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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 busy domestic and foreign affairs of Rome are described, including the punishment of a Carthaginian spy, dispatching of various embassies, and contracting for a temple. For the consular elections, a dictator is named, but due to a procedural flaw, the state reverts to an interregnum.
per eosdem dies speculator Carthaginiensis, qui per biennium fefellerat,1 Romae deprensus praecisisque manibus dimissus, et servi quinque et viginti in crucem acti, quod in campo Martio coniurassent; indici data libertas et aeris gravis viginti milia. legati et ad Philippum Macedonum regem missi ad deposcendum Demetrium Pharium, qui bello victus ad eum fugisset, et alii in Ligures ad expostulandum, quod Poenum opibus auxiliisque suis iuvissent, simul ad visendum ex propinquo, quae in Bois atque Insubribus gererentur.
During those same days, a Carthaginian spy, who had escaped detection for two years, was caught at Rome, and after his hands were cut off, he was dismissed. And twenty-five slaves were crucified, because they had conspired in the Campus Martius; freedom and twenty thousand asses of heavy bronze were given to the informer. Ambassadors were also sent to Philip, king of the Macedonians, to demand the surrender of Demetrius of Pharos, who, having been defeated in war, had fled to him. And others were sent to the Ligurians to expostulate because they had aided the Carthaginian with their wealth and assistance, and at the same time to observe from close at hand what was going on among the Boii and Insubres.
ad Pinnem quoque regem in Illyrios legati missi2 ad stipendium, cuius dies exierat, poscendum aut, si diem proferri vellet, ad obsides accipiendos.
Embassy was also sent to King Pinnes among the Illyrians to demand the tribute, the payment date of which had expired, or, if he wished the date to be extended, to receive hostages.
adeo, etsi bellum ingens in cervicibus erat, nullius usquam terrarum rei cura Romanos, ne longinquae quidem, effugiebat.
Thus, although a massive war was pressing upon their necks, no concern for any matter anywhere in the world, not even the most distant, escaped the Romans.
in religionem etiam venit,3 aedem Concordiae, quam per seditionem militarem biennio ante L. Manlius praetor in Gallia vovisset, locatam ad id tempus non esse.
It also became a matter of religious concern that the temple of Concord, which the praetor Lucius Manlius had vowed in Gaul two years before during a military mutiny, had not been contracted for up to that time.
itaque duumviri ad eam rem creati a M. Aemilio praetore urbano C. Pupius et K. Quinctius Flamininus aedem in arce faciendam locaverunt.
Therefore, duumvirs elected for that purpose by the urban praetor Marcus Aemilius, Gaius Pupius and Kaeso Quinctius Flamininus, contracted for the building of the temple on the citadel.
ab eodem praetore ex senatus consulto litterae ad consules missae, ut, si iis videretur, alter eorum ad consules creandos Romam veniret; se in eam diem, quam iussissent, comitia edicturum.
By the same praetor, in accordance with a decree of the senate, letters were sent to the consuls, so that, if it seemed good to them, one of them should come to Rome to elect consuls; he himself would proclaim the assembly for whatever day they should command.
ad haec a consulibus rescriptum sine detrimento rei publicae abscedi non posse ab hoste; itaque per interregem comitia habenda esse potius, quam consul alter a bello avocaretur.
To this, the consuls wrote back that they could not withdraw from the enemy without detriment to the state; therefore, the elections ought to be held through an interrex rather than having one of the consuls recalled from the war.
patribus rectius visum est dictatorem a consule dici comitiorum habendorum causa. dictus L. Veturius Philo M. Pomponium Mathonem magistrum equitum dixit.
To the senators it seemed more proper that a dictator should be named by a consul for the purpose of holding the elections. Lucius Veturius Philo was named, and he named Marcus Pomponius Matho as master of the horse.
iis vitio creatis4 iussisque die quarto decimo se magistratu abdicare, res ad interregnum rediit.
Since they were elected with a flaw and ordered to abdicate their office on the fourteenth day, the matter reverted to an interregnum.
- 22.33.1fefellerat
Pluperfect of the verb fallere (to deceive, escape notice). No direct object is expressed, and it is used absolutely to mean 'had escaped detection' or 'had deceived without being noticed'.
- 22.33.5legati... missi
The subject legati at the end of §22.33.2 and the verb missi [sunt] at the beginning of §22.33.3 go together, introducing the accusative gerundive of purpose such as ad deposcendum (to demand).
- 22.33.7in religionem etiam venit
An impersonal expression meaning 'it became a matter of religious concern/scruple'. The accusative with infinitive clause aedem... locatam ad id tempus non esse functions as its subject. The verb locare means 'to contract for' or 'to lease out' public works.
- 22.33.12vitio creatis
An ablative absolute meaning 'having been elected with a flaw'. The word vitio is an ablative of manner, indicating a procedural or religious defect (vitium) in the auspices or election.