§7.8.1τότε δὲ ἥκων ὁ Φλαμίνιος Ἐρέτριάν τε διήρπασε, τοὺς φρουροῦντας Μακεδόνων μάχῃ νικήσας, καὶ αὖθις ἐλάσας ἐπὶ Κόρινθον κατεχομένην ὑπὸ Φιλίππου φρουρᾷ αὐτός τε προσεκάθητο πολιορκῶν καὶ παρὰ Ἀχαιοὺς ἅμα ἀποστέλλων ἐπήγγελλέ σφισιν ἀφικνεῖσθαι πρὸς Κόρινθον στρατιᾷ, συμμάχους τε ἀξιωθησομένους καλεῖσθαι Ῥωμαίων καὶ ἅμα εὐνοίᾳ τῇ ἐς τὸ Ἑλληνικόν.
But Flamininus, having arrived at that time, sacked Eretria after defeating the Macedonian garrison in battle, and marching again against Corinth, which was held by Philip with a garrison, he sat down before it himself to besiege it, and at the same time sending to the Achaeans, he ordered them to come to Corinth with an army, as they would be deemed worthy to be called allies of the Romans, and also out of goodwill toward the Greeks.
§7.8.2Ἀχαιοὶ δὲ ἐποιοῦντο μὲν μεγάλως καὶ αὐτὸν ἐν αἰτίᾳ Φλαμίνιον καὶ ἔτι πρότερον Ὀτίλιον, οἳ μετεχειρίσαντο ὠμῶς οὕτω πόλεις Ἑλληνίδας καὶ ἀρχαίας, ἀναμαρτήτους τε οὔσας πρὸς Ῥωμαίους καὶ οὐ κατὰ γνώμην ὑπὸ Μακεδόνων ἀρχομένας· προεωρῶντο δὲ καὶ ὡς ἀντὶ Φιλίππου καὶ Μακεδόνων Ῥωμαῖοι σφίσι τε ἥκοιεν καὶ τῷ Ἑλληνικῷ δεσπόται προστάττειν.
The Achaeans, on their part, greatly blamed both Flamininus himself and, even before him, Otilius, who had treated Greek and ancient cities so brutally, cities that had committed no offense against the Romans and were ruled by the Macedonians against their will; and they also foresaw that, in place of Philip and the Macedonians, the Romans would come to them and to the Greek race as masters to give orders.
ῥηθέντων δὲ ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ πολλῶν καὶ ἐναντίων ἀλλήλοις, τέλος οἱ εὖνοι Ῥωμαίοις ἐνίκησαν καὶ Ἀχαιοὶ Φλαμινίῳ Κόρινθον συνεπολιόρκησαν.
But after many and conflicting opinions were spoken in the council, at last those who were well-disposed to the Romans prevailed, and the Achaeans joined Flamininus in besieging Corinth.
§7.8.3Κορίνθιοι δὲ ἀπὸ Μακεδόνων ἐλευθερωθέντες μετέσχον αὐτίκα συνεδρίου τοῦ Ἀχαιῶν, μετασχόντες καὶ πρότερον, ὅτε Ἄρατος καὶ Σικυώνιοι φρουρὰν ἐκ τοῦ Ἀκροκορίνθου τὴν πᾶσαν ἐξήλασαν καὶ ἀπέκτειναν Περσαῖον ὑπὸ Ἀντιγόνου ταχθέντα ἐπὶ τῇ φρουρᾷ.
The Corinthians, having been freed from the Macedonians, immediately joined the Achaean council, having also shared in it previously, when Aratus and the Sicyonians drove out the entire garrison from the Acrocorinth and killed Persaeus, who had been appointed over the garrison by Antigonus.
Ἀχαιοὶ δὲ τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου σύμμαχοί τε ὠνομάζοντο Ῥωμαίων καὶ ἐς τὰ πάντα ἦσαν πρόθυμοι· καί σφισιν εἵποντο μὲν ἐς Μακεδονίαν καὶ ἐπὶ Φίλιππον, μετέσχον δὲ καὶ στρατείας ἐς Αἰτωλούς, τρίτα δὲ ὁμοῦ Ῥωμαίοις ἐμαχέσαντο ἐναντία Ἀντιόχου καὶ Σύρων.
From that time on, the Achaeans were called allies of the Romans and were eager in all things; they followed them into Macedonia and against Philip, and also shared in the expedition against the Aetolians, and thirdly they fought alongside the Romans against Antiochus and the Syrians.
§7.8.4ὅσα μὲν δὴ Ἀχαιοὶ Μακεδόσιν ἢ στρατιᾷ τῇ Σύρων ἐναντία ἐτάξαντο, φιλίᾳ τῇ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἔπραξαν· ἐς δὲ Αἰτωλοὺς ἐκ παλαιοῦ σφισιν ἦν οἰκεῖα ἐγκλήματα.
Indeed, as many things as the Achaeans undertook against the Macedonians or the army of the Syrians, they did out of friendship toward the Romans; but against the Aetolians, they had their own private grievances from of old.
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἡ Νάβιδος ἐν Σπάρτῃ τυραννὶς κατελέλυτο, ἐς πλείστην ὠμότητα ἀνδρὸς ἀφικομένου, τὰ ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους αὐτίκα ἐνεπεπτώκει·
And when the tyranny of Nabis in Sparta was overthrown—a man who had reached the highest degree of cruelty—the affairs concerning the Lacedaemonians immediately fell into the hands of the Achaeans.
§7.8.5καὶ σφᾶς ὑπὸ τὸν χρόνον οἱ Ἀχαιοὶ τοῦτον ἐς σύλλογον ὑπάγονται τὸν Ἀχαϊκὸν καὶ δίκας τε ἐδίκαζόν σφισιν ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον καὶ τὰ τείχη τῆς Σπάρτης καταβάλλουσιν ἐς ἔδαφος, οἰκοδομηθέντα μὲν καὶ πρότερον ἔτι αὐτοσχεδίως ἐπί τε τῆς Δημητρίου καὶ ὕστερον τῆς Πύρρου καὶ Ἠπειρωτῶν στρατείας, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς τυραννίδος τῆς Νάβιδος καὶ ἐς τὸ ἀσφαλέστατον ὀχυρωθέντα.
At this time, the Achaeans brought them into the Achaean league, judged them with the utmost severity, and threw the walls of Sparta to the ground, which had been built previously in a makeshift manner during the campaigns of Demetrius and later of Pyrrhus and the Epirotes, but had been fortified most securely under the tyranny of Nabis.
τά τε οὖν τείχη τῆς Σπάρτης οἱ Ἀχαιοὶ καθεῖλον καὶ τὰ ἐς μελέτην τοῖς ἐφήβοις ἐκ τῶν Λυκούργου νόμων καταλύσαντες ἐπέταξαν τοῖς Ἀχαιῶν ἐφήβοις τὰ αὐτὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν.
Thus the Achaeans demolished the walls of Sparta, and having abolished the training for the youths derived from the laws of Lycurgus, they ordered them to practice the same things as the Achaean youths.
§7.8.6ταῦτα μὲν δὴ καὶ ἐς πλέον ἐπέξεισιν αὖθίς μοι τὰ ἐς Ἀρκάδας·
These matters concerning the Arcadians my narrative will discuss in greater detail hereafter.
Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ ἅτε μεγάλως τοῖς ἐπιτάγμασιν ἀχθόμενοι τοῖς Ἀχαιῶν καταφεύγουσιν ἐπὶ Μέτελλον καὶ ὅσοι σὺν Μετέλλῳ κατὰ πρεσβείαν ἧκον ἐκ Ῥώμης.
But the Lacedaemonians, being greatly vexed by the commands of the Achaeans, fled for refuge to Metellus and those who had come from Rome on an embassy with Metellus.
ἀφίκοντο δὲ οὗτοι Φιλίππῳ καὶ Μακεδόσι πόλεμον μὲν οὐδένα ἐπάξοντες ἅτε εἰρήνης πρότερον ἔτι Φιλίππῳ καὶ Ῥωμαίοις ὀμωμοσμένης, ὁπόσα δὲ ἢ Θεσσαλοῖς ἢ τῶν ἐξ Ἠπείρου τισὶν ἐγκλήματα ἦν ἐς Φίλιππον, ταῦτα ἧκον οἱ ὁμοῦ Μετέλλῳ κρινοῦντες.
These men had come, not to bring any war upon Philip and the Macedonians, since peace had already been sworn previously between Philip and the Romans, but to arbitrate whatever grievances either the Thessalians or some of the Epirotes had against Philip.
§7.8.7ἔργῳ μὲν δὴ Φίλιππός τε αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ Μακεδόνων ἀκμὴ καθῄρητο ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων—μαχεσάμενος γὰρ Φλαμινίου καὶ Ῥωμαίων ἐναντία Φίλιππος ἐν Κυνὸς καλουμέναις κεφαλαῖς τὸ ἧττον ἠνέγκατο, ἀλλʼ ἅτε δὴ κατὰ δύναμιν ἀγωνισάμενος αὐτὸς οὗτος ὁ Φίλιππος τοσοῦτον ἐκρατήθη τῇ συμβολῇ, ὡς στρατιᾶς τε ἣν ἦγεν ἀποβαλεῖν τὸ πολὺ καὶ ἐκ τῶν πόλεων, ὅσας εἷλεν ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι πολέμῳ παραστησάμενος, ἐξήγαγεν ἐξ ἁπασῶν τὰς φρουρὰς κατὰ ὁμολογίαν πρὸς Ῥωμαίους— §7.8.8κατὰ μέντοι τοῦ λόγου τὸ εὐπρεπὲς παρὰ Ῥωμαίων εὕρητο εἰρήνην δεήσεσί τε παντοίαις καὶ δαπάναις χρημάτων μεγάλαις.
In fact, Philip himself and the power of the Macedonians had been crushed by the Romans—for Philip, having fought against Flamininus and the Romans at the place called Cynoscephalae, suffered defeat; but having fought with all his might, this very Philip was so utterly defeated in the encounter that he lost the greater part of the army he led, and from all the cities which he had captured in Greece by reducing them in war, he withdrew his garrisons according to the agreement with the Romans— nevertheless, to preserve a decent appearance, he obtained peace from the Romans by all kinds of entreaties and great expenditures of money.
τὰ δὲ ἐς Μακεδόνας δύναμίν τε, ἣν ἐπὶ Φιλίππου περιεβάλοντο τοῦ Ἀμύντου, καὶ ὡς ἐπὶ Φιλίππου τοῦ ὑστέρου τὰ πράγματά σφισιν ἐφθάρη, Σίβυλλα οὐκ ἄνευ θεοῦ προεθέσπισεν· ἔχει δὲ οὕτω τὰ χρησθέντα· §7.8.9"
αὐχοῦντες βασιλεῦσι Μακεδόνες Ἀργεάδῃσιν,
ὑμῖν κοιρανέων ἀγαθὸν καὶ πῆμα Φίλιππος.
The fortunes of the Macedonians, both the power they acquired under Philip the son of Amyntas and how their affairs were ruined under the later Philip, the Sibyl foretold, not without divine inspiration; and the oracle runs as follows: "Macedonians boasting of Argead kings, To you Philip ruling shall be a blessing and a bane.
ἤτοι ὁ μὲν πρότερος πόλεσιν λαοῖσί τʼ ἄνακτας
θήσει· ὁ δʼ ὁπλότερος τιμὴν ἀπὸ πᾶσαν ὀλέσσει,
δμηθεὶς ἑσπερίοισιν ὑπʼ ἀνδράσιν ἠῴοις τε.
Indeed, the former shall make rulers for cities and peoples, But the younger shall destroy all honor, Subdued by western men and eastern.
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Ῥωμαῖοί τε δὴ τὰ πρὸς ἑσπέραν νεμόμενοι τῆς Εὐρώπης καθεῖλον τὴν Μακεδόνων ἀρχὴν καὶ τῶν ἐς τὸ συμμαχικὸν ταχθέντων Ἄτταλος τῆς ἐκ Περγάμου συλλεχθείσης ἡγεμὼν καὶ ἔτι ἐκ Μυσίας στρατιᾶς· πρὸς δὲ ἀνίσχοντα ἥλιον μᾶλλόν τι ἡ Μυσία τέτραπται.
"So the Romans, who dwell toward the west of Europe, overthrew the rule of the Macedonians, and of those who were arrayed in the alliance, Attalus, the commander of the army gathered from Pergamon and also from Mysia, assisted; and Mysia is turned rather toward the rising sun.