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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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Perseus loses the support of his followers after ordering the death of Euander and attempts to escape. However, betrayed by a Cretan captain and trapped on Samothrace, the king finally surrenders to the Roman commander Octavius.
ceterum tanto facinore in unicum relictum amicum admisso,1 per tot casus expertum proditumque, quia non prodiderat, omnium ab se abalienavit animos.
But by committing so great a crime against his only remaining friend, who had been tested through so many perils and betrayed because he had not betrayed him, he alienated the minds of all from himself.
pro se quisque transire2 ad Romanos; fugaeque consilium capere solum prope relictum coegerunt; Oroandem denique Cretensem, cui nota Threciae ora erat, quia mercaturas in ea regione fecerat, appellat, ut se sublatum in lembum ad Cotym deveheret.
Each for himself began to desert to the Romans; and they forced him, left almost alone, to form a plan of flight. Finally, he called upon Oroandes the Cretan, to whom the coast of Thrace was familiar because he had carried on trade in that region, to take him on board a light vessel and carry him to Cotys.
Demetrium est portus in promunturio quodam Samothracae; ibi lembus stabat. sub occasum solis deferuntur, quae ad usum necessaria erant; defertur et pecunia, quanta clam deferri poterat.
Demetrium is a harbor on a certain promontory of Samothrace; there the vessel was lying. Towards sunset, what was necessary for use was brought down; as much money was also brought down as could be carried down secretly.
rex ipse nocte media cum tribus consciis fugae per posticum aedium in propincum cubiculo hortum atque inde maceriam aegre transgressus ad mare pervenit.
The king himself, at midnight, with three accomplices of his flight, having passed through a back door of the house into a garden near his bedchamber, and thence with difficulty climbed over a stone wall, reached the sea.
Oroandes tantum moratus, dum pecunia deferretur,3 primis tenebris solverat navem ac per altum Cretam petebat.
Oroandes, having waited only long enough for the money to be brought down, had set sail at the first darkness and was heading for Crete across the deep.
postquam in portu navis non inventa est, vagatus Perseus aliquamdiu in litore, postremo timens lucem iam adpropinquantem, in hospitium redire non ausus in latere templi prope angulum obscurum delituit.
When the ship was not found in the harbor, Perseus, having wandered for some time on the shore, and at last fearing the light that was already approaching, not daring to return to his lodging, hid himself in the side of the temple near an obscure corner.
pueri regii apud Macedonas vocabantur principum liberi ad ministerium electi regis; ea cohors persecuta regem fugientem ne tum quidem abscedebat, donec iussu Cn. Octavi pronuntiatum est per praeconem regios pueros Macedonasque alios, qui Samothracae essent, si transirent ad Romanos, incolumitatem libertatemque et sua omnia servaturos, quae aut secum haberent aut in Macedonia reliquissent.
Among the Macedonians, the children of the leading men chosen for the service of the king were called the royal youths; this cohort, having followed the fleeing king, did not depart even then, until by order of Cn. Octavius it was proclaimed by a herald that if the royal youths and other Macedonians who were in Samothrace should go over to the Romans, they would preserve their safety, freedom, and all their property, which they either had with them or had left in Macedonia.
ad hanc vocem transitio omnium facta est, nominaque dabant ad C. Postumium tribunum militum. liberos quoque parvos regios Ion Thessalonicensis Octavio tradidit, nec quisquam praeter Philippum, maximum natu e filiis, cum rege relictus.
At this voice, the desertion of all took place, and they gave their names to C. Postumius, the military tribune. Ion of Thessalonica also delivered the small children of the king to Octavius, nor was anyone left with the king except Philip, the eldest of his sons.
tum sese filiumque Octavio tradidit, fortunam deosque, quorum in templo erat, nulla ope supplicem iuvantis4 accusans.
Then he surrendered himself and his son to Octavius, accusing fortune and the gods, in whose temple he was, of helping the suppliant with no aid.
in praetoriam navem inponi iussus, eodem et pecunia, quae superfuit, delata est;
He was ordered to be put on board the flagship, and the money which remained was also brought to the same place;
extemploque classis Amphipolim repetit. inde Octavius regem in castra ad consulem misit praemissis litteris, ut in potestate cum esse et adduci sciret.5
and immediately the fleet returned to Amphipolis. Thence Octavius sent the king to the consul at the camp, having sent letters ahead so that he might know that the king was in his power and was being brought.
- 45.6.1tanto facinore in unicum relictum amicum admisso
Ablative absolute. facinus refers to the murder of Euander by Perseus, and unicum relictum amicum refers to Euander, who became its victim.
- 45.6.2transire
Historical infinitive, with pro se quisque as its subject. Although grammatically singular, it is conceptually plural and serves as the subject of the following verb coegerunt.
- 45.6.5dum pecunia deferretur
The conjunction dum with the subjunctive deferretur expresses purpose or expectation ('waiting for the money to be brought down') rather than mere temporal simultaneity.
- 45.6.10iuvantis
Archaic accusative plural ending in -is (equivalent to -es), agreeing with the antecedent deos. Thus, it is interpreted as 'the gods who did not help him.'
- 45.6.12ut in potestate cum esse et adduci sciret
The word cum in the text is interpreted as a scribal error or variant for the pronoun eum. The infinitive clauses eum esse in potestate and adduci serve as the object of sciret.