Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.34.4

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Passage 10.34.4: Elateans besieged for loyalty to Macedon; later granted freedom by Rome

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Τίτος μὲν δὴ ὁ ἄρχων ὁ Ῥωμαίων---τὸ γὰρ δὴ Ἑλληνικὸν ἅπαν ἐλευθερώσων ἀπέσταλτο ἐκ Ῥώμης---πολιτείαν τε Ἐλατεῦσιν ἀποδώσειν τὴν ἀρχαίαν ἐπηγγέλλετο καὶ διʼ ἀγγέλων ἐπεκηρυκεύετό σφισιν ἀπὸ Μακεδόνων ἀφίστασθαι· οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ ἀγνωμοσύνης ὁ δῆμος ἢ οἱ ἔχοντες τὰς ἀρχὰς Φιλίππῳ τε ἦσαν πιστοὶ καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Ῥωμαίου πολιορκίᾳ παρέστησαν. χρόνῳ δὲ οἱ Ἐλατεῖς ὕστερον Ταξίλου τε Μιθριδάτῃ στρατηγοῦντος καὶ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου βαρβάρων ἀντέσχον τῇ πολιορκίᾳ· ἐπὶ τούτῳ δὲ ἐλευθέρους εἶναι τῷ ἔργῳ δέδοταί σφισιν ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων.

English Translation

Now Titus, the general of the Romans—sent out from Rome for the very purpose of freeing the whole of Greece—promised to restore to the Elateans their ancient constitution, and by envoys proclaimed to them that they should withdraw from their allegiance to the Macedonians. But due either to the stubbornness of the common people or of their magistrates, the Elateans remained loyal to Philip and consequently endured siege by the Roman. Yet later, when Taxilus commanded for Mithridates, they courageously resisted the siege by the barbarians from Pontus; because of this deed, the Romans at length granted them actual freedom.

Proper Nouns

Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) other
Mithridates (Μιθριδάτης) person
Titus (Τίτος) person
Also in: 8.51.1
Taxilus (Ταξίλος) person
Also in: 1.20.6 9.40.7
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Pontus (Πόντος) place Q1913944
Also in: 1.20.4 8.27.6
Elateia (Ἐλάτεια) place Q1235347
Rome (Ῥώμη) place Q220 Pleiades
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