The Last Two Kings of Macedon; Extracts from the Fourth and Fifth Decades of Livy (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ... 4; XXXVI. 57. 17. omni Gr. decedi. At the Congress Philip fairly objected to this demand, which was advanced by Phaeneas, that it was impossible to say what were the boundaries of Greece. He saw that, if he agreed to the demand, any of his subjects might claim independence on the ground that they were Greeks. decedl Impers. construction like ventum est, 1. 1. The Pres. is used for the Fut. to express greater certainty. Cf. lacessitis, V. 13 re.; imus, XXIII. 33 n. XII. It seems surprising that Antiochus did not help Philip in his distress. In 198, after winning a great battle near Paneas (N. Palestine) over Ptolemy's troops, he had sent his two sons with an army to Sardis to await him there, and despatched an embassy to Rome, probably to ascertain their intentions in Greece; shortly before the battle of Cynoscephalae this embassy was sent away with a courteous answer, which was obviously meant to hoodwink the Syrian King. 1. ad, 'at, ' of place. So 11. 59, 136; XXI. 10; XXIII. 3; XXXI. 35, 67; XXXV. 1. Phth. agri like Scotussaei agri, 1. 3. This partitive Genit. of the containing district is common in Livy. Cf. Astraeum Paeoniae, XXIV. 39; Siras terrae Odomanticae, XXXV. 1. 6. comp. tab., 'had ascertained.' This use of a past part. with habere led the way to the use of habere as an auxiliary verb in the Romance languages. Cf. suspecta hob., XXII. 16; paratum hob., praeparata atque instructa hab., XXV111. 10, 13. nimbus effus., 'a heavy fall of rain.' 7. nocti, not noctis as Madvig reads. Livy uses the Dat. after similis of things, the Gen. or Dat. of persons. metu, Abl. of cause. See I. SIre. 8. tenuit, sc. castris, as 1. 16. mat. itin., 'push on.' He was anxious to secure the corn stores at Scotussa. 10. signa ferri iussit, 'ordered an advance.' occaec. di...