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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 passage describes the return of consul Laelius for colony planning, the decree of thanksgiving for the victories in Asia, and the election of Fulvius and Manlius as new consuls after a fiercely contested election.
haud ita multo post, cum iam consularium comitiorum appeteret tempus, C. Laelius consul ex Gallia Romam rediit. is non solum ex facto absente se senatus consulto1 in supplementum Cremonae et Placentiae colonos scripsit, sed, ut novae coloniae duae in agrum, qui Boiorum fuisset, deducerentur, et rettulit et auctore eo patres censuerunt.
Not so long after, when the time for the consular elections was already approaching, the consul C. Laelius returned from Gaul to Rome. He not only enrolled colonists to reinforce Cremona and Placentia, in accordance with the decree of the senate passed during his absence, but also proposed that two new colonies should be established in the territory which had belonged to the Boii, and upon his recommendation the senators so decreed.
eodem tempore litterae L. Aemilii praetoris adlatae de navali pugna ad Myonnesum facta, et L. Scipionem consulem in Asiam exercitum traiecisse.2
At the same time, letters from the praetor L. Aemilius were brought, concerning the naval battle fought at Myonnesus, and announcing that the consul L. Scipio had crossed with his army into Asia.
victoriae navalis ergo in diem unum supplicatio decreta est, in alterum diem, quod exercitus Romanus tum primum in Asia posuisset castra, ut ea res prospera et laeta eveniret.
Therefore, on account of the naval victory, a thanksgiving of one day was decreed; and for another day, because the Roman army had then for the first time pitched camp in Asia, that this event might turn out prosperous and happy.
vicenis maioribus hostiis in singulas supplicationes sacrificare consul est iussus.
The consul was ordered to sacrifice with twenty larger victims for each thanksgiving.
inde consularia comitia magna contentione habita. M. Aemilius Lepidus petebat adversa omnium fama, quod provinciam Siciliam petendi causa non consulto senatu, ut sibi id facere liceret,3 reliquisset.
After that, the consular elections were held with great contention. M. Aemilius Lepidus was a candidate under general disapproval, because, for the purpose of standing for office, he had left his province of Sicily without consulting the senate to ask whether he might be permitted to do so.
petebant cum eo M. Fulvius Nobilior Cn. Manlius Vulso M. Valerius Messalla. Fulvius consul unus creatur, cum ceteri centurias non explessent,4 isque postero die Cn. Manlium Lepido deiecto — nam Messalla iacuit — collegam dixit.
Standing with him were M. Fulvius Nobilior, Cn. Manlius Vulso, and M. Valerius Messalla. Fulvius alone was elected consul, as the others had not filled the required number of centuries; and on the following day, having defeated Lepidus—for Messalla was far behind—he declared Cn. Manlius as his colleague.
praetores exinde facti duo Q. Fabii, Labeo et Pictor — Pictor flamen Quirinalis eo anno inauguratus fuerat —, M. Sempronius Tuditanus Sp. Postumius Albinus L. Plautius Hypsaeus L. Baebius Dives.
Next, the praetors elected were the two Q. Fabii, Labeo and Pictor—Pictor had been inaugurated as flamen Quirinalis in that year—, M. Sempronius Tuditanus, Sp. Postumius Albinus, L. Plautius Hypsaeus, and L. Baebius Dives.
- 37.47.2ex facto absente se senatus consulto
The ablative absolute phrase absente se is nested between the preposition ex and its object senatus consulto (modified by facto). The reflexive pronoun se refers to the main subject, C. Laelius. It translates to 'in accordance with the decree of the senate passed during his absence.'
- 37.47.3et L. Scipionem consulem in Asiam exercitum traiecisse
In the main clause litterae ... adlatae [sunt], the contents of the letters are expressed by two different constructions in parallel: the prepositional phrase de navali pugna... and the accusative with infinitive clause L. Scipionem... traiecisse. The infinitive clause represents the reported news brought by the letters.
- 37.47.6non consulto senatu, ut sibi id facere liceret
non consulto senatu is an ablative absolute meaning 'without consulting the senate.' The following ut clause functions as a noun clause explaining the content of the consultation (i.e., asking 'that he might be permitted to do so') which would normally be required by the verb consulo.
- 37.47.7cum ceteri centurias non explessent
explessent is a syncopated form of the pluperfect subjunctive explevissent. It refers to the electoral process in the Roman centuriate assembly, indicating that the other candidates failed to obtain the majority of centuries (97 centuries) required for election.