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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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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-22
Rome concludes a treaty with the Vestinians, but following reports of rebellions in Etruria and among the Marsi, Valerius is appointed dictator. While the dictator successfully defeats the Marsi, in his absence his master of horse Aemilius suffers a defeat against the Etruscans.
eodem anno Romae cum Vestinis petentibus amicitiam ictum est foedus. multiplex deinde exortus terror.
In the same year at Rome, a treaty was concluded with the Vestinians who were seeking friendship. Then, a manifold terror arose.
Etruriam rebellare ab Arretinorum seditionibus motu orto1 nuntiabatur, ubi Cilnium genus praepotens divitiarum invidia pelli armis coeptum; simul Marsos agrum vi tueri, in quem colonia Carseoli deducta erat, quattuor milibus hominum scriptis.
It was reported that Etruria was rebelling, a movement having arisen from the seditions of the Arretines, where the Cilnian family, exceedingly powerful, had begun to be expelled by arms through envy of their riches; at the same time, that the Marsi were defending by force their territory, into which the colony of Carseoli had been led, four thousand men having been enlisted.
itaque propter eos tumultus dictus M. Valerius Maximus dictator magistrum equitum sibi legit M. Aemilium Paulum.
Therefore, because of these tumults, Marcus Valerius Maximus, being named dictator, chose Marcus Aemilius Paulus as his master of horse.
id magis credo quam Q. Fabium ea aetate atque eis honoribus Valerio subiectum;2 ceterum ex Maximi cognomine ortum errorem haud abnuerim.
I believe this more than that Quintus Fabius, at that age and with those honors, was subordinate to Valerius; however, I would not deny that an error arose from the cognomen ‘Maximus’.
profectus dictator cum exercitu proelio uno Marsos fundit; conpulsis deinde in urbes munitas,3 Milioniam, Plestinam, Fresiliam intra dies paucos cepit et parte agri multatis Marsis foedus restituit.
The dictator, having set out with the army, routed the Marsi in a single battle; then, having driven them into their fortified cities, he captured Milonia, Plestina, and Fresilia within a few days, and having fined the Marsi with a part of their land, he restored the treaty.
tum in Etruscos versum bellum; et cum dictator auspiciorum repetendorum causa profectus Romam esset, magister equitum pabulatum egressus ex insidiis circumvenitur signisque aliquot amissis foeda militum caede ac fuga in castra est conpulsus.
Then the war was turned against the Etruscans; and when the dictator had departed for Rome for the purpose of repeating the auspices, the master of horse, having gone out to forage, was surrounded by an ambush, and having lost several standards, was driven back to the camp with a shameful slaughter and flight of his soldiers.
qui terror non eo tantum a Fabio abhorret, quod, si qua alia arte, cognomen suum aequavit maxume bellicis laudibus, sed etiam quod memor Papirianae saevitiae numquam, ut dictatoris iniussu dimicaret, adduci potuisset.4
This terrifying defeat is inconsistent with Fabius not only for the reason that he made his cognomen equal to the highest military praises, if by any other art, but also because, mindful of the Papirian severity, he could never have been induced to fight without the order of the dictator.
- 10.3.2ab Arretinorum seditionibus motu orto
The prepositional phrase ab Arretinorum seditionibus modifies the ablative absolute motu orto, acting as the origin of the movement (motu) that triggered the rebellion in Etruria.
- 10.3.4id magis credo quam Q. Fabium ea aetate atque eis honoribus Valerio subiectum;
subiectum [fuisse] is an accusative-with-infinitive construction after quam (with Q. Fabium as its subject). ea aetate atque eis honoribus is an ablative of description or characteristic, indicating Fabius' advanced age and distinguished public career.
- 10.3.5conpulsis deinde in urbes munitas
conpulsis [sc. Marsis] is an ablative absolute. In context, it sets the background ("after the Marsi had been driven into their fortified cities") before the main verb cepit acts on their specific cities.
- 10.3.7non eo tantum a Fabio abhorret, quod ... sed etiam quod ... numquam ... adduci potuisset
This displays a correlative structure: "not only because of this (eo... quod) ... but also because (sed etiam quod)". The pluperfect subjunctive potuisset represents a past counterfactual or strong potentiality ("could never have been induced"), asserting Fabius' consistency in avoiding unauthorized battles.