§45.40.1summam omnis captivi auri argentique translati sestertium milliens ducenties fuisse Valerius Antias tradit; qua haud dubie maior aliquanto summa ex numero plaustrorum ponderibusque auri, argenti generatim ab ipso scriptis efficitur.
Valerius Antias reports that the total sum of all the captured gold and silver carried in the procession was one hundred and twenty million sesterces; a sum undoubtedly somewhat larger than this is made up from the number of wagons and the weights of gold and silver written down in detail by himself.
§45.40.2alterum tantum aut in bellum proxumum absumptum aut in fuga, cum Samothracen peteret, dissipatum tradunt; eoque id mirabilius erat, quod tantum pecuniae intra triginta annos post bellum Philippi cum Romanis partim ex fructu metallorum, partim ex vectigalibus aliis coacervatum fuerat.
They report that another equal amount was either spent on the recent war or scattered in his flight when he was seeking Samothrace; and it was all the more wonderful for this reason, that so much money had been accumulated within thirty years after Philip's war with the Romans, partly from the yield of the mines, partly from other taxes.
§45.40.3itaque admodum inops pecuniae Philippus, Perseus contra praedives bellare cum Romanis coepit.
And so Philip, extremely destitute of money, but Perseus on the contrary very rich, began to wage war with the Romans.
§45.40.4ipse postremo Paulus in curru, magnam cum dignitate alia corporis, tum senecta ipsa maiestatem prae se ferens; post currum inter alios inlustres viros filii duo, Q. Maximus et P. Scipio; deinde equites turmatim et cohortes peditum suis quaeque ordinibus.
Finally, Paulus himself rode in a chariot, displaying great majesty both by the other dignity of his person and by his very old age; behind his chariot, among other illustrious men, were his two sons, Quintus Maximus and Publius Scipio; then the cavalry by squadrons, and the cohorts of infantry, each in its own ranks.
§45.40.5pediti in singulos dati centeni denarii, duplex centurioni, triplex equiti.
To the infantrymen individually were given one hundred denarii, twice as much to a centurion, three times as much to a cavalryman.
alterum tantum pediti daturum fuisse credunt et pro rata aliis, si aut in suffragio honori eius favissent, aut benigne hac ipsa summa pronuntiata acclamassent.
They believe that he would have given as much again to each infantryman, and to the others proportionally, if they had either supported his honor in the vote, or had acclaimed him kindly when this very sum was announced.
§45.40.6sed non Perseus tantum per illos dies documentum humanorum casuum fuit, in catenis ante currum victoris ducis per urbem hostium ductus, sed etiam victor Paulus, auro purpuraque fulgens.
But not only was Perseus during those days an illustration of human vicissitudes, led in chains before the chariot of the victorious general through the city of his enemies, but also the victor Paulus, gleaming with gold and purple.
§45.40.7nam duobus e filiis, quos duobus datis in adoptionem solos nominis, sacrorum familiaeque heredes retinuerat domi, minor, duodecim ferme annos natus, quinque diebus ante triumphum, maior, quattuordecim annorum, triduo post triumphum decessit; §45.40.8quos praetextatos curru vehi cum patre, sibi ipsos similis destinantis triumphos, oportuerat.
For of the two sons whom, after two others had been given in adoption, he had retained at home as the sole heirs of his name, family rites, and household, the younger, about twelve years old, died five days before the triumph, and the older, fourteen years of age, died three days after the triumph; whom, wearing the toga praetexta, riding in the chariot with their father, predicting for themselves similar triumphs, it would have been proper to see.
paucis post diebus data a M. Antonio tribuno plebis contione, §45.40.9cum de suis rebus gestis more ceterorum imperatorum edissereret, memorabilis eius oratio et digna Romano principe fuit.
A few days later, an assembly having been granted by Marcus Antonius, tribune of the plebs, when he discoursed upon his achievements in the manner of other commanders, his speech was memorable and worthy of a Roman leader.