§37.45.1sub idem fere tempus et ab Trallibus et a Magnesia, quae super Maeandrum est, et ab Epheso ad dedendas urbes venerunt.
About the same time, envoys came to surrender their cities both from Tralles and from Magnesia, which is above the Maeander, and from Ephesus.
§37.45.2reliquerat Ephesum Polyxenidas audita pugna, et classi usque ad Patara Lyciae pervectus, metu stationis Rhodiarum navium, quae ad Megisten erant, in terram egressus cum paucis itinere pedestri Syriam petit.
Polyxenidas had left Ephesus on hearing of the battle, and having sailed with his fleet as far as Patara in Lycia, through fear of the guard-station of the Rhodian ships which were at Megiste, he landed with a few men and sought Syria by a land journey.
§37.45.3Asiae civitates in fidem consulis dicionemque populi Romani sese tradebant.
The states of Asia were surrendering themselves into the protection and dominion of the Roman people.
Sardibus iam consul erat;
The consul was already at Sardis; thither also P.
eo et P. Scipio ab Elaea, cum primum pati laborem viae potuit, venit.
Scipio came from Elaea, as soon as he was first able to endure the fatigue of the journey.
§37.45.4sub idem fere tempus caduceator ab Antiocho per P. Scipionem a consule petit impetravitque, ut oratores mittere liceret regi.
About the same time, a herald from Antiochus, through P. Scipio, petitioned and obtained from the consul that the king should be permitted to send envoys.
§37.45.5paucos post dies Zeuxis, qui praefectus Lydiae fuerat, et Antipater, fratris filius, §37.45.6venerunt.
A few days after, Zeuxis, who had been governor of Lydia, and Antipater, the son of the king's brother, arrived.
prius Eumene convento, quem propter vetera certamina aversum maxime a pace credebant esse, et placatiore eo et sua et regis spe invento, tum P.
Having first met with Eumenes, whom they believed to be most averse to peace on account of ancient rivalries, and finding him more placable than both their own and the king's expectations, they then approached P.
§37.45.7Scipionem et per eum consulem adierunt; praebitoque iis petentibus frequenti consilio ad mandata edenda, “non tam, quid ipsi dicamus, habentes venimus” inquit Zeuxis, “quam ut a vobis quaeramus, Romani, quo piaculo expiare errorem regis, pacem veniamque impetrare a victoribus possimus.
Scipio, and through him the consul; and when, at their request, a full council was granted to them to deliver their message, Zeuxis said: "We have come, Romans, not so much having anything to say ourselves, as to ask of you by what expiation we can atone for the king's error, and obtain peace and pardon from the victors.
§37.45.8maximo semper animo victis regibus populisque ignovistis; quanto id maiore et placatiore animo decet vos facere in hac victoria,
You have always, with the greatest magnanimity, pardoned vanquished kings and peoples; with how much greater and more placable a spirit does it become you to do this in this victory, which has made you masters of the world?
§37.45.9quae vos dominos orbis terrarum fecit? positis iam adversus omnes mortales certaminibus haud secus quam deos consulere et parcere vos generi humano oportet. ” §37.45.10iam antequam legati venirent, decretum erat, quid responderetur.
Having now laid aside contentions against all mortals, you ought, no otherwise than the gods, to consult for and spare the human race." Even before the envoys arrived, it had been resolved what answer should be given.
§37.45.11respondere Africanum placuit.
It was decided that Africanus should reply.
is in hunc modum locutus fertur: “Romani ex iis, quae in deum immortalium potestate erant, ea habemus, quae dii dederunt; §37.45.12animos, qui nostrae mentis sunt, eosdem in omni fortuna gessimus gerimusque, neque eos secundae res extulerunt nec adversae minuerunt.
He is reported to have spoken in this manner: "Of those things which were in the power of the immortal gods, we Romans possess what the gods have given; as for our spirits, which belong to our minds, we have maintained and still maintain the same in every fortune, nor did prosperous circumstances elate them, nor did adverse ones depress them.
eius rei, ut alios omittam, Hannibalem vestrum vobis testem darem, nisi vos ipsos dare possem.
As a witness of this fact, to pass over others, I would offer you your own Hannibal, did I not have the power to offer yourselves.
§37.45.13postquam traiecimus Hellespontum, priusquam castra regia, priusquam acie. videremus, cum communis Mars et incertus belli eventus esset, de pace vobis agentibus quas pares paribus ferebamus condiciones, easdem nunc victores victis ferimus: §37.45.14Europa abstinete; Asia omni, quae cis Taurum montem est, decedite.
After we crossed the Hellespont, before we saw the king's camp, before we saw his battle line, when Mars was common and the outcome of war uncertain, the same conditions which we offered as equals to equals when you were treating for peace, we now offer as victors to the vanquished: Abstain from Europe; depart from all Asia which is on this side of Mount Taurus.
pro impensis deinde in bellum factis quindecim milia talentum Euboicorum dabitis, quingenta praesentia, duo milia et quingenta, cum senatus populusque Romanus pacem comprobaverint; milia deinde talentum per duodecim annos.
Then, for the expenses incurred in the war, you shall pay fifteen thousand Euboean talents, five hundred immediately, two thousand five hundred when the Roman senate and people shall have ratified the peace, and then one thousand talents annually for twelve years.
§37.45.15Eumeni quoque reddi quadringenta talenta et quod frumenti reliquum ex eo, quod patri debitum est, placet.
It is also resolved that four hundred talents should be restored to Eumenes, and what remained of the corn which was due to his father.
§37.45.16haec cum pepigerimus, facturos vos ut pro certo habeamus, erit quidem aliquod pignus, si obsides viginti nostro arbitratu dabitis; sed numquam satis liquebit nobis ibi pacem esse populo Romano, §37.45.17ubi Hannibal erit; eum ante omnia deposcimus.
When we have bargained these terms, that we may hold it as certain that you will perform them, there will indeed be some pledge if you give twenty hostages at our discretion; but it will never be sufficiently clear to us that there is peace for the Roman people where Hannibal shall be; him we demand above all things.
Thoantem quoque Aetolum, concitorem Aetolici belli, qui et illorum fiducia vos et vestra illos in nos armavit, §37.45.18dedetis et cum eo Mnasilochum Acarnana et Chalcidensis Philonem et Eubulidam.
You shall also deliver up Thoas the Aetolian, the instigator of the Aetolian war, who armed both them by confidence in you, and you in them, against us, and with him Mnasilochus the Acarnanian, and Philo and Eubulidas of Chalcis.
in deteriore sua fortuna pacem faciet rex, quia serius facit, quam facere potuit.
The king will make peace in a worse condition of his fortune, because he makes it later than he could have made it.
si nunc moratus fuerit, sciat regum maiestatem difficilius ab summo fastigio ad medium detrahi quam a mediis ad ima praecipitari. ” §37.45.19cum iis mandatis ab rege missi erant legati, ut omnem pacis condicionem acciperent; itaque Romam mitti legatos placuit.
If he shall now delay, let him know that the majesty of kings is with more difficulty dragged down from the highest summit to the middle than precipitated from the middle to the lowest." The envoys had been sent by the king with instructions to accept any condition of peace; and therefore it was resolved that envoys should be sent to Rome.
consul in hiberna exercitum Magnesiam ad Maeandrum et Trallis Ephesumque divisit.
The consul divided the army into winter quarters among Magnesia on the Maeander, Tralles, and Ephesus.
§37.45.20Ephesum ad consulem paucos post dies obsides ab rege adducti sunt, et legati, qui Romam irent, venerunt.
A few days after, the hostages from the king were brought to the consul at Ephesus, and the envoys who were to go to Rome arrived.
§37.45.21Eumenes quoque eodem tempore profectus est Romam, quo legati regis. secutae eos sunt legationes omnium Asiae populorum.
Eumenes also set out for Rome at the same time as the king's envoys; and they were followed by embassies from all the states of Asia.