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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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The senate replied to Masgaba, praising his father Masinissa's loyalty and advising him to remain in Africa, and sent him off with gifts. Upon hearing that Masinissa's other son, Misagenes, had landed sick at Brundisium, they dispatched a quaestor to assist him.
responsum regulo est facere patrem eius Masinissam,1 quod virum gratum bonumque facere deceat, ut pretium honoremque debito beneficio addat.
The answer returned to the young prince was that his father Masinissa was doing what became a grateful and good man, so that he added value and honor to the debt of gratitude.
et populum Romanum ab eo bello Punico forti fidelique opera adiutum, et illum favente populo Romano regnum adeptum; aequatis iis2 postea trium regum bellis deinceps omnibus eum functum officiis.
And that the Roman people had been aided by his brave and faithful service in that Punic War, and that he had acquired his kingdom through the favor of the Roman people; and that after these benefits were equalized, he had subsequently performed all his duties in the successive wars of the three kings.
victoria vero populi Romani laetari eum regem mirum non esse, qui sortem omnem fortunae regnique sui cum rebus Romanis miscuisset.3 grates deis pro victoria apud suos penates ageret;
Indeed, it was not surprising that the king rejoiced in the victory of the Roman people, since he had linked his entire fortune and that of his kingdom with the Roman cause. He should offer thanks to the gods for the victory at his own hearth;
Romae filium pro eo acturum. gratulatum quoque satis suo ac patris nomine esse. ipsum relinquere regnum et Africa excedere, praeterquam quod illi inutile esset, non esse e re publica populi Romani senatum censere.4
at Rome his son would act on his behalf. Sufficient congratulations had also been offered in his own and his father’s name. As for his leaving his kingdom and departing from Africa, the senate decided that, besides being useless to him, it was not to the advantage of the Roman republic.
petenti Masgabae, ut Hanno, Hamilcaris filius, obses in locum exigeretur, responsum est haud aequum videri senatum a Carthaginiensibus obsides arbitrio Masinissae exigere.
To Masgaba, who requested that Hanno, the son of Hamilcar, should be demanded as a hostage in his place, the answer was given that it did not seem right for the senate to demand hostages from the Carthaginians at the discretion of Masinissa.
munera ex senatus consulto emere regulo quaestor iussus ex centum pondo argenti et prosequi eum Puteolos omnemque sumptum, quoad in Italia esset, praebere et duas naves conducere, quibus ipse comitesque eius in Africam deveherentur;
The quaestor was ordered, by a decree of the senate, to buy gifts for the young prince from one hundred pounds of silver, to escort him to Puteoli, to provide all his expenses as long as he was in Italy, and to hire two ships in which he and his companions might be conveyed to Africa;
et comitibus omnibus, liberis servisque, vestimenta data.
and clothing was given to all his companions, both free and slave.
haud ita multo post de altero Masinissae filio Misagene litterae adlatae sunt, missum cum ab L. Paulo post devictum Persea5 in Africam cum equitibus suis; navigantem dispersa classe in Hadriatico mari Brundisium tribus navibus aegrum delatum.
Not long afterwards, a letter was brought concerning Masinissa’s other son, Misagenes, stating that he had been sent to Africa with his cavalry by Lucius Paulus after the defeat of Perseus; but that while sailing, his fleet being dispersed in the Adriatic Sea, he had been brought sick to Brundisium with three ships.
ad eum cum isdem muneribus, quae data Romae fratri eius erant, L. Stertinius quaestor Brundisium missus iussusque curare, ut aedes hospitio
To him the quaestor Lucius Stertinius was sent to Brundisium with the same gifts that had been given to his brother in Rome, and was ordered to take care that lodging...
- 45.14.1facere patrem eius Masinissam
Accusative with infinitive construction in indirect speech, serving as a noun clause after the main verb responsum est. patrem eius Masinissam is the subject of the infinitive facere.
- 45.14.2aequatis iis
Ablative absolute construction. The demonstrative pronoun iis refers to the mutual benefits/services between Rome and Masinissa mentioned in the preceding clauses.
- 45.14.3qui sortem omnem fortunae regnique sui cum rebus Romanis miscuisset
The relative clause qui... miscuisset with the subjunctive pluperfect miscuisset expresses the reason (characteristic or cause) regarding the antecedent eum regem.
- 45.14.4non esse e re publica populi Romani senatum censere
The main structure has senatum censere (the senate judges that...) as the governing infinitive clause in indirect speech, which takes the accusative and infinitive clause [Masinissam] relinquere ... non esse e re publica (negation of the impersonal expression e re publica esse, meaning "to be to the advantage of the state") as its object.
- 45.14.8post devictum Persea
A dominant participle construction (akin to "ab urbe condita") where the passive participle devictum agrees with the noun Persea (Greek accusative form) after the preposition post, meaning "after the defeat/conquest of Perseus."