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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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After expiating various prodigies reported in Rome, five maritime colonies are established. Subsequently, both consuls depart for Gaul, initiating military operations against the Insubres and the Ligurians.
priusquam consules praetoresque in provincias proficiscerentur, prodigia procurari1 placuit, quod aedes Vulcani Summanique Romae, et quod Fregenis murus et porta de caelo tacta erant, et Frusinone inter noctem lux orta, et Aefulae agnus biceps cum quinque pedibus natus, et Formiis duo lupi oppidum ingressi obvios aliquot laniaverant, Romae non in urbem solum sed in Capitolium penetraverat lupus.
Before the consuls and praetors set out for their provinces, it was resolved that the prodigies should be expiated, because the temples of Vulcan and Summanus at Rome, and the wall and a gate at Fregenae had been struck by lightning, and at Frusino light had appeared during the night, and at Aefula a two-headed lamb with five feet had been born, and at Formiae two wolves, having entered the town, had mangled several people they met, and at Rome a wolf had penetrated not only into the city but even into the Capitol.
C. Atinius tribunus plebis tulit, ut quinque coloniae in oram maritimam deducerentur, duae ad ostia fluminum Vulturni Liternique, una Puteolos, una ad Castrum Salerni:
Gaius Atinius, tribune of the plebs, proposed that five colonies should be established on the sea coast: two at the mouths of the rivers Vulturnus and Liternus, one at Puteoli, and one at the Fort of Salernum.
his Buxentum adiectum, trecenae familiae in singulas colonias iubebantur mitti. triumviri deducendis iis,2 qui per triennium magistratum haberent, creati M. Servilius Geminus, Q. Minucius Thermus, Ti. Sempronius Longus. dilectu rebusque aliis divinis humanisque, quae per ipsos agenda erant, perfectis3 consules ambo in Galliam profecti, Cornelius recta ad Insubres via, qui tum in armis erant Cenomanis adsumptis; Q. Minucius in laeva Italiae4 ad inferum mare flexit iter Genuamque exercitu ducto ab Liguribus orsus bellum est.
To these Buxentum was added, and three hundred families were ordered to be sent to each colony. As three commissioners for establishing them, who should hold office for three years, Marcus Servilius Geminus, Quintus Minucius Thermus, and Tiberius Sempronius Longus were elected. The levy and other matters, both divine and human, which were to be conducted by them, being finished, both consuls set out for Gaul. Cornelius took the direct route to the Insubres, who were then in arms, having allied themselves with the Cenomani; Quintus Minucius turned his route to the left of Italy towards the Lower Sea, and having led his army to Genua, began the war with the Ligurians.
oppida Clastidium et Litubium, utraque Ligurum, et duae gentis eiusdem civitates, Celeiates Cerdiciatesque, sese dediderunt. et iam omnia cis Padum praeter Gallorum Boios, Ilvates Ligurum sub dicione erant;
The towns of Clastidium and Litubium, both of the Ligurians, and two communities of the same tribe, the Celeiates and the Cerdiciates, surrendered themselves. And already all the territory on this side of the Po, except the Boii of the Gauls and the Ilvates of the Ligurians, was under subjection;
quindecim oppida, hominum viginti milia esse dicebantur, quae se dediderant. inde in agrum Boiorum legiones duxit.
the towns which had surrendered were said to be fifteen, and the men twenty thousand. Thence he led his legions into the territory of the Boii.
- 32.29.1prodigia procurari
A passive infinitive phrase functioning as the subject of the impersonal verb placuit ("it was resolved"). In religious contexts, procurare is a technical term meaning "to expiate" or "to ward off (portents)".
- 32.29.4deducendis iis
A dative gerundive construction. The pronoun iis (referring to coloniis) and the gerundive deducendis agree in gender, number, and case, expressing the purpose or function of the triumviri ("three commissioners for establishing them").
- 32.29.4dilectu rebusque aliis... perfectis
An ablative absolute construction. The singular ablative dilectu (from the fourth-declension noun dilectus) and rebus aliis (plural ablative) are joined by the conjunction -que and are both modified by the plural perfect participle perfectis.
- 32.29.6in laeva Italiae
A directional expression. laeva is the ablative singular of the feminine adjective laevus ("left") with parte understood, used with the preposition in to indicate direction or location. Italiae is a limiting genitive ("of Italy"). The phrase means "on the left side of Italy" (i.e., the western coast along the Tyrrhenian Sea).