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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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The campaign against the Sabines is successful, and Attius Clausus (later Appius Claudius) flees to Rome, establishing the Claudian tribe. The celebrated Publius Valerius dies, and a harsh war begins against the Aurunci following the revolt of Latin colonies.
consules M. Valerius P. Postumius. eo anno bene pugnatum cum Sabinis;
The consuls were Marcus Valerius and Publius Postumius. In that year there was successful fighting with the Sabines;
consules triumpharunt. maiore inde mole Sabini bellum parabant. adversus eos et ne quid simul ab Tusculo, unde, etsi non apertum, suspectum tamen bellum erat, repentini periculi1 oriretur, P. Valerius quartum T. Lucretius iterum consules facti.
the consuls celebrated a triumph. Then, with a greater force, the Sabines prepared for war. Against them, and lest any sudden danger should arise at the same time from Tusculum, from where, although not open, a suspected war was nevertheless feared, Publius Valerius for the fourth time and Titus Lucretius for the second time were made consuls.
seditio inter belli pacisque auctores orta in Sabinis aliquantum inde virium transtulit ad Romanos. namque Attius Clausus, cui postea Appio Claudio fuit Romae nomen,2 cum pacis ipse auctor a turbatoribus belli premeretur nec par factioni esset, ab Inregillo, magna clientium comitatus manu, Romam transfugit. his civitas data agerque trans Anienem:
Dissension arising among the Sabines between the advocates of war and of peace transferred some considerable portion of their strength from there to the Romans. For Attius Clausus, who afterwards had the name of Appius Claudius at Rome, since he, being himself an advocate of peace, was hard pressed by the agitators of war and was no match for their faction, fled from Inregillum to Rome, accompanied by a large band of clients. Citizenship was given to these, and land across the Anio:
vetus Claudia tribus additis postea novis tribulibus, qui ex eo venirent agro, appellata. Appius inter patres lectus haud ita multo post in principum dignationem pervenit.
this was called the old Claudian tribe, with the addition of the new tribesmen who afterwards came from that territory. Appius, having been chosen into the senate, not long after attained to the dignity of the leading men.
consules infesto exercitu in agrum Sabinum profecti cum ita vastatione, dein proelio adflixissent opes hostium, ut diu nihil inde rebellionis timeri posset. triumphantes Romam redierunt.
The consuls, having set out into the Sabine territory with a hostile army, so shattered the resources of the enemy first by devastation, then by battle, that for a long time no rebellion was to be feared from there. They returned to Rome in triumph.
P. Valerius, omnium consensu princeps belli pacisque artibus, anno post Agrippa Menenio P. Postumio consulibus moritur, gloria ingenti, copiis familiaribus adeo exiguis,3 ut funeri sumptus deesset:
Publius Valerius, by common consent the leader in the arts of war and peace, died the year after in the consulship of Agrippa Menenius and Publius Postumius, with immense glory, but with family resources so scanty that the expense for his funeral was lacking:
de publico est datus. luxere matronae ut Brutum. eodem anno duae coloniae Latinae, Pometia et Cora, ad Auruncos deficiunt. cum Auruncis bellum initum, fusoque ingenti exercitu, qui se ingredientibus fines consulibus ferociter obtulerat, omne Auruncum bellum Pometiam compulsum est.
it was given from the public treasury. The matrons mourned him as they had Brutus. In the same year, two Latin colonies, Pometia and Cora, revolted to the Aurunci. War was begun with the Aurunci, and after a huge army, which had fiercely offered itself to the consuls as they entered their borders, was routed, the whole Auruncan war was driven into Pometia.
nec magis post proelium quam in proelio a caedibus temperatum est:4 et caesi aliquanto plures erant quam capti, et captos passim trucidaverunt; ne ab obsidibus quidem, qui trecenti accepti numero erant, ira belli abstinuit. et hoc anno Romae triumphatum.
Nor was there any more sparing of slaughter after the battle than in the battle: both the slain were considerably more numerous than the captured, and they slaughtered the captured everywhere; the rage of war did not abstain even from the hostages, who had been received to the number of three hundred. In this year also a triumph was celebrated at Rome.
- 2.16.2ne quid... repentini periculi
The genitive phrase 'repentini periculi' functions as a partitive genitive dependent on the indefinite pronoun 'quid'. Together they form the subject of the purpose clause 'ne... oriretur' (literally, 'lest anything of sudden danger should arise').
- 2.16.4cui postea Appio Claudio fuit Romae nomen
A double dative construction where 'cui' is the dative of possessor with 'fuit', and the name 'Appio Claudio' is attracted into the dative case to agree with 'cui', instead of being in the nominative 'Appius Claudius'.
- 2.16.7gloria ingenti, copiis familiaribus adeo exiguis
These phrases are ablatives of quality (or description), modifying the subject P. Valerius to describe his immense renown and his extremely meager family fortune at the time of his death.
- 2.16.9a caedibus temperatum est
An impersonal passive construction of the verb 'tempero' ('to refrain/abstain from'). Literally, 'it was not refrained from slaughters', meaning that they did not hold back from the killing.