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Livy · History of Rome §37.56.1-37.56.10

Territory Division for Eumenes and Rhodes and Decision on Soli

Passage 1383 of 1770 · Latin

Summary

The passage describes the allocation of discretionary powers to the ten commissioners, the specific territorial distribution to King Eumenes and the Rhodians, and the Rhodians' request for the freedom of Soli, which they eventually withdrew to maintain peace.

§37.56.1his, quae praesentis disceptationis essent, libera mandata; de summa rerum senatus constituit. §37.56.2Lycaoniam omnem et Phrygiam utramque et Mysiam, quam silvas, rex ademerat, restittit regi et Milyas et Lydiam Ioniamque extra ea oppida, quae libera fuissent, quo die cum rege Antiocho pugnatum est, §37.56.3et nominatim Magnesiam ad Sipylum, et Cariam, quae Hydrela appellatur, agrumque Hydrelitanum ad Phrygiam vergentem, et castella vicosque ad Maeandrum amnem et oppida, §37.56.4nisi quae libera ante bellum fuissent, Telmessum item nominatim et castra Telmessium, praeter agrum, qui Ptolemaei Telmessii fuisset.
To these commissioners, free mandates were given concerning those matters which belonged to the immediate arbitration; concerning the main issues, the senate decided. All of Lycaonia, both Phrygias, and Mysia—which, called "the Woods," the king had taken away—they restored to the king, as well as Milyas, Lydia, and Ionia, except for those towns which had been free on the day when the battle was fought with King Antiochus; and by name, Magnesia ad Sipylum, Caria which is called Hydrela, the Hydrelitan territory sloping towards Phrygia, and the forts, villages, and towns along the river Maeander, unless they had been free before the war, and likewise by name Telmessus and the camp of the Telmessians, except for the land which had belonged to Ptolemy of Telmessus.
haec omnia, quae supra sunt scripta, regi Eumeni iussa dari. §37.56.5Rhodiis Lycia data extra eundem Telmessum et castra Telmessium et agrum, qui Ptolemaei Telmessii fuisset; hic et ab Eumene et Rhodiis exceptus. §37.56.6ea quoque his pars Cariae data, quae propior Rhodum insulam trans Maeandrum amnem est, oppida, vici, castella, agri, qui ad Pisidiam vergunt, nisi quae eorum oppida in libertate fuissent pridie, quam cum Antiocho rege in Asia pugnatum est. §37.56.7pro his cum gratias egissent Rhodii, de Solis urbe, quae in Cilicia est, egerunt: Argis et illos, sicut sese, oriundos esse; ab ea germanitate fraternam sibi cum his caritatem esse; petere hoc extraordinarium munus, ut eam civitatem ex servitute regia eximerent. §37.56.8vocati sunt legati regis Antiochi, actumque cum his est nec quicquam impetratum testante foedera Antipatro, adversus quae ab Rhodiis non Solos, sed Ciliciam peti et iuga Tauri transcendi. §37.56.9revocatis in senatum Rhodiis, cum quanto opere tenderet legatus regius, exposuissent, adiecerunt, si utique eam rem ad civitatis suae dignitatem pertinere censerent Rhodii, senatum omni modo expugnaturum pertinaciam legatorum. §37.56.10tum vero impensius quam ante Rhodii gratias egerunt, cessurosque sese potius arrogantiae Antipatri, quam causam turbandae pacis praebituros dixerunt.
All these things, which have been written above, were ordered to be given to King Eumenes. To the Rhodians, Lycia was given, except for the same Telmessus, the camp of the Telmessians, and the land which had belonged to Ptolemy of Telmessus; this was exempted from both Eumenes and the Rhodians. That part of Caria also was given to them which is closer to the island of Rhodes across the river Maeander, with its towns, villages, forts, and lands sloping towards Pisidia, except for those of their towns which had been in a state of freedom on the day before the battle was fought with King Antiochus in Asia. When the Rhodians had returned thanks for these concessions, they pleaded concerning the city of Soli, which is in Cilicia: they argued that those people also, like themselves, were descended from Argos; that from this kinship there was a sisterly affection between them; and they requested this extraordinary favor, that they should rescue that state from royal servitude. The envoys of King Antiochus were called in, and the matter was discussed with them, but nothing was obtained, as Antipater protested by pointing to the treaties, contrary to which he argued that not just Soli, but Cilicia was being sought by the Rhodians, and the ridges of Taurus were being crossed. The Rhodians having been recalled into the senate, when they had explained how vigorously the royal envoy was resisting, they added that if the Rhodians by all means thought that this matter concerned the dignity of their state, the senate would by all means overcome the obstinacy of the envoys. Then indeed, the Rhodians returned thanks more effusively than before, and said that they would rather yield to the arrogance of Antipater than offer a cause for disturbing the peace.
ita nihil de Solis mutatum est.
Thus, nothing was changed concerning Soli.

Notes

  1. 37.56.1praesentis disceptationis — The genitive `praesentis disceptationis` denotes possession or scope of authority ("belonging to the immediate arbitration/dispute"), defining the range of affairs entrusted to the commissioners' discretion.
  2. 37.56.2Mysiam, quam silvas, rex ademerat — The transmitted text `quam silvas` is problematic but is generally understood as "Mysia, which is called 'the Woods'" or "the forested Mysia which the king had taken." `silvas` functions appositively or as part of a proper name ("Silvae").
  3. 37.56.4haec omnia... regi Eumeni iussa dari — A passive construction where the subject `haec omnia` is combined with the passive perfect participle `iussa [sunt]` (from `iubere`) and the passive infinitive `dari` ("all these things were ordered to be given to King Eumenes").
  4. 37.56.7Argis et illos, sicut sese, oriundos esse — An accusative-and-infinitive clause in indirect speech introduced by `egerunt`. `Argis` is the ablative of origin of the place-name Argos, modifying `oriundos esse` ("that those people also, like themselves, were descended from Argos").
  5. 37.56.8testante foedera Antipatro, adversus quae... — `testante Antipatro` is an ablative absolute with a present participle. The relative pronoun `quae` refers back to `foedera` (treaties). The clause following `adversus quae` ("contrary to which") is in indirect speech, reporting Antipater's protest that not only Soli but Cilicia was being sought and Mount Taurus was being crossed.

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Livy, History of Rome §37.56.1-37.56.10. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0914.phi001.humanitext-lat2:37.56.1-37.56.10

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