§35.15.1Villius ab Epheso Apameam processit.
Villius proceeded from Ephesus to Apamea.
eo et Antiochus audito legatorum Romanorum adventu occurrit.
Antiochus also, having heard of the arrival of the Roman legates, met him there.
§35.15.2Apameae congressis disceptatio eadem ferme fuit, quae Romae inter Quinctium et legatos regis fuerat.
For those who had assembled at Apamea, the discussion was almost the same as that which had taken place at Rome between Quinctius and the king's legates.
mors nuntiata Antiochi filii regis. quem missum paulo ante dixeram in Syriam, diremit conloquia.
The announced death of Antiochus, the king's son, whom I had mentioned a little before as having been sent to Syria, broke off the conferences.
§35.15.3magnus luctus in regia fuit magnumque eius iuvenis desiderium; id enim iam specimen sui dederat, ut, si vita longior contigisset, magni iustique regis in eo indolem fuisse appareret.
There was great grief in the court and a great longing for that young man; for he had already given such an earnest of himself that, if a longer life had fallen to his lot, it would have been apparent that the character of a great and just king was in him.
§35.15.4quo carior acceptiorque omnibus erat, eo mors eius suspectior fuit, gravem successorem eum instare senectuti suae patrem credentem per spadones quosdam, talium ministeriis facinorum acceptos regibus, veneno sustulisse.
The dearer and more acceptable he was to all, the more suspected his death was: that the father, believing that he was pressing upon his old age as a burdensome successor, had removed him by poison through certain eunuchs, who were accepted by kings for the service of such crimes.
§35.15.5eam quoque causam clandestino facinori adiciebant, quod Seleuco filio Lysimachiam dedisset, Antiocho quam similem daret sedem, ut procul ab se honore eum quoque ablegaret, non habuisset.
They also added this reason for the clandestine crime: that because he had given Lysimachia to his son Seleucus, he had not had any similar seat to give to Antiochus, so as to banish him also far from himself with an honorable post.
§35.15.6magni tamen luctus species per aliquot dies regiam tenuit; legatusque Romanus ne alieno tempore incommodus obversaretur, §35.15.7Pergamum concessit;
Nevertheless, the appearance of great grief occupied the court for several days; and the Roman legate, lest he should present himself importunately at an unseasonable time, retired to Pergamum.
rex Ephesum omisso quod inchoaverat bello rediit.
The king returned to Ephesus, abandoning the war he had begun.
ibi per luctum regia clausa cum Minnione quodam, qui princeps amicorum eius erat, §35.15.8secreta consilia agitavit.
There, with the palace closed on account of grief, he conducted secret consultations with a certain Minnio, who was the chief of his friends.
Minnio, ignarus omnium externorum viresque aestimans regis ex rebus in Syria aut Asia gestis, non causa modo superiorem esse Antiochum, quod nihil aequi postularent Romani, sed bello quoque superaturum credebat.
Minnio, ignorant of all foreign affairs and estimating the king's power from the exploits performed in Syria or Asia, believed that Antiochus was superior not only in his cause, because the Romans demanded nothing that was fair, but would also conquer in war.
§35.15.9fugienti regi disceptationem cum legatis, seu iam experto eam minus prosperam seu maerore recenti confuso, professus Minnio se quae pro causa essent dicturum persuasit, ut a Pergamo accerserentur legati.
To the king, who was avoiding a discussion with the legates—whether because he had already experienced it as less successful or because he was confused by his recent grief—Minnio, having declared that he would say what was necessary for the cause, persuaded him to summon the legates from Pergamum.