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Polybius · The Histories §30.28.1

Rome Grants Autonomy to the Galatians on Condition

Passage 1170 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

The Romans granted autonomy to the ambassadors of the Asiatic Galatians on the condition that they remain within their own territories and refrain from campaigns abroad.

§30.28.1ὅτι τοῖς παρὰ τῶν ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας Γαλατῶν πρεσβευταῖς συνεχώρησαν τὴν αὐτονομίαν μένουσιν ἐν ταῖς ἰδίαις κατοικίαις καὶ μὴ στρατευομένοις ἐκτὸς τῶν ἰδίων ὅρων.
ὅτι they granted autonomy to the ambassadors from the Galatians of Asia, on the condition that they remain in their own settlements and do not make military expeditions beyond their own frontiers.

Notes

  1. §30.28.1μένουσιν ... καὶ μὴ στρατευομένοις — The dative plural participles μένουσιν and στρατευομένοις grammatically agree with the dative πρεσβευταῖς (ambassadors), but semantically refer to the entire Galatian population represented by them, expressing the "condition" (on the condition that) under which autonomy is granted.

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Polybius, The Histories §30.28.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:30.28.1

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