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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 newly elected consuls and praetors are assigned their respective provinces and duties. The commands of Scipio and other generals are prolonged, the command in Spain is voted upon by the people, and a new levy is initiated by the consuls.
M. Cornelio P. Sempronio consulibus1 — quintus decimus is annus belli Punici erat — provinciae Cornelio Etruria cum vetere exercitu, Sempronio Bruttii, ut novas scriberet legiones, decretae.
In the consulship of M. Cornelius and P. Sempronius—this was the fifteenth year of the Punic War—the provinces decreed were: to Cornelius, Etruria with the old army; to Sempronius, the Bruttii, so that he might enlist new legions.
praetoribus M. Marcio urbana L. Scribonio Liboni peregrina et eidem Gallia, M. Pomponio Mathoni Sicilia, Ti. Claudio Neroni Sardinia evenit.
As for the praetors, the urban jurisdiction fell to M. Marcius, the jurisdiction concerning foreigners to L. Scribonius Libo, and also Gallia to the same, Sicily to M. Pomponius Matho, and Sardinia to Ti. Claudio Nero.
P. Scipioni cum eo exercitu, cum ea classe, quam habebat, prorogatum in annum imperium est; item P. Licinio, ut Bruttios duabus legionibus obtineret, quoad eum in provincia cum imperio morari consuli e re publica visum esset;2
For P. Scipio, his command was prolonged for a year with the army and the fleet that he had; likewise for P. Licinius, so that he might hold the Bruttii with two legions, as long as it should seem to the consul to be in the interest of the state for him to remain in the province with command;
et M. Livio et Sp. Lucretio cum binis legionibus, quibus adversus Magonem Galliae praesidio fuissent,3 prorogatum imperium est, et Cn. Octavio, ut cum Sardiniam legionemque Ti. Claudio tradidisset, ipse navibus longis quadraginta maritimam oram, quibus finibus senatus censuisset, tutaretur.
and for M. Livius and Sp. Lucretius, with two legions each, with which they had been a protection for Gallia against Mago, their command was prolonged; and for Cn. Octavius, so that when he had delivered Sardinia and the legion to Ti. Claudius, he himself might with forty warships guard the maritime coast within whatever limits the senate should have decided.
M. Pomponio praetori in Sicilia Cannensis exercitus, duae legiones decretae; T. Quinctius Tarentum, C. Hostilius Tubulus Capuam pro praetoribus, sicut priore anno, cum vetere uterque praesidio obtinerent.
To M. Pomponius, the praetor in Sicily, the army of Cannae, consisting of two legions, was decreed; T. Quinctius at Tarentum and C. Hostilius Tubulus at Capua, as propraetors, just as in the prior year, were each to hold their positions with their old garrisons.
de Hispaniae imperio quos in eam provinciam duos pro consulibus mitti placeret,4 latum ad populum est. omnes tribus eosdem, L. Cornelium Lentulum et L. Manlium Acidinum, pro consulibus, sicut priore anno tenuissent, obtinere eas provincias iusserunt.
Concerning the command of Spain, it was proposed to the people which two proconsuls they pleased to be sent into that province. All the tribes ordered that the same men, L. Cornelius Lentulus and L. Manlius Acidinus, should hold those provinces as proconsuls, just as they had held them in the prior year.
consules dilectum habere instituerunt et ad novas scribendas in Bruttios legiones et in ceterorum — ita enim iussi ab senatu erant — exercituum supplementum.
The consuls set about holding a levy, both for enlisting new legions for the Bruttii and for the reinforcement of the other armies—for so they had been ordered by the senate.
- 29.13.1M. Cornelio P. Sempronio consulibus
An ablative absolute construction denoting the year of the event by naming the consuls in office ("in the consulship of M. Cornelius and P. Sempronius").
- 29.13.3quoad eum in provincia cum imperio morari consuli e re publica visum esset
A temporal/conditional clause introduced by quoad ("as long as"). The accusative with infinitive phrase "eum ... morari" serves as the subject of the subjunctive "visum esset" ("it should seem [good]"). "consuli" is the dative of agent/judgment ("to the consul"), and "e re publica" is an idiomatic prepositional phrase meaning "in the interest of the state".
- 29.13.5quibus adversus Magonem Galliae praesidio fuissent
The relative pronoun "quibus" refers back to "binis legionibus", acting as an ablative of means or accompaniment. Inside the relative clause, a double dative construction is employed, consisting of the dative of purpose "praesidio" ("as a protection") and the dative of reference "Galliae" ("for Gaul").
- 29.13.7quos in eam provinciam duos pro consulibus mitti placeret
An indirect question clause ("which two... it pleased to be sent as proconsuls") serving as the logical subject of the passive construction "latum ad populum est" ("it was proposed to the people"). The subjunctive "placeret" is used here in an impersonal sense.