Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.10.10

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Passage 7.10.10: Roman trial of Callicrates and other accused Greeks

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὁ δὲ ἐπελάβετο αὐτίκα ὁ Ῥωμαῖος τῆς προφάσεως, καὶ ὁπόσοις Καλλικράτης ἐπῆγεν αἰτίαν Περσεῖ σφᾶς φρονῆσαι τὰ αὐτά, ἀνέπεμπεν ἐν δικαστηρίῳ κρίσιν τῷ Ῥωμαίων ὑφέξοντας. ὃ μή πω κατειλήφει πρότερον Ἕλληνας· οὐδὲ γὰρ παρὰ Μακεδόνων οἱ ἰσχύσαντες μέγιστον, Φίλιππος Ἀμύντου καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος, τοὺς ἀνθεστηκότας σφίσιν Ἑλλήνων ἐς Μακεδονίαν ἐβιάσαντο ἀποσταλῆναι, διδόναι δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν Ἀμφικτύοσιν εἴων λόγον.

English Translation

Immediately the Roman seized upon this pretext, and as many as Callicrates accused of sharing the same sympathies as Perseus, these he sent off to Rome to stand trial before the Roman tribunal. Such treatment had never before befallen Greeks; for not even the most powerful of Macedonians, Philip son of Amyntas and Alexander, forced the Greeks who stood opposed to them to be sent off to Macedonia. Rather, they permitted them to give an account before the Amphictyonic council.

Proper Nouns

Amphictyons (Ἀμφικτύονες) other
Kallikrates (Καλλικράτης) person
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Perseus (Περσεύς) person
Philip son of Amyntas (Φίλιππος Ἀμύντου) person
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) person
Roman (Ῥωμαῖος) person
Macedonia (Μακεδονία) place Q83958
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