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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 Livius and Claudius return to Rome to hold a joint triumph, with the citizens offering enthusiastic praise especially to Claudius Nero for his remarkable achievements.
extremo aestatis eius, qua haec in Graecia gesta sunt, cum Q. Fabius Maximus legatus ab M. Livio consule Romam ad senatum missus nuntiasset consulem satis praesidii Galliae provinciae credere L. Porcium cum suis legionibus esse,1 decedere se inde ac deduci exercitum consularem posse, patres non M. Livium tantum redire ad urbem, sed conlegam quoque eius C. Claudium iusserunt.
At the end of that summer in which these things were done in Greece, when Quintus Fabius Maximus, sent as a lieutenant by the consul Marcus Livius to the senate at Rome, had reported that the consul believed Lucius Porcius with his legions to be a sufficient defense for the province of Gaul, and that he himself could withdraw and the consular army be led away thence, the senators ordered not only Marcus Livius to return to the city, but also his colleague Gaius Claudius.
id modo in decreto interfuit, quod M. Livi exercitum reduci, Neronis legiones Hannibali oppositas manere in provincia iusserunt.
There was only this difference in the decree, that they ordered Marcus Livius’ army to be brought back, but Nero’s legions, which were opposed to Hannibal, to remain in the province.
inter consules ita per litteras convenit ut quem ad modum uno animo rem publicam gessissent, ita, quamquam ex diversis regionibus convenirent, uno tempore ad urbem accederent;
It was agreed between the consuls by letter that, just as they had conducted the state with one mind, so, although they came from different regions, they should approach the city at one and the same time;
Praeneste qui prior venisset, collegam ibi opperiri iussus. forte ita evenit, ut eodem die ambo Praeneste venirent. inde praemisso edicto, ut triduo post frequens senatus ad aedem Bellonae adesset, omni multitudine obviam effusa ad urbem accessere.
whichever of them arrived first at Praeneste was ordered to wait there for his colleague. By chance it so happened that both arrived at Praeneste on the same day. Thence, having sent ahead an edict that a full senate should assemble at the temple of Bellona three days later, they approached the city while the entire multitude poured out to meet them.
non salutabant modo universi circumfusi, sed contingere pro se quisque victrices dextras consulum cupientes, alii gratulabantur, alii gratias agebant, quod eorum opera incolumis res publica esset.
Not only did everyone surrounding them greet them, but, each desiring for his own part to touch the victorious right hands of the consuls, some congratulated them, while others gave thanks that by their efforts the state was safe.
in senatu cum more omnium imperatorum expositis rebus ab se gestis postulassent, ut pro re publica fortiter feliciterque administrata et deis immortalibus haberetur honos et ipsis triumphantibus urbem inire liceret, se vero ea, quae postularent, decernere patres merito deorum primum, dein secundum deos consulum responderunt;2
In the senate, when, having set forth their achievements according to the custom of all generals, they had requested that, for the brave and successful administration of the state, both honor should be paid to the immortal gods and they themselves should be permitted to enter the city in triumph, the senators replied that they indeed decreed those things, which they requested, first and deservedly to the gods, and then, next to the gods, to the merits of the consuls;
et supplicatione amborum nomine et triumpho utrique decreto, inter ipsos, ne, cum bellum communi animo gessissent, triumphum separarent, ita convenit, ut, quoniam et in provincia M. Livii res gesta esset, et eo die, quo pugnatum foret, eius forte auspicium fuisset, et exercitus Livianus deductus Romam venisset, Neronis deduci de provincia non potuisset, ut M. Livium quadrigis urbem ineuntem milites sequerentur, C. Claudius equo sine militibus inveheretur.
and when a thanksgiving in the name of both and a triumph for each had been decreed, they agreed among themselves, lest, since they had waged the war with a common mind, they should separate their triumph, that, since the achievement had been performed in the province of Marcus Livius, and on that day on which the battle had been fought, his auspices had by chance been in force, and the Livian army had been brought back and had come to Rome, whereas Nero’s could not be brought back from the province, Marcus Livius should enter the city in a chariot drawn by four horses, followed by the soldiers, while Gaius Claudius should ride in on a horse without his soldiers.
ita consociatus triumphus cum utrique tum magis ei, qui, quantum merito anteibat, tantum honore conlegae cesserat,3 gloriam auxit.
Thus the joint triumph increased the glory of both, and especially of him who, as much as he excelled in merit, so much had yielded in honor to his colleague.
illum equitem aiebant sex dierum spatio transcurrisse longitudinem Italiae et eo die cum Hasdrubale in Gallia signis conlatis pugnasse, quo eum castra adversus sese in Apulia posita habere Hannibal credidisset:
People said that that horseman had traversed the length of Italy in the space of six days, and had fought in battle with Hasdrubal in Gaul on the very day on which Hannibal had believed him to have his camp pitched opposite himself in Apulia;
ita unum consulem pro utraque parte Italiae adversus duos duces, duos exercitus hinc consilium suum, hinc corpus opposuisse.
thus a single consul, on behalf of both sides of Italy, had opposed two generals and two armies, here with his counsel, there with his person.
nomen Neronis satis fuisse ad continendum castris Hannibalem; Hasdrubalem vero qua alia re quam adventu eius obrutum atque extinctum esse?
The name of Nero alone had been sufficient to hold Hannibal in his camp; as for Hasdrubal, by what other thing than Nero’s arrival had he been overwhelmed and destroyed?
itaque iret alter consul sublimis curru multiiugis, si vellet, equis; uno equo per urbem verum triumphum vehi, Neronemque, etiam si pedes incedat, vel parta eo bello vel spreta eo triumpho gloria memorabilem fore. hi sermones spectantium Neronem usque in Capitolium prosecuti sunt.
”Therefore let the other consul go, exalted in a chariot with many yoked horses, if he wishes; on a single horse is the true triumph being carried through the city, and Nero, even if he should walk on foot, will be memorable either for the glory won in that war or for that which was disdained in this triumph.” These conversations of the onlookers followed Nero all the way to the Capitol.
pecuniae in aerarium tulerunt sestertium triciens, octoginta milia aeris.
They brought into the treasury three million sesterces and eighty thousand asses.
militibus M. Livius quinquagenos senos asses divisit; tantundem C. Claudius absentibus militibus suis est pollicitus, cum ad exercitum redisset.
Marcus Livius distributed fifty-six asses to each of his soldiers; Gaius Claudius promised the same amount to his absent soldiers when he returned to the army.
notatum est eo die plura carmina militaribus iocis in C. Claudium quam in consulem suum iactata, equites L. Veturium et Q. Caecilium legatos magnis tulisse laudibus hortatosque esse plebem, ut eos consules in proxumum annum crearent;
It was noted on that day that more songs with military jokes were directed at Gaius Claudius than at their own consul. The cavalry praised the lieutenants Lucius Veturius and Quintus Caecilius with great praises, and exhorted the plebeians to elect them consuls for the next year;
adiecisse equitum praerogativae auctoritatem consules postero die in contione, quam forti fidelique duorum praecipue legatorum opera usi essent, commemorantes.
the consuls added the weight of their authority to the choice of the cavalry on the following day in the assembly, commemorating how brave and faithful assistance they had used, particularly from these two lieutenants.
- 28.9.1consulem satis praesidii Galliae provinciae credere L. Porcium cum suis legionibus esse
A nested accusative and infinitive construction in indirect discourse. The main verb of the report introduced by nuntiasset is credere, with consulem (Livius) as its subject. In turn, credere takes another accusative and infinitive clause as its object, namely L. Porcium... esse (that Lucius Porcius was...). satis functions as a neuter noun acting as the predicate of esse, governing the partitive genitive praesidii ('sufficient defense').
- 28.9.7se vero ea, quae postularent, decernere patres... responderunt
The main clause structure is patres responderunt ('the senators replied'). The indirect discourse showing what they said, se... decernere ea ('that they indeed decreed those things'), is placed first, with the relative clause quae postularent modifying ea. The pronoun se is reflexive, referring back to the main subject patres, and functions as the subject accusative of the infinitive decernere.
- 28.9.11quantum merito anteibat, tantum honore conlegae cesserat
A comparative structure using the correlatives quantum... tantum ('by as much as... by so much'). It means 'by as much as he (Claudius Nero) excelled in merit (merito, ablative of specification), by so much had he yielded to his colleague (conlegae, dative) in honor (honore, ablative of specification).' This contrast emphasizes that Nero yielded the higher triumphal honors to Livius despite his own superior military achievement.