§32.22.1secundum orationem praetoris murmur ortum aliorum cum adsensu, aliorum inclementer adsentientes increpantium; §32.22.2et iam non singuli tantum sed populi universi inter se altercabantur.
After the speech of the praetor, a murmur arose, on the part of some with approval, of others rebuking those who approved with severity; and now not only individuals but entire peoples were quarreling among themselves.
tum inter magistratus gentis — damiurgos vocant; decem numero creantur — certamen nihilo segnius quam inter multitudinem esse.
Then among the magistrates of the nation—they call them damiurgi; they are elected ten in number—the contest was no less active than among the multitude.
§32.22.3quinque relaturos de societate Romana se aiebant suffragiumque daturos; quinque lege cautum testabantur, ne quid, quod adversus Philippi societatem esset, aut referre magistratibus aut decernere concilio ius esset.
Five declared that they would bring forward the proposal concerning the Roman alliance and would take the vote; five protested that it was provided by law that it should not be lawful for the magistrates either to bring forward or for the council to decree anything that was contrary to the alliance with Philip.
is quoque dies iurgiis est consumptus.
This day also was consumed in altercations.
§32.22.4supererat unus iusti concilii dies; tertio enim lex iubebat decretum fieri; in quem adeo exarsere studia, ut vix parentes ab liberis temperaverint.
There remained one day of the regular council; for the law ordered the decree to be made on the third day; for this day feelings flared up to such an extent that parents could scarcely restrain themselves from their children.
§32.22.5Pisias Pellenensis erat; filium damiurgum nomine Memnonem habebat, partis eius, quae decretum recitari perrogarique sententias prohibebat.
There was Pisias of Pellene; he had a son, a damiurgus named Memnon, of that party which prohibited the decree from being read and the opinions from being asked in turn.
§32.22.6is diu obtestatus filium, ut consulere Achaeos communi saluti pateretur neu pertinacia sua gentem universam perditum iret, §32.22.7postquam parum proficiebant preces, iuratus se eum sua manu interempturum nec pro filio sed pro hoste habiturum minis pervicit, §32.22.8ut postero die coniungeret iis se, qui referebant.
He, having long entreated his son to allow the Achaeans to consult for the common safety and not to go about to ruin the whole nation by his obstinacy, after his prayers made little progress, swearing that he would slay him with his own hand and would hold him not as a son but as an enemy, prevailed by threats, that on the following day he should join himself to those who were bringing forward the proposal.
qui cum plures facti referrent, omnibus fere populis haud dubie approbantibus relationem ac prae se ferentibus, quid decreturi essent, §32.22.9Dymaei ac Megalopolitani et quidam Argivorum, priusquam decretum fieret, consurrexerunt ac reliquerunt concilium neque mirante ullo nec improbante.
When they, having become the majority, brought it forward, with almost all the peoples undoubtedly approving the proposal and declaring what they would decree, the Dymaeans and Megalopolitans and some of the Argives, before the decree was made, rose up and left the council, with no one wondering or disapproving.
§32.22.10nam Megalopolitanos avorum memoria pulsos ab Lacedaemoniis restituerat in patriam Antigonus, et Dymaeis, captis nuper direptisque ab exercitu Romano, cum redimi eos, ubicumque servirent, Philippus iussisset, non libertatem modo sed etiam patriam reddiderat; §32.22.11iam Argivi, praeterquam quod Macedonum reges ab se oriundos credunt, privatis etiam hospitiis familiarique amicitia plerique illigati Philippo erant.
For Antigonus, within the memory of their grandfathers, had restored to their country the Megalopolitans who had been expelled by the Lacedaemonians; and to the Dymaeans, who had been lately captured and plundered by the Roman army, Philip, having ordered them to be ransomed wherever they were serving as slaves, had restored not only their liberty but also their country; moreover, the Argives, besides the fact that they believe the kings of the Macedonians to be descended from themselves, were most of them bound to Philip by private hospitality and close friendship.
§32.22.12ob haec concilio, quod inclinaverat ad Romanam societatem iubendam, excesserunt, veniaque iis huius secessionis fuit et magnis et recentibus obligatis beneficiis.
For these reasons they departed from the council, which had inclined toward ordering the Roman alliance; and indulgence was granted to them for this withdrawal, since they were bound by great and recent benefits.