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<head lang="la">A. Olymp. 153, 1. I. Res Italiae</head><w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dlqe">ἦλθε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnous">Εὐμένους</w> <w lemma="a%29delfo%5Cs">ἀδελφὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalos">Ἄτταλος</w>,
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<w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="pro%2Ffasin">πρόφασιν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Agala%2Ftas">Γαλάτας</w> <w lemma="e%29gego%2Fnei">ἐγεγόνει</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmptwma">σύμπτωμα</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fmws">ὅμως</w> <w lemma="e%29lqei%3Dn">ἐλθεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fneken">ἕνεκεν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="sugxarh%3Dnai">συγχαρῆναι</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="sugklh%2Ftw%7C">συγκλήτῳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tuxei%3Dn">τυχεῖν</w> <w lemma="tinos">τινος</w> <w lemma="e%29pishmasi%2Fas">ἐπισημασίας</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sumpepolemhke%2Fnai">συμπεπολεμηκέναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="eu%29menw%3Ds">εὐμενῶς</w> <w lemma="sfi%2Fsi">σφίσι</w> <w lemma="metesxhke%2Fnai">μετεσχηκέναι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kindu%2Fnwn:">κινδύνων·</w>
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<w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Agalatikh%5Cn">Γαλατικὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%2Fstasin">περίστασιν</w> <w lemma="h%29nagkasme%2Fnos">ἠναγκασμένος</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Dken">ἧκεν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w>.
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<w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="filofro%2Fnws">φιλοφρόνως</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29podexome%2Fnwn">ἀποδεχομένων</w> <w lemma="dia%2F">διά</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="stratei%2Fa%7C">στρατείᾳ</w> <w lemma="gegenhme%2Fnhn">γεγενημένην</w> <w lemma="sunh%2Fqeian">συνήθειαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="eu%29%2Fnoun">εὔνουν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ginome%2Fnhs">γινομένης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29panth%2Fsews">ἀπαντήσεως</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="prosdoki%2Fan">προσδοκίαν</w>, <w lemma="mete%2Fwros">μετέωρος</w> <w lemma="e%29genh%2Fqh">ἐγενήθη</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fsin">ἐλπίσιν</w>, <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="ei%29dw%5Cs">εἰδὼς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29lhqinh%5Cn">ἀληθινὴν</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fan">αἰτίαν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29podoxh%3Ds">ἀποδοχῆς</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgon">ὀλίγον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dlqe">ἦλθε</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="lumh%2Fnasqai">λυμήνασθαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="sfe%2Ftera">σφέτερα</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fgmata">πράγματα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flhn">ὅλην</w> <w lemma="basilei%2Fan">βασιλείαν</w>.
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<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstwn">πλείστων</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="a%29phllotriwme%2Fnwn">ἀπηλλοτριωμένων</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fws">βασιλέως</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnous">Εὐμένους</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fas">εὐνοίας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pepeisme%2Fnwn">πεπεισμένων</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="pla%2Fgion">πλάγιον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmw%7C">πολέμῳ</w> <w lemma="gegone%2Fnai">γεγονέναι</w>, <w lemma="lalou%3Dnta">λαλοῦντα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Apersei%3D">Περσεῖ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29fedreu%2Fonta">ἐφεδρεύοντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>,
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<w lemma="e%29%2Fnioi">ἔνιοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pifanw%3Dn">ἐπιφανῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w> <w lemma="lamba%2Fnontes">λαμβάνοντες</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon">Ἄτταλον</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Floun">παρεκάλουν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="ta%29delfou%3D">τἀδελφοῦ</w> <w lemma="presbei%2Fan">πρεσβείαν</w> <w lemma="a%29poqe%2Fsqai">ἀποθέσθαι</w>, <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28autou%3D">ἑαυτοῦ</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous:">λόγους·</w>
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<w lemma="bou%2Flesqai">βούλεσθαι</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton">σύγκλητον</w> <w lemma="sugkataskeua%2Fzein">συγκατασκευάζειν</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fan">δυναστείαν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29llotrio%2Fthta">ἀλλοτριότητα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29delfo%2Fn">ἀδελφόν</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon">Ἄτταλον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="polu%5C">πολὺ</w> <w lemma="metewri%2Fzesqai">μετεωρίζεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sugkataneu%2Fein">συγκατανεύειν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="o%28mili%2Fais">ὁμιλίαις</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="parormw%3Dsi">παρορμῶσι</w>.
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<w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29ni%2Fous">ἐνίους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29ciolo%2Fgwn">ἀξιολόγων</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrw%3Dn">ἀνδρῶν</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fqeto">συνέθετο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parelqw%5Cn">παρελθὼν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton">σύγκλητον</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsesqai">ποιήσεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w>.
<head>I. Affairs of Italy</head><head>Attalus at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>; Embassies from Rhodes</head>At this time Attalus arrived in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> sent by his brother Eumenes, the pretext for his mission being, that even if there had not been the Galatian trouble in the kingdom, still he would have come with the wish to congratulate the senate and with the hope of receiving some marks of attention, as they had fought side by side with the Romans and loyally shared all their dangers.
Now, however, the Galatian danger had obliged him to come to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>.
He was very cordially received on all sides since they had become intimate with him in camp, and thought he was very well disposed to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, and, as the warmth of his reception even surpassed his expectations, he began to entertain extravagant hopes, not knowing the true reason of their kindness.
In consequence he narrowly escaped damaging the interests of himself and his brother and their kingdom in general.
For as the regard of most of the Romans for Eumenes had been estranged, and they were convinced that he had not acted straight in the war, but had kept on communicating with Perseus and watching for a reverse in their fortunes, some of the most distinguished of them in private conversation with Attalus advised him to throw up his mission on behalf of his brother and to speak on his own behalf;
for the senate, they said, wished to create a separate kingdom for him, owing to their hostility to his brother.
Attalus's ambition was much aroused by this, and in private conversation he was disposed to yield to the advice of those who urged him to act so.
Finally he even entered into an agreement with some personages of importance to come before the senate and address that body on the subject.

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Overview
30.1.1 - 30.5.16
<p rend="Plain Text">Pergamene and Rhodian embassies at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a></p> <p rend="Plain Text">This excerpt from de legat. gent. (and de sent. at 4. 16–17) describes the Senate's reception of Pergamene and Rhodian envoys in winter 168/7, and belongs to res Italiae of Ol. 153, 1 (168/7). Livy, xlv. 19–20 draws on this passage, but alters the colouring in various ways (cf. Nissen, KU, 31, 274 n.); and a comparison of 5. 2 ff. with Livy, xlv. 25. 4 ff. shows that the events on <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a>, which are described there, were in fact included by P. under res Italiae.</p>
Specifics
30.1.1 - 30.1.1
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ἦλθε παρὰ . . . Εὐμένους ἀδελφὸς Ἄτταλος</w>:</emph> cf. xxix. 6. 3 n. for this visit. He may have been accompanied by Crates of Mallus (cf. Scullard, Pol. <emph rend="superscript">2</emph> 223 n. 2 (an alternative date being 159); Hansen, <emph rend="superscript">2</emph> , 121 n. 166); but that hypothesis involves emending ab Attalo to cum Attalo in Suet. de gramm. 2, 'Crates Mallotes . . . missus ad senatum ab Attalo rege inter secundum ac tertium Punicum bellum sub ipsam Enni mortem', and the word rege seems to exclude this (Pdech, Mthode, 583 n. 387). </p>
30.1.2 - 30.1.2
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">τὰ κατὰ τοὺς Γαλάτας . . . σύμπτωμα</w>:</emph> on this war see xxix. 22. 4 n.; it broke out after <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pydna&groupId=919&placeId=1647">Pydna</a>, in summer 168, probably before the Pergamene troops returned from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>, but a truce was made for winter 168/7 (when Eumenes was ill in winter quarters at Pergamum: Livy, xlv. 34. 11). On the later course of the war see 28. 1, 30. 2, xxxi. 1. 3; Livy, xlv. 34. 11–14; Diod. xxxi. 14; and, for epigraphical evidence, OGIS, 305 (a Delphic inscription mentioning a victory of Eumenes near Sardes; cf. Daux, Mlanges Glotz, i. 289 ff., 296); 763 = Welles, no. 52 (Eumenes' reply to congratulations from the Ionian League; cf. Holleaux, tudes, ii. 153– 78); H. Swoboda, J. Keil, and F. Knoll, Denkmler aus Lykaonien, Pamphylien und Isaurien (Brno, Prague, Leipzig, Vienna, 1935), 33 ff., nos. 74–75 (three letters, from an unknown person, from the later Attalus III, and from Attalus IIfor doubts about this cf. Magie, ii. 774 n. 77to the Pisidian hill-town of Amlada, which had incurred some financial obligations during this war, probably as an indemnity for collaborating with the Galatians); for the letter from Attalus II see OGIS, 751; Welles, no. 54; Holleaux, tudes, ii. 149–51. For inscriptions relevant to Eumenes' final victory see 28 n.; and in <milestone unit="page" n="415">[415]</milestone> general Niese, iii. 201 n. 5; Rostovtzeff, SEHHW, iii. 1519 n. 70; Magie, ii. 766 n. 62. Eumenes' success brought him popularity in the Greek cities of Asia. P. alleges, perhaps rightly, that the Romans' attitude was ambiguous and that they may even have encouraged the Galatians; cf. 3. 8 n., 19. 12–13 n.; Will, ii. 246. </p> <p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">διὰ τὸ συμπεπολεμηκέναι</w>:</emph> for Eumenes' role in the war see xxix. 22 n., for Attalus', xxix. 6. 3 n. </p>
30.1.6 - 30.1.6
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">πεπεισμένων αὐτὸν πλάγιον . . . γεγονέναι</w>:</emph> cf. xxix. 5. 1–9. 13 n. </p>
30.1.7 - 30.1.7
<p rend="Plain Text"> <emph rend="bold"><w lang="el-GR">ἔνιοι τῶν ἐπιφανῶν ἀνδρῶν</w>:</emph> Livy, xlv. 19. 4, cushions the impact: 'erant enim quidam Romanorum quoque non boni auctores, qui spe cupiditatem eius elicerent' (cf. Nissen, KU, 31); but Badian, 103, suggests that P., who must have known their identity, is shielding his friends. The Romans had employed a similar policy towards Demetrius, Perseus' younger brother, before Philip's death (cf. xxiii. 3. 4–9). </p>

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