From ch. 17:
From ch. 16:
I take it this means he actually sent them to Antonius, rather than simply spared their lives, although it seems a bit strange. Would you agree?M. Antonii societatem semper dubiam et incertam reconciliationibusque uariis male focilatam abrupit tandem, et quo magis degenerasse eum a ciuili more approbaret, testamentum, quod is Romae etiam de Cleopatra liberis inter heredes nuncupatis reliquerat, aperiundum recitandumque pro contione curauit. remisit tamen hosti iudicato necessitudines amicosque omnes atque inter alios C. Sosium et T. Domitium tunc adhuc consules.
Does this mean he thanked them for swearing loyalty to him, or that he exempted them from doing so?Bononiensibus quoque publice, quod in Antoniorum clientela antiquitus erant, gratiam fecit coniurandi cum tota Italia pro partibus suis.
From ch. 16:
Not sure how to reconcile "manumissis" with "ad remum datis". Are we to understand that they were freed on condition they join the navy as oarsmen?Siculum bellum incohauit in primis, sed diu traxit intermissum saepius, modo reparandarum classium causa, quas tempestatibus duplici naufragio et quidem per aestatem amiserat, modo pace facta, flagitante populo ob interclusos commeatus famemque ingrauescentem; donec nauibus ex integro fabricatis ac uiginti seruorum milibus manumissis et ad remum datis portum Iulium apud Baias inmisso in Lucrinum et Auernum lacum mari effecit