4.7

The Battle of Pydna, 168 BCE

For details, see Polybius 29.15–17; Plutarch, Aemilius 16–23; Livy 45.6–8.

(1) Cum Perseō: see Perseus

autem Aemilius Paulus cōnsul: see Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus

III Nōnās Septembrēs: the full expression would be ante diem tertium Nōnās Septembres (Hazzard), September 3. The actual date was September 4 (Bird).

vīcitque eum: eum refers to Perseus. The Battle of Pydna occurred in Macedonia, 168 BCE.

vīgintī mīlibus peditum eius occīsīs: ablative absolute using perfect passive participle (AG 419)

eius: Perseī

ipse rēx: Perseus

(2) honōrem ... habuit: "held him in honor" = "honored him" (Hazzard)

nōn quasi victō: "not like a conquered man." victō is dative agreeing with eī, Perseus. quasi without a verb, meaning "in the capacity of," "as," is a late Latinism. See OLD quasi 6.

ad pedēs sibi: "at his (Paulus') feet." sibi is the reflexive pronoun, dative of the interested person, see LS sui IV.B. 

sē: both sibi and sē refer to Paulus (Hazzard).

hae lēgēs: condiciōnibus. The conditions of the treaty are listed in the subsequent purpose clause (AG 563), ut ... praestārent.

(3) ut appārēret populum Rōmānum prō aequitāte magis quam avāritiā dīmicāre: order: ut appārēret Rōmānum populum dīmicāre magis prō aequitāte quam avāritiā. ut is a purpose clause, not a condition of the treaty (AG 531), and the verb appārēret introduces indirect discourse (AG 577).

in conventū īnfīnītōrum populōrum: Eutropius often uses the adjective īnfīnītus hyperbolically.

pāvit: "he entertained" (lit., "fed") (LS pasco II.1).

dīcēns eiusdem hominis esse dēbēre et bellō vincere et convīviī apparātū ēlegantem esse: order: dīcēns dēbēre esse eiusdem hominis et vincere bellō et esse ēlegantem convīviī apparātū.

eiusdem hominis esse: "to be the part of the same man," an idiomatic type of possessive genitive. Compare the phrase sapientis est hoc facere, "it is [the correct role] of a wise man to do this."

convīviī apparātū: "in his entertainments" (Hazzard)