnia praestitissent, id se tantum orare, ut in amicitiam populi Romani reciperentur, et, si pax cum Perseo fieret, exciperentur, ne in regiam potestatem reciderent.
In return for this, and because they had supplied everything to the Roman commanders, they begged only this: that they might be received into the friendship of the Roman people, and that, if peace should be made with Perseus, they might be excepted, so that they would not fall back under the royal power.
ceteris legatis comiter responsum; Lampsacenos in sociorum formulam referre Q. Maenius praetor iussus. munera omnibus in singulos binum milium aeris data. Alabandenses scuta reportare ad A. Hostilium consulem in Macedoniam iussi.
A courteous answer was given to the other envoys; the praetor Quintus Maenius was ordered to enroll the Lampsacenes in the list of allies. Gifts of two thousand asses each were given to them all. The Alabandians were ordered to carry the shields back to the consul Aulus Hostilius in Macedonia.
et ex Africa legati simul Carthaginiensium et Masinissae venerunt: legati Carthaginiensium tritici deciens centum milia et hordei quingenta indicantes se ad mare devecta habere, ut, quo senatus censuisset, deportarent;
Envoys from Africa, both of the Carthaginians and of Masinissa, arrived at the same time: the envoys of the Carthaginians announced that they had a million modii of wheat and five hundred thousand of barley brought down to the sea, so that they might transport them to whatever place the senate should decree;
id munus officiumque suum scire minus esse quam pro meritis populi Romani et voluntate sua; sed saepe alias bonis in rebus utriusque populi se gratorum fideliumque socium4 muneribus functos esse.
they said they knew that this gift and service of theirs was less than was due to the merits of the Roman people and their own goodwill; but that often on other occasions, in times of prosperity for both peoples, they had performed the duties of grateful and faithful allies.
item Masinissae legati tritici eandem summam polliciti et mille et ducentos equites, duodecim elephantos; et si quid aliud opus esset, uti inperaret senatus: aeque propenso animo et, quae ipse ultro pollicitus sit, praestaturum esse.
Likewise, the envoys of Masinissa promised the same quantity of wheat, and twelve hundred cavalry, and twelve elephants; and they said that if anything else were needed, the senate should command it: he would supply it with an equally willing mind, as well as those things which he himself had voluntarily promised.
gratiae et Carthaginiensibus et regi actae, rogatique, ut ea., quae pollicerentur, ad Hostilium consulem in Macedoniam deportarent. legatis in singulos binum milium aeris munera missa.
Thanks were returned both to the Carthaginians and to the king, and they were requested to transport the things which they promised to the consul Hostilius in Macedonia. Gifts of two thousand asses each were sent to the envoys.
- 43.6.2quod navium habuerint militumque
The relative pronoun quod (with its antecedent id omitted) governs the partitive genitives navium and militum, meaning 'whatever ships and soldiers they had'.
- 43.6.3quibus eos non usos
The connecting relative quibus refers back to navium militumque and is the object of the participle usos [esse] (from utor, which governs the ablative). It forms an accusative with infinitive construction with eos (the Roman commanders) as the subject.
- 43.6.8Philippi
The genitive Philippi depends on the noun dicione understood from the preceding phrase sub dicione Persei ('under the sway of Philip').
- 43.6.12socium
An archaic form of the genitive plural of the second declension noun socius (equivalent to sociorum). muneribus is the ablative governed by the verb fungor.