§28.16.1ὅτι ἐν τῇ Ῥόδῳ τὰ τῆς ἀντιπολιτείας αἰεὶ μᾶλλον ἐπέτεινεν.
In Rhodes, the political strife intensified ever more.
§28.16.2προσπεσόντος γὰρ αὐτοῖς τοῦ τῆς συγκλήτου δόγματος, ἐν ᾧ διεσάφει μηκέτι προσέχειν τοῖς τῶν στρατηγῶν ἐπιτάγμασιν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς αὑτῆς δόγμασι, καὶ τῶν πολλῶν ἀποδεχομένων τὴν τῆς συγκλήτου πρόνοιαν, §28.16.3οἱ περὶ τὸν Φιλόφρονα καὶ Θεαίδητον ἐπιλαβόμενοι τῆς ἀφορμῆς ταύτης ἐξειργάζοντο τἀκόλουθα, φάσκοντες δεῖν ἐκπέμπειν πρεσβευτὰς πρὸς τὴν σύγκλητον καὶ τὸν Κόιντον Μάρκιον τὸν ὕπατον καὶ πρὸς Γάιον τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ ναυτικοῦ.
For when the decree of the Senate reached them, in which it clarified that they should no longer pay attention to the orders of the generals, but to its own decrees, and when the majority welcomed the foresight of the Senate, Philophron and Theaidetus and their party, seizing this opportunity, proceeded to carry out the consequences, declaring that they ought to send ambassadors to the Senate, to Quintus Marcius the consul, and to Gaius the commander of the fleet.
§28.16.4τότε γὰρ ἤδη γνώριμον ἦν ἅπασιν οἵτινες τῶν καθεσταμένων ἀρχόντων ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ παραγίνεσθαι μέλλουσιν εἰς τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα τόπους.
For by that time it was already known to all which of the appointed magistrates in Rome were about to arrive in the regions of Greece.
§28.16.5κροτηθείσης δὲ τῆς ὑποθέσεως, καίπερ ἀντιρρήσεως γενομένης, ἀπεστάλησαν εἰς μὲν τὴν Ῥώμην ἀρχομένης θερείας Ἁγησίλοχος Ἁγησίου, §28.16.6Νικαγόρας, Νίκανδρος, πρὸς δὲ τὸν ὕπατον καὶ τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ ναυτικοῦ στρατηγὸν Ἁγέπολις, §28.16.7ἀρίστων, Πασικράτης, ἐντολὰς ἔχοντες ἀνανεοῦσθαι τὰ φιλάνθρωπα πρὸς Ῥωμαίους καὶ πρὸς τὰς διαβολὰς ἀπολογεῖσθαι τὰς λεγομένας ὑπό τινων κατὰ τῆς πόλεως, §28.16.8οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Ἁγησίλοχον ἅμα τοῖς προειρημένοις καὶ περὶ σιτικῆς ἐξαγωγῆς ποιησόμενοι λόγους.
The proposal having been approved, although there was some opposition, there were dispatched to Rome, at the beginning of summer, Hagesilochus the son of Hagesias, Nicagoras, and Nicandrus; and to the consul and the commander of the fleet, Hagepolis, Ariston, and Pasicrates, having instructions to renew the friendly relations with the Romans and to defend themselves against the slanders spoken by some against their city, while Hagesilochus and his colleagues, in addition to the aforementioned matters, were also to negotiate concerning the export of grain.
§28.16.9τὰ μὲν οὖν ὑπὸ τούτων ῥηθέντα πρὸς τὴν σύγκλητον καὶ τὰς δοθείσας αὐτοῖς ἀποκρίσεις ὑπὸ τῆς συγκλήτου καὶ διότι πάντων τῶν φιλανθρώπων τυχόντες ἐπανῆλθον, ἐν τοῖς Ἰταλικοῖς εἴπομεν.
Now, what was said by these men to the Senate and the replies given to them by the Senate, and how they returned having obtained every favor, we have already related in the chapters on Italy.
§28.16.10περὶ δὲ τούτου τοῦ μέρους χρήσιμόν ἐστι πλεονάκις ὑπομιμνήσκειν, ὃ δὴ καὶ πειρώμεθα ποιεῖν, διότι πολλάκις ἀναγκαζόμεθα τὰς ἐντεύξεις τῶν πρεσβειῶν καὶ τοὺς χρηματισμοὺς προτέρους ἐξαγγέλλειν τῆς καταστάσεως καὶ τῆς ἐξαποστολῆς.
Regarding this matter, it is useful to remind the reader repeatedly—which indeed we attempt to do—because we are often compelled to report the audiences of embassies and their transactions prior to their appointment and dispatch.
§28.16.11ἐπεὶ γὰρ καθʼ ἕκαστον ἔτος τὰς καταλλήλους πράξεις γράφοντες πειρώμεθʼ ἐν ἑνὶ καιρῷ συγκεφαλαιοῦσθαι τὰς παρʼ ἑκάστοις πράξεις, δῆλον ὡς ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν τοῦτο συμβαίνειν περὶ τὴν γραφήν.
For since we record the corresponding events year by year and attempt to summarize the events among each nation at one and the same season, it is clear that this must necessarily happen in our writing.