第5巻 第6章

Greek Ἐπεὶ δὲ ταῦτα Πέτρος ἔμαθεν, ἐγκείμενος πολλῷ ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ δεδισσόμενος Θευδάτον οὐκέτι ἀνίει.

Dewing And when Peter learned of the conquest of Sicily, he was still more insistent in his efforts to frighten Theodatus and would not let him go.

Greek καὶ ὃς ἀποδειλιάσας τε καὶ ἐς ἀφασίαν ἐμπεπτωκώς, οὐχ ἧσσον ἢ εἰ δορυάλωτος ξὺν τῷ Γελίμερι αὐτὸς ἐγεγόνει, ἐς λόγους τῷ Πέτρῳ κρύφα τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων ἦλθεν, ἔς τε ξύμβασιν ἐν σφίσιν ἦλθεν, ἐφ’ ᾧ Θευδάτος Ἰουστινιανῷ βασιλεῖ Σικελίας ἐκστήσεται πάσης, πέμψει δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ στέφανον χρυσοῦν ἀνὰ πᾶν ἔτος κατὰ τριακοσίας ἕλκοντα λίτρας, Γότθους τε ἄνδρας μαχίμους ἐς τρισχιλίους, ἡνίκα ἂν αὐτῷ βουλομένῳ εἴη, Θευδάτῳ δὲ αὐτῷ ἐξουσίαν οὐδαμῆ ἔσεσθαι τῶν τινα ἱερέων ἢ βουλευτῶν ἀποκτιννύναι, ἢ ἀνάγραπτον ἐς τὸ δημόσιον αὐτοῦ τὴν οὐσίαν ὅτι μὴ βασιλέως ποιεῖσθαι γνώμῃ·

Dewing But he, turning coward and reduced to speechlessness no less than if he himself had become a captive with Gelimer,⁠ entered into negotiations with Peter without the knowledge of any others, and between them they formed an agreement, providing that Theodatus should retire from all Sicily in favour of the Emperor Justinian, and should send him also a golden crown every year weighing three hundred litrae,⁠ and Gothic warriors to the number of three thousand whenever he should wish; and that Theodatus himself should have no authority to kill any priest or senator, or to confiscate his property for the public treasury except by the decision of the emperor;

Greek ἢν δέ γε τῶν ὑπηκόων τινὰς ἐς τὸ τῶν πατρικίων ἢ ἄλλο βουλῆς ἀξίωμα Θευδάτος ἀγαγεῖν βούληται, τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ αὐτὸν δώσειν, ἀλλὰ βασιλέα αἰτήσειν διδόναι·

Dewing and that if Theodatus wished to advance any of his subjects to the patrician or some other senatorial rank this honour should not be bestowed by him, but he should ask the emperor to bestow it;

Greek εὐφημοῦντα δὲ Ῥωμαίων τὸν δῆμον ἀναβοήσειν ἀεὶ βασιλέα πρῶτον, ἔπειτα Θευδάτον, ἔν τε θεάτροις καὶ ἱπποδρομίαις καὶ εἴ που ἄλλῃ τὸ τοιοῦτον δεήσει γενέσθαι.

Dewing and that the Roman populace, in acclaiming their sovereign, should always shout the name of the emperor first, and afterward that of Theodatus, both in the theatres and in the hippodromes and wherever else it should be necessary for such a thing to be done;

Greek εἰκόνα τε χαλκῆν ἢ ὕλης ἑτέρας μή ποτε Θευδάτῳ μόνῳ καθίστασθαι, ἀλλὰ γίνεσθαι μὲν ἀεὶ ἀμφοτέροις, στήσεσθαι δὲ οὕτως· ἐν δεξιᾷ μὲν τὴν βασιλέως, ἐπὶ θάτερα δὲ τὴν Θευδάτου. ἐπὶ ταύτῃ μὲν τῇ ξυμβάσει γράψας τὸν πρεσβευτὴν ὁ Θευδάτος ἀπεπέμψατο.

Dewing furthermore, that no statue of bronze nor of any other material should ever be set up to Theodatus alone, but statues must always be made for both, and they must stand thus: on the right that of the emperor, and on the other side that of Theodatus. And after Theodatus had written in confirmation of this agreement he dismissed the ambassador.

Greek Ὀλίγῳ δὲ ὕστερον ψυχῆς ὀρρωδία περιλαβοῦσα τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐς δείματά τε ἀπῆγεν ὅρον οὐκ ἔχοντα καὶ ἔστρεφεν αὐτοῦ τὴν διάνοιαν, δεδισσομένη τῷ τοῦ πολέμου ὀνόματι, καὶ ὡς, εἴ γε βασιλέα οὐδαμῆ ἀρέσκει τά τε αὐτῷ καὶ Πέτρῳ συγκείμενα, ὁ πόλεμος εὐθὺς ἀπαντήσει.

Dewing But, a little later, terror laid hold upon the man's soul and brought him into fear which knew no bound and tortured his mind, filling him with dread at the name of war, and reminding him that if the agreement drawn up by Peter and himself did not please the emperor at all, war would straightway come upon him.

Greek αὖθις οὖν Πέτρον μεταπεμψάμενος ἐν Ἀλβανοῖς ἤδη γενόμενον ἅτε κοινολογούμενος λάθρα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀνεπυνθάνετο, εἰ τὴν ξύμβασιν βασιλεῖ πρὸς ἡδονῆς ἔσεσθαι οἴεται.

Dewing Once more, therefore, he summoned Peter, who had already reached Albani,⁠ for a secret conference, and enquired of the man whether he thought that the agreement would be pleasing to the emperor.

Greek καὶ ὃς οὕτω δὴ ὑποτοπάζειν ἔφη. “Ἢν δέ γε ταῦτα μηδαμῆ ἀρέσκει τὸν ἄνδρα, τί τὸ ἐντεῦθεν γενήσεται;”

Dewing And he replied that he supposed it would. "But if," said Theodatus, "these things do not please the man at all, what will happen then?"

Greek εἶπεν. ἀπεκρίνατο Πέτρος “Πολεμητέα σοι τὸ λοιπόν, ὦ γενναῖε.” “Τί δέ; δίκαια ταῦτα, ὦ φίλτατε πρεσβευτά;” ἔφη. ὁ δὲ αὐτίκα ἔφη ὑπολαβών “Καὶ πῶς οὐ δίκαιον, ὦ ἀγαθέ,” εἶπε, “τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα τῇ ψυχῇ ἑκάστου φυλάσσεσθαι;” “Τί δὴ τοῦτό ἐστιν;” ὁ Θευδάτος ἠρώτα.

Dewing And Peter replied "After that you will have to wage war, most noble Sir." "But what is this," he said; "is it just, my dear ambassador?" And Peter, immediately taking him up, "And how is it not just, my good Sir, that the pursuits appropriate to each man's nature should be preserved?" "What, pray, may this mean?" asked Theodatus.

Greek “Ὅτι σοὶ μὲν σπουδὴ πολλὴ φιλοσοφεῖν,” ἔφη, “Ἰουστινιανῷ δὲ βασιλεῖ Ῥωμαίων γενναίῳ εἶναι. διαφέρει δέ, ὅτι τῷ μὲν φιλοσοφίαν ἀσκήσαντι θάνατον ἀνθρώποις πορίζεσθαι, ἄλλως τε καὶ τοσούτοις τὸ πλῆθος, οὐ μήποτε εὐπρεπὲς εἴη, καὶ ταῦτα ἀπὸ τῆς Πλάτωνος διατριβῆς, ἧς δηλονότι μετασχόντι σοι μὴ οὐχὶ φόνου παντὸς ἐλευθέρῳ εἶναι οὐχ ὅσιον· ἐκεῖνον δὲ χώρας μεταποιήσασθαι οὐδὲν ἀπεικὸς ἄνωθεν

Dewing "It means," was the reply, "that your great interest is to philosophize, while Justinian's is to be a worthy emperor of the Romans. And there is this difference, that for one who has practised philosophy it would never be seemly to bring about the death of men, especially in such great numbers, and it should be added that this view accords with the teachings of Plato, which you have evidently espoused, and hence it is unholy for you not to be free from all bloodshed; but for him it is not at all inappropriate to seek to acquire a land which has belonged from of old to the realm which is his own."

Greek τῇ ὑπαρχούσῃ αὐτῷ προσηκούσης ἀρχῇ.” ταύτῃ ὁ Θευδάτος τῇ ὑποθήκῃ ἀναπεισθεὶς ὡμολόγησεν Ἰουστινιανῷ βασιλεῖ τῆς ἡγεμονίας ἐκστήσεσθαι.

Dewing Thereupon Theodatus, being convinced by this advice, agreed to retire from the kingship in favour of the Emperor Justinian, and both he and his wife took an oath to this effect.

Greek καὶ κατὰ ταῦτα αὐτός τε καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ὤμοσε· τόν τε Πέτρον ὅρκοις κατέλαβεν, ὡς οὐ πρότερον ἔκπυστα ταῦτα ποιήσεται, πρὶν ἂν βασιλέα οὐκ ἐνδεχόμενον τὴν προτέραν ξύμβασιν ἴδοι.

Dewing He then bound Peter by oaths that he would not divulge this agreement until he should see that the emperor would not accept the former convention.

Greek καὶ Ῥουστικὸν τῶν τινα ἱερέων καὶ αὐτῷ μάλιστα ἐπιτήδειον, ἄνδρα Ῥωμαῖον, ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ ὁμολογίᾳ ξὺν αὐτῷ ἔπεμψεν. οἷς δὴ καὶ γράμματα ἐνεχείρισε.

Dewing And he sent with him Rusticus, a priest who was especially devoted to him and a Roman citizen, to negotiate on the basis of this agreement. And he also entrusted a letter to these men.

Greek Πέτρος μὲν οὖν καὶ Ῥουστικὸς ἐν Βυζαντίῳ γενόμενοι τὰ πρότερον δόξαντα βασιλεῖ ἤγγειλαν, καθάπερ Θευδάτος σφίσιν ἐπέστελλεν. ἐπεὶ δὲ τοὺς λόγους ἐνδέχεσθαι βασιλεὺς ἥκιστα ἤθελε,

Dewing So Peter and Rusticus, upon reaching Byzantium, reported the first decision to the emperor, just as Theodatus had directed them to do. But when the emperor was quite unwilling to accept the proposal, they revealed the plan which had been committed to writing afterwards.

Greek τὰ ἐν ὑστέρῳ γεγραμμένα ἐπέδειξαν. ἐδήλου δὲ ἡ γραφὴ τάδε· “Οὐ γέγονα μὲν βασιλικῆς αὐλῆς ἐπηλύτης, τετύχηκε γάρ μοι τετέχθαι τε ἐν βασιλέως θείου καὶ τεθράφθαι τοῦ γένους ἀξίως, πολέμων δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐν τούτοις θορύβων εἰμὶ οὐ παντελῶς ἔμπειρος.

Dewing This was to the following effect: "I am no stranger to royal courts, but it was my fortune to have been born in the house of my uncle while he was king and to have been reared in a manner worthy of my race; and yet I have had little experience of wars and of the turmoils which wars entail.

Greek περὶ λόγων γὰρ ἀκοὴν ἄνωθεν ἐρωτικῶς ἐσχηκότι μοι καὶ διατριβὴν ἐς τοῦτο ἀεὶ πεποιημένῳ ξυμβαίνει τῆς ἐν ταῖς μάχαις ταραχῆς ἑκαστάτω ἐς τόδε εἶναι.

Dewing For since from my earliest years I have been passionately addicted to scholar­ly disputations and have always devoted my time to this sort of thing, I have consequently been up to the present time very far removed from the confusion of battles.

Greek ὥστε ἥκιστά με εἰκὸς τὰς ἐκ τῆς βασιλείας ζηλοῦντα τιμὰς τὸν μετὰ κινδύνων διώκειν βίον, ἐξὸν ἀμφοῖν ἐκποδὼν ἵστασθαι.

Dewing Therefore it is utterly absurd that I should aspire to the honours which royalty confers and thus lead a life fraught with danger, when it is possible for me to avoid them both.

Greek τούτοιν γάρ μοι οὐδέτερον ἐν ἡδονῇ ἐστι· τὸ μέν, ὅτι κόρῳ τετίμηται, πλησμονὴ γὰρ ἡδέων ἁπάντων, τὸ δέ, ὅτι τὸ μὴ ἐθισθῆναι ἐς ταραχὴν φέρει.

Dewing For neither one of these is a pleasure to me; the first, because it is liable to satiety, for it is a surfeit of all sweet things, and the second, because lack of familiarity with such a life throws one into confusion.

Greek ἐγὼ δέ, εἴ μοι χωρία γένηται οὐχ ἧσσον ἢ δώδεκα κεντηναρίων ἐπέτειον φέροντα πρόσοδον, περὶ ἐλάσσονος ἂν αὐτῶν τὴν βασιλείαν ποιήσαιμι, καί σοι τὸ Γότθων τε καὶ Ἰταλιωτῶν αὐτίκα μάλα ἐγχειριῶ κράτος.

Dewing But as for me, if estates should be provided me which yielded an annual income of no less than twelve centenaria,⁠ I should regard the kingdom as of less account than them, and I shall hand over to thee forthwith the power of the Goths and Italians.

Greek ὡς ἔγωγε ἥδιον ἂν ξὺν τῇ ἀπραγμοσύνῃ γεωργὸς εἴην ἢ ἐν μερίμναις βασιλικαῖς βιῴην, κινδύνους ἐκ κινδύνων παραπεμπούσαις.

Dewing For I should find more pleasure in being a farmer free from all cares than in passing my life amid a king's anxieties, attended as they are by danger after danger.

Greek ἀλλὰ πέμπε ἄνδρα ὡς τάχιστα, ὅτῳ με Ἰταλίαν τε καὶ τὰ τῆς βασιλείας πράγματα παραδοῦναι προσήκει.”

Dewing Pray send a man as quickly as possible into whose hands I may fittingly deliver Italy and the affairs of the kingdom."

Greek Θευδάτου μὲν ἡ γραφὴ τοσαῦτα ἐδήλου. βασιλεὺς δὲ ὑπεράγαν ἡσθεὶς ἀμείβεται ὧδε· “Πάλαι μέν σε ξυνετὸν εἶναι ἀκοῇ εἶχον, νῦν δὲ καὶ τῇ πείρᾳ μεμαθηκὼς οἶδα οἷς οὐκ ἔγνωκας τὸ τοῦ πολέμου καραδοκεῖν πέρας.

Dewing Such was the purport of the letter of Theodatus. And the emperor, being exceedingly pleased, replied as follows: "From of old have I heard by report that you were a man of discretion, but now, taught by experience, I know it by the decision you have reached not to await the issue of the war.

Greek ὅπερ ἤδη πεπονθότες τινὲς ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις ἐσφάλησαν. καί σοι οὔ ποτε μεταμελήσει φίλους ἡμᾶς ἀντὶ πολεμίων ποιησαμένῳ.

Dewing For certain men who in the past have followed such a course have been completely undone. And you will never repent having made us friends instead of enemies.

Greek ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῦτα ἅπερ αἰτεῖς παρ’ ἡμῶν ἕξεις, καὶ προσέσται σοι ἐν ταῖς πρώταις Ῥωμαίων τιμαῖς ἀναγράπτῳ εἶναι.

Dewing But you will not only have this that you ask at our hands, but you will also have the distinction of being enrolled in the highest honours of the Romans.

Greek νῦν μὲν οὖν Ἀθανάσιόν τε καὶ Πέτρον ἀπέσταλκα, ὅπως ὁμολογίᾳ τινὶ ἑκατέρῳ τὸ βέβαιον ἔσται. ἥξει δὲ ὅσον οὔπω καὶ Βελισάριος παρὰ σέ, πέρας ἅπασιν

Dewing Now for the present I have sent Athanasius and Peter, so that each party may have surety by some agreement. And almost immediately Belisarius also will visit you to complete all the arrangements which have been agreed upon between us."

Greek ἐπιθήσων ὅσα ἂν ἐν ἡμῖν ξυγκείμενα ᾖ.” ταῦτα βασιλεὺς γράψας Ἀθανάσιόν τε τὸν Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀδελφόν, ὃς πρώην ἐς Ἀταλάριχον, ὥσπερ ἐρρήθη, ἐπρέσβευσε, καὶ Πέτρον αὖθις τὸν ῥήτορα ἔπεμψεν, οὗ πρόσθεν ἐμνήσθην, ἐντειλάμενος τὰ μὲν χωρία τῆς βασιλέως οἰκίας, ἣν πατριμώνιον καλοῦσι, Θευδάτῳ νεῖμαι, γράμματα δὲ καὶ ὅρκους ὀχύρωμα ταῖς ξυνθήκαις ποιησαμένους οὕτω δὴ ἐκ Σικελίας Βελισάριον μεταπέμψασθαι, ἐφ’ ᾧ τά τε βασίλεια καὶ Ἰταλίαν παραλαβὼν ξύμπασαν ἐν φυλακῇ ἔχοι.

Dewing After writing this the emperor sent Athanasius, the brother of Alexander, who had previously gone on an embassy to Atalaric, as has been said,⁠ and for the second time Peter the orator, whom I have mentioned above,⁠ enjoining upon them to assign to Theodatus the estates of the royal household, which they call "patrimonium"; and not until after they had drawn up a written document and had secured oaths to fortify the agreement were they to summon Belisarius from Sicily, in order that he might take over the palace and all Italy and hold them under guard.

Greek καὶ Βελισαρίῳ ἐπέστειλεν ὥστε αὐτοῖς, ἐπειδὰν μεταπέμψωνται, κατὰ τάχος ἥκειν.

Dewing And he wrote to Belisarius that as soon as they should summon him he should go thither with all speed.