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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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It describes the censors' activities in Rome, and the subsequent rebellion of the city of Same in Cephallania against the consul Fulvius, which led to the commencement of a siege.
dum haec in Asia geruntur, in ceteris provinciis tranquillae res fuerunt. censores Romae T. Quinctius Flamininus et M. Claudius Marcellus senatum legerunt;
While these things were being done in Asia, there was peace in the other provinces. At Rome, the censors Titus Quinctius Flamininus and Marcus Claudius Marcellus revised the roll of the Senate;
princeps in senatu tertium lectus P. Scipio Africanus; quattuor soli praeteriti sunt, nemo curuli usus honore. et in equitatu recensendo mitis admodum censura fuit.
Publius Scipio Africanus was chosen leader of the Senate for the third time; only four were passed over, none of whom had held a curule office. And in reviewing the knights, the censorship was extremely mild.
substructionem super Aequimelium in Capitolio et viam silice sternendam a porta Capena ad Martis1 locaverunt.
They contracted for the building of a substructure on the Capitol above the Aequimelium, and for the paving of the road with basalt from the Capene gate to the temple of Mars.
Campani, ubi censerentur, senatum consuluerunt; decretum, uti Romae censerentur. aquae ingentes eo anno fuerunt; Tiberis duodeciens campum Martium planaque urbis inundavit.
The Campanians consulted the Senate as to where they should be registered; it was decreed that they should be registered at Rome . There were great floods that year; twelve times the Tiber inundated the Campus Martius and the flat parts of the city.
ab Cn. Manlio consule bello in Asia cum Gallis perfecto,2 alter consul M. Fulvius perdomitis Aetolis cum traiecisset in Cephallaniam, circa civitates insulae misit percontatum, utrum se dedere Romanis an belli fortunam experiri mallent.
The war in Asia with the Gauls having been finished by the consul Gnaeus Manlius, the other consul, Marcus Fulvius, having thoroughly subdued the Aetolians and crossed over into Cephallania, sent around to the states of the island to inquire whether they preferred to surrender to the Romans or to try the fortune of war.
metus ad omnes valuit, ne deditionem recusarent. obsides inde imperatos pro viribus inopes populi * * vicenos autem Cranii et Palenses et Samaei dederunt.
Fear prevailed upon all, lest they should refuse surrender. Hostages having been demanded therefrom, the impoverished peoples gave according to their ability,... but the Cranii, the Palenses, and the Samaei gave twenty each.
insperata pax Cephallaniae adfulserat, cum repente3 una civitas, incertum quam ob causam, Samaei desciverunt.
An unexpected peace had shone upon Cephallania, when suddenly one state, the Samaei, it being uncertain for what reason, revolted.
quia opportuno loco urbs posita esset, timuisse se aiebant, ne demigrare cogerentur ab Romanis. ceterum ipsine sibi eum finxerint metum et timore vano quietum excitaverint malum, an iactata sermonibus res apud Romanos perlata ad eos sit, nihil comperti est, nisi quod datis iam obsidibus repente portas clauserunt et ne suorum quidem precibus — miserat enim sub muros consul ad temptandam misericordiam parentium populariumque — desistere ab incepto voluerunt.
Because their city was situated in an advantageous position, they said they had feared lest they should be forced by the Romans to emigrate. But whether they themselves had imagined this fear for themselves and by a groundless dread had aroused a quiet evil, or whether a matter talked about in rumors among the Romans had been carried to them, is not known for certain, except that, although hostages had already been given, they suddenly closed their gates and would not desist from their undertaking even at the entreaties of their own people — for the consul had sent them under the walls to test the affection of parents and fellow-citizens.
oppugnari deinde, postquam nihil pacati respondebatur, coepta urbs est.4
Then, after no peaceable answer was returned, the siege of the city was begun.
apparatum omnem tormentorum machinarumque travectum ab Ambraciae oppugnatione habebat, et opera quae facienda erant, inpigre milites perfecerunt. duobus igitur locis admoti arietes quatiebant muros.
He had all the equipment of catapults and engines brought over from the siege of Ambracia, and the works which had to be made, the soldiers energetically completed. Therefore, battering rams, moved up in two places, began to shake the walls.
- 38.28.3ad Martis
Meaning 'to the temple of Mars'. A colloquial and idiomatic genitive construction of place where 'aedem' or 'templum' is omitted.
- 38.28.5bello in Asia cum Gallis perfecto
An ablative absolute construction. The prepositional phrase 'ab Cn. Manlio consule' acts as the agent modifying the verbal idea of the absolute clause.
- 38.28.7cum repente
An instance of 'inverted cum' (cum inversum). The main clause has a pluperfect (adfulserat), and the cum-clause contains a perfect (desciverunt), emphasizing a sudden and unexpected turn of events.
- 38.28.10oppugnari ... coepta urbs est
Based on the classical Latin rule where the verb 'coepi' (to begin) takes a passive form (coepta est) when governing a passive infinitive (oppugnari).