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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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Elections are held in Rome under the supervision of consul M. Fulvius, electing the next year's consuls and praetors. The new consuls consult the senate regarding state affairs, leading to the assignment of provinces and military recruitment.
A concilio, ubi ad consulem inter Achaeos Lacedaemoniosque disceptatum est, M. Fulvius, quia iam in exitu annus erat, comitiorum causa profectus Romam creavit consules M. Valerium Messalam et C. Livium Salinatorem, cum M. Aemilium Lepidum inimicum eo quoque anno petentem deiecisset.1
From the council, where the dispute between the Achaeans and Lacedaemonians had been argued before the consul, Marcus Fulvius, because the year was now drawing to a close, set out for Rome for the purpose of holding the elections; there he declared Marcus Valerius Messala and Gaius Livius Salinator elected consuls, having defeated his enemy Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, who was a candidate that year also.
praetores inde creati Q. Marcius Philippus M. Claudius Marcellus C. Stertinius C. Atinius P. Claudius Pulcher L. Manlius Acidinus.
The praetors then elected were Quintus Marcius Philippus, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Gaius Stertinius, Gaius Atinius, Publius Claudius Pulcher, and Lucius Manlius Acidinus.
comitiis perfectis consulem M. Fulvium in provinciam et ad exercitum redire placuit, eique et collegae Cn. Manlio imperium in annum prorogatum est.
The elections being completed, it was resolved that the consul Marcus Fulvius should return to his province and to the army, and the command was prorogated for a year for him and for his colleague Gnaeus Manlius.
eo anno in aede Herculis signum dei ipsius ex decemvirorum responso, et seiuges in Capitolio aurati a P. Cornelio positi; consulem dedisse inscriptum est.2
That year, in the temple of Hercules, a statue of the god himself was placed in accordance with the response of the decemvirs, and gilded six-horse chariots were placed on the Capitol by Publius Cornelius; it was inscribed on them that the consul had given them.
et duodecim clipea aurata ab aedilibus curulibus P. Claudio Pulchro et Ser. Sulpicio Galba sunt posita ex pecunia, qua frumentarios ob annonam compressam3 damnarunt;
And twelve gilded shields were placed by the curule aediles Publius Claudius Pulcher and Servius Sulpicius Galba, out of the money with which they fined the corn-dealers for hoarding the grain;
et aedilis plebi Q. Fulvius Flaccus duo signa aurata uno reo damnato — nam separatim accusaverant — posuit; collega eius A. Caecilius neminem condemnavit. ludi Romani ter, plebei quinquiens toti instaurati.
and the plebeian aedile Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, having condemned one defendant—for they had prosecuted separately—placed two gilded statues; his colleague Aulus Caecilius condemned no one. The Roman Games were thrice, and the Plebeian Games five times, repeated in their entirety.
M. Valerius Messala inde et C. Livius Salinator consulatum idibus Martiis cum inissent, de re publica deque provinciis et exercitibus senatum consuluerunt.
Then, Marcus Valerius Messala and Gaius Livius Salinator, having entered upon their consulship on the Ides of March, consulted the senate on the state of the commonwealth, the provinces, and the armies.
de Aetolia et Asia nihil mutatum est; consulibus alteri Pisae cum Liguribus, alteri Gallia provincia decreta est.
Concerning Aetolia and Asia, nothing was changed; of the provinces for the consuls, Pisae with the Ligurians was decreed to the one, and Gaul to the other.
comparare inter se aut sortiri iussi et novos exercitus, binas legiones, scribere, et ut sociis Latini nominis quina dena milia peditum imperarent et mille et ducentos equites.
They were ordered to arrange between themselves or to cast lots, and to enroll new armies, two legions each, and to demand from the allies of the Latin name fifteen thousand infantry and twelve hundred cavalry each.
Messalae Ligures, Salinatori obtigit Gallia. praetores inde sortiti sunt: M. Claudio urbana, P. Claudio peregrina iurisdictio evenit; Q. Marcius Siciliam, C. Stertinius Sardiniam, L. Manlius Hispaniam citeriorem, C. Atinius ulteriorem est sortitus.
The Ligurians fell to Messala, and Gaul to Salinator. The praetors then cast lots: the urban jurisdiction fell to Marcus Claudius, the peregrine to Publius Claudius; Quintus Marcius drew Sicily, Gaius Stertinius Sardinia, Lucius Manlius Nearer Spain, and Gaius Atinius Further Spain.
- 38.35.1cum M. Aemilium Lepidum inimicum eo quoque anno petentem deiecisset
The conjunction cum is used here with the pluperfect subjunctive deiecisset to indicate a historical circumstance ('having defeated'). The present participle petentem modifies M. Aemilium Lepidum, describing him as actively seeking office (running for the consulship) in that year as well.
- 38.35.4consulem dedisse inscriptum est
The verb inscriptum est is used impersonally ('it was inscribed'), taking the accusative-and-infinitive clause consulem [sc. eum] dedisse ('that the consul had given [it]') as its grammatical subject.
- 38.35.5ob annonam compressam
The perfect passive participle compressam (from comprimere, 'to compress, hoard') modifies the noun annonam (grain supply/price). This functions like the 'ab urbe condita' construction, representing the noun action: 'on account of the squeezing (hoarding) of the grain supply.'