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Polybius · The Histories §21.45.1

Manlius Makes Peace with Ariarathes

Passage 1007 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

Records that the proconsul Manlius exacted money from Ariarathes and made him a friend of the Romans.

§21.45.1Μάλιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος τριακόσια τάλαντα πραξάμενος παρʼ Ἀριαράθου φίλον αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατο Ῥωμαίων. —
The proconsul Manlius, having exacted three hundred talents from Ariarathes, made him a friend of the Romans.

Notes

  1. 21.45.1πραξάμενος — The middle voice of the verb πράσσω means to exact or demand money for oneself. Here the participle expresses an action prior to that of the main verb ἐποιήσατο.
  2. 21.45.1φίλον αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατο Ῥωμαίων — The middle voice of ποιέω takes a double accusative (direct object αὐτόν and complement φίλον), meaning to make someone something for oneself. The genitive Ῥωμαίων modifies φίλον.

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Polybius, The Histories §21.45.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:21.45.1

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