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), 42.48

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[1] With these preparations made, although¹ plans for making war had been determined upon, yet it was decided to receive the envoys before the senate.²

[2] Nearly the same statements as had been made at the conference by the king were presented by his envoys. The charge of setting an ambush for Eumenes was both their chief concern and at the same time —for the situation was obvious —the least plausibly refuted; the rest of what they had to say was mollification.

[3] But the envoys were not heard by spirits which could be either enlightened or moved. The stern order was given them to depart from the³ walls of Rome at once, and within thirty days from Italy.

[4] Then to the consul Publius Licinius, to whom Macedonia had fallen as province, the order was given that he should appoint the first possible day for the army to assemble.

[5] Gaius Lucretius the praetor,⁴ whose duty was the command of the fleet, left the city with forty quinqueremes; for it had been decided to keep at the city several of the refitted ships for various purposes.

[6] The praetor sent his brother Marcus Lucretius on in advance with one quinquereme, with orders to meet the fleet at Cephallania with the ships received from the allies according to treaty.

[7] After taking on one trireme from Rhegium, two from Locri, four from the district of Uria,⁵ he coasted along Italy past the farthest cape of Calabria and crossed the Ionian sea to Dyrrhachium.

[8] There he came upon ten cutters⁶ of the Dyrrhachians themselves, twelve of the Issaeans, and fifty-four of King Gentius, and pretending that he believed they had been collected for the use of the Romans, took them all with him on the third day to Corcyra and thence crossed at once to Cephallania. Gaius Lucretius the praetor set out from Naples, passed through the straits⁷ and made the crossing to Cephallania in five days.

[9] There the fleet halted, not only to wait till the land forces were

[10] brought over,⁸ but also so that the supply-ships, scattered over the deep off their course, might catch up with it.⁹

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.) — 42.48 focus

[1] his praeparatis, quamquam ad bellum consilia erant destinata, senatum tamen praeberi legatis placuit.

[2] eadem fere, quae in conloquio ab rege dicta erant, relata ab legatis. insidiarum Eumeni factarum crimen et maxima cura et minime tamen probabiliter — manifesta enim res erat — defensum;

[3] cetera deprecatio erat. sed non eis animis audiebantur, qui aut doceri aut flecti possent. denuntiatum, extemplo moenibus urbis Romae, Italia intra tricesimum diem excederent.

[4] P. Licinio deinde consuli, cui Macedonia provincia obvenerat, denuntiatum, ut exercitui diem primam quamque diceret ad conveniendum.

[5] C. Lucretius praetor, cui classis provincia erat, cum quadraginta quinqueremibus ab urbe profectus; nam ex refectis navibus alias in alium usum retineri ad urbem placuit.

[6] praemissus a praetore est frater M. Lucretius cum quinqueremi una, iussusque ab sociis ex foedere acceptis navibus ad Cephallaniam classi occurrere.

[7] ab Reginis triremi una sumpta, ab Locris duabus, ab Uritibus quattuor, praeter oram Italiae supervectus Calabriae extremum promunturium in Ionio mari Dyrrhachinorum, traicit.

[8] ibi decem ipsorum Dyrrhachinorum, duodecim Issaeorum, quinquaginta quattuor Genti regis lembos nanctus, simulans se credere eos in usum Romanorum conparatos esse, omnibus abductis die tertio Corcyram, inde protinus in Cephallaniam traicit.

[9] C. Lucretius praetor ab Neapoli profectus, superato freto, die quinto in Cephallaniam transmisit.

[10] ibi stetit classis, simul opperiens, ut terrestres copiae traicerentur, simul ut onerariae ex agmine suo per altum dissipatae consequerentur.

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).) — 43.23 focus

[1]

Rex cum non ¹ minore vexatione iumentorum hominumque quam venerat in Macedoniam rediit; Appium tamen ab obsidione Phanotes fama ducentis ad Stratum Persei summovit.

[2] Cleuas cum praesidio impigrorum iuvenum insecutus sub radicibus prope inviis montium ² ad mille hominum ex agmine impedito occidit, ad ducentos cepit.

[3] Appius superatis angustiis in campo quem Meleona vocant stativa dierum paucorum habuit. interim Cleuas assumpto Philostrato, qui quingentos ex ³ Epirotarum gente habebat, in agrum Antigonensem transcendit. ⁴ Macedones ad depopulationem profecti;

[4] Philostratus⁵ cum cohorte sua in insidiis loco ⁶ obscuro consedit. in palatos populatores cum erupissent ab Antigonea armati, ⁷ fugientes eos persequentes effusius in vallem insessam ab hostibus praecipitant.

[5] ibi ad mille ⁸ occisis, centum ferme captis, et ubique prospere gesta re prope stativa Appi castra movent, ne qua vis sociis suis ab Romano exercitu inferri possit.

[6] Appius nequiquam in his locis terens tempus, dimissis Chaonum Thesprotorumque ⁹ et si qui alii Epirotae erant praesidiis, cum Italicis militibus in Illyricum regressus, per Parthinorum ¹⁰ socias urbes in hiberna militibus divisis, ¹¹ ipse Romam sacrificii causa redit.

[7] Perseus ex Penestarum gente mille pedites, ducentos equites revocatos Cassandream, praesidio ut essent, misit.

[8] Ab Gentio eadem adferentes redierunt. nec deinde alios atque alios mittendo temptare eum destitit, cum appareret, quantum in eo praesidii esset, nec tamen impetrare ab animo posset, ut impensam in rem maximi ad omnia momenti faceret.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 42.48 focus

[1]

his praeparatis, quamquam ad bellum consilia erant destinata, senatum tamen praeberi legatis placuit.

[2] eadem fere, quae in conloquio ab rege dicta erant, relata ab legatis. insidiarum Eumeni factarum crimen et maxima cura et minime tamen probabiliter —

[3] manifesta enim res erat — defensum; cetera deprecatio erat. sed non eis animis audiebantur, qui aut doceri aut flecti possent. denuntiatum, extemplo moenibus urbis Romae, Italia intra tricesimum diem excederent.

[4] P. Lincinio deinde consuli, cui Macedonia provincia obvenerat, denuntiatum, ut exercitui diem primam quamque diceret ad conveniendum.

[5] C. Lucretius praetor, cui classis provincia erat, cum quadraginta quinqueremibus ab urbe profectus: nam ex refectis navibus alias in alium usum retineri ad urbem placuit.

[6] praemissus a praetore est frater M. Lucretius cum quinquereme una, iussusque ab ¹ sociis ex foedere acceptis navibus ad Cephallaniam classi occurrere, ab Reginis triremi una, ab Locris duabus, ab Uritibus quattuor.

[7] praeter oram supervectus [Italiae] Calabriae extremum promunturium [in] Ionio mari Dyrrhachium traicit.

[9] C. Lucretius praetor ab Neapoli profectus superato freto die quinto in Cephallaniam transmisit.

[10] ibi stetit classis, simul opperiens, ut terrestris copiae traicerentur, simul ut onerariae ex agmine suo per altum dissipatae consequerentur.

Translations (2)

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 42.48 focus

[1]

After these preparations were made, the senate, notwithstanding their determination for war was fixed, yet judged it proper to give audience to the king's ambassadors.

[2] Their discourse was, principally, a repetition of what had been urged by Perseus in the conference. The accusation of laying the ambush against Eumenes was defended with the greatest care, and yet with the least success, for the thing was manifest.

[3] The rest consisted of apologies: but their hearers were not in a temper to be either convinced or persuaded. Orders were given them to quit the city of Rome instantly, and Italy within thirty days.

[4] Then orders were given to Publius Licinius, the consul, to whose lot the province of Macedon had fallen, to appoint as early as possible the day for assembling the army.

[5] Caius Lucretius, the praetor, whose province was the fleet, sailed from the city with forty quinqueremes; for it was judged proper that some of the vessels that were repaired should be kept at Rome for other exigencies.

[6] The praetor sent forward his brother, Marcus Lucretius, with one quinquereme; ordering him to collect from the allies the ships due by treaty, and to join the fleet at Cephalonia.

[7] He received from the Rhegians one trireme, from the Locrians two, and from the Urites four; and then, coasting along the shore of Italy, until he passed the farthest promontory of Calabria, in the Ionian Sea, he shaped his course over to Dyrrachium.

[8] Finding there ten barks belonging to the Dyrrachians, twelve belonging to the Isseans, and fifty-four to king Gentius, affecting to understand that they had been brought thither for the use of the Romans, he carried them all off, and sailed in three days to Corcyra, and thence directly to Cephalonia. The praetor Caius Lucretius set sail from Naples, and, passing the strait, arrived on the fifth day at Cephalonia.

[9] There the fleet halted, waiting until the land forces should be carried over, and

[10] until the transport vessels, which had been separated from the fleet and scattered over the sea, might rejoin it.

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.) — 42.48 focus

[1]

These preliminary measures carried out, it was agreed that the senate should give audience to the king's envoys, although war was now definitely resolved upon.

[2] The envoys repeated almost the same arguments which the king had used in his conference with Marcius. Their answer to the charge of plotting against the life of Eumenes was the most laboured part of their speech and the one which made the least impression, for the facts were beyond dispute.

[3] The rest of their speech was apologetic and deprecatory, but their hearers refused to be either convinced or persuaded.

[4] They were warned to leave Rome at once and Italy within thirty days. The consul, P. Licinius, who was to command in Macedonia, was warned to fix as early a day as possible for the assembling of his army.

[5] C. Lucretius, who had been put in command of the fleet, sailed from Rome with only forty quinqueremes, as it was decided that some of the refitted ships should be kept at the City for different purposes.

[6] He sent his brother Marcus with one quinquereme to take up the ships which the allies were bound by treaty to furnish and join the main fleet at Cephallania.

[7] One trireme was provided by Rhegium, two by Locri, and four came from the Sallentines of Uria. Sailing along the coast of Italy and round the furthest headland of Calabria, he crossed the Ionian Sea to Dyrrhachium.

[8] Here he obtained ten vessels from Dyrrhachium itself, twelve from Issa and fifty-four light vessels which belonged to Gentius and which M. Lucretius affected to believe had been got together for the use of the Romans. Carrying them all off, he reached Corcyra after a three days' voyage, and then went direct to Cephallania.

[9] C. Lucretius sailed from Naples and reached Cephallania in five days.

[10] Here the fleet anchored, waiting till the land army had crossed and the transports which had fallen out had rejoined.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. B.C. 171

2. A different account of the same event, above, ch. xxxvi. 1-8; this later account follows Polybius, XXVII. 6, pa/lai prodieilhfo/tes u(pe\r tou= polemei=n and cf. Diodorus, XXX. 1.

3. B.C. 171

4. Cf. above, ch. xxxv. 3.

5. Apparently the territory of the Sallentini in the extreme

heel

of Italy, although Uria is an inland town; there was also a Uria nearer the Adriatic in northern Apulia.

6. Small fast boats, usually undecked, for sail and oars, sometimes sizable, cf. XLIV. xxviii and Polybius II. 3. 1, also Livy XXXII. xxi. 27 and xxxii. 9, XXXIII. xix. 10, XXXV. xxvi. 1. The word lembus seems to mean

sharp.

7. Of Messina.

8. B.C. 171

9. Polybius XXVII. 7 says that the Rhodians were summoned at this time.

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