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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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Reports are received confirming Hasdrubal's planned invasion of Italy. Subsequently, religious and public offices are filled, a census is completed, games are celebrated, the new consuls Nero and Livius take office, praetors are assigned, and the military command structure of twenty-three legions is organized.
de Hasdrubalis adventu in Italiam cura in dies crescebat. Massiliensium primum legati nuntiaverant eum in Galliam transgressum, erectosque adventu eius, quia magnum pondus auri attulisse diceretur ad mercede auxilia conducenda, Gallorum animos.
Concern over Hasdrubal’s arrival in Italy was increasing day by day. First, the envoys of the Massilians had reported that he had crossed into Gaul, and that the minds of the Gauls were aroused by his arrival, because he was said to have brought a great weight of gold to hire auxiliary troops.
missi deinde cum iis legati ab Roma Sex. Antistius et M. Raecius ad rem inspiciendam rettulerant misisse se1 cum Massiliensibus ducibus, qui per hospites eorum, principes Gallorum, omnia explorata referrent;
Then, the envoys sent from Rome with them to inspect the matter, Sex. Antistius and M. Raecius, reported that they had sent men with Massilian guides, who, through their guest-friends, the chiefs of the Gauls, should report everything after it had been investigated;
pro comperto habere2 Hasdrubalem ingenti iam coacto exercitu proximo vere Alpes traiecturum, nec tum eum quicquam aliud morari, nisi quod clausae hieme Alpes essent.
they held it as certain that Hasdrubal, having already assembled a huge army, would cross the Alps next spring, and that nothing else was holding him back at that time except that the Alps were closed by winter.
in locum M. Marcelli P. Aelius Paetus augur creatus inauguratusque; et Cn. Cornelius Dolabella rex sacrorum inauguratus est in locum M. Marcii, qui biennio ante mortuus erat.
In the place of M. Marcellus, P. Aelius Paetus was elected and inaugurated as augur; and Cn. Cornelius Dolabella was inaugurated as rex sacrorum in the place of M. Marcius, who had died two years before.
hoc eodem anno et lustrum conditum est a censoribus P. Sempronio Tuditano et M. Cornelio Cethego.
In this same year, the lustrum was also completed by the censors P. Sempronius Tuditanus and M. Cornelius Cethegus.
censa civium capita centum triginta septem milia centum octo, minor aliquanto numerus, quam qui ante bellum fuerat.
The registered citizen-population was one hundred and thirty-seven thousand one hundred and eight, a number somewhat smaller than what it had been before the war.
eo anno primum, ex quo Hannibal in Italiam venisset, comitium tectum esse memoriae proditum est, et ludos Romanos semel instauratos ab aedilibus curulibus Q. Metello et C. Servilio.
In that year, for the first time since Hannibal had come into Italy, the comitium was recorded to have been roofed, and the Roman games were renewed once by the curule aediles Q. Metellus and C. Servilius.
et plebei ludi biduum instaurati a C. Mamilio et M. Caecilio Metello aedilibus plebis; et tria signa ad Cereris3 eidem dederunt; et Iouis epulum fuit ludorum causa. consulatum inde ineunt C. Claudius Nero et M. Livius iterum. qui quia iam designati provincias sortiti erant, praetores sortiri iusserunt.
And the plebeian games were renewed for two days by the plebeian aediles C. Mamilius and M. Caecilius Metellus; and the same dedicated three statues at the temple of Ceres; and there was a feast of Jupiter on account of the games. Thereupon C. Claudius Nero entered upon the consulship, and M. Livius for the second time. Since they, while still consuls-elect, had already drawn lots for their provinces, they ordered the praetors to draw lots.
C. Hostilio iurisdictio urbana evenit; addita et peregrina, ut tres in provincias exire possent;4 A. Hostilio Sardinia, C. Mamilio Sicilia, L. Porcio Gallia evenit.
The urban jurisdiction fell to C. Hostilius; the foreign jurisdiction was also added to it, so that three of them could go out into the provinces; Sardinia fell to A. Hostilius, Sicily to C. Mamilius, and Gaul to L. Porcius.
summa legionum trium et viginti ita per provincias divisa: binae consulum essent, quattuor Hispania haberet. binas tres praetores, in Sicilia et Sardinia et Gallia, duas C. Terentius in Etruria, duas Q. Fulvius in Bruttiis, duas Q. Claudius circa Tarentum et Sallentinos, unam C. Hostilius Tubulus Capuae;
The total of twenty-three legions was thus divided among the provinces: two should belong to each of the consuls; Spain should have four; the three praetors (in Sicily, Sardinia, and Gaul) should have two each; C. Terentius should have two in Etruria; Q. Fulvius should have two among the Bruttii; Q. Claudius two around Tarentum and the Sallentini; and C. Hostilius Tubulus one at Capua;
duae urbanae ut scriberentur. primis quattuor legionibus populus tribunos creavit, in ceteras consules miserunt.
two urban legions were to be enrolled. For the first four legions, the people elected tribunes; for the rest, the consuls dispatched them.
- 27.36.3misisse se
An accusative with infinitive clause functioning as the object of rettulerant. The logical subject of the infinitive, se, refers to the subject of the main clause, the Roman envoys (Sex. Antistius et M. Raecius). It indicates that they themselves had dispatched personnel along with the Massilian guides.
- 27.36.4pro comperto habere
An idiomatic expression meaning 'to hold as certain', functioning here as part of the indirect discourse (accusative with infinitive) introduced by rettulerant. It further governs two accusative with infinitive clauses: Hasdrubalem ... traiecturum [esse] and nec ... eum ... morari.
- 27.36.9ad Cereris
An elliptical expression in which aedem (temple) is omitted, meaning ad aedem Cereris ('to the temple of Ceres'). It is a common Latin idiom to omit nouns like aedes or domus when referring to a deity's temple or someone's house, leaving only the genitive.
- 27.36.11ut tres in provincias exire possent
A subjunctive clause expressing purpose. By assigning both the urban (urbana) and foreign (peregrina) jurisdictions to a single praetor, C. Hostilius, the state enabled the remaining three praetors (A. Hostilius, Mamilius, and Porcius) to leave Rome and go out to their respective provinces (Sardinia, Sicily, and Gaul).
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