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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 value of the immense Macedonian spoils displayed in Paulus' triumph and the history of the wealth accumulated by the Macedonian kings are recorded. Although Paulus' magnificent triumph and the rewards to his soldiers are described, a tragic loss occurs as his two remaining sons die around the time of the triumph, making the victor himself an example of human vicissitudes before his memorable speech to the assembly.
summam omnis captivi auri argentique translati sestertium milliens ducenties fuisse Valerius Antias tradit; qua1 haud dubie maior aliquanto summa ex numero plaustrorum ponderibusque auri, argenti generatim ab ipso scriptis efficitur.
Valerius Antias reports that the total sum of all the captured gold and silver carried in the procession was one hundred and twenty million sesterces; a sum undoubtedly somewhat larger than this is made up from the number of wagons and the weights of gold and silver written down in detail by himself.
alterum tantum aut in bellum proxumum absumptum aut in fuga, cum Samothracen peteret, dissipatum tradunt; eoque id mirabilius erat, quod tantum pecuniae intra triginta annos post bellum Philippi cum Romanis partim ex fructu metallorum, partim ex vectigalibus aliis coacervatum fuerat.
They report that another equal amount was either spent on the recent war or scattered in his flight when he was seeking Samothrace; and it was all the more wonderful for this reason, that so much money had been accumulated within thirty years after Philip’s war with the Romans, partly from the yield of the mines, partly from other taxes.
itaque admodum inops pecuniae Philippus, Perseus contra praedives bellare cum Romanis coepit.
And so Philip, extremely destitute of money, but Perseus on the contrary very rich, began to wage war with the Romans.
ipse postremo Paulus in curru, magnam cum dignitate alia corporis, tum senecta ipsa maiestatem prae se ferens; post currum inter alios inlustres viros filii duo, Q. Maximus et P. Scipio; deinde equites turmatim et cohortes peditum suis quaeque ordinibus.
Finally, Paulus himself rode in a chariot, displaying great majesty both by the other dignity of his person and by his very old age; behind his chariot, among other illustrious men, were his two sons, Quintus Maximus and Publius Scipio; then the cavalry by squadrons, and the cohorts of infantry, each in its own ranks.
pediti in singulos dati centeni denarii, duplex centurioni, triplex equiti. alterum tantum pediti daturum fuisse2 credunt et pro rata aliis, si aut in suffragio honori eius favissent, aut benigne hac ipsa summa pronuntiata acclamassent.
To the infantrymen individually were given one hundred denarii, twice as much to a centurion, three times as much to a cavalryman. They believe that he would have given as much again to each infantryman, and to the others proportionally, if they had either supported his honor in the vote, or had acclaimed him kindly when this very sum was announced.
sed non Perseus tantum per illos dies documentum humanorum casuum fuit, in catenis ante currum victoris ducis per urbem hostium ductus, sed etiam victor Paulus, auro purpuraque fulgens.
But not only was Perseus during those days an illustration of human vicissitudes, led in chains before the chariot of the victorious general through the city of his enemies, but also the victor Paulus, gleaming with gold and purple.
nam duobus e filiis, quos duobus datis in adoptionem3 solos nominis, sacrorum familiaeque heredes retinuerat domi, minor, duodecim ferme annos natus, quinque diebus ante triumphum, maior, quattuordecim annorum, triduo post triumphum decessit;
For of the two sons whom, after two others had been given in adoption, he had retained at home as the sole heirs of his name, family rites, and household, the younger, about twelve years old, died five days before the triumph, and the older, fourteen years of age, died three days after the triumph;
quos praetextatos curru vehi cum patre, sibi ipsos similis destinantis triumphos, oportuerat.4 paucis post diebus data a M. Antonio tribuno plebis contione, cum de suis rebus gestis more ceterorum imperatorum edissereret, memorabilis eius oratio et digna Romano principe fuit.
whom, wearing the toga praetexta, riding in the chariot with their father, predicting for themselves similar triumphs, it would have been proper to see. A few days later, an assembly having been granted by Marcus Antonius, tribune of the plebs, when he discoursed upon his achievements in the manner of other commanders, his speech was memorable and worthy of a Roman leader.
- 45.40.1qua
Ablative of comparison. The antecedent is summam (one hundred and twenty million sesterces) in the preceding sentence. It means 'a sum undoubtedly somewhat larger than this'.
- 45.40.5daturum fuisse
An infinitive in the accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction governed by credunt, with the subject accusative eum (Paulus) omitted. It represents the apodosis of a past contrary-to-fact condition (which would be daturus fuit in direct discourse) transferred into indirect speech, corresponding to the protasis si ... favissent, aut ... acclamassent (pluperfect subjunctive).
- 45.40.7duobus datis in adoptionem
An ablative absolute ('two sons having been given in adoption'), indicating the background that Paulus' two older sons had been adopted into other families. The relative pronoun quos (with duobus e filiis as its antecedent) is the direct object of retinuerat domi, with solos ... heredes acting as an object complement or appositive, meaning 'whom he had retained at home as the sole heirs'.
- 45.40.8oportuerat
The pluperfect indicative of the impersonal verb oportet ('it is proper'). Verbs expressing obligation or propriety regularly use the indicative (imperfect or pluperfect) instead of the subjunctive to express past contrary-to-fact situations. Here, it implies 'whom it would have been proper to see riding in the chariot with their father (but they could not due to death)'.