§36.35.1adsentiebatur his consul; sed pudor, si irrito incepto abscederet obsidione, occurrebat.
The consul agreed with these arguments; but shame, if he should withdraw from the siege with his undertaking fruitless, rose in his mind.
tota inde Quinctio res permissa est.
Therefore, the whole matter was entrusted to Quinctius.
§36.35.2is rursus ad eam partem muri, qua paulo ante vociferati Aetoli fuerant, rediit.
He returned again to that part of the wall where, a little before, the Aetolians had been shouting.
ibi cum impensius orarent, ut misereretur gentis Aetolorum, §36.35.3exire aliquos ad se iussit.
When they pleaded there more earnestly that he should have pity on the Aetolian nation, he ordered some of them to come out to him.
Phaeneas ipse principesque alii extemplo egressi sunt.
Phaeneas himself and other leaders immediately came out.
quibus provolutis ad pedes “fortuna” inquit “vestra facit, ut et irae meae et orationi temperem.
When they had thrown themselves at his feet, he said, "Your misfortune makes it so that I moderate both my anger and my speech.
§36.35.4evenerunt quae praedixi eventura, et ne hoc quidem reliqui vobis est, ut indignis accidisse ea videantur; ego tamen sorte quadam nutriendae Graeciae datus ne ingratis quidem benefacere absistam.
The things which I predicted would happen have come to pass, and you do not have even this much left, that these things should seem to have happened to those who did not deserve them; yet I, given by a certain destiny for the nurturing of Greece, will not cease to do good even to the ungrateful.
§36.35.5mittite oratores ad consulem, qui indutias tanti temporis petant, ut mittere legatos Romam possitis, per quos senatui de vobis permittatis; ego apud consulem deprecator defensorque vobis adero. ” §36.35.6ita, ut censuerat Quinctius, fecerunt, nec aspernatus est consul legationem; indutiisque in diem certam datis, qua legatio renuntiari ab Roma posset, soluta obsidio est et exercitus in Phocidem missus.
Send envoys to the consul to ask for a truce of so much time that you can send ambassadors to Rome, through whom you may entrust yourselves to the senate; I will assist you before the consul as an intercessor and defender." They did so, as Quinctius had advised, nor did the consul reject the embassy; and a truce having been granted until a fixed day, on which the embassy could report back from Rome, the siege was raised and the army was sent into Phocis.
§36.35.7consul cum T. Quinctio ad Achaicum concilium Aegium traiecit.
The consul, with T. Quinctius, crossed over to Aegium to the Achaean council.
ibi de Eleis et de exulibus Lacedaemoniorum restituendis actum est; neutra perfecta res, quia suae gratiae reservari exulum causam Achaei, Elei per se ipsi quam per Romanos maluerunt Achaico contribui concilio.
There, discussions were held about the Eleans and about restoring the Lacedaemonian exiles; neither matter was accomplished, because the Achaeans preferred that the cause of the exiles be reserved for their own credit, while the Eleans preferred to be incorporated into the Achaean council by themselves rather than through the Romans.
§36.35.8Epirotarum legati ad consulem venerunt, quos non sincera fide in amicitia fuisse satis constabat; militem tamen nullum Antiocho dederant; pecunia iuvisse eum insimulabantur; legatos ad regem ne ipsi quidem misisse infitiabantur.
Ambassadors of the Epirots came to the consul, and it was sufficiently clear that they had not been of sincere faith in their friendship; nevertheless, they had given no soldiers to Antiochus; they were accused of having helped him with money; and they did not even deny themselves that they had sent ambassadors to the king.
§36.35.9iis petentibus, ut in amicitia pristina esse liceret, respondit consul se, utrum hostium an pacatorum eos numero haberet, nondum scire; §36.35.10senatum eius rei iudicem fore; integram se causam eorum Romam reicere; indutias ad id dierum nonaginta dare.
Upon their requesting that they might be permitted to remain in their former friendship, the consul replied that he did not yet know whether he should hold them in the number of enemies or of those at peace; that the senate would be the judge of that matter; that he was referring their case undecided to Rome; and that he was granting a ninety-day truce for this purpose.
§36.35.11Epirotae Romam missi senatum adierunt.
The Epirots, having been sent to Rome, approached the senate.
iis magis, quae non fecissent hostilia, referentibus quam purgantibus ea, de quibus arguebantur, responsum datum est, quo veniam impetrasse, non causam probasse videri possent.
As they recited the hostile acts they had not done rather than clearing themselves of those of which they were accused, an answer was given by which they might seem to have obtained pardon, but not to have proved the justice of their cause.
§36.35.12et Philippi regis legati sub idem tempus in senatum introducti, gratulantes de victoria.
At about the same time, the ambassadors of King Philip were also introduced into the senate, congratulating them on the victory.
iis petentibus, ut sibi sacrificare in Capitolio donumque ex auro liceret ponere in aede Iovis optimi maximi, permissum ab senatu.
Upon their requesting that they might be permitted to sacrifice on the Capitol and to place a golden gift in the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, it was granted by the senate.
§36.35.13centum pondo coronam auream posuerunt.
They placed a golden crown of one hundred pounds' weight.
non responsum solum benigne regis legatis est, sed filius quoque Philippi Demetrius, qui obses Romae erat, ad patrem reducendus legatis datus est.
Not only was a kind answer given to the king's ambassadors, but also Philip's son Demetrius, who had been a hostage at Rome, was given to the ambassadors to be returned to his father.
§36.35.14bellum, quod cum Antiocho rege in Graecia gestum est a M’.
The war, which was waged in Greece with King Antiochus by the consul M'.
Acilio consule, hunc finem habuit.
Acilius, had this end.