### A peasant emerges from his house confronts Roman centurions
1.1 Artemidōrus Artemidorus lēgātus legate Rōmānus Roman in in īnsulā island Cyprō Cyprus gubernābat was governing ubi where Iūdaeī Jews multī many post after rebelliōnem rebellion Hierosolymitānam Jerusalem cōnfūgerant had fled together
1.2 Inter among exsulēs exiles erat was Eleāzar Eleazar iuvenis young man fortis brave quī who līberātiōnem liberation populī of people suī his ā from iugō yoke Rōmānō Roman semper always sōmniābat dreamed of
1.3 Noctū at night clandestīna secret cōnsilia plans cum with sociīs allies faciēbat was making et and arma weapons in in cavernīs caves montium of mountains occultābat was hiding
1.4 Artemidōrus Artemidorus suspīciōnēs suspicions habēbat had et and mīlitēs soldiers suōs his ad to omnēs all vīcōs villages Iūdaeōrum of Jews explōrandōs to be explored mittēbat was sending
1.5 Ūnō on one diē day centuriō centurion Lūcius Lucius Aquila Aquila cum with cohortībus cohorts duābus two ad to vīcum village Salamīna Salamis advēnit arrived ubi where Eleāzar Eleazar habitābat was living
1.6 Rūmōrēs rumors audīverat he had heard de about armīs weapons absconditīs hidden et and nunc now vehementer intensely omnēs all domōs houses perscrutābātur was searching thoroughly
1.7 Sarah Sarah soror sister Eleāzarī of Eleazar per through viās streets angustās narrow celeriter quickly cucurrit ran ut so that frātrem brother suum her monēret might warn
1.8 "Rōmānī Romans veniunt!" are coming! clāmāvit she shouted anhēlāns panting "Fugere to flee dēbēs you ought statim!" immediately!
1.9 Eleāzar Eleazar tamen however capite with head concussō shaken respondēbat was responding "Nōn not iam now fugiēmus. we will flee. Tempus time resistant of resistance advēnit." has arrived
1.10 Puella girl terrōre with terror perculsa struck intellēxit understood frātrem brother insurrēctiōnem insurrection parāvisse to have prepared quae which diū for long cogitāta thought about erat was
1.11 "Stultitia foolishness est!" is! exclāmāvit she exclaimed "Nōs we omnēs all morī to die faciēs!" you will make!
1.12 Frāter brother autem however īram anger suam his nōn not continuit contained et and magnā with great vōce voice respondit replied "Melius better est is morī to die līberōs free quam than vīvere to live servōs!" slaves!
1.13 Intereā meanwhile Lūcius Lucius vōcēs voices īrātās angry audīvit heard et and statim immediately cum with mīlitibus soldiers domum house circumdedit surrounded
1.14 "Ēgredere!" come out! imperāvit he ordered "Scimus we know tē you intus inside esse, to be, Eleāzar Eleazar rebellis!" rebel!
1.15 Per through fenestram window parvam small Eleāzar Eleazar mīlitēs soldiers circumspectāns looking around celeriter quickly cōnsilium plan cēpit took
1.16 Ad to sorōrem sister conversus having turned susurrāvit whispered "Per through portam door posteriōrem back fuge flee et and sociōs allies in in monte mountain convocā. call together. Ego I Rōmānōs Romans retinēbō." will hold back.
1.17 Sarah Sarah lacrimāns crying frātrem brother amplecta having embraced est is et and per through obscūrum dark cuniculum passage effūgit fled dum while ille that one gladium sword sūmēbat was taking up
1.18 Subitō suddenly Eleāzar Eleazar portam door aperuit opened et and cum with clāmōre shout terribilī terrible prōrupit burst forth duōs two mīlitēs soldiers prīmō at first impetū attack sternēns laying low
1.19 Lūcius Lucius attonitus astonished sed but nōn not perterritus thoroughly frightened gladium sword strinxit drew et and contrā against Iūdaeum Jew audācem bold prōcessit advanced
1.20 "Dēde surrender tē, yourself, insāne! madman! Ūnus one contrā against centum hundred nōn not potes you are able resistere!" to resist!
1.1 Artemidōrus lēgātus Rōmānus in īnsulā Cyprō gubernābat ubi Iūdaeī multī post rebelliōnem Hierosolymitānam cōnfūgerant.
1.2 Inter exsulēs erat Eleāzar iuvenis fortis quī līberātiōnem populī suī ā iugō Rōmānō semper sōmniābat.
1.3 Noctū clandestīna cōnsilia cum sociīs faciēbat et arma in cavernīs montium occultābat.
1.4 Artemidōrus suspīciōnēs habēbat et mīlitēs suōs ad omnēs vīcōs Iūdaeōrum explōrandōs mittēbat.
1.5 Ūnō diē centuriō Lūcius Aquila cum cohortībus duābus ad vīcum Salamīna advēnit ubi Eleāzar habitābat.
1.6 Rūmōrēs audīverat de armīs absconditīs et nunc vehementer omnēs domōs perscrutābātur.
1.7 Sarah soror Eleāzarī per viās angustās celeriter cucurrit ut frātrem suum monēret.
1.8 "Rōmānī veniunt!" clāmāvit anhēlāns. "Fugere dēbēs statim!"
1.9 Eleāzar tamen capite concussō respondēbat: "Nōn iam fugiēmus. Tempus resistant advēnit."
1.10 Puella terrōre perculsa intellēxit frātrem insurrēctiōnem parāvisse quae diū cogitāta erat.
1.11 "Stultitia est!" exclāmāvit. "Nōs omnēs morī faciēs!"
1.12 Frāter autem īram suam nōn continuit et magnā vōce respondit: "Melius est morī līberōs quam vīvere servōs!"
1.13 Intereā Lūcius vōcēs īrātās audīvit et statim cum mīlitibus domum circumdedit.
1.14 "Ēgredere!" imperāvit. "Scimus tē intus esse, Eleāzar rebellis!"
1.15 Per fenestram parvam Eleāzar mīlitēs circumspectāns celeriter cōnsilium cēpit.
1.16 Ad sorōrem conversus susurrāvit: "Per portam posteriōrem fuge et sociōs in monte convocā. Ego Rōmānōs retinēbō."
1.17 Sarah lacrimāns frātrem amplecta est et per obscūrum cuniculum effūgit dum ille gladium sūmēbat.
1.18 Subitō Eleāzar portam aperuit et cum clāmōre terribilī prōrupit duōs mīlitēs prīmō impetū sternēns.
1.19 Lūcius attonitus sed nōn perterritus gladium strinxit et contrā Iūdaeum audācem prōcessit.
1.20 "Dēde tē, insāne! Ūnus contrā centum nōn potes resistere!"
1.1 Artemidorus, a Roman legate, was governing on the island of Cyprus where many Jews had fled together after the Jerusalem rebellion.
1.2 Among the exiles was Eleazar, a brave young man who always dreamed of the liberation of his people from the Roman yoke.
1.3 At night he was making secret plans with allies and hiding weapons in mountain caves.
1.4 Artemidorus had suspicions and was sending his soldiers to explore all the villages of the Jews.
1.5 On one day, the centurion Lucius Aquila arrived at the village of Salamis with two cohorts, where Eleazar was living.
1.6 He had heard rumors about hidden weapons and now was thoroughly searching all houses intensely.
1.7 Sarah, the sister of Eleazar, ran quickly through the narrow streets to warn her brother.
1.8 "The Romans are coming!" she shouted, panting. "You must flee immediately!"
1.9 Eleazar, however, shaking his head, was responding: "We will not flee now. The time of resistance has arrived."
1.10 The girl, struck with terror, understood that her brother had prepared an insurrection which had been thought about for a long time.
1.11 "It is foolishness!" she exclaimed. "You will make us all die!"
1.12 However, the brother did not contain his anger and replied with a great voice: "It is better to die free than to live as slaves!"
1.13 Meanwhile, Lucius heard angry voices and immediately surrounded the house with soldiers.
1.14 "Come out!" he ordered. "We know you are inside, Eleazar the rebel!"
1.15 Looking around at the soldiers through a small window, Eleazar quickly made a plan.
1.16 Having turned to his sister, he whispered: "Flee through the back door and call together the allies on the mountain. I will hold back the Romans."
1.17 Sarah, crying, embraced her brother and fled through a dark passage while he was taking up a sword.
1.18 Suddenly Eleazar opened the door and burst forth with a terrible shout, laying low two soldiers at the first attack.
1.19 Lucius, astonished but not thoroughly frightened, drew his sword and advanced against the bold Jew.
1.20 "Surrender yourself, madman! One against a hundred cannot resist!"
2.1 Eleāzar autem gladiō fulminante quattuor Rōmānōs iam vulnerāverat et viā ad collem proximum patefactā celeriter effugit.
2.2 Lūcius īrātus mīlitēs vocāvit: "Persequiminī eum! Vīvum aut mortuum eum capere necesse est!"
2.3 Intereā Sarah montāna iuga ascendēbat ubi castra sēcrēta insurrēctiōnis latēbant.
2.4 "Adveniunt Rōmānī! Frāter meus in perīculō est!" omnibus congregātīs nuntiāvit.
2.5 Iōsēphus dux prīncipālis rebellium barbam suam permulcēns graviter dīxit: "Tempus igitur advēnit. Signāle incendite!"
2.6 Subitō in omnibus collibus circum Salamīna ignēs magnī accēnsī sunt, signum omnibus Iūdaeīs in īnsulā dispersīs.
2.7 Artemidōrus ex palātiō procurrēns ignēs cōnspexit et statim intellēxit magnam insurrēctiōnem inceptam esse.
2.8 "Omnēs cohortēs parāte!" legātō proximō imperāvit. "Dīvide copiās et omnia oppida custōdī!"
2.9 Elementum autem surprīsum Iūdaeī habēbant. Multī mercātōrēs et piscātōrēs placidī subitō gladiōs ē togīs extraxērunt.
2.10 Intra hōram, multī Rōmānī in forō et viīs Salamīnae interfectī sunt et rebellēs castellum portūs occupāvērunt.
2.1 However, Eleazar had already wounded four Romans with his flashing sword and, having cleared a path to the nearest hill, quickly escaped.
2.2 The angry Lucius called his soldiers: "Pursue him! It is necessary to capture him alive or dead!"
2.3 Meanwhile, Sarah was climbing the mountain ridges where the secret camps of the insurrection were hiding.
2.4 "The Romans are coming! My brother is in danger!" she announced to everyone gathered.
2.5 Joseph, the principal leader of the rebels, stroking his beard, said gravely: "The time has therefore arrived. Light the signal!"
2.6 Suddenly on all the hills around Salamis great fires were lit, a signal to all Jews scattered on the island.
2.7 Artemidorus, rushing out from his palace, caught sight of the fires and immediately understood that a great insurrection had begun.
2.8 "Prepare all cohorts!" he ordered the nearest legate. "Divide the forces and guard all towns!"
2.9 However, the Jews had the element of surprise. Many seemingly peaceful merchants and fishermen suddenly drew swords from their togas.
2.10 Within an hour, many Romans in the forum and streets of Salamis were killed, and the rebels occupied the harbor fortress.
3.1 Septem seven diēs days post after initium beginning rebelliōnis, of rebellion, Artemidōrus Artemidorus arcem citadel ultimam final Rōmānam Roman in in urbe city Paphō Paphos dēfendēbat was defending
Seven days after the beginning of the rebellion, Artemidorus was defending the final Roman citadel in the city of Paphos.
3.2 Ad to portās gates castrōrum of camp Eleāzar Eleazar cum with exercitū army victōriōsō victorious stābat was standing et and dēditiōnem surrender Rōmānōrum of Romans postulābat was demanding
At the gates of the camp, Eleazar was standing with his victorious army and demanding the surrender of the Romans.
3.3 "Tempus time colloquendī of talking nunc now est," is, dux leader Iūdaeus Jewish clāmāvit. shouted. "Sī if arma weapons dēpōnitis, you put down, vītās lives vestrās your servābimus." we will preserve.
"Now is the time for talking," the Jewish leader shouted. "If you lay down your weapons, we will spare your lives."
3.4 Sed but nāvis ship bellica war magna great in in horizontē horizon appāruit, appeared, et and mox soon decem ten aliās other post behind sē itself dūcēbat was leading
But a great warship appeared on the horizon, and soon it was leading ten others behind it.
3.5 Classis fleet imperātōris of emperor adveniēbat was arriving cum with legiōnibus legions quattuor four ad to rebelliōnem rebellion opprimendam to be suppressed missīs sent ex from Syriā Syria et and Aegyptō Egypt
The emperor's fleet was arriving with four legions sent from Syria and Egypt to suppress the rebellion.
3.6 Vultus face Eleāzarī of Eleazar obscūrātus darkened est is sed but gladium sword altius higher extollēns raising ad to sociōs allies sē himself vertit: turned: "Ultimam final pugnam fight nunc now dābimus!" we will give!
The face of Eleazar darkened, but raising his sword higher, he turned to his allies: "Now we will give the final fight!"
3.7 Histōria story huius of this insurrēctiōnis insurrection Cypriae Cyprian ā by Iōsephō Josephus historiographō historian posteritātī to posterity trādita handed down est, is, quī who scrīpsit wrote Iūdaeōs Jews fortiter bravely sed but frūstrā in vain pugnāvisse to have fought
The story of this Cyprian insurrection was handed down to posterity by the historian Josephus, who wrote that the Jews fought bravely but in vain.
3.8 Nam for contrā against potentiam power Rōmānam Roman plēnam full etiam even populī peoples fortissimī most brave resistere to resist nōn not poterant, were able, et and līberī free morī to die quam than servī slaves vīvere to live saepe often malēbant preferred
For even the bravest peoples could not resist against the full Roman power, and they often preferred to die free than to live as slaves.
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