§34.57.1postquam consules dilectu habito profecti in provincias sunt, tum T. Quinctius postulavit, ut de iis, quae cum decem legatis ipse statuisset, senatus audiret eaque, si videretur, auctoritate sua confirmaret; §34.57.2id eos facilius facturos, si legatorum verba, qui ex universa Graecia et magna parte Asiae quique ab regibus venissent, audissent.
After the consuls, having held the levy, had departed for their provinces, Titus Quinctius then requested that the senate should hear about those matters which he himself had decided with the ten commissioners and, if it seemed proper, should confirm them by its authority; stating that they would do this more easily if they heard the words of the envoys who had come from all of Greece and a large part of Asia, and those who had come from the kings.
§34.57.3eae legationes a C. Scribonio praetore urbano in senatum introductae sunt, §34.57.4benigneque omnibus responsum.
These embassies were introduced into the senate by Gaius Scribonius, the city praetor, and a kind answer was given to all.
cum Antiocho quia longior disceptatio erat, decem legatis, quorum pars aut in Asia aut Lysimachiae apud regem fuerant, delegata est.
Since the discussion with Antiochus was rather long, it was delegated to the ten commissioners, some of whom had been either in Asia or at Lysimchia with the king.
§34.57.5T. Quinctio mandatum, ut adhibitis iis legatorum regis verba audiret responderetque iis, quae ex dignitate atque utilitate populi Romani responderi possent.
Titus Quinctius was commanded to hear the words of the king's envoys, having summoned those commissioners, and to reply to them with such answers as could be given in accordance with the dignity and advantage of the Roman people.
§34.57.6Menippus et Hegesianax principes regiae legationis erant.
Menippus and Hegesianax were the leaders of the royal embassy.
ex iis Menippus ignorare se dixit, quidnam perplexi sua legatio haberet, cum simpliciter ad amicitiam petendam iungendamque societatem venissent.
Of these, Menippus said that he did not know what complexity his embassy contained, since they had come simply to seek friendship and to join in alliance.
§34.57.7esse autem tria genera foederum, quibus inter se paciscerentur amicitias civitates regesque: unum, cum bello victis dicerentur leges; ubi enim omnia ei, qui armis plus posset, dedita essent, quae ex iis habere victos, quibus multari eos velit, ipsius ius atque arbitrium esse; §34.57.8alterum, cum pares bello aequo foedere in pacem atque amicitiam venirent; tunc enim repeti reddique per conventionem res et, si quarum turbata bello possessio sit, eas aut ex formula iuris antiqui aut ex partis utriusque commodo componi; §34.57.9tertium esse genus, cum, qui numquam hostes fuerint, ad amicitiam sociali foedere inter se iungendam coeant; eos neque dicere nec accipere leges; id enim victoris et victi esse.
He stated, moreover, that there were three kinds of treaties by which states and kings bargained for friendship among themselves: one, when laws were dictated to those defeated in war; for when all things had been surrendered to him who was more powerful in arms, it was his own right and choice to decide which of these things the defeated should retain and by which they should be punished; another, when those equal in war came into peace and friendship under an equal treaty; for then property was demanded and restored by agreement, and if the possession of any things had been disturbed by the war, those matters were settled either according to the formula of ancient law or according to the convenience of each party; the third was the kind when those who had never been enemies came together to join in friendship among themselves by an alliance treaty; these neither dictated nor received laws, for that belonged to the victor and the vanquished.
§34.57.10ex eo genere cum Antiochus esset, mirari se, quod Romani aequum censeant leges ei dicere, quas Asiae urbium liberas et immunis, quas stipendiarias esse velint, quas intrare praesidia regia regemque vetent.
Since Antiochus was of that kind, he said he wondered why the Romans thought it just to dictate laws to him, deciding which of the cities of Asia they wished to be free and tax-exempt, which to be tributary, and forbidding the royal garrisons and the king himself to enter them.
§34.57.11cum Philippo enim hoste pacem, non cum Antiocho amico societatis foedus ita sanciendum esse.
For in that manner peace should be ratified with Philip, who was an enemy, but not a treaty of alliance with Antiochus, who was a friend.