Man. 16.1Age vērō illa rēs quantam dēclārat eiusdem hominis apud hostīs populī Rōmānī auctōritātem, quod ex locīs tam longinquīs tamque dīversīs tam brevī tempore omnēs huic sē ūnī dēdidērunt!Come now, how greatly this fact declares the same man's authority among the enemies of the Roman people, that from places so far away and so different, in so short a time, they all surrendered to him alone! Man. 16.1quod ā commūnī Crētēnsium lēgātī, cum in eōrum īnsulā noster imperātor exercitusque esset, ad Cn. Pompeium in ultimās prope terrās vēnērunt eīque sē omnīs Crētēnsium cīvitātēs dēdere velle dīxērunt!that envoys from the Cretan confederacy, though our commander and his army were on their island, came to Gnaeus Pompey almost at the ends of the earth and said that all the cities of the Cretans wished to surrender to him! Man. 16.1Quid?What then? Man. 16.1īdem iste Mithridātēs nōnne ad eundem Pompeium lēgātum ūsque in Hispāniam mīsit?did not this same Mithridates send an envoy all the way to Spain to that same Pompey? Man. 16.1eum quem Pompeius lēgātum semper iūdicāvit, eī quibus erat molestum ad eum potissimum esse missum speculātōrem quam lēgātum iūdicārī māluērunt.the man whom Pompey always regarded as an envoy, those who were annoyed that he had been sent to Pompey of all people preferred to regard as a spy rather than an envoy.
Man. 16.1Potestis igitur iam cōnstituere, Quirītēs, hanc auctōritātem multīs posteā rēbus gestīs magnīsque vestrīs iūdiciīs amplificātam quantum apud illōs rēgēs, quantum apud exterās nātiōnēs valitūram esse exīstimētis.You can therefore now decide, citizens, how much you think this authority, enlarged afterwards by many achievements and by your great judgements, will count for with those kings and with foreign nations. Man. 16.47Reliquum est ut dē fēlīcitāte quam praestāre dē sē ipsō nēmō potest, meminisse et commemorāre dē alterō possumus, sīcut aequum est hominēs dē potestāte deōrum, timidē et pauca dīcāmus.It remains for me to speak of good fortune, which no one can guarantee for himself but which we can remember and record of another, cautiously and briefly, as it is right for men to speak of the power of the gods. Man. 16.47Ego enim sīc exīstimō, Maximō, Mārcellō, Scīpiōnī, Mariō cēterīsque magnīs imperātōribus nōn sōlum propter virtūtem sed etiam propter fortūnam saepius imperia mandāta atque exercitūs esse commissōs.For my view is this, that commands were entrusted and armies committed more often to Maximus, Marcellus, Scipio, Marius and the other great commanders not only because of their merit but also because of their fortune.
Man. 16.47Fuit enim profectō quibusdam summīs virīs quaedam ad amplitūdinem et ad glōriam et ad rēs magnās bene gerendās dīvīnitus adiūncta fortūna.For there has surely been, for certain very great men, a kind of fortune joined to them by the gods, leading to greatness and glory and the successful conduct of great affairs. Man. 16.47Dē huius autem hominis fēlīcitāte quō dē nunc agimus hāc ūtar moderātiōne dīcendī, nōn ut in illīus potestāte fortūnam positam esse dīcam sed ut praeterita meminisse, reliqua spērāre videāmur, nē aut invīsa dīs immortālibus ōrātiō nostra aut ingrāta esse videātur.But concerning the good fortune of this man of whom we are now speaking I shall use this restraint in speaking: I shall not say that fortune lies in his power, but we shall be seen to remember the past and hope for what remains, lest our speech seem either hateful or ungrateful to the immortal gods. Man. 16.48Itaque nōn sum praedicātūrus quantās ille rēs domī mīlitiae, terrā marīque quantāque fēlīcitāte gesserit, ut eius semper voluntātibus nōn modo cīvēs adsēnserint, sociī obtemperārint, hostēs oboedierint, sed etiam ventī tempestātēsque obsecundārint;And so I am not going to proclaim how great were the deeds he performed at home and in the field, on land and sea, and with how great good fortune, so that not only did citizens always assent to his wishes, allies comply and enemies obey, but even winds and storms favoured them; Man. 16.48hoc brevissimē dīcam, nēminem umquam tam impudentem fuisse quī ab dīs immortālibus tot et tantās rēs tacitus audēret optāre quot et quantās dī immortālēs ad Pompeium dētulērunt.this I shall say very briefly, that no one has ever been so shameless as to dare to wish silently from the immortal gods for as many and as great blessings as the immortal gods have bestowed on Pompey.
Man. 16.48Quod ut illī proprium ac perpetuum sit, Quirītēs, cum commūnis salūtis atque imperī tum ipsīus hominis causā, sīcutī facitis, et velle et optāre dēbētis.That this may be his own and lasting, citizens, you ought, as you do, both to wish and to pray, for the sake both of the common safety and of the empire and of the man himself. Man. 16.49Quā rē cum et bellum sit ita necessārium ut neglegī nōn possit, ita magnum ut accūrātissimē sit administrandum, et cum eī imperātōrem praeficere possītis in quō sit eximia bellī scientia, singulāris virtūs, clārissima auctōritās, ēgregia fortūna, dubitātis, Quirītēs, quīn hoc tantum bonī quod vōbīs ab dīs immortālibus oblātum et datum est in rem pūblicam cōnservandam atque amplificandam cōnferātis?Therefore, since the war is both so necessary that it cannot be neglected and so great that it must be conducted with the utmost care, and since you can put in charge of it a commander in whom there is outstanding knowledge of war, singular merit, most illustrious authority and exceptional fortune, do you hesitate, citizens, to apply this great blessing, which has been offered and given to you by the immortal gods, to preserving and enlarging the state?
Man. 16.49Quod sī Rōmae Cn.But if at Rome Gnaeus