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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 consuls Atilius and Geminus adopt Fabius's cautious tactics, pushing Hannibal into severe difficulties. As winter stalls the campaign at Geronium, ambassadors from Neapolis arrive in Rome to offer golden bowls to aid the Roman treasury.
consules Atilius Fabiano Geminus Servilius Minuciano1 exercitu accepto hibernaculis mature communitis, quod reliquum autumni erat, Fabi artibus cum summa inter se concordia bellum gesserunt.
The consuls, Atilius having received the army of Fabius, and Geminus Servilius that of Minucius, having fortified their winter quarters early, conducted the war for the remainder of the autumn with the greatest harmony between themselves, according to the tactics of Fabius.
frumentatum exeunti Hannibali diversis locis opportuni aderant carpentes agmen palatosque excipientes; in casum universae dimicationis, quam omnibus artibus petebat hostis, non veniebant;
They were ready at favorable moments in various places for Hannibal as he went out to forage, cutting off his column and capturing stragglers; but they did not risk a general engagement, which the enemy was seeking by every art.
eoque inopiae est redactus Hannibal, ut nisi cum fugae specie abeundum ei fuisset, Galliam repetiturus fuerit2 nulla relicta spe alendi exercitus in eis locis, si insequentes consules eisdem artibus bellum gererent.
Indeed, Hannibal was reduced to such want that, had he not had to depart with the appearance of flight, he would have returned to Gaul, since no hope was left of feeding his army in those places, if the succeeding consuls should conduct the war with the same tactics.
cum ad Gereonium iam hieme impediente constitisset bellum, Neapolitani legati Romam venere. ab iis quadraginta paterae aureae magni ponderis in curiam inlatae atque ita verba facta, ut dicerent:
When the war had come to a standstill near Geronium, with winter now hindering operations, ambassadors from Neapolis came to Rome. By them forty golden bowls of great weight were brought into the senate house, and they spoke to this effect:
scire sese populi Romani aerarium bello exhauriri, et cum iuxta pro urbibus agrisque sociorum ac pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romana, atque imperio geratur, aequum censuisse Neapolitanos, quod auri sibi cum ad templorum ornatum tum ad subsidium fortunae a maioribus relictum foret, eo iuvare populum Romanum;
That they knew the treasury of the Roman people was being exhausted by the war; and since it was being waged equally for the cities and lands of the allies and for the capital and citadel of Italy, the city of Rome, and her empire, the Neapolitans had deemed it just to assist the Roman people with the gold which had been left to them by their ancestors both for the adornment of their temples and for a reserve against fortune;
si quam opem in sese crederent, eodem studio fuisse oblaturos. gratum sibi patres Romanos populumque facturum, si omnes res Neapolitanorum suas duxissent dignosque iudicaverint, ab quibus donum animo ac voluntate eorum, qui libentes darent, quam re maius ampliusque acciperent.3
and that if they had believed there was any help in themselves, they would have offered it with the same zeal. They added that the Roman senators and people would do what was pleasing to them if they regarded all the property of the Neapolitans as their own, and judged them worthy that they should accept a gift from them as something greater and more ample in the spirit and goodwill of those who gave it gladly, than in its actual value.
legatis gratiae actae pro munificentia curaque; patera, quae ponderis minimi fuit, accepta.
Thanks were returned to the ambassadors for their munificence and care; and the bowl which was of the least weight was accepted.
- 22.32.1Atilius Fabiano Geminus Servilius Minuciano
The two consuls, Atilius and Geminus Servilius, are interlaced with the adjectives Fabiano and Minuciano (meaning 'of Fabius' and 'of Minucius', agreeing with the subsequent noun exercitu). This structure concisely shows the respective takeover: Atilius received Fabius's army, and Geminus Servilius received Minucius's. The whole phrase forms an ablative absolute with exercitu accepto.
- 22.32.3repetiturus fuerit
Within the consecutive ut-clause (eoque inopiae est redactus... ut...), the active future participle combined with fuerit (perfect subjunctive of sum) is used to express the apodosis of a past contrary-to-fact condition ('he would have returned'). The perfect subjunctive is used after the historical main verb to emphasize the historical fact of the result.
- 22.32.7dignosque iudicaverint, ab quibus donum ... acciperent
This is a variation of the 'dignus qui + subjunctive' construction (worthy to...). The relative pronoun is in the ablative with a preposition (ab quibus) agreeing with the antecedent dignos, followed by the imperfect subjunctive (acciperent). It means 'if they should judge them worthy from whom they might accept the gift...', embedded within the conditional clause (si... iudicaverint).