§38.14.1tertio inde die ad Casum amnem perventum; inde profecti Erizam urbem primo impetu ceperunt.
On the third day from there they came to the river Casus; setting out from there, they took the city of Eriza at the first onset.
§38.14.2ad Thabusion castellum imminens flumini Indo ventum est, cui fecerat nomen Indus ab elephanto deiectus.
They came to the fort of Thabusium, which overlooks the river Indus, to which river an Indian thrown from an elephant had given its name.
§38.14.3haud procul a Cibyra aberant, nec legatio ulla a Moagete, tyranno civitatis eius, homine ad omnia infido atque importuno, veniebat.
They were not far from Cibyra, nor did any embassy come from Moagetes, the tyrant of that city, a man treacherous and troublesome in every respect.
§38.14.4ad temptandum eius animum C. Helvium cum quattuor milibus peditum et quingentis equitibus consul praemittit huic agmini iam finis ingredienti legati occurrerunt nuntiantes paratum esse tyrannum imperata facere; §38.14.5orabant, ut pacatus finis iniret cohiberetque a populatione agri militem, et in corona aurea quindecim talenta adferebant.
To sound his intentions, the consul sent ahead Gaius Helvius with four thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry; as this column was already entering the borders, ambassadors met them, announcing that the tyrant was ready to perform what was commanded; they begged, that he would enter their territory peaceably and restrain his soldiers from plundering the country, and they brought fifteen talents in a golden crown.
§38.14.6Helvius integros a populatione agros servaturum pollicitus ire ad consulem legatos iussit.
Helvius, having promised that he would keep the fields safe from plundering, ordered the ambassadors to go to the consul.
§38.14.7quibus eadem referentibus consul “neque Romani” inquit “bonae voluntatis ullum signum erga nos tyranni habemus, et ipsum talem esse inter omnes constat, §38.14.8ut de poena eius magis quam de amicitia nobis cogitandum sit. ” perturbati hac voce legati nihil aliud petere, quam ut coronam acciperet veniendique ad eum tyranno potestatem et copiam loquendi ac purgandi se faceret.
When they reported the same things, the consul said: "We Romans have no sign of any goodwill on the part of the tyrant towards us, and it is well known among all that he is of such a character, so that we must think of his punishment rather than of his friendship." Thoroughly dismayed by these words, the ambassadors begged for nothing else than that he would accept the crown, and grant the tyrant the permission and opportunity of coming to him, and of speaking and clearing himself.
§38.14.9permissu consulis postero die in castra tyrannus venit, vestitus comitatusque vix ad privati modice locupletis habitum, et oratio fuit summissa et infracta, extenuantis opes suas urbiumque suae dicionis egestatem querentis.
With the permission of the consul, the tyrant came into the camp on the following day; his dress and retinue were scarcely equal to the style of a moderately wealthy private person, and his speech was submissive and broken, extenuating his wealth and complaining of the poverty of the cities under his dominion.
§38.14.10erant autem sub eo praeter Cibyram Sylleum et ad Limnen quae appellatur.
There were, however, under his rule, besides Cibyra, Sylleum and the town near what is called Limne.
ex his, ut se suosque spoliaret, quinque et viginti talenta se confecturum, prope ut diffidens, pollicebatur.
From these, as if he were to strip himself and his subjects, he promised, almost as if despairing, that he would raise twenty-five talents.
§38.14.11“enimvero” inquit consul “ferri iam ludificatio ista non potest.
"Indeed," said the consul, "that mockery of yours can no longer be borne.
parum est non erubuisse absentem, cum per legatos frustrareris nos; praesens quoque in eadem perstas impudentia.
It was not enough that you did not blush when absent, when you frustrated us through your ambassadors; now in person you also persist in the same impudence.
§38.14.12quinque et viginti talenta tyrannidem tuam exhaurient? quingenta ergo talenta nisi triduo numeras, populationem in agris, obsidionem in urbe expecta.
Will twenty-five talents exhaust your tyranny?
” §38.14.13hac denuntiatione conterritus perstare tamen in pertinaci simulatione inopiae.
Therefore, unless you pay five hundred talents within three days, expect the devastation of your lands and a siege of your city." Terrified by this denunciation, he nevertheless persisted in his obstinate pretense of poverty.
§38.14.14et paulatim illiberali adiectione nunc per cavillationem, nunc precibus et simulatis lacrimis ad centum talenta est perductus.
And gradually, by mean additions, now by quibbling, now by entreaties and feigned tears, he was brought up to one hundred talents.
adiecta decem milia medimnum frumenti.
To this were added ten thousand medimni of corn.
haec omnia intra sex dies exacta.
All these things were exacted within six days.