§29.12.1Neglectae eo biennio res in Graecia erant.
For those two years, affairs in Greece had been neglected.
itaque Philippus Aetolos desertos ab Romano, cui uni fidebant, auxilio, quibus voluit condicionibus ad petendam et paciscendam subegit pacem. §29.12.2quod nisi omni vi perficere maturasset, bellantem eum cum Aetolis P. Sempronius proconsul, successor imperii missus Sulpicio cum decem milibus peditum et mille equitibus et triginta quinque rostratis navibus, haud parvum momentum ad opem ferendam sociis, oppressisset. §29.12.3vixdum pace facta nuntius regi venit Romanos Dyrrachium venisse, Parthinosque et propinquas gentes alias motas esse ad spem novandi res, Dimallumque oppugnari. §29.12.4eo se verterant Romani ab Aetolorum, quo missi erant, auxilio, irati, quod sine auctoritate sua adversus foedus cum rege pacem fecissent. §29.12.5ea cum audisset Philippus, ne qui motus maior in finitimis gentibus populisque oreretur, magnis itineribus Apolloniam contendit, quo Sempronius se receperat, misso Laetorio legato cum parte copiarum et quindecim navibus in Aetoliam ad visendas res pacemque, si posset, turbandam. §29.12.6Philippus agros Apolloniatium vastavit et ad urbem admotis copiis potestatem pugnae Romano fecit; §29.12.7quem postquam quietum muros tantummodo tueri vidit, nec satis fidens viribus, ut urbem oppugnaret, et cum Romanis quoque, sicut cum Aetolis, cupiens pacem, si posset, si minus, indutias facere, nihil ultra inritatis novo certamine odiis in regnum * se recepit. §29.12.8per idem tempus taedio diutini belli Epirotae temptata prius Romanorum voluntate legatos de pace communi ad Philippum misere,
Consequently, Philip forced the Aetolians, who were abandoned by Roman support, in whom alone they trusted, to beg for and agree upon peace on whatever terms he wished. And if he had not hastened to accomplish this with all his might, the proconsul P. Sempronius—sent as successor in command to Sulpicius with ten thousand infantry, a thousand cavalry, and thirty-five beaked ships, no small resource for bringing aid to the allies—would have overwhelmed him while he was still at war with the Aetolians. Scarcely had the peace been made when news came to the king that the Romans had arrived at Dyrrachium, that the Parthini and other neighboring tribes had been aroused to the hope of a revolution, and that Dimallum was being besieged. The Romans had turned themselves thither from the aid of the Aetolians, to which they had been sent, being angry because they had made peace with the king without their authority and contrary to the treaty. When Philip heard of these things, in order that no greater disturbance might arise among the neighboring tribes and peoples, he hastened by forced marches to Apollonia, where Sempronius had retreated, having sent his lieutenant Laetorius with a part of the forces and fifteen ships into Aetolia to inspect the situation and, if possible, to disturb the peace. Philip devastated the lands of the Apolloniates and, having moved his forces close to the city, offered the Roman an opportunity to fight. When he saw him remaining quiet and only defending the walls, not trusting his forces enough to besiege the city, and also desiring to make peace, if possible, or if not, a truce with the Romans as he had with the Aetolians, he withdrew into his kingdom, having provoked no further hatreds by a new contest. At about the same time, the Epirots, weary of the long war, having first sounded the disposition of the Romans, sent ambassadors to Philip concerning a general peace, declaring that they were confident enough that it would be agreed upon if he would come to a conference with P.
§29.12.9satis confidere conventuram eam adfirmantes, si ad conloquium cum P. Sempronio imperatore Romano venisset. §29.12.10facile impetratum — neque enim ne ipsius quidem regis abhorrebat animus —, ut in Epirum transiret. §29.12.11Phoenice urbs est Epiri;
Sempronius, the Roman general. It was easily granted—for indeed the king's own mind did not shrink from it—that he should cross over into Epirus. Phoenice is a city of Epirus; there the king, having first conferred with Aeropus, Derdas, and Philip, the praetors of the Epirots, afterwards met with P.
ibi prius conlocutus rex cum Aeropo et Derda et Philippo Epirotarum praetoribus, postea cum P. Sempronio congreditur. §29.12.12adfuit conloquio Amynander Athamanum rex et magistratus alii Epirotarum et Acarnanum.
Sempronius. Amynander, king of the Athamanes, and other magistrates of the Epirots and Acarnanians were present at the conference.
primus Philippus praetor verba fecit et petit simul ab rege et ab imperatore Romano, ut finem belli facerent darentque eam Epirotis veniam.
Philip the praetor spoke first and requested simultaneously of the king and of the Roman general that they make an end to the war and grant this indulgence to the Epirots. P.
§29.12.13P. Sempronius condiciones pacis dixit ut Parthini et Dimallum et Bargullum et Eugenium Romanorum essent, Atintania, si missis Romam legatis ab senatu impetrasset, ut Macedoniae accederet. §29.12.14in has condiciones cum pax conveniret, ab rege foederi adscripti Prusia Bithyniae rex, Achaei, Boeoti, Thessali, Acarnanes, Epirotae, ab Romanis Ilienses, Attalus rex, Pleuratus, Nabis Lacedaemoniorum tyrannus, Elei, Messenii, Athenienses. §29.12.15haec conscripta consignataque sunt, et in duos menses indutiae factae, donec Romam mitterentur legati, ut populus in has condiciones pacem iuberet. §29.12.16iusseruntque omnes tribus, quia verso in Africam bello omnibus aliis in praesentia levari bellis volebant.
Sempronius stated the conditions of peace: that the Parthini, Dimallum, Bargullum, and Eugenius should belong to the Romans, and Atintania should be added to Macedonia if, after sending ambassadors to Rome, he should obtain this from the senate. When the peace was agreed upon on these conditions, there were registered in the treaty, on the part of the king, Prusias, king of Bithynia, the Achaeans, Boeotians, Thessalians, Acarnanians, and Epirots; and on the part of the Romans, the Ilienses, King Attalus, Pleuratus, Nabis, tyrant of the Lacedaemonians, the Eleans, Messenians, and Athenians. These terms were committed to writing and sealed, and a truce was made for two months, until ambassadors could be sent to Rome, so that the people might order peace on these conditions. And all the tribes ordered it, because, as the war was being turned toward Africa, they wished for the present to be relieved of all other wars.
P. Sempronius pace facta ad consulatum Romam decessit.
P. Sempronius, having concluded the peace, departed to Rome to assume his consulship.