§31.8.1ὅτι κατὰ τοὺς καιροὺς τούτους παρεγένοντο πρέσβεις ἐκ τῆς Ῥώμης πρῶτον μὲν οἱ περὶ τὸν Μάρκον Ἰούνιον, διευκρινήσοντες τὰ πρὸς τοὺς Γαλάτας διαφέροντα τῷ βασιλεῖ.
At this time, ambassadors arrived from Rome; first of all, Marcus Junius and his party, to settle the matters in dispute between the king and the Galatians.
§31.8.2ἐπειδὴ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν οἱ Τρόκμοι διʼ αὑτῶν ἀποτεμέσθαι τῆς Καππαδοκίας οὐδέν, ἀλλʼ ἐκ χειρὸς ᾨκοδομήσαντο τὴν δίκην ἐπιβαλόμενοι τόλμαν, καταφυγόντες ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους διαβάλλειν ἐπειρῶντο τὸν Ἀριαράθην.
For since the Trocmi had not been able by their own resources to lop off any part of Cappadocia, but on the contrary had reaped a self-inflicted punishment by force of arms in attempting a bold enterprise, they fled to the Romans and tried to slander Ariarathes.
§31.8.3ὧν χάριν ἀπεστάλησαν οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἰούνιον.
On this account Junius and his party were sent.
πρὸς οὓς
ὁ βασιλεὺς ποιησάμενος τοὺς ἁρμόζοντας λόγους καὶ τἄλλα φιλανθρώπως ὁμιλήσας ἐκείνους μὲν εὐλογοῦντας ἀπέστειλε.
The king, having addressed them with fitting words and conversed kindly in other respects, sent them away singing his praises.
§31.8.4μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα, παραγενομένων πρεσβευτῶν τῶν περὶ Γνάιον Ὀκτάουιον καὶ Σπόριον Λοκρήτιον καὶ διαλεγομένων τῷ βασιλεῖ πάλιν περὶ τῶν πρὸς τοὺς Γαλάτας αὐτῷ διαφερόντων, §31.8.5βραχέα περὶ τούτων κοινολογησάμενος καὶ φήσας εὐεπάγωγος εἶναι πρὸς τὸ κριθέν, λοιπὸν ἤδη τὸν πλείω λόγον ὑπὲρ τῶν κατὰ Συρίαν ἐποιεῖτο πραγμάτων, εἰδὼς ἐκεῖσε προάγοντας τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ὀκτάουιον,
After this, when the ambassadors Gnaeus Octavius and Spurius Lucretius arrived and spoke again to the king about his disputes with the Galatians, having conversed briefly on these matters and said that he was easily led to submit to what had been decided, he thenceforth spent the greater part of his discourse on the affairs of Syria, knowing that Octavius and his party were proceeding thither.
§31.8.6ὑποδεικνύων αὐτοῖς τὴν ἀκαταστασίαν τῆς βασιλείας καὶ τὴν εἰκαιότητα τῶν προεστώτων αὐτῆς καὶ προσεπαγγελλόμενος ἀκολουθήσειν μετὰ δυνάμεως καὶ συνεφεδρεύειν τοῖς καιροῖς, ἕως ἂν ἐπανέλθωσι πάλιν ἐκ τῆς Συρίας ἀσφαλῶς.
He pointed out to them the instability of that kingdom and the frivolity of its rulers, and further promised to follow them with an armed force and to watch the course of events to support them until they should return safely from Syria.
§31.8.7οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Γνάιον ἐν πᾶσιν ἀποδεχόμενοι τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως εὔνοιαν καὶ προθυμίαν κατὰ μὲν τὸ παρὸν οὐκ ἔφασαν προσδεῖσθαι τῆς παραπομπῆς, §31.8.8εἰς δὲ τὸ μέλλον, ἐάν τις ὑποπίπτῃ χρεία, διασαφήσειν ἀόκνως· κρίνειν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἕνα τῶν ἀληθινῶν Ῥωμαίοις φίλων. —
Gnaeus and his party, while welcoming in every way the king's goodwill and readiness, said that for the present they had no need of an escort, but for the future, if any need should arise, they would let him know without hesitation; for they judged him to be one of the true friends of the Romans. —