§45.30.1haec pronuntiata primo die conventus varie adfecerunt animos.
These announcements on the first day of the assembly affected their minds in various ways.
libertas praeter spem data adrexit et levatum annuum vectigal; §45.30.2regionatim commercio interruptis ita videri lacerata Macedonia, tamquam animali in artus alterum alterius indigentis distracto: adeo, quanta Macedonia esset, quam divisui facilis, quam se ipsa quaeque contenta pars esset, Macedones quoque ignorabant.
The freedom granted contrary to expectation encouraged them, as did the reduction of the annual tribute; but with trade interrupted region by region, Macedonia seemed so mangled, as if an animal had been torn into limbs that needed one another: so true was it that even the Macedonians did not know how large Macedonia was, how easy it was to divide, and how self-sufficient each part was.
§45.30.3pars prima Bisaltas habet, fortissimos viros — trans Nessum amnem incolunt et circa Strymonem —, et multas frugum proprietates et metalla et opportunitatem Amphipolis, quae obiecta claudit omnes ab oriente sole in Macedoniam aditus.
The first part has the Bisaltae, most courageous men—they dwell beyond the Nessus river and around the Strymon—and many specialties of crops, mines, and the advantageous location of Amphipolis, which, standing in the way, closes all accesses into Macedonia from the rising sun.
§45.30.4secunda pars celeberrimas urbes Thessalonicen et Cassandream habet, ad hoc Pallenen, fertilem ac frugiferam terram; maritimas quoque opportunitates ei praebent portus ad Toronen ac montem Atho Aeneamque et Acanthum, alii ad Thessaliam insulamque Euboeam, alii ad Hellespontum opportune versi.
The second part has the very famous cities of Thessalonica and Cassandrea, and in addition Pallene, a fertile and productive land; harbors also offer naval opportunities to it, facing toward Torone, Mount Athos, Aenea, and Acanthus, some turned conveniently toward Thessaly and the island of Euboea, others toward the Hellespont.
§45.30.5tertia regio nobilis urbes Edessam et Beroeam et Pellam habet et Vettiorum bellicosam gentem, incolas quoque permultos Gallos et Illyrios, inpigros cultores.
The third region has the noble cities of Edessa, Beroea, and Pella, and the warlike nation of the Vettii, and also very many Gallic and Illyrian inhabitants, industrious cultivators.
§45.30.6quartam regionem Eordaei et Lyncestae et Pelagones incolunt; §45.30.7iuncta his Atintania et Tymphaeis et Elimiotis.
The fourth region is inhabited by the Eordaei, Lyncestae, and Pelagones; joined to these are Atintania, Tymphaeis, and Elimiotis.
frigida haec omnis duraque cultu et aspera plaga est; cultorum quoque ingenia terrae similia habet.
This entire tract is cold, difficult to cultivate, and rugged; it has also the dispositions of its cultivators similar to the land.
ferociores eos et accolae barbari faciunt, nunc bello exercentes, nunc in pace miscentes ritus suos.
The neighboring barbarians also make them more fierce, now training them in war, now mixing their own rites in peace.
§45.30.8divisa itaque Macedonia partium usibus separatis, quanta universa esset, ostendit.
Thus Macedonia, being divided with the utilities of its parts separated, showed how great it had been as a whole.