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Book 18 - Chapter 49

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<head lang="la">V. Res Asiae</head><w lemma="%2A%29ea%2Fn">Ἐάν</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="lego%2Fmenon">λεγόμενον</w>, <w lemma="tre%2Fxwsi">τρέχωσι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29sxa%2Fthn">ἐσχάτην</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="katafeu%2Fcontai">καταφεύξονται</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="e%29gxeiriou%3Dsi">ἐγχειριοῦσι</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w>. —
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<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="proxwrou%2Fshs">προχωρούσης</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxw%7C">Ἀντιόχῳ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="nou%3Dn">νοῦν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%3Ds">ἐπιβολῆς</w> <w lemma="paro%2Fnti">παρόντι</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Aqra%2F%7Ckh%7C">Θρᾴκῃ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxw%7C">Ἀντιόχῳ</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fpleusan">κατέπλευσαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Ashlubri%2Fan">Σηλυβρίαν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkion">Λεύκιον</w> <w lemma="%2Akornh%2Flion">Κορνήλιον</w>.
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<w lemma="ou%28%3Dtoi">οὗτοι</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sugklh%2Ftou">συγκλήτου</w> <w lemma="pre%2Fsbeis">πρέσβεις</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="dialu%2Fseis">διαλύσεις</w> <w lemma="e%29capestalme%2Fnoi">ἐξαπεσταλμένοι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxou">Ἀντιόχου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w>
<head>V. Affairs of Asia</head>If, as the phrase is, they are at their last gasp, they will take refuge with the Romans and put themselves and the city in their hands.
Antiochus\'s project was going on as well as he could wish, and while he was in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Thrace&groupId=1030&placeId=509">Thrace</a>, Lucius Cornelius arrived by sea at Selymbria.
He was the ambassador sent by the Senate to establish peace between Antiochus and Ptolemy.

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18.48.0 - 18.52.0
<p rend="Plain Text">Antiochus and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lampsacus&groupId=666&placeId=1218">Lampsacus</a>; negotiations at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lysimacheia&groupId=719&placeId=1320">Lysimacheia</a></p> <p rend="Plain Text"> During the winter of 197/6 Antiochus applied pressure to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lampsacus&groupId=666&placeId=1218">Lampsacus</a> (cf. 47. 1 n.), where he promised liberty in the future 'cum satis et ipsis et omnibus aliis appareret ab rege impetratam eos libertatem, non per occasionem raptam habere' (Livy, xxxiii. 38. 6). The date is clear; the events of Livy, xxxiii. 38. 1–7 (despite § 1, 'cum hibernasset Ephesi') are prior to Antiochus' campaign of spring 196 (§ 8, initio ueris); they form part of the res Asiae of Ol. 145, 4 = 197/6. It is possible that 49. 1 represents a sentence from the Lampsacene reply, summarized by Livy (xxxiii. 38. 7), 'nihil neque mirari neque suscensere Antiochum debere, si spem libertatis differri non satis aequo animo paterentur'. If that is so, the Lampsacenes are urging that severity may drive them to turn to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>. This interpretation gains some support from 52. 1, and by the appeal which <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Lampsacus&groupId=666&placeId=1218">Lampsacus</a> had already sent to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> to be included in the treaty with Philip (47. 1 n.). <milestone unit="page" n="620">[620]</milestone> </p>
Specifics
18.49.1 - 18.49.1
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τρέχωσι τὴν ἐσχάτην</w>:</emph> for the metaphor cf. i. 87. 3. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">καταφεύξονται</w>:</emph> the subject will be the Lampsacenes; the third person suggests reported speech; cf. xxiii. 3. 3 and passim. </p>
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<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">προχωρούσης . . . τῆς ἐπιβολῆς</w>:</emph> Antiochus had crossed the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Hellespont&groupId=620&placeId=1141">Hellespont</a> in spring 196 and Madytus, Sestus, and other towns in the Chersonese had surrendered to him (Livy, xxxiii. 38. 8–9); cf. 47. 2n. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">κατέπλευσαν εἰς Σηλυβρίαν οἱ περὶ Λεύκιον Κορνήλιον</w>:</emph> <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Selybria&groupId=967&placeId=1715">Selybria</a> (modern Silivri) lay on the north shore of the Propontis between Perinthus and <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Byzantium&groupId=415&placeId=767">Byzantium</a> (cf. Oberhummer, RE, 'Sely(m)bria', cols. 1324–7). L. Cornelius (App. Syr. 3 has <w lang="el-GR">Γνάιος</w> incorrectly) is probably L. Cornelius L.f. L.n. Lentulus, consul 199 (cf. Broughton, MRR, i. 339 n. 5), sent on the special errand here mentioned. </p>

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