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- Titi Livi ab urbe condita libri editionem priman, Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.
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At the Roman assembly, Fabius is designated consul and requests Decius as his colleague. Supported by Volumnius, Fabius and Decius are elected consuls, Appius Claudius is chosen as praetor, and Volumnius's command is extended.
nemini dubium erat, quin Q. Fabius omnium consensu destinaretur, eumque et praerogativae et primo vocatae1 omnes centuriae consulem cum L. Volumnio dicebant.
No one doubted that Quintus Fabius was being designated by the consensus of all, and both the prerogative centuries and all those first called to vote were declaring him consul along with Lucius Volumnius.
Fabi oratio fuit, qualis biennio ante; deinde, ut vincebatur consensu, versa postremo ad collegam P. Decium poscendum:2
Fabius’s speech was of the same kind as two years before; then, as he was overcome by the consensus, it was finally directed towards demanding Publius Decius as his colleague:
id senectuti suae adminiculum fore. censura duobusque consulatibus simul gestis expertum se, nihil concordi collegio firmius ad rem publicam tuendam esse. novo imperii socio vix iam adsuescere senilem animum posse; cum moribus notis facilius se communicaturum consilia.
this would be a support for his old age. He had learned from experience during their joint censorship and two joint consulships that nothing was stronger for protecting the state than a harmonious colleagueship. A mind in old age could now scarcely accustom itself to a new partner in power; with character that was well-known he would more easily share his counsels.
subscripsit orationi eius consul cum meritis P. Deci laudibus, tur,3 quae ex concordia consulum bona quaeque ex discordia mala in administratione rerum militarium evenirent, memorando, quamque prope ultimum discrimen suis et collegae certaminibus nuper ventum foret,4 admonendo;
The consul supported his speech with well-deserved praises of Publius Decius, and by recalling what good things arose from the harmony of consuls and what evils from discord in the administration of military affairs, and by warning how close they had recently come to the ultimate crisis through the disputes between himself and his colleague;
Decium Fabiumque uno animo, una mente vivere; esse praeterea viros natos militiae, factis magnos, ad verborum linguaeque certamina rudes:
that Decius and Fabius lived with one mind and one soul; that they were, moreover, men born for military service, great in deeds, but unskilled in contests of words and tongue:
ea ingenia consularia esse;5 callidos sollertesque, iuris atque eloquentiae consultos, qualis Ap. Claudius esset, urbi ac foro praesides habendos praetoresque ad reddenda iura creandos esse.
these were the talents suited for consuls; whereas those who were cunning and clever, skilled in law and eloquence, such as Appius Claudius, should be held as guardians for the city and the forum, and should be elected praetors to administer justice.
his agendis dies est consumptus.
In doing these things the day was consumed.
postridie ad praescriptum consulis et consularia et praetoria comitia habita. consules creati Q. Fabius et P. Decius, Ap. Claudius praetor, omnes absentes. et L. Volumnio ex senatus consulto et scito plebis prorogatum in annum imperium est.
On the following day, according to the direction of the consul, both the consular and praetorian elections were held. Quintus Fabius and Publius Decius were elected consuls, and Appius Claudius praetor, all of them in their absence. And the command of Lucius Volumnius was prolonged for a year by a decree of the senate and a plebiscite.
- 10.22.1primo vocatae
The adverb primo ('first') modifies the passive participle vocatae ('called'). In the voting procedure of the Centuriate Assembly (comitia centuriata), this phrase refers to the centuries of the first class, which were called to vote immediately after the prerogative centuries (praerogativae).
- 10.22.2versa postremo ad collegam P. Decium poscendum
The subject of the omitted main verb versa [est] ('was turned') is oratio ('speech') from the preceding clause. The gerundive phrase collegam P. Decium poscendum introduced by the preposition ad expresses purpose or direction ('towards demanding Publius Decius as colleague').
- 10.22.4tur
This is likely a textual corruption or a misspelling of tum ('then' or 'and also'). Interpreting it as tum fits the syntax perfectly, coordinating with the following ablative gerunds memorando ('by recalling') and admonendo in §10.22.5 ('by warning') to express the means by which the consul supported the speech.
- 10.22.5ventum foret
Equivalent to ventum esset (subjunctive pluperfect). It is used impersonally in the passive voice ('it had been come', meaning 'they had come'). Together with quam prope ('how close'), it introduces an indirect question dependent on the gerund admonendo.
- 10.22.7ea ingenia consularia esse
An accusative with infinitive construction in indirect speech (Oratio Obliqua), with the governing verb of speaking omitted. ea ingenia ('such talents', referring to the military virtues mentioned in §10.22.6) is the subject accusative, and esse is the infinitive. It is coordinated with habendos... creandos esse at the end of the sentence.