§45.11.1cum haec gererentur, Antiochus frustra temptatis moenibus Alexandreae abscesserat ceteraque Aegypto potitus, relicto Memphi maiore Ptolemaeo, cui regnum quaeri suis viribus simulabat, ut victorem mox adgrederetur, in Syriam exercitum abduxit.
While these things were going on, Antiochus, having in vain attempted the walls of Alexandria, had retired; and having made himself master of the rest of Egypt, and left the elder Ptolemy at Memphis, for whom he pretended that he was seeking the kingdom by his own forces, so that he might soon attack the victor, he led his army back into Syria.
§45.11.2nec huius voluntatis eius ignarus Ptolemaeus, dum conterritum obsidionis metu minorem fratrem haberet, posse se recipi Alexandreae et sorore adiuvante et non repugnantibus fratris amicis ratus primum ad sororem, §45.11.3deinde ad fratrem amicosque eius non prius destitit mittere, quam bus fratris amicosque eius non prius destitit mittere, quam pacem cum iis confirmaret.
And Ptolemy, not ignorant of this intention of his, while he held his younger brother terrified by the fear of a siege, thinking that he could be received at Alexandria, with his sister helping and his brother’s friends not opposing, [sent messengers] first to his sister, and then to his brother and his friends, nor did he cease sending [messengers] until he established peace with them.
§45.11.4suspectum Antiochum effecerat, quod cetera Aegypto sibi tradita Pelusi validum relictum erat praesidium.
Antiochus had been rendered suspected by the fact that, although the rest of Egypt had been handed over to him [Ptolemy], a strong garrison was left at Pelusium.
§45.11.5apparebat claustra Aegypti teneri, ut, cum vellet, rursus exercitum induceret; bello intestino cum fratre eum exitum fore, ut victor fessus certamine nequaquam par Antiocho futurus esset.
It was evident that the keys of Egypt were being held so that, whenever he wished, he might again introduce his army; and that this would be the outcome of the civil war with his brother, that the victor, exhausted by the struggle, would be by no means a match for Antiochus.
§45.11.6haec prudenter animadversa a maiore cum adsensu minor frater quique cum eo erant acceperunt; soror plurimum adiuvit non consilio modo, sed etiam precibus.
These things, wisely observed by the elder, the younger brother and those who were with him accepted with approval; the sister helped very much, not only with counsel but also with entreaties.
§45.11.7itaque consentientibus cunctis pace facta Alexandream recipitur, ne multitudine quidem adversante, quae in bello non per obsidionem modo, sed etiam, postquam a moenibus abscessum est, quia nihil ex Aegypto subvehebatur, omnium rerum adtenuata inopia erat.
Therefore, with all agreeing, peace was made, and he was received into Alexandria, not even the multitude opposing, which during the war had been worn down by the scarcity of all things, not only during the siege, but also after the departure from the walls, because nothing was being brought up from Egypt.
§45.11.8his cum laetari Antiochum conveniens esset, si reducendi eius causa exercitum Aegyptum induxisset, quo specioso titulo ad omnis Asiae et Graeciae civitates legationibus recipiendis litterisque dimittendis usus erat, adeo est offensus, ut multo acrius infestiusque adversus duos, quam ante adversus unum pararet bellum.
Although it would have been fitting for Antiochus to rejoice at these things, if he had led his army into Egypt for the sake of restoring him—which specious pretext he had used toward all the states of Asia and Greece in receiving embassies and sending letters—he was so offended that he prepared war much more fiercely and hostilely against the two than before against the one.
§45.11.9Cyprum extemplo classem misit; ipse primo vere cum exercitu Aegyptum petens in Coelen Syriam processit.
He immediately sent a fleet to Cyprus; he himself, at the beginning of spring, seeking Egypt with his army, advanced into Coele-Syria.
§45.11.10circa Rhinocolura Ptolemaei legatis agentibus gratias, quod per eum regnum patrium recepisset, petentibusque, ut suum munus tueretur et diceret potius, quid fieri vellet, quam hostis ex socio factus vi atque armis ageret, respondit non aliter neque classem revocaturum neque exercitum reducturum, nisi sibi et tota Cypro et Pelusio agroque, qui circa Pelusiacum ostium Nili esset, cederetur;
Near Rhinocolura, when Ptolemy's legates were offering thanks because he had recovered his father's kingdom through him, and requesting that he protect his own gift and state what he wished to be done, rather than act by force and arms having become an enemy instead of an ally, he replied that he would neither recall his fleet nor withdraw his army on any other terms, unless Cyprus in its entirety, and Pelusium, and the territory which was around the Pelusiac mouth of the Nile, were ceded to him.
§45.11.11diemque praestituit, intra quam de condicionibus peractis responsum acciperet.
And he appointed a day within which he should receive an answer concerning the fulfillment of these conditions.