Man. 12.1Sed quid ego longinqua commemorō?But why do I recall far-off things? Man. 12.1Fuit hoc quondam, fuit proprium populī Rōmānī longē ā domō bellāre et prōpugnāculīs imperī sociōrum fortūnās, nōn sua tēcta dēfendere.It was once, yes, it was the special mark of the Roman people to wage war far from home and to defend with the bulwarks of empire the fortunes of their allies, not their own roofs. Man. 12.1Sociīs ego vestrīs mare per hōsce annōs clausum fuisse dīcam, cum exercitūs vestrī numquam Brundisiō nisi hieme summā trānsmīserint?Am I to say that the sea was closed to your allies during these years, when your own armies never crossed from Brundisium except in the depth of winter? Man. 12.1Quī ad vōs ab exterīs nātiōnibus venīrent, captōs querar, cum lēgātī populī Rōmānī redēmptī sint?Am I to complain that those who were coming to you from foreign nations were captured, when envoys of the Roman people have had to be ransomed? Man. 12.1Mercātōribus mare tūtum nōn fuisse dīcam, cum duodecim secūrēs in praedōnum potestātem pervēnerint?Am I to say that the sea was not safe for merchants, when twelve axes came into the power of pirates?
Man. 12.33Cnidum aut Colophōnem aut Samum, nōbilissimās urbīs, innumerābilīsque aliās captās esse commemorem, cum vestrōs portūs atque eōs portūs quibus vītam ac spīritum dūcitis in praedōnum fuisse potestāte sciātis?Am I to mention that Cnidus or Colophon or Samos, most famous cities, and countless others were captured, when you know that your own harbours, and those harbours through which you draw your life and breath, were in the power of pirates? Man. 12.33An vērō ignōrātis portum Cāiētae celeberrimum et plēnissimum nāvium īnspectante praetōre ā praedōnibus esse dīreptum, ex Mīsēnō autem eius ipsīus līberōs quī cum praedōnibus anteā bellum gesserat ā praedōnibus esse sublātōs?Or are you really unaware that the harbour of Caieta, very busy and full of ships, was plundered by pirates under the eyes of a praetor, and that from Misenum the children of the very man who had previously waged war against the pirates were carried off by pirates? Man. 12.33Nam quid ego Ōstiēnse incommodum atque illam lābem atque ignōminiam reī pūblicae querar, cum prope īnspectantibus vōbīs classis ea cui cōnsul populī Rōmānī praepositus esset ā praedōnibus capta atque dēpressa est?For why should I complain of the setback at Ostia, and that blot and disgrace on the state, when almost under your eyes the fleet over which a consul of the Roman people had been placed was captured and sunk by pirates?
Man. 12.33Prō dī immortālēs!Immortal gods! Man. 12.33tantamne ūnīus hominis incrēdibilis ac dīvīna virtūs tam brevī tempore lūcem adferre reī pūblicae potuit ut vōs, quī modo ante ōstium Tiberīnum classem hostium vidēbātis, eī nunc nūllam intrā Oceanī ōstium praedōnum nāvem esse audiātis?could the incredible and godlike merit of one man bring so much light to the state in so short a time that you, who lately saw an enemy fleet before the mouth of the Tiber, now hear that there is no pirate ship this side of the mouth of the Ocean? Man. 12.34Atque haec quā celeritāte gesta sint, quamquam vidētis, tamen ā mē in dīcendō praetereunda nōn sunt.And with what speed these things were done, although you see it, should still not be passed over by me in speaking. Man. 12.34Quis enim umquam aut obeundī negōtī aut cōnsequendī quaestūs studiō tam brevī tempore tot loca adīre, tantōs cursūs cōnficere potuit, quam celeriter Pompeiō duce tantī bellī impetus nāvigāvit?For who ever, in eagerness either to carry out business or to make profit, was able to visit so many places and complete such great journeys in so short a time as the onslaught of so great a war sailed with Pompey as its leader?
Man. 12.34quī nōndum tempestīvō ad nāvigandum marī Siciliam adiit, Āfricam explōrāvit, inde Sardiniam cum classe vēnit atque haec tria frūmentāria subsidia reī pūblicae firmissimīs praesidiīs classibusque mūnīvit.He, when the sea was not yet in season for sailing, went to Sicily, reconnoitred Africa, came from there with his fleet to Sardinia, and secured these three granaries of the state with very strong garrisons and fleets. Man. 12.35Inde cum sē in Ītaliam recēpisset, duābus Hispāniīs et Galliā Trānsalpīnā praesidiīs ac nāvibus cōnfirmātā, missīs item in ōram Illyricī maris et in Achāiam omnemque Graeciam nāvibus Ītaliae duo maria maximīs classibus firmissimīsque praesidiīs adōrnāvit, ipse autem ut Brundisiō profectus est, ūndēquīnquāgēsimō diē tōtam ad imperium populī Rōmānī Ciliciam adiūnxit;Then, when he had returned to Italy, having secured the two Spains and Transalpine Gaul with garrisons and ships, and having likewise sent ships to the coast of the Illyrian sea and to Achaea and all Greece, he equipped the two seas of Italy with very large fleets and very strong garrisons, while he himself, after setting out from Brundisium, on the forty-ninth day added the whole of Cilicia to the empire of the Roman people; Man. 12.35omnēs quī ubīque praedōnēs fuērunt partim captī interfectīque sunt, partim ūnīus huius sē imperiō ac potestātī dēdidērunt.all the pirates who were anywhere were either captured and killed, or surrendered themselves to the command and power of this one man.
Man. 12.35Īdem Crētēnsibus, cum ad eum ūsque in Pamphȳliam lēgātōs dēprecātōrēsque mīsissent, spem dēditiōnis nōn adēmit obsidēsque imperāvit.He also did not take away from the Cretans the hope of surrender, when they had sent envoys and intercessors to him all the way into Pamphylia, and he demanded hostages. Man. 12.35Ita tantum bellum, tam diūturnum, tam longē lātēque dispersum, quō bellō omnēs gentēs ac nātiōnēs premēbantur, Pompeius extrēmā hieme apparāvit, ineunte vērē suscēpit, mediā aestāte cōnfēcit.Thus so great a war, so long-lasting, so far and widely scattered, a war by which all peoples and nations were oppressed, Pompey prepared at the end of winter, took up at the beginning of spring, and finished in midsummer.