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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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Relates the consul Servilius's unauthorized departure from Italy and the dictator's intervention to recall him, and details how the Carthaginians, violating the truce, seized a Roman transport fleet that had drifted near Carthage due to a storm.
per eos dies Cn. Servilius consul, haud dubius, quin pacatae Italiae penes se gloria1 esset,2 velut pulsum ab se Hannibalem persequens in Siciliam, inde in Africam transiturus, traiecit.
During those days, the consul Gnaeus Servilius, having no doubt that the glory of having pacified Italy belonged to him, crossed over as if pursuing Hannibal whom he had driven out, intending to pass into Sicily and from there into Africa.
quod ubi Romae vulgatum est, primo censuerant patres, ut praetor scriberet consuli senatum aequum censere in Italiam reverti eum;
When this was spread abroad at Rome, the senators at first decided that the praetor should write to the consul that the senate deemed it proper for him to return to Italy;
dein cum praetor spreturum eum litteras suas diceret,3 dictator ad id ipsum creatus P. Sulpicius pro iure maioris imperii consulem in Italiam revocavit.
then, since the praetor said that he would disregard his letters, Publius Sulpicius, who was appointed dictator for this very purpose, recalled the consul to Italy by virtue of his superior authority.
reliquum anni cum M. Servilio magistro equitum circumeundis Italiae urbibus, quae bello alienatae fuerant, noscendisque singularum causis4 consumpsit.
The remainder of the year he spent, together with Marcus Servilius, the master of the horse, in visiting the cities of Italy which had alienated themselves during the war, and in investigating the causes of each.
per indutiarum tempus ex Sardinia a P. Lentulo praetore centum onerariae naves cum commeatu viginti rostratarum praesidio et ab hoste et ab tempestatibus mari tuto in Africam transmiserunt.
During the period of the truce, one hundred transport ships with provisions, sent from Sardinia by the praetor Publius Lentulus under the escort of twenty warships, crossed safely over the sea to Africa, protected from both the enemy and storms.
Cn. Octavio ducentis onerariis, triginta longis navibus ex Sicilia traicienti non eadem fortuna fuit.
Gnaeus Octavius, crossing over from Sicily with two hundred transport ships and thirty warships, did not have the same fortune.
in conspectum ferme Africae prospero cursu evectum primo destituit ventus, dein versus in Africum turbavit ac passim naves disiecit.
Carried along by a favorable course almost into sight of Africa, he was first deserted by the wind, and then, the wind shifting to the southwest, it disturbed the sea and scattered the ships far and wide.
ipse cum rostratis per adversos fluctus ingenti remigum labore enisus Apollinis promunturium tenuit;
He himself, with the warships, struggling through the opposing waves by the immense effort of the rowers, reached the promontory of Apollo;
onerariae pars maxima ad Aegimurum — insula ea sinum ab alto claudit, in quo sita Carthago est, triginta ferme milia ab urbe —, aliae adversus urbem ipsam ad Calidas Aquas delatae sunt.
the greatest part of the transports were carried to Aegimurus — an island which blocks the bay from the deep sea, in which Carthage is situated, about thirty miles from the city —, others were driven opposite the city itself to Aquae Calidae.
omnia in conspectu Carthaginis erant. itaque ex tota urbe in forum concursum est; magistratus senatum vocare; populus in curiae vestibulo fremere,5 ne tanta ex oculis manibusque amitteretur praeda.
All this was in full view of Carthage. Therefore, there was a rush from the whole city into the forum; the magistrates called the senate; the people clamored in the vestibule of the senate-house, lest so great a booty should be lost from before their eyes and out of their hands.
cum quidam pacis petitae, alii indutiarum — necdum enim dies exierat — fidem opponerent, permixto paene senatus populique concilio consensum est, ut classem quinquaginta navium Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret, inde per litora portusque dispersas Romanas naves colligeret.
Although some opposed this by citing the pledge of the peace that had been sought, and others that of the truce — for the time had not yet expired —, in a gathering where the senate and the people were almost mixed together, it was agreed that Hasdrubal should cross with a fleet of fifty ships to Aegimurus, and from there collect the scattered Roman vessels along the shores and harbors.
desertae fuga nautarum primum ab Aegimuro, deinde ab Aquis onerariae Carthaginem puppibus tractae sunt.
Abandoned by the flight of their crews, the transport ships, first from Aegimurus and then from Aquae, were towed by their sterns to Carthage.
- 30.24.1pacatae Italiae... gloria
The combination of the noun and the perfect passive participle (pacata Italia) in the genitive case represents the action or the fact itself, similar to the 'ab urbe condita' construction, meaning 'the glory of having pacified Italy'.
- 30.24.1haud dubius, quin... esset
Led by the adjective dubius with the negative haud, the quin clause (with the imperfect subjunctive esset) functions as a noun clause, meaning 'having no doubt that...'.
- 30.24.3spreturum eum litteras suas diceret
spreturum is a future active participle with the auxiliary verb esse omitted in an accusative-with-infinitive construction (spreturum esse). The accusative eum (referring to the consul) is its subject accusative, and litteras suas (the praetor's own letters) is the object.
- 30.24.4circumeundis Italiae urbibus... noscendisque singularum causis
A gerundive construction where the nouns (urbibus, causis) agree in case, gender, and number with the gerundives. The entire phrase is in the ablative, expressing the sphere or means of the activity upon which the time was spent (consumpsit).
- 30.24.10magistratus senatum vocare; populus in curiae vestibulo fremere
vocare and fremere are historical infinitives, with the nominatives magistratus and populus as their respective subjects. The infinitive is used instead of the past indicative to describe a tense or rapidly developing situation with vividness.