§739τοσάδε προύτεινεν ὁ Σκιπίων, καὶ πάντα ἐδέχοντο οἱ πρέσβεις.
\nScipio proposed these terms, and the envoys accepted them all.
το τε μέρος αὐτίκα τῶν χρημάτων καὶ τὰ εἴκοσιν ὅμηρα ἐκομίζετο, καὶ ἦν αὐτῶν Ἀντίοχος ο νεώτερος υἱὸς Ἀντιόχου.
The immediate portion of the money and the twenty hostages were brought, and among them was Antiochus, the younger son of Antiochus.
ἐς δὲ τὴν Ῥώμην οἵ τε Σκιπίωνες καὶ ὁ Ἀντίοχος πρέσβεις ἔπεμπον, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ τοῖς ἐγνωσμένοις συνετίθεντο.
Both the Scipios and Antiochus sent envoys to Rome, and the senate agreed to the terms that had been decided.
καὶ ἐγράφοντο συνθῆκαι τοὺς Σκιπίωνος λόγους βεβαιοῦσαί τε καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀορίστων ἐπιλέγουσαι, καὶ βραχέα ἄττα προσεπιλαμβάνουσαι, ὅρον μὲν Ἀντιόχῳ τῆς ἀρχῆς εἶναι δύο ἄκρας, Καλύκαδνόν τε καὶ Σαρπηδόνιον, καὶ τάσδε μὴ παραπλεῖν Ἀντίοχον ἐπὶ πολέμῳ, ναῦς δὲ καταφράκτους ἔχειν δώδεκα μόνας, αἷς ἐς τοὺς ὑπηκόους πολέμου κατάρχειν· πολεμούμενον δὲ καὶ πλέοσι χρῆσθαι· μηδένα δʼ ἐκ τῆς Ῥωμαίων ξενολογεῖν, μηδὲ φυγάδας ἐξ αὐτῆς ὑποδέχεσθαι, καὶ τὰ ὅμηρα διὰ τριετίας ἐναλλάσσειν, χωρίς γε τοῦ παιδὸς Ἀντιόχου.
And a treaty was drawn up confirming Scipio's words and deciding upon the undetermined matters, and adding a few other brief terms: that the boundary of Antiochus' empire should be two promontories, Calycadnus and Sarpedon, and that Antiochus should not sail past these for the purpose of war; that he should have only twelve decked ships, with which he might initiate war against his subjects, but if he were attacked he might use more; that he should recruit no mercenaries from the territory of the Romans, nor receive exiles from it; and that the hostages should be exchanged every three years, with the exception of the boy Antiochus.
ταῦτα συγγραψάμενοί τε καὶ ἐς τὸ Καπιτώλιον ἐς δέλτους χαλκᾶς ἀναθέντες, οὗ καὶ τὰς ἄλλας συνθήκας ἀνατιθέασιν, ἔπεμπον ἀντίγραφα Μαλλίῳ Οὐούλσωνι τῷ διαδεδεγμένῳ τὴν Σκιπίωνος στρατηγίαν.
Having drawn up these terms and deposited them on bronze tablets in the Capitol, where they also deposit the other treaties, they sent copies to Manlius Vulso, who had succeeded to Scipio's command.
ὁ δʼ ὤμνυ τοῖς Ἀντιόχου πρέσβεσι περὶ Ἀπάμειαν τῆς Φρυγίας, καὶ ὁ Ἀντίοχος ἐπὶ τοῦτο πεμφθέντι Θέρμῳ χιλιάρχῳ.
He swore to the treaty with Antiochus' envoys near Apamea in Phrygia, and Antiochus swore to Thermus, the tribune sent for this purpose.
τοῦτο μὲν δὴ Ἀντιόχῳ μεγάλῳ τοῦ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους πολέμου τέλος ἦν.
This indeed was the end of the war with the Romans for Antiochus the Great.
καὶ ἐδόκει μέχρι τοῦδε προελθεῖν μόνου διὰ χάριν τὴν ἐς τὸν παῖδα τὸν Σκιπίωνος Ἀντιόχῳ γενομένην· §740καί τινες τὸν Σκιπίωνα ἐπανελθόντα διέβαλλον ἐπὶ τῷδε, καὶ δήμαρχοι δύο δωροδοκίας αὐτὸν ἐγράψαντο καὶ προδοσίας.
And it seemed that it had proceeded only thus far because of the favor which had been shown by Antiochus to Scipio's son.\n\nAnd certain persons slandered Scipio upon his return because of this, and two tribunes of the plebs prosecuted him for bribery and treason.
ὁ δὲ ἀδοξῶν καὶ ὑπερορῶν τοῦ ἐγκλήματος, ἐπεὶ συνῆλθε τὸ δικαστήριον ἧς ἡμέρας ποτὲ Καρχηδόνα παρεστήσατο, θυσίαν προύπεμψεν ἐς τὸ Καπιτώλιον, καὶ ἐς τὸ δικαστήριον αὐτὸς παρῆλθεν ἐπὶ λαμπροῦ σχήματος ἀντὶ οἰκτροῦ καὶ ταπεινοῦ τῶν ὑπευθύνων, ὡς εὐθὺς ἐπὶ τῷδε πάντας ἐκπλῆξαί τε καὶ ἐς εὔνοιαν, ὡς ἐπὶ χρηστῷ δὴ συνειδότι μεγαλοφρονούμενον, προσαγαγέσθαι.
But he, disdaining and looking down upon the accusation, when the court met on the very anniversary of the day he had once subdued Carthage, sent a sacrifice ahead to the Capitol, and entered the court himself in brilliant attire instead of the pitiful and humble garb of defendants, so as to immediately strike everyone with awe by this, and win them over to goodwill, as one who was high-minded because of a clear conscience.
λέγειν δὲ ἀρξάμενος τῆς μὲν κατηγορίας οὐδʼ ἐπεμνήσθη, τὸν δὲ βίον ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἐπιτηδεύματα καὶ ἔργα πάντα ἐπεξῄει, καὶ πολέμους ὅσους ἐπολέμησεν ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος, καὶ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ὡς ἐπολέμησεν, ὁσάκις τε ἐνίκησεν, ὡς ἐγγενέσθαι τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις τι καὶ ἡδονῆς διὰ τὴν ἱστορίαν τῆς σεμνολογίας.
And beginning to speak, he did not even mention the accusation, but went through his whole life, his conduct, and all his deeds, and how many wars he had waged on behalf of his country, and how he had fought each of them, and how many times he had conquered, so that a certain pleasure arose in his hearers because of the history of his solemn speech.
ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε προῆλθεν ἐπὶ Καρχηδόνα, ἐξάρας ἐς φαντασίαν τάδε μάλιστα, καὶ ὁρμῆς αὐτός τε ἐμπλησθεὶς καὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἐμπλήσας, εἶπεν ὅτι τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας ἐγὼ τάδε ἐνίκων καὶ Καρχηδόνα ὑμῖν, ὦ πολῖται, περιεποίουν, τὴν τέως ὑμῖν ἐπιφοβωτάτην.
And when at length he came to the subject of Carthage, exalting this above all in imagination, and being himself filled with passion and filling the multitude with it, he said: "On this day, O citizens, I won those victories and acquired Carthage for you, which was till then most terrifying to you.
ἄπειμι δὴ θύσων τῆς ἡμέρας ἐς τὸ Καπιτώλιον· καὶ ὑμῶν ὅσοι φιλοπόλιδες, τῆς θυσίας μοι, γιγνομένης ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν συνάψασθε. ταῦτα ἔφη, καὶ ἐς τὸ Καπιτώλιον ἔθει, μηδὲν τῆς δίκης φροντίσας.
Now, therefore, I am going to the Capitol to sacrifice on this day; and as many of you as love your country, join with me in the sacrifice that is being offered on your behalf." Saying this, he hastened to the Capitol, caring nothing for the trial.
εἵπετο δʼ αὐτῷ τὸ πλῆθος καὶ οἱ πλέονες τῶν δικαστῶν σὺν εὐφήμῳ βοῇ, καὶ θύοντι ὅμοια ἐπεφώνουν.
And the multitude and most of the judges followed him with acclamations of praise, and shouted in approval as he sacrificed.
οἱ κατήγοροι δὲ ἠποροῦντο, καὶ οὔτε αὐτῷ τὴν δίκην αὖθις ὡς ἀτέλεστον ἐτόλμησαν ἐπιγράψαι, οὔτε μέμψασθαι δημοκοπίας, δυνατώτερον αὐτοῦ τὸν βίον εἰδότες ὑπονοίας τε καὶ διαβολῆς. §741ὁ μὲν δὴ Σκιπίων ὧδε ἐγκλήματος ἀναξίου τῶν βεβιωμένων οἱ κατεφρόνησε, σοφώτερον, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, Ἀριστείδου περὶ κλοπῆς καὶ Σωκράτους περὶ ὧν ἐνεκαλεῖτο οὐδὲν εἰπόντων ὑπʼ ἀδοξίας ὁμοίας, ἢ Σωκράτους εἰπόντος ἃ δοκεῖ Πλάτωνι, μεγαλοφρονέστερον δὲ ἄρα καὶ Ἐπαμεινώνδου, ὃς ἐβοιωτάρχει μὲν ἅμα Πελοπίδᾳ καὶ ἑτέρῳ, ἐξέπεμψαν δὲ αὐτοὺς οἱ Θηβαῖοι, στρατὸν ἑκάστῳ δόντες, ἐπικουρεῖν Ἀρκάσι καὶ Μεσσηνίοις πολεμουμένοις ὑπὸ Λακώνων, οὔπω δʼ ὅσα ἐπενόοουν ἐργασαμένους ἐπὶ διαβολῇ μετεκάλουν.
The accusers were at a loss, and neither dared to bring the lawsuit against him again as unfinished, nor to blame him for demagoguery, knowing that his life was more powerful than suspicion and slander.\n\nThus indeed did Scipio despise an accusation unworthy of his past life—more wisely, in my opinion, than Aristides concerning the theft, or Socrates, who said nothing about the charges against them because of a similar sense of indignity, or Socrates who said what seems appropriate to Plato; and indeed more high-minded than Epaminondas, who was Boeotarch along with Pelopidas and another, and whom the Thebans sent out, giving a force to each, to assist the Arcadians and Messenians who were being attacked by the Lacedaemonians, but recalled them on a slander before they had accomplished what they intended.
οἱ δὲ τοῖς διαδόχοις σφῶν τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐπὶ μῆνας ἓξ οὐ μεθῆκαν, ἕως τὰ Λακεδαιμονίων φρούρια καθεῖλον καὶ ἐπέστησαν αὖθις ἕτερα τῶν Ἀρκάδων, Ἐπαμεινώνδου τοὺς συστρατήγους ἐς τοῦτο ἀναγκάζοντός τε, καὶ ὑποδεχομένου τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῖς ἀζήμιον ἔσεσθαι.
But they did not hand over their command to their successors for six months, until they had demolished the Lacedaemonian garrisons and established other ones for the Arcadians in their place, since Epaminondas compelled his fellow generals to do this and undertook that the action would be harmless to them.
ἐπεὶ δὲ αὐτοῖς ἐπανελθοῦσιν οἱ κατήγοροι, καθʼ ἕνα διώκοντες, ἐτιμῶντο θανάτου (θανάτῳ γὰρ ὁ νόμος ἐζημίου τὸν ἐκ βίας ἀρχὴν ἄρξαντα ἀλλοτρίαν), οἱ μὲν ἕτεροι διέφυγον οἴκτῳ τε χρώμενοι καὶ λόγοις πλείοσι, καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν ἐς τὸν Ἐπαμεινώνδαν ἀναφέροντες, αὐτὸν οὕτω λέγειν ὑποθέμενον αὐτοῖς καὶ λέγουσιν ἐπιμαρτυροῦντα·
And when they returned, the accusers prosecuted them one by one, seeking the death penalty (for the law punished with death anyone who held another's office by force), and the others escaped by employing pity and many words, and shifting the blame onto Epaminondas, claiming that he himself had suggested this to them and bearing witness to their statements.
ὁ δὲ κρινόμενος τελευταῖος
ὁμολογῶ,
ἔφη,
παρανόμως ἄρξαι τόνδε τὸν χρόνον, καὶ οὓς ἀπελύσατε νῦν, ἐγὼ συναναγκάσαι.
And when he was tried last, he said: "I admit that I held command unlawfully during this time, and that I compelled those whom you have just acquitted.
καὶ οὐ παραιτοῦμαι τὸν θάνατον παρανομήσας.
And I do not beg off from death, having broken the law.
αἰτῶ δʼ ὑμᾶς ἀντὶ τῶν προβεβιωμένων μοι κατὰ τὸν τάφον ἐπιγράψαι· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ περὶ Λεῦκτρα νικήσας καὶ τὴν πατρίδα, τοὺς ἐχθροὺς οὐχ ὑπομένουσαν, οὐδʼ εἴ τις ξένος ἔχοι Λακωνικὸν πῖλον, ἐπὶ τὴν Σπάρτην αὐτὴν προαγαγών.
But I ask you, in place of my past life, to write upon my tomb: 'This is the man who conquered at Leuctra and led his country—which could not previously endure the enemy, not even if some stranger wore a Lacedaemonian cap—against Sparta itself.
οὗτος ὑπὸ τῆς πατρίδος ἀνῄρηται, παρανομήσας ἐπὶ συμφέροντι τῆς πατρίδος. ταῦτʼ εἰπὼν κατέβη τε τοῦ βήματος, καὶ παρεδίδου τὸ σῶμα τοῖς ἐθέλουσιν ἀπαγαγεῖν.
This man was put to death by his country, having broken the law for the benefit of his country.'" Having said this, he stepped down from the platform and surrendered his body to those who wished to lead him away.
οἱ δικασταὶ δὲ τῷ τε ὀνείδει τοῦ λόγου καὶ θαύματι τῆς ἀπολογίας καὶ αἰδοῖ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀπολογουμένου, τὰς ψήφους οὐχ ὑποστάντες λαβεῖν, ἐξέδραμον ἐκ τοῦ δικαστηρίου.
The judges, stung by the reproach of his speech, and filled with wonder at his defense and reverence for the man pleading his case, could not bear to cast their votes, and rushed out of the court.