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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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This chunk describes two reports concerning the arrest of Pleminius, the restoration of the temple property in Locri by the praetor and legates, the discipline of the soldiers, and the eventual exoneration of Scipio.
ceterum duplex fama est, quod ad Pleminium attinet. alii, auditis, quae Romae acta essent,1 in exilium Neapolim euntem forte in Q. Metellum, unum ex legatis, incidisse et ab eo Regium vi retractum tradunt;
But there is a double report regarding what pertains to Pleminius. Some hand down that, having heard what had been done at Rome, as he was going into exile to Naples, he by chance fell in with Quintus Metellus, one of the legates, and was dragged back by him by force to Rhegium;
alii ab ipso Scipione legatum cum triginta nobilissimis equitum missum, qui Pleminium in catenas et cum eo seditionis principes conicerent.
others that a legate was sent by Scipio himself with thirty of the most noble of the cavalry, to throw Pleminius into chains, and with him the leaders of the mutiny.
ii omnes, seu ante Scipionis seu tum praetoris iussu, traditi in custodiam Reginis sunt.
All these, whether by the order of Scipio beforehand or of the praetor then, were delivered into custody to the people of Rhegium.
praetor legatique Locros profecti primam, sicuti mandatum erat, religionis curam habuere: omnem enim sacram pecuniam, quaeque apud Pleminium quaeque apud milites erat, conquisitam, cum ea, quam ipsi secum attulerant, in thensauris reposuerunt ac piaculare sacrum fecerunt.
The praetor and the legates, having set out for Locri, made their first care, as had been commanded, that of religion: for having searched out all the sacred money, both what was with Pleminius and what was with the soldiers, they replaced it in the treasuries along with that which they themselves had brought with them, and performed an expiatory sacrifice.
tum vocatos ad contionem milites praetor signa extra urbem efferre iubet castraque in campo locat cum gravi edicto, si quis miles aut in urbe restitisset aut secum extulisset quod suum non esset; Locrensibus se permittere, ut, quod sui2 quisque cognosset, prenderet, si quid non compareret, repeteret.
Then, having called the soldiers to an assembly, the praetor ordered them to carry the standards outside the city, and pitched camp in the plain with a severe edict, if any soldier should either have remained in the city or carried away with him what was not his own; and he declared that he permitted the Locrians to seize whatever each recognized as his own, and if anything did not appear, to demand its return.
ante omnia libera corpora placere sine mora Locrensibus restitui; non levi defuncturum poena,3 qui non restituisset.
Above all, he ordered that free persons should be restored without delay to the Locrians; and that he who did not restore them would not get off with a light punishment.
Locrensium deinde contionem habuit atque iis libertatem legesque suas populum Romanum senatumque restituere dixit; si qui Pleminium aliumve quem accusare vellet, Regium se sequeretur;
Then he held an assembly of the Locrians, and told them that the Roman people and the senate restored to them their liberty and their laws; if anyone wished to accuse Pleminius or anyone else, he should follow him to Rhegium;
si de P. Scipione publice queri vellent ea, quae Locris nefarie in deos hominesque facta essent, iussu aut voluntate P. Scipionis facta esse, legatos mitterent Messanam; ibi se cum consilio cogniturum.
if they wished to complain publicly concerning Publius Scipio, that those things which had been wickedly done at Locri against gods and men had been done by the command or consent of Publius Scipio, they should send legates to Messana; there he would investigate the matter with his council.
Locrenses praetori legatisque et senatui ac populo Romano gratias egerunt; se ad Pleminium accusandum ituros;
The Locrians returned thanks to the praetor, the legates, and the senate and Roman people; they said they would go to accuse Pleminius;
Scipionem, quamquam parum iniuriis civitatis suae doluerit, eum esse virum, quem amicum sibi quam inimicum malint esse; pro certo se habere neque iussu neque voluntate P. Scipionis tot tam nefanda commissa;
that as for Scipio, although he had grieved too little for the injuries of their state, he was such a man as they would rather have as a friend than an enemy; and they held it for certain that neither by the command nor by the will of Publius Scipio had so many and so unspeakable things been committed;
sed aut Pleminio nimium, sibi parum creditum, aut natura insitum quibusdam esse, ut magis peccari nolint, quam satis animi ad vindicanda peccata habeant. et praetori et consilio haud mediocre onus demptum erat de Scipione cognoscendi;
but either too much credit had been given to Pleminius, and too little to themselves, or it was naturally implanted in certain men that they would rather that no wrong should be done than that they should have enough courage to punish wrongs. Both from the praetor and from the council a by no means moderate burden of investigating concerning Scipio was removed;
Pleminium et ad duo et triginta homines4 cum eo damnaverunt atque in catenis Romam miserunt.
they condemned Pleminius and up to thirty-two men with him, and sent them in chains to Rome.
ipsi ad Scipionem profecti sunt, ut ea quoque, quae vulgata sermonibus erant de cultu ac desidia imperatoris solutaque disciplina militiae, comperta oculis referrent Romam.
They themselves set out to Scipio, so that they might also report to Rome, having verified them with their own eyes, those things which had been spread abroad in rumors concerning the dress and indolence of the general and the relaxed discipline of the military service.
- 29.21.1auditis, quae Romae acta essent
An ablative absolute with the participle auditis. The clause quae Romae acta essent functions as the conceptual subject of this ablative absolute, employing the subjunctive acta essent because it is a subordinate clause in indirect speech.
- 29.21.5quod sui
sui is the genitive neuter singular of the possessive pronoun suus, functioning as a partitive genitive with the relative pronoun quod, meaning 'what of his own each one recognized.'
- 29.21.6non levi defuncturum poena
The verb defungor governs the ablative case (poena). Here, the future active infinitive defuncturum [esse] (with the omitted subject accusative eum, antecedent of qui) continues the indirect speech initiated by placere in the previous clause.
- 29.21.12ad duo et triginta homines
The preposition ad is used here adverbially before a numeral to mean 'up to' or 'about.'