§32.39.1postquam in potestate Argivorum civitas erat, nihil eius memor tyrannus, a quo eam civitatem et in quam condicionem accepisset, §32.39.2legatos Elatiam ad Quinctium et ad Attalum Aeginae hibernantem mittit, qui nuntiarent Argos in potestate sua esse: eo si veniret Quinctius ad colloquium, non diffidere sibi omnia cum eo conventura.
After the state of the Argives was in his power, the tyrant, completely unmindful of from whom and on what condition he had received that state, sent ambassadors to Quinctius at Elatia and to Attalus, who was wintering in Aegina, to announce that Argos was in his power: if Quinctius should come there for a conference, he did not doubt that they would come to an agreement on all points.
§32.39.3Quinctius, ut eo quoque praesidio Philippum nudaret, cum adnuisset se venturum, mittit ad Attalum, ut ab Aegina Sicyonem sibi occurreret, §32.39.4ipse ab Anticyra decem quinqueremibus, quas iis forte ipsis diebus L. Quinctius frater eius adduxerat ex hibernis Corcyrae, Sicyonem tramisit.
Quinctius, in order to strip Philip of this garrison as well, having agreed that he would come, sent word to Attalus to meet him at Sicyon from Aegina; he himself crossed from Anticyra to Sicyon with ten quinqueremes, which his brother Lucius Quinctius had by chance brought during those very days from the winter quarters at Corcyra.
§32.39.5iam ibi Attalus erat; qui cum tyranno ad Romanum imperatorem, non Romano ad tyrannum eundum diceret, in sententiam suam Quinctium traduxit, ne in urbem ipsam Argos iret.
Attalus was already there; since he said that the tyrant ought to go to the Roman general, not the Roman to the tyrant, he won Quinctius over to his opinion, that he should not enter the city of Argos itself.
§32.39.6haud procul urbe Mycenica vocatur; in eo loco ut congrederentur convenit.
A place not far from the city is called Mycenica; it was agreed that they should meet in that place.
§32.39.7Quinctius cum fratre et tribunis militum paucis, Attalus cum regio comitatu, Nicostratus, Achaeorum praetor, cum auxiliaribus paucis venit.
Quinctius came with his brother and a few military tribunes, Attalus with his royal retinue, and Nicostratus, the praetor of the Achaeans, with a few auxiliaries.
§32.39.8tyrannum ibi cum omnibus copiis opperientem invenerunt.
There they found the tyrant waiting for them with all his forces.
progressus armatus cum satellitibus armatis est in medium fere interiacentis campi; inermis Quinctius cum fratre et duobus tribunis militum, inermi item regi praetor Achaeorum et unus ex purpuratis latus cingebant.
He advanced armed with armed bodyguards to about the middle of the intervening plain; the unarmed Quinctius with his brother and two military tribunes, and likewise the praetor of the Achaeans and one of his courtiers accompanying the unarmed king, guarded their sides.
§32.39.9initium sermonis ab excusatione tyranni ortum, quod armatus ipse armatisque saeptus, cum inermes Romanum imperatorem regemque cerneret, in colloquium venisset: §32.39.10neque enim se illos timere dixit, sed exules Argivorum.
The beginning of the conversation arose from an excuse by the tyrant for having come to the conference armed and surrounded by armed men while he saw the Roman general and the king unarmed: for he said that he did not fear them, but the exiles of the Argives.
inde ubi de condicionibus amicitiae coeptum agi est, Romanus duas postulare res, unam, ut bellum cum Achaeis finiret, alteram, ut adversus Philippum mitteret secum auxilia.
Then, when they began to treat of the conditions of friendship, the Roman demanded two things: one, that he should end the war with the Achaeans; the other, that he should send auxiliaries with him against Philip.
ea se missurum dixit; pro pace cum Achaeis indutiae impetratae, donec bellum cum Philippo finiretur.
He said that he would send them; instead of peace with the Achaeans, a truce was obtained until the war with Philip should be finished.