Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor), 35.47

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[1] When this answer had been conveyed to the king at the ships where he had stayed, for the present —for he had not come with such strength that he could undertake any forcible measures —it was decided to return to Demetrias.

[2] There, since their first venture had proved fruitless, the king consulted with the Aetolians what should be done next. It was agreed to try the Boeotians, the Achaeans, and Amynander, king of the Athamanes.

[3] They believed that the Boeotians had been unfriendly to the Romans ever since the death of Brachyllas and the events

[4] which followed¹ ; they thought that the Achaean magistrate Philopoemen, since he had become a rival in fame as a result of the war in Lacedaemon, was hostile to and hated by Quinctius.²

[5] Amynander³ had as wife Apama,⁴⁵ daughter of one Alexander of Megalopolis, who, boasting descent from Alexander the Great, had given to his two sons the names of Philip and Alexander and to his daughter that of

[6] Apama; when she was joined in royal wedlock her elder brother Philip followed her to

[7] Athamania. Since he happened to be vain in character, the Aetolians and Antiochus had induced him to hope for the throne of Macedonia, being, as they told him, truly of the stock of kings, if he allied Amynander and the Athamanes with

[8] Antiochus. And this vain promise availed not only with Philip but also with Amynander.

Ab urbe condita. Titus Livius (Livy). Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor). Medford, MA. .

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Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 35.47 focus

[1] haec renuntiata regi ad naves, ubi restiterat, cum essent, in praesentia — neque enim iis venerat copiis, ut vi agere quicquam posset — reverti Demetriadem placuit.

[2] ibi, quoniam primum vanum inceptum evasisset, consultare cum Aetolis rex, quid deinde fieret. placuit Boeotos Achaeos Amynandrum regem Athamanum temptare.

[3] Boeotorum gentem aversam ab Romanis iam inde a Brachyllae Brachylli morte, et cuae quae secuta ear eam fuerant, censebant;

[4] Achaeorum Philopoemenem principem aemulatione gloriae in bello Laconum infestum invisumque esse Quinctio credebant.

[5] Amynander uxorem Apamam, filiam Alexandri cniusdam cuiusdam Megalopolitani, habebat, qui se oriundum a magno Alexandro ferens filiis duobus Philippum atque Alexandnnn Alexandrum et filiae Apamam nomina inposuerat;

[6] quam regiis iunctam nuptiis maior ex fratribus Philippus secutus in Athamaniam fuerat.

[7] hunc forte ingenio vanum Aetoli et Antiochus inpulerant in spem Macedoniae regni, quod is vere regum stirpis esset, si Amynandrum Athamanesque Antiocho coniunxisset.

[8] et ea vanitas promissorum non apud Philippum modo sed etiam apud Amynandrum valuit.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Livy in Fourteen Volumes. Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Schlesinger, Alfred C., editors. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959 (printing).) — 30.45 focus

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pace terra marique parta, exercitu in naves inposito, in Siciliam Lilybaeum traiecit.

[2] inde magna parte militum navibus ¹ missa ipse per ² laetam pace non minus quam victoria Italiam, effusis non urbibus modo ad habendos honores, sed agrestium etiam turba obsidente vias, Romam pervenit triumphoque omnium clarissimo urbem est invectus.

[3] argenti tulit in aerarium pondo centum viginti tria milia. ³ militibus ex praeda quadringenos aeris divisit.

[4] morte⁴ subtractus spectaculo magis hominum quam triumphantis gloriae Syphax est, Tiburi haud ita multo ante mortuus, quo ab Alba traductus fuerat. conspecta tamen mors eius fuit, quia publico funere est elatus.

[5] hunc regem in triumpho ductum Polybius, haudquaquam spernendus auctor, tradit. secutus Scipionem triumphantem est pilleo capiti inposito Q. Terentius Culleo, omnique deinde vita, ut dignum erat, libertatis auctorem coluit.

[6] africani cognomen militaris prius favor an popularis aura celebraverit an, sicuti Felicis Sullae Magnique Pompei patrum memoria, coeptum ab adsentatione familiari sit parum compertum habeo.

[7] primus certe hic hie imperator nomine victae ab se gentis est nobilitatus; exemplo deinde huius nequaquam victoria pares insignes imaginum imaginun titulos claraque cognomina familiarum ⁵ fecerunt. ⁶

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 35.47 focus

[1]

haec renuntiata regi ad naves, ubi restiterat, cum essent, in praesentia — neque enim iis venerat copiis, ut vi agere quicquam posset — reverti Demetriadem placuit.

[2] ibi, quoniam primum vanum inceptum evasisset, consultare cum Aetolis rex, quid deinde fieret. placuit Boeotos Achaeos ¹ Amynandrum regem Athamanum temptare.

[3] Boeotorum gentem aversam ab Romanis iam inde a Brachylli morte, et quae secuta eam fuerant, censebant;

[4] Achaeorum Philopoemenem principem aemulatione gloriae in bello Laconum infestum invisumque esse Quinctio credebant.

[5] Amynander uxorem Apamam, filiam Alexandri cuiusdam Megalopolitani, habebat, qui se oriundum a magno Alexandro ferens filiis duobus Philippum atque Alexandrum et filiae Apamam nomina inposuerat;

[6] quam regiis inclutam nuptiis maior ex fratribus Philippus secutus in Athamaniam fuerat.

[7] hunc forte ingenio vanum Aetoli et Antiochus inpulerant in spem Macedoniae regni, quod is vere regum stirpis esset, si Amynandrum Athamanesque Antiocho coniunxisset.

[8] et ea vanitas promissorum non apud Philippum modo sed etiam apud Amynandrum valuit. ²

Translations (2)

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 35.47 focus

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When an account of this conference was brought to the king, at the ships where lie had staid, he resolved for the present to return to Demetrias; for he had not come to them with a sufficient number of men to attempt any thing by force.

[2] At Demetrias he held another consultation with the Aetolians, to determine what was next to be done, as their first effort had proved fruitless.

[3] It was agreed that they should make trial of the Bœotians, Achaeans, and Amynander, king of the Athamanians. The Bœotian nation they believed to have been disaffected to the Romans, ever since the death of Brachyllas, and the consequences which followed it.

[4] Philopœmen, chief of the Achaeans, they supposed to hate, and be hated by, Quinctius, in consequence of a rivalship for fame in the war of Laconia.

[5] Amynander had married Apama, daughter of a Megalopolitan, called Alexander, who, pretending to be descended from Alexander the Great, had given the names of Philip and Alexander to his two sons, and that of Apama to his daughter;

[6] and when she was raised to distinction, by her marriage to the king, Philip, the elder of her brothers had followed her into Athamania.

[7] This man, who happened to be naturally vain, the Aetolians and Antiochus persuaded to hope (as he was really of the royal family) for the sovereignty of Macedonia, on condition of his prevailing on Amynander and the Athamanians to join Antiochus;

[8] and these empty promises produced the intended effect, not only on Philip but likewise on Amynander.

History of Rome Perseus (Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.) — 35.47 focus

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The king had remained on board, and when this was reported to him he decided for the present to return to Demetrias as he had not brought sufficient troops to effect anything by force.

[2] As his first attempt had proved a complete failure he consulted the Aetolians as to what the next step should be. They decided to try what could be done with the Boeotians, the Achaeans and the Athamanian king, Amynander.

[3] They were under the impression that the Boeotians had been estranged from Rome ever since the death of Brachylles and the results which flowed from it, and they

[4] also believed that Philopoemen, the chief magistrate of the Achaeans, was an object of dislike and jealousy on the part of Quinctius owing to the reputation he had gained in the Laconian war.

[5] Amynander had married Apama, the daughter of a certain Alexander of Megalopolis, who represented himself as being descended from Alexander the Great and had given his three children the names of Philip, Alexander and Apama.

[6] Her marriage with the king had made Apama much talked about and her elder brother Philip had followed her to Athamania.

[7] He was a weak and conceited young man, and Antiochus and the Aetolians had persuaded him that if he brought Amynander and the Athamanians over to the side of Antiochus he might hope to succeed to the throne of Macedon, as he really belonged to the royal stock.

[8] These empty promises carried weight not only with Philip but even with Amynander.

Notes on the current edition

Ab Urbe Condita With An English Translation, books 1-10, 21-45, with periochae 11-20

1. Cf. XXXIII. xxviii. 1 ff.

2. Cf. xxx. 12-13 above. Plutarch ( Philop. xv) traces their jealousy to this same cause, but his chronology is confused.

3. Amynander had been an ally of the Romans against Philip (XXXI. xxviii. 1), but may have felt slighted in the re-arrangements following the peace (XXXIII. xxxiv. 11).

4. Apama was the wife of Seleucus I, but the name is not known as characteristically a family-name among the descendants of Philip of Macedon.

5. B.C. 192

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