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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 establishment of several colonies of Roman citizens (such as Puteoli, Salernum, Sipontum, and Croton) and their founding triumvirs are reported, followed by a description of various portents observed across Rome and their subsequent expiations.
coloniae civium Romanorum eo anno deductae sunt Puteolos, Volturnum, Liternum, treceni homines in singulas.
In that year, colonies of Roman citizens were founded at Puteoli, Volturnum, and Liternum, three hundred men to each.
item Salernum Buxentumque coloniae civium Romanorum deductae sunt. deduxere triumviri Ti. Sempronius Longus, qui tum consul erat, M. Servilius, Q. Minucius Thermus. ager divisus est, qui Campanorum fuerat. Sipontum item in agrum, qui Arpinorum1 fuerat, coloniam civium Romanorum alii triumviri, D. Iunius Brutus, M. Baebius Tamphilus, M. Helvius, deduxerunt. Tempsam item et Crotonem coloniae civium Romanorum deductae.
Likewise, Salernum and Buxentum were founded as colonies of Roman citizens. They were founded by the triumvirs Tiberius Sempronius Longus, who was then consul, Marcus Servilius, and Quintus Minucius Thermus. The land was divided, which had belonged to the Campanians. Likewise, another board of triumvirs, Decimus Junius Brutus, Marcus Baebius Tamphilus, and Marcus Helvius, founded a colony of Roman citizens at Sipontum, in the territory which had belonged to the people of Arpi. Likewise, colonies of Roman citizens were founded at Tempsa and Croton.
Tempsanus ager de Bruttiis captus erat;
The territory of Tempsa had been taken from the Bruttii;
Bruttii Graecos expulerant; Crotonem Graeci habebant. triumviri Cn. Octavius, L. Aemilius Paulus, C. Laetorius Crotonem, Tempsam L. Cornelius Merula, Q. * *, C. Salonius deduxerunt.
the Bruttii had expelled the Greeks; the Greeks held Croton. The triumvirs Gnaeus Octavius, Lucius Aemilius Paulus, and Gaius Laetorius founded the colony at Croton, and Lucius Cornelius Merula, Quintus [---], and Gaius Salonius at Tempsa.
prodigia quoque alia visa eo anno Romae sunt alia nuntiata. in foro et comitio et Capitolio sanguinis guttae visae sunt.
Also, other portents were seen that year at Rome, and others were reported. In the Forum, the Comitium, and on the Capitol, drops of blood were seen.
et terra aliquotiens pluvit,2 et caput Vulcani arsit. nuntiatum est Nare amni lac fluxisse. pueros ingenuos Arimini sine oculis ac naso, et in Piceno agro non pedes, non manus habentem natum.3
And it rained earth several times, and the head of Vulcan caught fire. It was reported that milk had flowed in the river Nar, that at Ariminum freeborn boys had been born without eyes and nose, and that in the territory of Picenum a child had been born having neither feet nor hands.
ea prodigia ex pontificum decreto procurata. et sacrificium novemdiale factum est, quod Hadriani nuntiaverant in agro suo lapidibus pluvisse.4
These portents were expiated according to a decree of the pontiffs. And a nine-day festival was held, because the people of Hadria had reported that it had rained stones in their territory.
- 34.45.3Arpinorum
Genitive plural masculine of the adjective Arpinus ("of Arpi"). It refers to the inhabitants of Arpi, an ancient city in Apulia (often called Arpani or Arpini), rather than Arpinum in Latium (Cicero's birthplace). Thus, it means "the land which had belonged to the people of Arpi."
- 34.45.7terra aliquotiens pluvit
The verb pluere ("to rain") is normally used as an impersonal verb representing weather, but here terra ("earth") is used as a nominative subject meaning "it rained earth." Alternatively, terra could be interpreted as an ablative of means ("it rained with earth") with pluvit being impersonal, though the former interpretation is more standard.
- 34.45.7pueros ingenuos Arimini sine oculis ac naso, et in Piceno agro non pedes, non manus habentem natum.
A continuation of the accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction introduced by the impersonal passive nuntiatum est in the preceding sentence. In the first part, pueros ingenuos is the accusative subject with the infinitive natos esse (omitted). In the second part, habentem (present participle accusative) and natum (perfect participle accusative, with esse omitted) agree with an implied singular accusative subject (such as puerum or fetum). pedes and manus are direct objects (accusative) of habentem.
- 34.45.8lapidibus pluvisse
An infinitive clause within indirect speech. For the perfect infinitive pluvisse of the impersonal weather verb pluere, the substance that fell, lapidibus ("stones"), is expressed in the ablative of means ("it rained with stones").