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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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On the determination of provinces for the consuls and praetors, the tribunes' objection regarding the continuation of command in Macedonia, and the final decree on provinces and military reinforcements.
C. Cornelio et Q. Minucio consulibus omnium primum de provinciis consulum praetorumque actum.
When Gaius Cornelius and Quintus Minucius were consuls, first of all, the business of the provinces of the consuls and praetors was transacted.
prius de praetoribus transacta res, quae transigi sorte poterat. urbana Sergio, peregrina iurisdictio Minucio obtigit; Sardiniam Atilius, Siciliam Manlius, Hispanias Sempronius citeriorem, Helvius ulteriorem est sortitus.
The business of the praetors, which could be decided by lot, was settled first. The urban jurisdiction fell to Sergius, that between citizens and foreigners to Minucius; Atilius drew Sardinia, Manlius Sicily, Sempronius Nearer Spain, and Helvius Farther Spain.
consulibus Italiam Macedoniamque sortiri parantibus1 L. Oppius et Q. Fulvius tribuni plebis impedimento erant, quod longinqua provincia Macedonia esset, neque ulla alia res maius bello impedimentum ad eam diem fuisset, quam quod vixdum inchoatis rebus in ipso conatu gerendi belli prior consul revocaretur.2
As the consuls were preparing to cast lots for Italy and Macedonia, Lucius Oppius and Quintus Fulvius, tribunes of the plebs, were a hindrance to them, on the ground that Macedonia was a distant province, and that nothing else had been a greater hindrance to the war up to that day than that, when matters were scarcely begun, in the very effort of conducting the war, the former consul was recalled.
quartum iam annum esse3 ab decreto Macedonico bello. quaerendo regem et exercitum eius Sulpicium maiorem partem anni absumpsisse. Villium congredientem cum hoste infecta re revocatum.
It was now the fourth year since the Macedonian war had been decreed. Sulpicius had spent the greater part of the year in seeking the king and his army. Villius, having engaged with the enemy, had been recalled without having accomplished anything.
Quinctium rebus divinis Romae maiorem partem anni retentum ita gessisse tamen res, ut, si aut maturius in provinciam venisset, aut hiems magis sera fuisset, potuerit4 debellare;
Quinctius, though detained at Rome for the greater part of the year by religious duties, had nevertheless conducted affairs in such a way that, if he had either arrived in his province earlier, or if winter had been more delayed, he could have finished the war;
nunc prope in hiberna profectum ita comparare dici bellum, ut, nisi successor impediat, perfecturus aestate proxima videatur.
now, having set out almost into winter quarters, he was said to be preparing for war in such a manner that, unless a successor should interfere, he seemed likely to finish it in the next summer.
his orationibus pervicerunt, ut consules in senatus auctoritate fore5 dicerent se, si idem tribuni plebis facerent. permittentibus utrisque liberam consultationem patres consulibus ambobus Italiam provinciam decreverunt, T. Quinctio prorogarunt imperium, donec successor ex senatus consulto venisset. consulibus binae legiones decretae et ut bellum cum Gallis Cisalpinis, qui defecissent a populo Romano, gererent. Quinctio in Macedoniam supplementum decretum, sex milia peditum, trecenti equites, sociorum navalium milia tria.
By these speeches they prevailed upon the consuls to say that they would place themselves under the authority of the senate, if the tribunes of the plebs would do the same. Both parties leaving free consultation to them, the senators decreed the province of Italy to both consuls, and prorogued the command of Titus Quinctius until a successor should arrive by decree of the senate. Two legions each were decreed to the consuls, and they were ordered to conduct the war with the Cisalpine Gauls, who had revolted from the Roman people. For Quinctius in Macedonia, a reinforcement was decreed: six thousand infantry, three hundred cavalry, and three thousand naval allies.
praeesse eidem, cui praeerat, classi L. Quinctius Flamininus iussus. praetoribus in Hispanias octona milia peditum socium ac nominis Latini data et quadringeni equites, ut dimitterent veterem ex Hispaniis militem; et terminare iussi, qua ulterior citeriorve provincia servaretur.6
Lucius Quinctius Flamininus was ordered to command the same fleet which he had commanded before. To the praetors for the Spains, eight thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry of the allies and Latin name were given to each, so that they might dismiss the veteran soldiers from Spain; and they were ordered to define the boundaries by which the Farther or Nearer province should be kept.
Macedoniae legatos P. Sulpicium et P. Villium, qui consules in ea provincia fuerant, adiecerunt.
To Macedonia they added as legates Publius Sulpicius and Publius Villius, who had been consuls in that province.
- 32.28.3consulibus... parantibus
Dative of reference modified by the participle, forming a double dative construction with the predicative dative impedimento. It should not be confused with an ablative absolute.
- 32.28.4quod... revocaretur
The subjunctive is used because the clause expresses the reason as alleged by the tribunes (virtual indirect speech).
- 32.28.5quartum iam annum esse
Marks the beginning of a long passage in indirect speech (oratio obliqua) representing the arguments of the tribunes, without a formal verb of saying; hence the series of accusative with infinitive constructions.
- 32.28.6potuerit
Perfect subjunctive in a result clause (consecutive clause), representing an actual historical result. It stands for what would have been an unfulfilled past subjunctive (pluperfect) in a direct contrary-to-fact conditional clause.
- 32.28.8in senatus auctoritate fore
An idiomatic expression meaning "to abide by the decision/authority of the senate". fore is equivalent to futurum esse (future infinitive).
- 32.28.11qua... servaretur
Indirect question serving as the object of the infinitive terminare, using the subjunctive servaretur.