Man. 8.1Quoniam dē genere bellī dīxī, nunc dē magnitūdine pauca dīcam.Since I have spoken of the nature of the war, I shall now say a few words about its scale. Man. 8.1Potest enim hoc dīcī, bellī genus esse ita necessārium ut sit gerendum, nōn esse ita magnum ut sit pertimēscendum.For it can be said that the war is so necessary that it must be waged, but not so great that it must be greatly feared. Man. 8.1In quō maximē labōrandum est nē forte ea vōbīs quae dīligentissimē prōvidenda sunt contemnenda esse videantur.In this matter I must take the greatest pains that what needs to be provided for most carefully should not perhaps seem to you to deserve contempt. Man. 8.1Atque ut omnēs intellegant mē Lūcullō tantum impertīre laudis quantum fortī virō et sapientī hominī et magnō imperātōrī dēbeātur, dīcō eius adventū maximās Mithridātī cōpiās omnibus rēbus ōrnātās atque īnstrūctās fuisse, urbemque Asiae clārissimam nōbīsque amīcissimam Cyzicēnōrum oppressam esse ab ipsō rēge maximā multitūdine et oppugnātam vehementissimē;And so that all may understand that I give Lucullus as much praise as is due to a brave man, a wise person and a great commander, I say that at his arrival Mithridates had very large forces, furnished and equipped with everything, and that the city of the Cyzicenes, the most famous in Asia and most friendly to us, had been besieged by the king himself with a huge host and assaulted with the utmost violence; Man. 8.1quam Lūcullus virtūte, adsiduitāte, cōnsiliō summīs obsidiōnis perīculīs līberāvit.and Lucullus by his courage, persistence and strategy freed it from the extreme perils of the siege.
Man. 8.21Ab eōdem imperātōre classem magnam et ōrnātam quae ducibus Sertōriānīs ad Ītaliam studiō atque odiō īnflammāta raperētur superātam esse atque dēpressam;I say that by the same commander a great and well-equipped fleet, which was hurrying to Italy under Sertorian leaders, fired with zeal and hatred, was defeated and sunk; Man. 8.21magnās hostium praetereā cōpiās multīs proeliīs esse dēlētās patefactumque nostrīs legiōnibus esse Pontum quī anteā populō Rōmānō ex omnī aditū clausus fuisset;that besides, great forces of the enemy were destroyed in many battles, and that Pontus was opened to our legions, though before it had been closed to the Roman people from every approach; Man. 8.21Sinōpēn atque Amīsum, quibus in oppidīs erant domicilia rēgis omnibus rēbus ōrnāta ac referta, cēterāsque urbīs Pontī et Cappadociae permultās ūnō aditū adventūque esse captās;that Sinope and Amisus, towns in which the king had palaces furnished and filled with everything, and a great many other cities of Pontus and Cappadocia, were captured at a single approach and arrival; Man. 8.21rēgem spoliātum regnō patriō atque avītō ad aliōs sē rēgēs atque ad aliās gentīs supplicem contulisse;that the king, stripped of his father's and grandfather's kingdom, betook himself as a suppliant to other kings and other nations; Man. 8.21atque haec omnia salvīs populī Rōmānī sociīs atque integrīs vectīgālibus esse gesta.and that all this was achieved with the allies of the Roman people safe and the revenues intact.
Man. 8.21Satis opīnor hoc esse laudis atque ita, Quirītēs, ut hoc vōs intellegātis, ā nūllō istōrum quī huic obtrectant lēgī atque causae Lūcullum similiter ex hōc locō esse laudātum.This is praise enough, I think, and of such a kind, citizens, that you may understand that Lucullus has not been praised in like manner from this place by any of those who are disparaging this law and this cause.