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), 38.13

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[1] There was at this place a venerable shrine of Apollo and an oracle; the priests, it is said, give the responses in verses not without polish.

[2] On the second day's march from here they came to the Harpasus river, where ambassadors from Alabanda came with the request that he would compel, either by authority or by armed force, a stronghold which had recently revolted from them to accept its ancient status.

[3] There also came Athenaeus, the brother of Eumenes and Attalus, with Leusus the Cretan and Corragus the Macedonian; they brought with them a thousand infantry of different nationalities and three hundred cavalry. The consul, sending a tribune of the soldiers with a force of moderate size, took the stronghold by storm and having captured it turned it over to the people of Alabanda.

[4] He himself, not leaving the direct road, pitched camp at Antiochia on the Meander river. The sources of this river spring from Celaenae. The city of Celaenae was once the capital of Phrygia; thence there was a migration to a place not far from old Celaenae, and to the new town was given the name of Apamea, from Apama, the sister of King Seleucus.¹

[5] The Marsyas river also, rising not far from the sources of the. Meander, empties into the Meander, and the story runs thus, that at Celaenae Marsyas contended with Apollo in playing on the pipes.²

[6] The Meander, rising on top of the citadel of Celaenae and flowing through the centre of the city, then first through Carian and later³ Ionian territory, empties into the gulf of the sea which lies between Prienê and Miletus. At Antiochia, Seleucus, the son of Antiochus, came to the consul's camp to furnish the grain to the army in accordance with the treaty⁴ made with Scipio.

[7] There was a short argument regarding the auxiliaries of Attalus, since Seleucus maintained that Antiochus had bargained to supply grain to the Roman soldiers only.

[8] This too was ended by the firmness of the consul, who sent a tribune with the order that no Roman soldiers should receive any grain until the auxiliaries of Attalus should have had their share. Thence he marched to the place called Gordiutichi.⁵ From there they came on the third march to Tabae. The city lies on the borders of the Pisidians, on the side which faces the Pamphylian sea. Since the strength of the region was unimpaired, its men were fierce

[9] in warfare. At this time too the cavalry, charging the Roman column, threw it at first into no small degree of confusion; then, when it became evident that they were equal in neither numbers nor courage, when driven back into the town they begged pardon for their mistake and were ready to surrender the city. The consul exacted of them twenty-five talents of silver and ten thousand

[10] medimni⁶ of wheat; on⁷ these terms they were received in surrender.

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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History of Rome (English) (Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Sage, Evan T.; Schlesinger, Alfred C., translators. Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959. (Loeb Classical Library))

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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.) — 38.13 focus

[1] fanum ibi augustum Apollinis et oraculum; sortes versibus baud haud inconditis dare vates dicuntur.

[2] hine hinc alteris castris ad Harpasum flumen ventum est, quo legati ab Alabandis venerunt,

[3] ut castellum, quod ab ipsis nuper descisset, aut auctoritate aut armis cogeret iura antiqua pati. eodem et Athenaeus, Eumenis et Attali frater, cum Cretense Leuso et Corrago Macedone venit; mille pedites mixtarum gentium et trecentos equites secum adduxerunt.

[4] consul tribuno militum misso cum modica manu castellum vi cepit, captum Alabandensibus reddit. ipse nihil via degressus ad Antiochiam super Maeandrum amnem posuit castra.

[5] huius amnis fontes Celaenis oriuntur. Celaenae urbs caput quondam Phrygiae fuit; migratum inde baud haud procul veteribus Celaenis, novaeque urbi Apameae nomen inditum ab Apama sorore Seleuci regis.

[6] et Marsyas amnis, haud procul a Maeandri fontibus oriens, in Maeandrum cadit, famaque ita tenet, Celaenis Marsyan cum Apolline tibiarum cantu certasse.

[7] Maeander ex arce summa Celaenarum ortus, media urbe decurrens, per Caras primum, deinde Tonas Ionas in sinum maris editur, qui inter Prienen et Miletum est.

[8] ad Antiochiam in castra consulis Seleucus, Antiochi filius, ex foedere icto cum Scipione ad frumentum exercitui dandum venit.

[9] parva disceptatio de Attali auxiliaribus orta est, quod Romano tantum militi pactum Antiochum ut daretur frumentur frumentum Seleucus dicebat.

[10] discussa ea quoque est constantia consulis, qui misso tribuno edixit, ne Romani milites acciperent, priusquam Attali auxilia accepissent.

[11] inde ad Gordiutichos quod vocant processum est. ex eo loco ad Tabas tertiis castris perventum. in finibus Pisidarum posita urbs est, in ea parte, quae vergit ad Pamphylium mare. integris viribus regionis eius feroces ad bellandum habebat viros.

[12] tur tum quoque equites in agmen Romanum eruptione facta baud haud modice primo impetu turbavere; deinde. ut apparuit nec numero se nec virtute pares esse, in urbem compulsi veniam erroris petebant, dedere urbem parati.

[13] quinque et viginti talenta argenti et decem milia medimnum tritici imperata; ita in deditionem accepti.

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).) — 43.13 focus

[1]

non sum nescius ab eadem neglegentia qua nihil deos portendere vulgo nunc credant, neque nuntiari admodum ulla ¹ prodigia in publicum neque ² in annales referri.

[2] ceterum et mihi vetustas res scribenti ³ nescio quo pacto antiquus fit animus et quaedam religio tenet, quae illi prudentissimi viri publice suscipienda censuerint, ea pro indignis ⁴ habere, quae in meos annales referam.

[3] Anagnia duo prodigia eo anno sunt nuntiata, facem in caelo conspectam et bovem feminam locutam; eam ⁵⁶ publice ali. menturnis minturnis⁷ quoque per eos dies caeli ardentis species affulserat.

[4] Reate imbri lapidavit. cumis in arce Apollo triduum ac tris noctes lacrimavit. in urbe Romana duo aeditui nuntiarunt, alter in aede Fortunae anguem iubatum a compluribus visum esse,

[5] alter in aede Primigeniae ⁸ Fortunae quae in colle est duo diversa prodigia, palmam in area enatam ⁹ et sanguine interdiu pluvisse.

[6] duo non suscepta prodigia sunt, alterum quod in privato loco factum esset, - palmam enatam in ¹⁰ impluvio suo T. Marcius Figulus nuntiabat - alterum quod in loco peregrino: Fregellis in domo L. Atrei hasta, quam filio militi emerat, interdiu plus duas horas arsisse ita ut nihil eius ambureret ignis, dicebatur.

[7] publicorum prodigiorum causa libri a decemviris aditi: quadraginta maioribus hostiis quibus diis consules sacrificarent ediderunt,

[8] et uti supplicatio ¹¹ fieret cunctique magistratus circa omnia pulvinaria victimis maioribus sacrificarent populusque coronatus esset. omnia¹² uti decemviri praeierunt facta.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 38.13 focus

[1]

transgressi Maeandrum ad Hieran Comen pervenerunt. Fanum ibi augustum Apollinis et oraculum; sortes versibus haud inconditis ditis dare vates dicuntur.

[2] hinc alteris castris ad Harpasum flumen ventum est, quo legati ab Alabandis venerunt, ut castellum, quod ab ipsis nuper descisset, aut auctoritate aut armis cogeret iura antiqua pati.

[3] eodem et Athenaeus, Eumenis et Attali frater, cum Cretense Leuso et Corrago Macedone venit; mille pedites mixtarum gentium et trecentos equites secum adduxerunt.

[4] consul tribuno militum misso cum modica manu castellum vi cepit, captum Alabandensibus reddit. ipse nihil via degressus ad Antiochiam super Maeandrum amnem posuit castra.

[5] huius amnis fontes Celaenis oriuntur. Celaenae urbs caput quondam Phrygiae fuit; migratum inde haud procul veteribus Celaenis, novaeque urbi Apameae nomen inditum ab Apama sorore Seleuci regis.

[6] et Marsyas amnis, haud procul a Maeandri fontibus oriens, ¹ in Maeandrum cadit, famaque ita tenet, Celaenis Marsyan cum Apolline tibiarum cantu certasse.

[7] Maeander ex arce summa Celaenarum ortus, media urbe decurrens, per Caras primum, deinde Ionas in sinum maris editur, qui inter Prienen et Miletum est.

[8] ad Antiochiam in castra consulis Seleucus, Antiochi filius, ex foedere icto cum Scipione ad frumentum exercitui dandum venit.

[9] parva disceptatio de Attali auxiliaribus orta est, quod Romano tantum militi pactum Antiochum ut daretur frumentum Seleucus dicebat.

[10] discussa ea quoque est constantia consulis, qui misso tribuno edixit,

[11] ne Romani milites acciperent, priusquam Attali auxilia accepissent. inde ad Gordiutichos quod vocant processum est. ex eo loco ad Tabas tertiis castris perventum. in ² finibus Pisidarum posita urbs est, in ea parte, quae vergit ad Pamphylium mare. integris viribus regionis eius feroces ad bellandum habebat viros.

[12] tum quoque equites in agmen Romanum eruptione facta haud modice primo impetu turbavere; deinde ut apparuit nec numero se nec virtute pares esse, in urbem compulsi veniam erroris petebant, dedere urbem parati.

[13] quinque et viginti talenta argenti et decem milia medimnum tritici imperata: ita in deditionem accepti.

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History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 38.13 focus

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Having passed the Maeander, they came to Hiera Come. ¹ In this place there is a magnificent temple, and oracle of Apollo;

[2] the priests are said to deliver their responses in verses by no means inelegant.

[3] Hence, in two days' march they reached the river Harpasus; whither came ambassadors from Alabandae, entreating the consul, either by his authority or his arms, to compel a fort, which had lately revolted from it, to return to its former allegiance. To the same place came Athenaeus the brother of Eumenes, and Attalus, with Leusus, a Cretan, and Corragos, a Macedonian commander.

[4] They brought with them one thousand foot and three hundred horse, composed of various nations. The consul, having sent a military tribune with a small party, took the fort by assault, and restored it to the Alabandians. He himself, not deviating from his route, pitched his camp at Antioch on the Maeander.

[5] The source of this river is in Celaenae, which city was formerly the metropolis of Phrygia. The inhabitants afterwards removed to a spot not far distant from Old Celaenae, and the name of Apama was given to their new city, from Apama the sister of king Seleucus.

[6] The river Marsyas also, rising at a little distance from the head of the Maeander, falls into the latter river, and report so has it, that at Celaenae Marsyas contended with Apollo in the music of the pipe.

[7] The Maeander, springing up in the highest part of the citadel of Celaenae, runs down through the middle of the city, then through Caria, afterwards through Ionia, and empties itself into a bay which lies between Priene and Miletus.

[8] Seleucus, son of Antiochus, came into the consul's camp at Antioch, to furnish corn for the troops, in conformity with the treaty with Scipio.

[9] Here a small dispute arose, concerning the auxiliary troops of Attalus; for Seleucus affirmed, that Antiochus engaged to supply corn to the Roman soldiers only.

[10] This difference was terminated by the firmness of the consul, who gave orders to a tribune despatched by him, that the Roman soldiers should receive none, until the auxiliaries under Attalus should have received their share.

[11] From hence the army advanced to Gordiutichos, ² as they call it: from which place it marched, in three days, to Tabae. This city stands on the confines of Pisidia, in that part which verges to the Pamphylian sea.

[12] Whilst the strength of that country was unimpaired, it produced valiant warriors: and even on this occasion, their horsemen, sallying out on the Roman troops, caused by their first onset no small confusion; then, as soon as it appeared that they were not equal to them either in numbers or bravery, being driven back to the city, they begged pardon for their transgressions, and offered to surrender the city.

[13] They were ordered to pay twenty-five talents of silver, ³ and ten thousand bushels of wheat; and on these terms their surrender was accepted.

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.) — 38.13 focus

[1]

After crossing the Maeander they marched to Hiera Come. Here there was a noble temple to Apollo and an oracular shrine;

[2] it is said that the priests delivered the responses in smooth and graceful verses.

[3] From this place, after a two days' march, they reached the river Harpasus. Here they were met by a deputation from Alabandi, who came with a request to the consul to compel, either by his personal authority or his arms, a revolted stronghold to return to its former allegiance. Here, too, came Eumenes' brother Athenaeus with the Cretan Leusus and Corragus of Macedonia.

[4] They brought with them 1000 infantry drawn from various nationalities and 300 cavalry. The consul despatched a military tribune with a small force to reduce the stronghold and it was restored to the people of Alabandi; he himself continuing his march encamped at Antiochia on the Maeander.

[5] This river rises at Celaenae; the city was once the capital of Phrygia. The population migrated a short distance from the old city and built a new one, which received the name of Apamea after Apama, the sister of King Seleucus.

[6] The river Marsyas which rises not far from the sources of the Maeander flows into that river, and the story goes that it was at Celaenae that Marsyas contested the palm of song with Apollo.

[7] The Maeander rises at the highest part of Celaenae and runs through the middle of the city. Its course then lies through Caria and Ionia and it finally empties itself into the bay between Priene and Miletus.

[8] Whilst the consul was in camp at Antiochia, Seleucus the son of Antiochus came to furnish corn for the army, in pursuance of the treaty obligation with Scipio.

[9] There was a slight difficulty raised in the case of the auxiliaries under Attalus because Seleucus maintained that Antiochus had only agreed to supply corn to the Roman soldiers.

[10] The dispute was settled by the firmness of the consul, who sent a tribune from the headquarters tent to give notice that the Roman soldiers were not to take the corn before the troops of Attalus had received their share.

[11] From Antiochia they marched to a place called Gordiutichi, and a further three days' march brought them to Tabae. This place lies within the frontiers of Pisidia, in that part which looks towards the Pamphylian sea. As this country was unwasted by war, its population were in a bellicose mood.

[12] On this occasion they made a vigorous attack on the Roman column and at first created some confusion, but when it became evident that they were outmatched in numbers and in courage and were driven back to their city, they craved for mercy and offered to surrender the city. A fine of 25 talents of silver and 10,000 medimni of wheat was imposed upon them.

[13] On these terms they were allowed to surrender.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. Apama was actually the wife, not the sister, of Seleucus.

2. Cf. the similar statements of Xenophon ( Anab. I. ii. 7-8).

3. B.C. 189

4. The provisions of the treaty as given by Livy (XXXVII. xlv; cf. Iv) say nothing of any such obligation, nor does Polybius mention it. In xxxvii. 7 below Livy again speaks of grain (and now money) owed under the treaty. It may have been taken for granted that Antiochus owed supplies to the Romans until the treaty was formally ratified.

5. Many of the place-names in the following sections are doubtful, some 9 by reason of corruptions in the text, some, probably, because Livy did not understand his sources, while others are not mentioned elsewhere. I have been content in general to repeat the 10 names as they are found in the Latin text I have followed, realizing that beyond question many of them are wrong. The route of the Romans can be followed more easily on the map than through notes. As one traces their course one wonders whether their dominating motive, in selecting the line of 11 march, was the topography of the country, the desire to come to grips with the Galatians as soon as possible, or the profits which quickly began to come in. (See Map 3.)

6. Livy generally uses the Latin term modius in reference to quantities of grain (XXXI. xix. 2, etc.); here he more appropriately uses the Greek measure. The medimnus was the approximate equivalent of six modii.

7. B.C. 189

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