§30.5.1τὴν δὲ προειρημένην ἀπόκρισιν οἱ μὲν περὶ τὸν Φιλοκράτην λαβόντες ἐξ αὐτῆς ὥρμησαν, οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Φιλόφρονα καὶ Ἀστυμήδην αὐτόθι μένοντες παρήδρευον χάριν τοῦ μηδὲν αὐτοὺς λανθάνειν τῶν προσπιπτόντων ἢ λεγομένων κατὰ τῆς πατρίδος.
Upon receiving the aforementioned reply, Philocrates and his colleagues departed immediately on its account, while Philophron and Astymedes remained on the spot and kept watch, so that nothing that happened or was said against their country should escape their notice.
§30.5.2προσπεσούσης δὲ τῆς ἀποκρίσεως ταύτης εἰς τὴν Ῥόδον, δόξαντες ἀπολελύσθαι τοῦ μεγίστου φόβου τοῦ κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον, τἄλλα καίπερ ἀκμὴν ὄντα δυσχερῆ ῥᾳδίως ἔφερον.
When this reply reached Rhodes, thinking that they had been delivered from the greatest fear, that of war, they easily bore the other conditions, although they were still difficult.
§30.5.3οὕτως αἰεὶ τὰ μείζω τῶν προσδοκωμένων κακῶν λήθην ποιεῖ τῶν ἐλαττόνων συμπτωμάτων.
Thus indeed, the greater of expected evils always makes people forget lesser misfortunes.
§30.5.4διὸ καὶ παραχρῆμα ψηφισάμενοι τῇ Ῥώμῃ στέφανον ἀπὸ μυρίων χρυσῶν καὶ καταστήσαντες πρεσβευτὴν ἅμα καὶ ναύαρχον Θεαίδητον ἐξέπεμπον θερείας ἀρχομένης ἄγοντα τὸν στέφανον καὶ μετὰ τούτου τοὺς περὶ Ῥοδοφῶντα, πειρασομένους κατὰ πάντα τρόπον συμμαχίαν συνθέσθαι πρὸς Ῥωμαίους.
Therefore, they immediately voted a crown of ten thousand gold pieces to Rome, and appointed Theaidetus as both ambassador and admiral, dispatching him at the beginning of summer to carry the crown, and with him Rhodophon and his colleagues, who were to attempt in every way to conclude an alliance with the Romans.
§30.5.5τοῦτο δʼ ἐποίησαν οὐ βουλόμενοι διὰ τοῦ ψηφίσματος καὶ πρεσβείας ἀποτυχεῖν, ἐὰν ἄλλως δόξῃ Ῥωμαίοις, διʼ αὐτῆς δὲ τῆς τοῦ ναυάρχου προαιρέσεως τὴν κατάπειραν ποιήσασθαι· τὴν γὰρ ἐξουσίαν εἶχε ταύτην ὁ ναύαρχος ἐκ τῶν νόμων.
They did this because they did not wish to fail through a decree and embassy, should the Romans decide otherwise, but wanted to make the attempt through the admiral’s own authority; for the admiral had this power under the laws.
§30.5.6οὕτως γὰρ ἦν πραγματικὸν τὸ πολίτευμα τῶν Ῥοδίων ὡς σχεδὸν ἔτη τετταράκοντα πρὸς τοῖς ἑκατὸν κεκοινωνηκὼς ὁ δῆμος Ῥωμαίοις τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων καὶ καλλίστων ἔργων οὐκ ἐπεποίητο πρὸς αὐτοὺς συμμαχίαν.
For so practical was the policy of the Rhodians that, although the people had shared with the Romans in their most glorious and honorable achievements for nearly a hundred and forty years, they had never concluded an alliance with them.
§30.5.7τίνος δὲ χάριν οὕτως ἐχείριζον οἱ Ῥόδιοι τὰ καθʼ αὑτοὺς οὐκ ἄξιον παραλιπεῖν.
Why the Rhodians managed their affairs in this manner is well worth mentioning.
§30.5.8βουλόμενοι γὰρ μηδένα τῶν ἐν ταῖς ὑπεροχαῖς καὶ δυναστείαις ἀπελπίζειν τὴν ἐξ αὑτῶν ἐπικουρίαν καὶ συμμαχίαν, οὐκ ἐβούλοντο συνδυάζειν οὐδὲ προκαταλαμβάνειν σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ὅρκοις καὶ συνθήκαις, ἀλλʼ ἀκέραιοι διαμένοντες κερδαίνειν τὰς ἐξ ἑκάστων ἐλπίδας.
For, wishing that none of those in high places and ruling positions should despair of their assistance and alliance, they did not wish to bind or pre-commit themselves with oaths and treaties, but to remain uncommitted so that they might benefit from the hopes held out by each party.
§30.5.9τότε δὲ μεγάλην ἐποιοῦντο φιλοτιμίαν, βουλόμενοι ταύτης τῆς τιμῆς τυχεῖν παρὰ Ῥωμαίων, οὐ κατεπειγόμενοι συμμαχίας οὐδʼ ἀγωνιῶντες ἁπλῶς οὐδένα κατὰ τὸ παρὸν πλὴν αὐτῶν τῶν Ῥωμαίων, §30.5.10ἀλλὰ βουλόμενοι κατὰ τὴν ὑπέρθεσιν τῆς ἐπιβολῆς ἀφαιρεῖσθαι τὰς ὑπονοίας τῶν δυσχερές τι διανοουμένων περὶ τῆς πόλεως.
But on this occasion they showed great eagerness, wishing to obtain this honor from the Romans, not because they were pressed for an alliance, nor because they were anxious about anyone at present except the Romans themselves, but because they wished, by presenting this proposal, to remove the suspicions of those who had unfavorable intentions toward the city.
ἄρτι δὲ τῶν περὶ τὸν Θεαίδητον καταπεπλευκότων, §30.5.11ἀπέστησαν Καύνιοι, κατελάβοντο δὲ καὶ Μυλασεῖς τὰς ἐν Εὐρώμῳ πόλεις.
But just when Theaidetus and his colleagues had landed, the Caunians revolted, and the Mylasians also seized the cities in Euromus.
§30.5.12κατὰ δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν καιρὸν ἡ σύγκλητος ἐξέβαλε δόγμα διότι δεῖ Κᾶρας καὶ Λυκίους ἐλευθέρους εἶναι πάντας, ὅσους προσένειμε Ῥοδίοις μετὰ τὸν Ἀντιοχικὸν πόλεμον.
At the same time, the Senate issued a decree stating that all the Carians and Lycians whom they had assigned to the Rhodians after the Syrian War must be free.
§30.5.13τὰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ τοὺς Καυνίους καὶ τοὺς Εὐρωμεῖς ταχέως οἱ Ῥόδιοι διωρθώσαντο· §30.5.14τοὺς μὲν γὰρ Καυνίους Λύκωνα πέμψαντες μετὰ στρατιωτῶν ἠνάγκασαν πάλιν ὑφʼ αὑτοὺς τάττεσθαι, §30.5.15καίπερ Κιβυρατῶν αὐτοῖς παραβοηθησάντων, ἐπὶ δὲ τὰς ἐν Εὐρώμῳ πόλεις στρατεύσαντες ἐνίκησαν μάχῃ Μυλασεῖς καὶ Ἀλαβανδεῖς, ἀμφοτέρων παραγενομένων μετὰ στρατιᾶς ἐπʼ Ὀρθωσίαν.
Now, the Rhodians quickly settled the matters concerning the Caunians and Euromians; for they sent Lycon with soldiers and forced the Caunians to submit to them again, although the Cibyratae had assisted them, and marching against the cities in Euromus, they defeated in battle the Mylasians and Alabandians, both of whom had come with an army against Orthosia.
§30.5.16τοῦ δὲ περὶ τῶν Λυκίων καὶ Καρῶν δόγματος αὐτοῖς προσπεσόντος, πάλιν ἀπεσοβήθησαν ταῖς διανοίαις, δείσαντες μή ποτε μάταιος μὲν αὐτοῖς ἡ τοῦ στεφάνου δόσις γέγονε, μάταιοι δʼ αἱ περὶ τῆς συμμαχίας ἐλπίδες.
But when the decree concerning the Lycians and Carians reached them, they were again severely shaken in spirit, fearing that their gift of the crown had been in vain, and that their hopes for an alliance were likewise in vain.