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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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A slave conspiracy in Etruria is suppressed by the praetor Glabrio, while the consul Marcellus suffers heavy losses in a surprise attack by the Boii, but later crosses the Po to defeat the Insubres and capture Comum.
cum haec in Graecia Macedoniaque et Asia gererentur, Etruriam infestam prope coniuratio servorum fecit.
While these things were being done in Greece, Macedonia, and Asia, a conspiracy of slaves made Etruria almost hostile.
ad quaerendam opprimendamque eam M’. Acilius Glabrio praetor, cui inter civis peregrinosque iurisdictio obtigerat, cum una ex duabus legione urbana est missus, alios * * alios iam congregatos pugnando vicit;
To investigate and suppress it, the praetor Manius Acilius Glabrio, to whom the jurisdiction between citizens and foreigners had fallen, was sent with one of the two urban legions; some * * others already assembled he defeated in battle;
ex his multi occisi, multi capti; alios verberatos crucibus adfixit, qui principes coniurationis fuerant, alios dominis restituit.
of these many were killed, many captured; some, who had been the leaders of the conspiracy, he scourged and crucified, others he restored to their masters.
consules in provincias profecti sunt. Marcellum Boiorum ingressum finis fatigato per diem totum milite via facienda castra in tumulo quodam ponentem1 Corolamus quidam, regulus Boiorum, cum magna manu adortus ad tria milia hominum occidit;
The consuls set out for their provinces. As Marcellus, having entered the territory of the Boii, was pitching camp on a certain hill, with his soldiers exhausted by a whole day’s work in making a road, a certain Corolamus, a petty king of the Boii, having attacked him with a large force, killed about three thousand men;
et illustres viri aliquot in illo tumultuario proelio ceciderunt inter quos praefecti socium T. Sempronius Gracchus et M. Iunius Silanus et tribuni militum de legione secunda M. Ogulnius et P. Claudius.
and several illustrious men fell in that disorderly battle, among whom were the prefects of the allies Titus Sempronius Gracchus and Marcus Iunius Silanus, and the military tribunes of the second legion Marcus Ogulnius and Publius Claudius.
castra tamen ab Romanis inpigre permunita retentaque, cum hostes prospera pugna elati nequiquam oppugnassent.
Nevertheless, the camp was promptly fortified and held by the Romans, although the enemy, elated by their successful battle, had attacked it in vain.
stativis deinde iisdem per dies aliquot sese tenuit, dum et saucios curaret et a tanto terrore animos militum reficeret.
He then kept himself in the same permanent camp for several days, until he could both care for the wounded and recruit the spirits of the soldiers from so great a terror.
Boi, ut est gens minime ad morae taedium ferendum patiens, in castella sua vicosque passim dilapsi sunt.
The Boii, being a nation least patient in enduring the tedium of delay, dispersed here and there into their forts and villages.
Marcellus Pado confestim traiecto in agrum Comensem, ubi Insubres Comensibus ad arma excitis castra habebant, legiones ducit. Galli, feroces Boiorum ante dies paucos pugna, in ipso itinere proelium committunt; et primo adeo acriter invaserunt, ut antesignanos inpulerint. quod ubi Marcellus animadvertit, veritus, ne moti semel pellerentur, cohortem Marsorum cum opposuisset, equitum Latinorum omnis turmas in hostem emisit.
Marcellus, having immediately crossed the Po, led his legions into the territory of Comum, where the Insubres, having excited the Comenses to arms, had their camp. The Gauls, fierce from their battle with the Boii a few days before, joined battle on the march itself; and at first they attacked so fiercely, that they pushed back the front-rank men. When Marcellus noticed this, fearing lest, once moved, they might be driven back, he opposed a cohort of the Marsi, and sent out all the squadrons of Latin cavalry against the enemy.
quorum cum primus secundusque impetus rettudisset inferentem se ferociter hostem, confirmata et reliqua acies Romana restitit primo, deinde signa acriter intulit.
When their first and second charges had repulsed the enemy who was fiercely pressing forward, the rest of the Roman line, also encouraged, stood its ground at first, and then vigorously advanced.
nec ultra sustinuere certamen Galli, quin terga verterent2 atque effuse fugerent.
Nor did the Gauls sustain the fight any longer, but turned their backs and fled in headlong flight.
in eo proelio supra quadraginta milia hominum caesa Valerius Antias scribit, octoginta septem signa militaria capta et carpenta septingenta triginta duo et aureos torques multos, ex quibus unum magni ponderis Claudius in Capitolio Iovi donum in aede positum scribit.
In that battle, Valerius Antias writes that over forty thousand men were slain, eighty-seven military standards taken, seven hundred and thirty-two carriages, and many golden torques, one of great weight among which Claudius writes was placed as a gift to Jupiter in his temple on the Capitol.
castra eo die Gallorum expugnata direptaque, et Comum oppidum post dies paucos captum. castella inde duodetriginta ad consulem defecerunt.
On that day the camp of the Gauls was taken and plundered, and the town of Comum was captured a few days later. After that, twenty-eight forts surrendered to the consul.
id quoque inter scriptores ambigitur, utrum in Boios prius an3 Insubres consul exercitum duxerit adversamque prospera pugna oblitteraverit, an victoria ad Comum parta deformata clade in Bois accepta sit.
This also is disputed among writers: whether the consul led his army first against the Boii and effaced a defeat by a successful battle, or whether the victory won at Comum was marred by the disaster sustained among the Boii.
- 33.36.4ingressum ... ponentem
Two participles modifying Marcellus (accusative). Ingressum is the perfect participle of the deponent verb ingredior, carrying an active meaning ('having entered'), while ponentem is the present participle representing an ongoing action ('pitching [camp]'). Together they describe Marcellus as the direct object of the verb occidit.
- 33.36.12quin terga verterent
A quin clause following a verb with a negative (nec ultra sustinuere). It expresses a result or necessary consequence: 'they did not sustain the fight any longer without turning their backs,' meaning they immediately turned and fled.
- 33.36.15utrum in Boios prius ... an ...
An indirect double question introducing two alternatives with the utrum ... an ... construction. The first option (utrum...) includes prius [quam in Insubres] ('first against the Boii [rather than the Insubres]'), contrasting two differing historical accounts: whether the consul first marched against the Boii and later wiped out that defeat with a victory, or whether (an) the victory at Comum was marred by a subsequent defeat among the Boii.