Cornelii Nepotis Vitae (Hamilton)/De regibus

by Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

Vitae (Editio Interlinearis Latina-Anglica Ad Modum Hamiltonii)

XXI. De regibus

editio: Philadelphia, 1890(?); Iacobus Hamiltonius (James Hamilton) et Ioannes Gulielmus Subsilvius (J. W. Underwood) recensuit

XX. Timoleon	XXII. Hamilcar

I

Hi	fuerunt	fere	duces	gentis	Graeciae
These	were	almost	the leaders	of the nation	of Greece

qui	videbantur	digni	memoria,	praeter
who	did seem	worthy	with remembrance,	except

reges.	Namque	noluimus	attingere	eos,
the kings.	For	we willed not	to touch upon	them,

quod	res	gesta	omnium	relatae-sunt
because	the things	carried on	of all	have been related

separatim.	Neque	tamen	sunt	hi	admodum	multi.
separately.	Nor	however	are	these	very	many.

Autem	Lacedaemonius	Agesilaus,	sicut	ceteri
But	the Lacedemonian	Agesilaus,	as	the other

Spartani,	fuit	rex	nomine,	non	potestate.	Vero
Spartans,	was	a king	in name,	not	in power.	But

ex	his,	qui	tenuerunt	dominatum	imperio,
of	these,	who	held	sovereignty	by command,

excellentissimi	fuerunt,	(ut	nos	iudicamus,)	Cyrus
the most excellent	were,	(as	we	judge,)	Cyrus

Persarum,	et	Darius,	filius	Hystaspis,	uterque
of the Persians,	and	Darius,	the son	of Hystaspes,	each

quorum	privatus	adeptus-est	regnum	virtute.
of whom	a private (man)	obtained	a kingdom	by virtue.

Prior	horum	cecidit	in	praelio	apud	Massagetas;
The former	of these	fell	in	battle	at	the Massagetae;

Darius	obiit	supremum	diem	senectute.	Sunt
Darius	met	last	day	in old age.	There are

praeterea	tres	eiusdem	generis.	Xerxes,
besides	three	of the same	race.	Xerxes,

et	duo	Artaxerxes,	Macrochir[1]	et	Mnemon.
and	the two	Artaxerxes,	Macrochir	and	Mnemon.

Maxime-illustre	Xerxi	est,	quod	intulit
The most-illustrious (thing)	to Xerxes	is,	that	he brought on

bellum	Graeciae	terra	que	mari	maximis
war	to Greece	by land	and	by sea	with the greatest

exercitibus	post	memoriam	hominum.	At
armies	after (since)	the memory	of men.	But

Macrochir	habet	praecipuam	laudem	amplissimae
Macrochir	has	distinguished	praise	of most ample

que	pulcherrimae	formae	corporis,	quam	ornavit
and	most beautiful	form	of body,	which	he adorned

incredibili	virtute	belli;	namque	nemo
by incredible	bravery	of war;	for	no one

Persarum	fuit	fortior	manu	illo.	Autem
of the Persians	was	braver	in hand	than he.	But

Mnemon	floruit	fama	iustitiae.	Nam	quum
Mnemon	flourished	in fame	of justice.	For	when

amisisset (sub.)	uxorem	scelere	suae	matris,
he had lost	wife	by the crime	of his	mother,

indulsit	dolori	tantum,	ut	pietas
he indulged	to grief	so much,	that	natural affection

vinceret (sub.)	eum.	Duo	ex	his,	eodem
did overcome	him.	Two	out of	these	with the same

nomine	reddiderunt	debitum	naturae	morbo;	tertius
name	paid	debt	to nature	by disease;	the third

interfectus-est	ferro	ab	Artabano	praefecto.
was slain	with sword	by	Artabanus	the commander.

II

Autem	ex	genere	Macedonum	duo	multo
But	out of	the race	of the Macedonians	two	much

antecesserunt	ceteros	gloria	rerum	gestarum:
surpassed	the others	in glory	of things	carried on:

Philippus,	filius	Amyntae,	et	Alexander	Magnus.
Philip,	son	of Amyntas,	and	Alexander	the Great.

Alter	horum	consumtus-est	morbo	Babylone.
One	of these	was consumed	by disease	in Babylon.

Philippus	occisus-est	iuxta	theatrum	Aegis	a
Philip	was killed	near	the theatre	in Aegae	by

Pausania,	quum	iret (sub.)	spectatum	ludos.	Unus
Pausanias,	when	he did go	to view	the games.	One

Epirotes,	Pyrrhus,	qui	bellavit	cum	Romano	populo.
Epirote,	Pyrrhus,	who	warred	with	the Roman	people.

Quum	is	oppugnaret (sub.)	Argos,	oppidum	in
When	he	did besiege	Argos,	a town	in

Peloponneso,	ictus	lapide	interiit.	Unus	Siculus
Peloponnesus,	struck	by a stone	he died.	One	Sicilian

item,	Dionysius	prior.	Nam	fuit	et	fortis
also,	Dionysius	the former.	For	he was	both	brave

manu,	et	peritus	belli,	et,	id	quod
in hand,	and	skilled	of war,	and,	that	which

reperitur	non	facile	in	tyranno,	minime	libidinosus,
is found	not	easily	in	a tyrant,	very little	sensual,

non	luxuriosus,	non	avarus,	denique	cupidus
not	luxurious,	not	avaricious,	finally	covetous

nullius	rei,	nisi	singularis	que	perpetui	imperii,
of no	thing,	unless	of single	and	perpetual	power,

que	ob	eam	rem	crudelis.	Nam	dum
and	on account of	that	thing	cruel.	For	while

studuit	munire	id,	pepercit	vitae
he endeavoured	to fortify	it,	he spared	to the life

nullius,	quem	putaret (sub.)	insidiatorem	eius.
of none,	whom	he did think	a plotter	of him.

Quum	hic	peperisset (sub.)	tyrannidem	sibi
When	he	had procured	the government	to himself

virtute,	retinuit	magna	felicitate,	que
by virtue,	he retained (it)	by great	good fortune,	and

decessit	natus	maior	sexaginta
departed (died)	born	greater (older than)	sixty

annos,	florente	regno;	neque	in	tam	multis
years,	in flourishing	kingdom;	nor	in	so	many

annis	vidit	funus	cuiusquam	ex	sua	stirpe,
years	saw he	the funeral	of any one	out of	his	race,

quum	procreasset (sub.)	liberos	ex	tribus	uxoribus,
when	he had begotten	children	of	three	wives,

que	multi	nepotes	nati-essent (sub.)	ei.
and	many	grand-children	had been born	to him.

III

Fuerunt	praeterea	multi	reges	ex	amicis
There were	besides	many	kings	out of	the friends

Alexandri	Magni,	qui	post	obitum	eius
of Alexander	the Great,	who	after	the death	of him

ceperunt	imperia,	in	his	Antigonus,	et
took	commands,	in (among)	these	Antigonus,	and

Demetrius	filius	huius,	Lysimachus,	Seleucus,
Demetrius	the son	of him,	Lysimachus,	Seleucus,

Ptolemaeus.	Ex	his	Antigonus,	quum
Ptolemaeus.	Out of	these	Antigonus,	when

dimicaret (sub.)	adversus	Seleucum	que	Lysimachum,
he did fight	against	Seleucus	and	Lysimachus,

occisus-est	in	praelio.	Lysimachus	affectus-est
was slain	in	battle.	Lysimachus	was treated

pari	leto	a	Seleuco.	Nam	societate
with like	death	by	Seleucus.	For,	alliance

dissoluta,	gesserunt	bellum	inter	se.
being dissolved,	they carried on	war	between	themselves.

At	Demetrius,	quum	dedisset (sub.)	suam	filiam
But	Demetrius,	when	he had given	his	daughter

Seleuco	in	matrimonium,	neque	magis	eo
to Seleucus	into	marriage,	nor	more	on that account

fida	amicitia	potuisset (sub.)	manere	inter
faithful	friendship	had been able	to remain	between

eos,	captus	bello,	socer	periit
them,	being taken	in war,	the father-in-law	perished

morbo	in	custodia	generi.	Neque
by disease	in	the custody	of the son-in-law.	Nor

ita	multo	post	Seleucus	interfectus-est	dolo
so	much	after	Seleucus	was slain	by guile

a	Ptolemaeo	Cerauno,	quem	ille	receperat
by	Ptolemaeus	Ceraunus,	whom	he	had received

indigentem	alienarum	opum,	expulsum
needing	of foreign	resources,	banished

Alexandrea	a	patre.	Autem	Ptolemaeus
from Alexandria	by	father.	But	Ptolemaeus

ipse,	quum	vivus	tradidisset (sub.)	regnum
himself,	when	alive	he had delivered	the kingdom

filio,	dicitur	privatus	vita	ab	illo
to son,	is said (to have been)	deprived of	life	by	that

eodem.	De	quibus,	quoniam	putamus	satis
same.	Concerning	whom,	since	we think	enough

dictum,	videtur	non	incommodum,	non	praeterire
said,	it seems	not	unsuitable,	not	to pass over

Hamilcarem	et	Hannibalem,	quos	et	magnitudine
Hamilcar	and	Hannibal,	whom	both	in greatness

animi	et	calliditate	constat	praestitisse
of mind	and	in shrewdness	it is agreed	to have excelled

omnes	natos	in	Africa.
all	born	in	Africa.

1. Macrochir, Long-handed, generally surnamed Longimanus by Latin authors.