half-powerful

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The king was long silent; at length he said that he desired nothing farther, and re-embarked. He saw how matters stood: the epoch of half-powerful and half-free alliance was at an end; that of impotent subjection began. Humiliation of Rhodes Similar treatment befell the Rhodians.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

The king was long silent; at length he said that he desired nothing farther, and re-embarked. He saw how matters stood: the epoch of half-powerful and half-free alliance was at an end; that of impotent subjection began. Humiliation of Rhodes Similar treatment befell the Rhodians.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book III : From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States