1.  Trānsāctō Pūnicō bellō secūtum est Macedonicum contrā Philippum rēgem quīngentēsimō quīnquāgēsimō et prīmō annō ab urbe conditā.

2.  (1) T. Quīntius Flāminīus adversum Philippum rem prōsperē gessit. Pāx eī data est hīs lēgibus: nē Graeciae cīvitātibus, quās Rōmānī contrā eum defenderant, bellum īnferret, ut captīvōs et trānsfugās redderet, quīnquāgintā sōlās nāvēs habēret, reliquās Rōmānīs dederet, per annōs decem quaterna mīlia pondō argentī praestāret et obsidem daret fīlium suum Dēmētrium.

(2) T. Quīntius etiam Lacedaemoniīs intulit bellum, ducem eōrum Nabidem vīcit et quibus voluit condiciōnibus in fidem accēpit. Ingentī glōriā dūxit ante currum nōbilissimōs obsidēs, Dēmētrium Philippī fīlium et Armenēn Nabidis.

    Chapter 1: Second Macedonian War, 200–196 BCE

    For details, see Polybius, Book 16; Livy, Books 31–33, Plutarch, Life of Flamininus.

    Trānsāctō Pūnicō bellō: ablative absolute using a perfect passive participle (AG 419). For Eutropius' account of the Second Punic War, see Brev. 3.7ff.

    Macedonicum: supply bellum

    contrā Philippum rēgem: Philip V, King of Macedonia, began to reign 220 BCE, was defeated by Flaminius at Cynoscephalae in 197 BCE, and died in 179 BCE (Hazzard).

    quīngentēsimō quīnquāgēsimō et prīmō annō: 200 BCE

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    (1) rem prōsperē gessit: In 196 BCE, at the meeting of the Isthmian games, Flaminius caused a herald to proclaim, "that the senate and the people of Rome, and their commander, Titus Quinctius [Flaminius], having subdued Philip and the Macedonians, now restored the Corinthians, Phocians, Locrians, Euboeans, Thessalians, Achaeans, etc., to their freedom and independence, and to the enjoyment of their own laws" (Hazzard).

    Pāx eī data est: Florus praises Flaminius as liberator of Greece. According to the Roman perspective, this was a momentous event which the Greeks celebrated greatly:

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    The consul gave Philip peace and restored his kingdom. He went a step further, even removing all hostile forces that were attacking, keeping the Thebans, Euboeans, and Nabis' Lacedaemonians in check. He returned the nations of Greece to their former ways, so that they might live under their own laws and enjoy their former liberty. This news filled the Nemean theater with shouts of joy when it was announced during their five hundredth annual games. So much applause! So many flowers rained down upon the consul! Again and again the people ordered the proclamation of Greece's liberty to be repeated, likening the words to a harmonious song played by flutes and lyres! (Epit. 1.23.33-45; Trans. Kristin Masters)

    hīs lēgibus: hīs condiciōnibus, with following purpose clauses (AG 563)

    quīnquāgintā sōlās nāvēs: "only"

    quaterna mīlia: supply lībrārum (Hazzard)

    pondō: "pounds," indeclinable. See LS pondus I.2.

    fīlium suum Dēmētrium: see Demetrius

    (2) Lacedaemoniīs: dative object of compound verb intulit (LS infero I.β). In 195 BCE Flaminius and his Greek allies defeated Nabis of Sparta and freed Argos (Bird).

    quibus voluit condiciōnibus: quibus condiciōnibus voluit eīs

    in fidem accēpit: cf. in dēditiōnem accēpit. This is a mild [euphemistic] way of saying that he made the king a subject of Rome (Hazzard).

    dūxit ante currum: supply T. Quīntius Flāminīus. For the custom of displaying captives in the Roman triumphal procession, see triumphs.

    Armenēn Nabidis: supply fīlium

    Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates

    trānsigō, ere, ēgī, āctus

    to carry through, finish, settle, perform

    Pūnicus, a, um, adj.

    Phoenician, Punic; Carthaginian; Pūnicum bellum, Punic War, First, 264–241 B.C.; Second, 218–202 B.C.; Third, 149–146 B.C.

    Macedonicus, a, um, adj.

    Macedonian; a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, who conquered Macedonia; also of L. Aemilius Paulus

    Philippus, ī, m.

    (1) Philip V., king of Macedonia 220—178 B.C.; (2) (M. Iūlius) Philippus I., Roman emperor 244–249 A.D.; (3) (M. Iūlius) Philippus II., son of (2); (4) L. Mārcius Philippus, consul 91 B.C.; (5) Q. Mārcius Philippus, consul 186 B.C.

    T.

    abbreviation of the praenomen Titus

    Quīntius, ī, m. the name of a Roman gens.
    Flāminīnus, i, m.

    T. Quīntius Flāmininus, consul 123 B.C.

    adversus and adversum, prep. with accus.

    facing, in opposition to, against
    prōsperē [prōsperus], adv. propitiously, successfully
    dēdō, dere, didī, ditus to give up, surrender; devote
    Graecia, ae, f. Greece
    captīvus, a, um [capiō], adj.

    captive; as subst., captīvus, ī, m., captīva, ae, f., captive, prisoner of war

    trānsfuga, ae [trānsfugiō, to flee over], m. a deserter
    Dēmētrius, ī, m.

    son of Philip V., king of Macedonia

    pondō [pondus], adv. by weight
    obses, idis [obsideō], m. and f. a hostage
    Dēmētrius, ī, m.

    son of Philip V., king of Macedonia

    Lacedaemoniī, ōrum, pl. m.

    the Lacedaemonians, the inhabitants of Lacedaemon or Sparta

    Armenēs, is, m. son of Nabis, a tyrant of Sparta
    Nabis, idis, m. tyrant of Sparta
    fidēs, ēī, f.

    good faith, loyalty; promise; alliance; trust

    triumphō, āre, āvī, ātus to celebrate a triumph
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