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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 end of the Second Punic War and its timeline are summarized, followed by Hannibal's speech admonishing the grieving Carthaginians over the war indemnity. Scipio's reward to Masinissa and the subsequent postwar arrangements are also detailed.
annis ante quadraginta pax cum Carthaginiensibus postremo facta erat Q. Lutatio, A. Manlio consulibus.
Forty years before, peace had last been made with the Carthaginians in the consulship of Quintus Lutatius and Aulus Manlius.
bellum initum annis post tribus et viginti P. Cornelio, Ti. Sempronio consulibus, finitum est septimo decimo anno Cn. Cornelio, P. Aelio Paeto consulibus.
The war, begun twenty-three years later in the consulship of Publius Cornelius and Tiberius Sempronius, was finished in the seventeenth year in the consulship of Gnaeus Cornelius and Publius Aelius Paetus.
saepe postea ferunt Scipionem dixisse Ti. Claudi primum cupiditatem, deinde Cn. Corneli fuisse in mora, quo minus1 id bellum exitio Carthaginis finiret.
They say that Scipio afterwards often said that first the ambition of Tiberius Claudius, and then of Gnaeus Cornelius, had been a hindrance to his ending that war with the destruction of Carthage.
Carthagini2 cum prima conlatio pecuniae diutino bello exhaustis difficilis videretur, maestitiaque et fletus in curia esset, ridentem Hannibalem ferunt conspectum.
When the first contribution of money seemed difficult to Carthage, exhausted as they were by the long war, and there was sadness and weeping in the senate-house, they say that Hannibal was seen laughing.
cuius cum Hasdrubal Haedus risum increparet in publico fletu, cum ipse lacrimarum causa esset, “si quem ad modum oris habitus cernitur oculis” inquit, “sic et animus intus cerni posset, facile vobis appareret non laeti, sed prope amentis malis cordis hunc, quem increpatis, risum esse;3 qui tamen nequaquam adeo est intempestivus, quam vestrae istae absurdae atque abhorrentes lacrimae sunt.
When Hasdrubal the Kid reproached his laughter amid the general weeping, although he himself was the cause of their tears, he said, “If, in the same way as the expression of the face is seen by the eyes, so also the mind within could be seen, it would easily be clear to you that this laughter, which you reproach, is not of a joyful heart, but of one almost driven mad by misfortunes; yet it is by no means so ill-timed as those absurd and inconsistent tears of yours are.
tunc flesse decuit, cum adempta sunt nobis arma, incensae naves, interdictum externis bellis; illo enim vulnere concidimus. nec est, cur vos otio vestro consultum4 ab Romanis credatis.
That was the time to weep, when our arms were taken away, our ships burned, and foreign wars forbidden; for by that wound we fell. Nor is there any reason why you should believe that your peace has been cared for by the Romans.
nulla magna civitas diu quiescere potest; si foris hostem non habet, domi invenit, ut praevalida corpora ab externis causis tuta videntur, sed suis ipsa viribus onerantur.
No great state can remain quiet for long; if it has no enemy abroad, it finds one at home, just as very strong bodies seem safe from external causes, but are burdened by their own strength.
tantum nimirum ex publicis malis sentimus, quantum ad privatas res pertinet; nec in iis quicquam acrius quam pecuniae damnum stimulat.
We feel, of course, only so much of public misfortunes as pertains to private affairs; and among these nothing stings more sharply than the loss of money.
itaque cum spolia victae Carthagini detrahebantur, cum inermem iam ac nudam destitui inter tot armatas gentes Africae cerneretis, nemo ingemuit;
And so, when the spoils were being stripped from vanquished Carthage, when you saw her left defenseless and naked among so many armed nations of Africa, no one groaned;
nunc, quia tributum ex privato conferendum est, tamquam in publico funere comploratis. quam vereor, ne propediem sentiatis levissimo in malo vos hodie lacrimasse.”
now, because the tribute must be contributed from private funds, you lament as if at a public funeral. How I fear that you will soon realize that today you have wept over the lightest of evils.”
haec Hannibal apud Carthaginienses. Scipio contione advocata Masinissam ad regnum paternum Cirta oppido et ceteris urbibus agrisque, quae ex regno Syphacis in populi Romani potestatem venissent, adiectis donavit.5
Thus Hannibal spoke before the Carthaginians. Scipio, having called an assembly, presented Masinissa with his paternal kingdom, adding the town of Cirta and the other cities and lands which had come into the power of the Roman people from the kingdom of Syphax.
Cn. Octavium classem in Siciliam ductam Cn. Cornelio consuli tradere iussit, legatos Carthaginiensium Romam proficisci, ut, quae ab se ex decem legatorum sententia acta essent, ea patrum auctoritate populique iussu confirmarentur.
He ordered Gnaeus Octavius to deliver the fleet, which had been led to Sicily, to Gnaeus Cornelius the consul, and the Carthaginian envoys to set out for Rome, so that what had been done by himself in accordance with the opinion of the ten envoys might be confirmed by the authority of the fathers and the order of the people.
- 30.44.3in mora ... quo minus
The phrase in mora esse (to be a hindrance/delay) is followed by a clause introduced by quo minus (lest/from doing), indicating prevention. The whole clause means "was a hindrance to his ending that war".
- 30.44.4Carthagini
Locative singular of the place name Carthago (Carthage), meaning "in Carthage".
- 30.44.6non laeti ... cordis ... risum esse
cordis is a genitive of quality acting as the predicate of the infinitive risum esse ("the laughter was not of a [joyful] heart"). malis is the ablative plural of the noun malum (misfortune), modifying the adjective amentis (out of mind/driven mad) to indicate the cause ("driven mad by misfortunes").
- 30.44.7otio vestro consultum
Since the verb consulo (to care for/consult) governs the dative (otio vestro), its passive voice is used impersonally as consultum esse (that care had been taken). ab Romanis indicates the agent.
- 30.44.12Masinissam ... donavit
The verb dono (to present/endow) takes the construction "to present someone (accusative) with something (ablative/here ad + accusative with adiectis)". Here, Masinissam is the accusative object, and the expected gift is accompanied by the ablative absolute Cirta oppido... adiectis ("with the town of Cirta... having been added").