Polybius, Histories

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Book 27 - Chapter 6

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fas">Ἀσίας</w> <w lemma="paragegono%2Ftwn">παραγεγονότων</w> <w lemma="presbeutw%3Dn">πρεσβευτῶν</w> <w lemma="diakou%2Fsantes">διακούσαντες</w> <w lemma="ta%2F">τά</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ro%2Fdon">Ῥόδον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllas">ἄλλας</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="prosekale%2Fsanto">προσεκαλέσαντο</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperse%2Fws">Περσέως</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%2Fs">πρεσβευτάς</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aso%2Flwna">Σόλωνα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ippi%2Fan">Ἱππίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29peirw%3Dnto">ἐπειρῶντο</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flwn">ὅλων</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paraitei%3Dsqai">παραιτεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton:">σύγκλητον·</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ple%2Fon">πλέον</w> <w lemma="a%29pelogou%3Dnto">ἀπελογοῦντο</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29piboulh%3Ds">ἐπιβουλῆς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aeu%29me%2Fnh">Εὐμένη</w>. <w lemma="lhca%2Fntwn">ληξάντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="dikaiologi%2Fas">δικαιολογίας</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w>,
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<w lemma="pa%2Flai">πάλαι</w> <w lemma="prodieilhfo%2Ftes">προδιειληφότες</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="prose%2Ftacan">προσέταξαν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhs">Ῥώμης</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="a%29palla%2Fttesqai">ἀπαλλάττεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllois">ἄλλοις</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpasin">ἅπασιν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fsin">Μακεδόσιν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Fsoi">ὅσοι</w> <w lemma="parepidhmou%3Dntes">παρεπιδημοῦντες</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftuxon">ἔτυχον</w>, <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fas">Ἰταλίας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tria%2Fkonq%27">τριάκονθ᾽</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Frais">ἡμέραις</w> <w lemma="e%29kxwrei%3Dn">ἐκχωρεῖν</w>.
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<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Ftous">ὑπάτους</w> <w lemma="a%29nakalesa%2Fmenoi">ἀνακαλεσάμενοι</w> <w lemma="parw%2Frmwn">παρώρμων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxesqai">ἔχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kairou%3D">καιροῦ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="kaqusterei%3Dn">καθυστερεῖν</w>. —
<head>The Boeotians and Rhodians</head>When the report of the commissioners from Asia concerning <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rhodes&groupId=931&placeId=1665">Rhodes</a> and the other states had been<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note17">War is decided upon at the expiration of the truce.</note>at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, the Senate called in the ambassadors of Perseus, Solon and Hippias: who endeavoured to argue the whole case and to deprecate the anger<pb n="361" />of the Senate; and particularly to defend their master on the subject of the attempt upon the life of Eumenes.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note18">Attempted assassination of Eumenes at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Delphi&groupId=534&placeId=363">Delphi</a>.<bibl n="Liv. 42.16" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy, 42, 16</bibl>, B. C. 172.</note>When they had finished all they had to urge, the Senate, which had all the while been resolved on war, bade them depart forthwith from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>; and ordered all other Macedonians also that happened to be staying in the country to quit <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> within thirty days. The Senate then called upon the Consuls to act at once and see that they moved in good time. . . .