§45.29.1ipse, ubi dies venit, quo adesse Amphipoli denos principes civitatium iusserat litterasque omnis, quae ubique depositae essent, et pecuniam regiam conferri, cum decem legatis circumfusa omni multitudine Macedonum in tribunali consedit.
When the day came on which he had ordered ten leading men of each city to be present at Amphipolis, and all the letters, wherever they had been deposited, and the royal money to be brought together, he himself, with the ten commissioners, seated himself on the tribunal, surrounded by the entire multitude of the Macedonians.
§45.29.2adsuetis regio imperio tamen novi inperii formam terribilem praebuit tribunal, summoto aditus, praeco, accensus, insueta omnia oculis auribusque, quae vel socios, nedum hostis victos terrere possent.
To those accustomed to royal rule, however, the tribunal presented a terrifying form of the new government—the clearing of the crowd for access, the herald, the attendant, all things unusual to eyes and ears, which might terrify even allies, let alone defeated enemies.
§45.29.3silentio per praeconem facto Paulus Latine, quae senatui, quae sibi ex consilii sententia visa essent, pronuntiavit.
Silence having been made by the herald, Paulus pronounced in Latin what seemed good to the senate, and what seemed good to himself in accordance with the opinion of the advisory council.
ea Cn. Octavius praetor — nam et ipse aderat — interpretata sermone Graeco referebat: §45.29.4omnium primum liberos esse iubere Macedonas, habentis urbes easdem agrosque, utentes legibus suis, annuos creantis magistratus; tributum dimidium eius, quod pependissent regibus, pendere populo Romano.
These things Gnaeus Octavius, the praetor— for he too was present—repeated, translated into the Greek tongue: first of all, he ordered that the Macedonians should be free, holding the same cities and fields, using their own laws, and electing annual magistrates; and that they should pay to the Roman people half of the tribute which they had paid to the kings.
§45.29.5deinde in quattuor regiones dividi Macedoniam: unam fore et primam partem quod agri inter Strymonem et Nessum sit amnem; §45.29.6accessurum huic parti trans Nessum ad orientem versum, qua Perseus tenuisset, vicos, castella, oppida, praeter Aenum et Maroneam et Abdera; cis Strymonem autem vergentia ad occasum, Bisalticam omnem cum Heraclea, quam Sinticen appellant.
Then, that Macedonia should be divided into four regions: one and the first part would be the land that lies between the Strymon and the Nessus rivers; to this part would be added the villages, forts, and towns beyond the Nessus toward the east, where Perseus had held them, except Aenus, Maronea, and Abdera; and on this side of the Strymon, verging toward the west, all Bisaltica with Heraclea, which they call Sintice.
§45.29.7secundam fore regionem, quam ab ortu Strymo amplecteretur amnis, praeter Sinticen, Heracleam et Bisaltas, ab occasuque Axius terminaret fluvius, additis Paeonibus, qui prope Axium flumen ad regionem orientis colerent.
The second region would be that which the Strymon river enclosed on the east, except Sintice, Heraclea, and the Bisaltae, and which the Axius river bounded on the west, with the addition of the Paeonians who dwelt near the Axius river toward the eastern region.
§45.29.8tertia pars facta, quam Axius ab oriente, Peneus amnis ab occasu cingunt; ad septentrionem Bora mons obicitur; adiecta huic parti regio Paeoniae, qua ab occasu praeter Axium amnem porrigitur; Edessa quoque et Beroea eodem concesserunt.
The third part was made that which the Axius on the east and the Peneus river on the west enclose; on the north, Mount Bora lies in the way; to this part was added the region of Paeonia which extends on the west beyond the Axius river; Edessa and Beroea also went to the same part.
§45.29.9quarta regio trans Boram montem, una parte confinis Illyrico, altera Epiro.
The fourth region was beyond Mount Bora, bordering on one side with Illyricum, on the other with Epirus.
capita regionum, ubi concilia fierent, primae regionis Amphipolim, secundae Thessalonicen, tertiae Pellam, quartae Pelagoniam fecit.
He made the capitals of the regions, where the councils should be held, Amphipolis for the first region, Thessalonica for the second, Pella for the third, and Pelagonia for the fourth.
eo concilia suae cuiusque regionis indici, pecuniam conferri, ibi magistratus creari iussit.
He ordered that the councils of each region should be summoned there, the money brought together there, and the magistrates elected there.
§45.29.10pronuntiavit deinde neque conubium neque commercium agrorum aedificiorumque inter se placere cuiquam extra fines regionis suae esse.
He then announced that it was resolved that there should be neither right of intermarriage nor commercial relations in land and buildings for anyone with anyone outside the boundaries of his own region.
§45.29.11metalla quoque auri atque argenti non exerceri, ferri et aeris permitti.
Also, that the mines of gold and silver should not be worked, but those of iron and copper should be permitted.
vectigal exercentibus dimidium eius inpositum, quod pependissent regi.
Upon those who worked them, half of the tax which they had paid to the king was imposed.
et sale invecto uti vetuit.
And he forbade them to use imported salt.
§45.29.12Dardanis repetentibus Paeoniam, quod et sua fuisset et continens esset finibus suis, omnibus dare libertatem pronuntiavit, qui sub regno Persei fuissent.
When the Dardanians demanded back Paeonia, because it had been theirs and was contiguous to their own territory, he announced that he gave freedom to all who had been under the rule of Perseus.
§45.29.13post non impetratam Paeoniam salis commercium dedit; tertiae regioni imperavit, ut Stobos Paeoniae deveherent, pretiumque statuit.
After Paeonia was not obtained, he gave them the commercial right of salt; he commanded the third region to carry salt to Stobi in Paeonia, and fixed the price.
§45.29.14navalem materiam et ipsos caedere et alios pati vetuit.
He forbade them both to cut naval timber themselves and to permit others to do so.
regionibus, quae adfines barbaris essent — excepta autem tertia omnes erant —, permisit, ut praesidia armata in finibus extremis haberent.
To the regions that bordered on barbarians—and except the third, all of them did—he permitted that they should have armed garrisons on their extreme borders.