§37.32.1hos portus tutissimos cum occupasset Romana classis, priusquam aut scalis aut operibus moenia adgrederetur, mittendos censuit praetor, qui principum magistratuumque animos temptarent.
When the Roman fleet had occupied these safest of harbors, the praetor, before attacking the walls either with ladders or siege-works, decided that messengers should be sent to sound the minds of the leading men and magistrates.
postquam obstinatos vidit, duobus simul locis oppugnare est adortus.
After he saw that they were obstinate, he began to assault them in two places at the same time.
§37.32.2altera pars infrequens aedificiis erat; templa deum aliquantum tenebant loci; ea prius ariete admoto quatere muros turresque coepit;
One part was sparsely filled with buildings; the temples of the gods occupied a considerable amount of the space; there first, having brought up a battering ram, he began to shake the walls and towers.
§37.32.3dein cum eo multitudo occurreret ad defendendum, §37.32.4altera quoque parte admotus aries; et iam utrimque sternebantur muri.
Then, when the multitude rushed thither to defend it, a battering ram was also brought up in the other part; and now the walls were being thrown down on both sides.
ad quorum casum cum impetum Romani milites per ipsam stragem ruinarum facerent, §37.32.5alii scalis etiam ascensum in muros temptarent, adeo obstinate restitere oppidani, ut facile appareret plus in armis et virtute quam in moenibus auxilii esse.
When they collapsed and the Roman soldiers made an assault through the very heap of ruins, while others also attempted an ascent onto the walls with ladders, the townsmen resisted so obstinately that it easily appeared that there was more help in arms and valor than in walls.
§37.32.6coactus ergo periculo militum praetor receptui cani iussit, ne obiceret incautos furentibus desperatione ac rabie.
Therefore, the praetor, compelled by the danger of the soldiers, ordered the retreat to be sounded, lest he should expose the incautious men to those raging with desperation and fury.
§37.32.7dirempto proelio, ne tum quidem ad quietem versi, sed undique omnes ad munienda et obmolienda, §37.32.8quae ruinis strata erant, concurrerunt.
Although the battle was broken off, not even then did they turn to rest, but all rushed together from all sides to fortify and block up the parts which had been laid low in ruins.
huic operi intentis supervenit Q. Antonius a praetore missus, qui castigata pertinacia eorum maiorem curam Romanis quam illis ostenderet esse, ne in perniciem urbis pugnaretur; §37.32.9si absistere furore vellent, potestatem iis dari eadem condicione, qua prius C. Livii in fidem venissent, se tradendi.
As they were intent on this work, Q. Antonius, sent by the praetor, came upon them; having rebuked their persistence, he showed that the Romans had greater care than they themselves did, lest the battle should be fought to the destruction of the city; and that if they wished to desist from their madness, the opportunity of surrendering themselves was given to them under the same condition as they had previously come into the protection of C. Livius.
§37.32.10haec cum audissent, quinque dierum spatio ad deliberandum sumpto, temptata interim spe auxilii ab Antiocho, postquam legati missi ad regem nihil in eo praesidii esse retulerant, tum portas aperuerunt, pacti, ne quid hostile paterentur.
When they had heard this, having taken a space of five days for deliberation, while trying meanwhile the hope of assistance from Antiochus, after the legates sent to the king reported that there was no help in him, they then opened the gates, having bargained that they should suffer no hostile treatment.
§37.32.11cum signa in urbem inferrentur et pronuntiasset praetor parci se deditis velle, clamor undique est sublatus, indignum facinus esse, Phocaeensis, numquam fidos socios, semper infestos hostis, impune eludere.
When the standards were being carried into the city and the praetor had announced that he wished the surrendered to be spared, a shout was raised from all sides that it was a shameful deed that the Phocaeans, never faithful allies, always hostile enemies, should escape unpunished.
§37.32.12ab hac voce velut signo a praetore dato ad diripiendam urbem passim discurrunt.
At this shout, as if a signal had been given by the praetor, they dispersed in all directions to plunder the city.
Aemilius primo resistere et revocare dicendo captas, non deditas diripi urbes, et in iis tamen imperatoris, non militum arbitrium esse.
Aemilius at first resisted and recalled them, saying that captured, not surrendered, cities were plundered, and that even in those the decision belonged to the general, not to the soldiers.
§37.32.13postquam ira et avaritia imperio potentiora erant, praeconibus per urbem missis liberos omnes in forum ad se convenire iubet, ne violarentur; et in omnibus, quae ipsius potestatis fuerunt, fides constitit praetoris:
When anger and greed were more powerful than authority, having sent heralds through the city, he ordered all free citizens to assemble before him in the forum, lest they should be violated; and in all things which were within his own power, the faith of the praetor stood firm.
§37.32.14urbem agrosque et suas leges iis restituit; et, quia hiems iam appetebat, Phocaeae portus ad hibernandum classi delegit.
He restored the city, the lands, and their own laws to them; and, because winter was now approaching, he chose the harbors of Phocaea for the fleet to winter in.