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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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King Hiero of Syracuse sends extensive grain supplies, a golden statue of Victory, and light-armed troops to Rome; the senate gratefully accepts the Victory to dedicate it on the Capitol and authorizes the commander in Sicily to launch an invasion of Africa if beneficial.
per eosdem dies ab Hierone classis Ostia cum magno commeatu accessit.
During those same days, a fleet from Hiero arrived at Ostia with a great supply of provisions.
legati in senatum introducti nuntiarunt caedem C. Flamini consulis exercitusque allatam1 adeo aegre tulisse regem Hieronem, ut nulla sua propria regnique sui clade moveri magis potuerit.
The envoys, having been introduced into the senate, announced that King Hiero had taken the news of the slaughter of the consul Gaius Flaminius and his army so hard that he could not have been more deeply moved by any disaster of his own or of his kingdom.
itaque, quamquam probe sciat2 magnitudinem populi Romani admirabiliorem prope adversis rebus quam secundis esse, tamen omnia, quibus a bonis fidelibusque sociis bella iuvari soleant, misisse; quae ne accipere abnuant, magno opere se patres conscriptos orare.
Therefore, although he well knew that the greatness of the Roman people was almost more admirable in adversity than in prosperity, yet he had sent all those things with which wars are accustomed to be assisted by good and faithful allies; and he earnestly entreated the conscript fathers not to refuse to accept them.
iam omnium primum ominis causa Victoriam auream pondo ducentum ac viginti adferre sese: acciperent eam tenerentque et haberent3 propriam et perpetuam.
Now, first of all, for the sake of the omen, they were bringing a golden Victory of two hundred and twenty pounds in weight: they should accept it, hold it, and keep it as their own and forever.
advexisse etiam trecenta milia modium tritici, ducenta hordei, ne commeatus deessent, et quantum praeterea opus esset, quo iussissent, subvecturos.
They had also brought three hundred thousand modii of wheat, and two hundred thousand of barley, so that provisions might not fail, and whatever more should be needed, they would transport to wherever they should order.
milite atque equite4 scire nisi Romano Latinique nominis non uti populum Romanum; levium armorum auxilia etiam externa vidisse in castris Romanis:
He knew that the Roman people did not employ any infantry or cavalry except Romans and those of the Latin name; yet he had seen even foreign auxiliaries of light armor in the Roman camp:
itaque misisse mille sagittariorum ac funditorum, aptam manum adversus Baliares ac Mauros pugnacesque alias missili telo gentes.
therefore, he had sent a thousand archers and slingers, a force well suited against the Balearians, the Moors, and other nations warlike with missile weapons.
ad ea dona consilium quoque addebant, ut praetor, cui provincia Sicilia evenisset, classem in Africam traiceret, ut et hostes in terra sua bellum haberent minusque laxamenti daretur iis ad auxilia Hannibali summittenda.
To these gifts they also added a suggestion that the praetor to whose lot the province of Sicily had fallen should cross with a fleet into Africa, so that the enemy might also have war in their own land and less opportunity might be given them to send reinforcements to Hannibal.
ab senatu ita responsum regis legatis est, virum bonum egregiumque socium Hieronem esse atque uno tenore, ex quo in amicitiam populi Romani venerit, fidem coluisse ac rem Romanam omni tempore ac loco munifice adiuvisse. id perinde ac deberet gratum populo Romano esse.
To the king’s envoys, the following answer was returned by the senate: ‘Hiero is a good and excellent ally, and from the moment he entered into friendship with the Roman people, he has kept faith in an unbroken course and has generously assisted the Roman state at every time and place. This is as acceptable to the Roman people as it ought to be.
aurum et a civitatibus quibusdam allatum gratia rei accepta non accepisse populum Romanum;
As for gold, the Roman people had not accepted it, even when brought by certain other states, though the gratitude for the act was accepted;
victoriam omenque accipere sedemque ei se divae dare dicare Capitolium, templum Iouis optimi maximi. in ea arce urbis Romanae sacratam volentem propitiamque, firmam ac stabilem fore populo Romano.
but they did accept the Victory and the omen, and assigned and dedicated as a seat for that goddess the Capitol, the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus. In that citadel of the Roman city, consecrated, willing and propitious, she would remain firm and stable for the Roman people.’
funditores sagittariique et frumentum traditum consulibus. quinqueremes ad * navium classem,5 quae cum T. Otacilio propraetore in Sicilia erat, quinque et viginti additae, permissumque est, ut, si e re publica censeret esse, in Africam traiceret.
The slingers, archers, and grain were delivered to the consuls. Twenty-five quinqueremes were added to the fleet which was in Sicily with the propraetor Titus Otacilius, and permission was given to him to cross over into Africa if he should deem it to be for the benefit of the state.
- 22.37.2caedem C. Flamini consulis exercitusque allatam
An accusative with infinitive phrase (with esse omitted after allatam) serving as the object of aegre tulisse within the indirect speech introduced by nuntiarunt. It means 'that the news of the slaughter of ... having been brought'.
- 22.37.3quamquam probe sciat
Although quamquam normally takes the indicative in classical Latin, Livy frequently uses the subjunctive (sciat). It can also be explained as a subjunctive in a subordinate clause within indirect speech (oblique subjunctive).
- 22.37.5acciperent eam tenerentque et haberent
Subjunctives (imperfect) in an independent clause within indirect speech. The imperative (or jussive subjunctive) of the direct speech is here represented by the imperfect subjunctive, in sequence with the past main verb (nuntiarunt).
- 22.37.7milite atque equite
Ablative case, functioning as the object governed by the verb uti (utor, 'to use').
- 22.37.13ad * navium classem
A critical mark indicating a lacuna in the manuscripts, where a numeral indicating the size of the fleet has been lost.