§45.6.1ceterum tanto facinore in unicum relictum amicum admisso, per tot casus expertum proditumque, quia non prodiderat, omnium ab se abalienavit animos.
But by committing so great a crime against his only remaining friend, who had been tested through so many perils and betrayed because he had not betrayed him, he alienated the minds of all from himself.
§45.6.2pro se quisque transire ad Romanos; fugaeque consilium capere solum prope relictum coegerunt;
Each for himself began to desert to the Romans; and they forced him, left almost alone, to form a plan of flight.
Oroandem denique Cretensem, cui nota Threciae ora erat, quia mercaturas in ea regione fecerat, appellat, ut se sublatum in lembum ad Cotym deveheret.
Finally, he called upon Oroandes the Cretan, to whom the coast of Thrace was familiar because he had carried on trade in that region, to take him on board a light vessel and carry him to Cotys.
§45.6.3Demetrium est portus in promunturio quodam Samothracae; ibi lembus stabat.
Demetrium is a harbor on a certain promontory of Samothrace; there the vessel was lying.
sub occasum solis deferuntur, quae ad usum necessaria erant; defertur et pecunia, quanta clam deferri poterat.
Towards sunset, what was necessary for use was brought down; as much money was also brought down as could be carried down secretly.
§45.6.4rex ipse nocte media cum tribus consciis fugae per posticum aedium in propincum cubiculo hortum atque inde maceriam aegre transgressus ad mare pervenit.
The king himself, at midnight, with three accomplices of his flight, having passed through a back door of the house into a garden near his bedchamber, and thence with difficulty climbed over a stone wall, reached the sea.
§45.6.5Oroandes tantum moratus, dum pecunia deferretur, primis tenebris solverat navem ac per altum Cretam petebat.
Oroandes, having waited only long enough for the money to be brought down, had set sail at the first darkness and was heading for Crete across the deep.
§45.6.6postquam in portu navis non inventa est, vagatus Perseus aliquamdiu in litore, postremo timens lucem iam adpropinquantem, in hospitium redire non ausus in latere templi prope angulum obscurum delituit.
When the ship was not found in the harbor, Perseus, having wandered for some time on the shore, and at last fearing the light that was already approaching, not daring to return to his lodging, hid himself in the side of the temple near an obscure corner.
§45.6.7pueri regii apud Macedonas vocabantur principum liberi ad ministerium electi regis; ea cohors persecuta regem fugientem ne tum quidem abscedebat, donec iussu Cn.
Among the Macedonians, the children of the leading men chosen for the service of the king were called the royal youths; this cohort, having followed the fleeing king, did not depart even then, until by order of Cn.
Octavi pronuntiatum est per praeconem regios pueros Macedonasque alios, §45.6.8qui Samothracae essent, si transirent ad Romanos, incolumitatem libertatemque et sua omnia servaturos, quae aut secum haberent aut in Macedonia reliquissent.
Octavius it was proclaimed by a herald that if the royal youths and other Macedonians who were in Samothrace should go over to the Romans, they would preserve their safety, freedom, and all their property, which they either had with them or had left in Macedonia.
§45.6.9ad hanc vocem transitio omnium facta est, nominaque dabant ad C. Postumium tribunum militum.
At this voice, the desertion of all took place, and they gave their names to C. Postumius, the military tribune.
liberos quoque parvos regios Ion Thessalonicensis Octavio tradidit, nec quisquam praeter Philippum, maximum natu e filiis, cum rege relictus.
Ion of Thessalonica also delivered the small children of the king to Octavius, nor was anyone left with the king except Philip, the eldest of his sons.
§45.6.10tum sese filiumque Octavio tradidit, fortunam deosque, quorum in templo erat, nulla ope supplicem iuvantis accusans.
Then he surrendered himself and his son to Octavius, accusing fortune and the gods, in whose temple he was, of helping the suppliant with no aid.
§45.6.11in praetoriam navem inponi iussus, eodem et pecunia, quae superfuit, delata est; §45.6.12extemploque classis Amphipolim repetit.
He was ordered to be put on board the flagship, and the money which remained was also brought to the same place; and immediately the fleet returned to Amphipolis.
inde Octavius regem in castra ad consulem misit praemissis litteris, ut in potestate cum esse et adduci sciret.
Thence Octavius sent the king to the consul at the camp, having sent letters ahead so that he might know that the king was in his power and was being brought.