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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 elders of the Transalpine peoples, while criticizing Rome's excessive leniency, welcomed the ambassadors. In Italy, the establishment of colonies at Aquileia, Mutina, Parma, and Saturnia was carried forward.
legatis Romanis Transalpini populi benigne responderunt. seniores eorum nimiam lenitatem populi Romani castigarunt, quod eos homines, qui gentis iniussu profecti occupare agrum imperii Romani et in alieno solo aedificare oppidum conati sint, impunitos dimiserint: debuisse1 gravem temeritatis mercedem statui.
To the Roman ambassadors, the Transalpine peoples replied kindly. Their elders censured the excessive leniency of the Roman people, because they had dismissed without punishment those men who, having set out without the command of their tribe, had attempted to occupy the territory of the Roman empire and to build a town on another’s soil; they said that a heavy penalty for their rashness ought to have been established.
quod vero etiam sua reddiderint, vereri2 ne tanta indulgentia plures ad talia audenda impellantur.
As to the fact, indeed, that they had even restored their possessions, they feared lest by such great indulgence more people might be impelled to dare such things.
et exceperunt et prosecuti cum donis legatos sunt. M. Claudius consul Gallis ex provincia exactis Histricum bellum moliri coepit litteris ad senatum missis, ut sibi in Histriam traducere legiones liceret.
And they both welcomed the ambassadors and escorted them with gifts. The consul Marcus Claudius, having driven the Gauls out of the province, began to plan a war against the Istrians, sending a letter to the senate to request permission to lead his legions into Istria.
id senatui non placuit. illud agitabant, uti colonia Aquileia deduceretur, nec satis constabat, utrum Latinam an civium Romanorum deduci placeret. postremo Latinam potius coloniam deducendam patres censuerunt.
This did not please the senate. They were discussing the establishment of a colony at Aquileia, but it was not sufficiently agreed whether it was pleasing to establish a Latin colony or one of Roman citizens. Finally, the senators decreed that a Latin colony should rather be established.
triumviri creati sunt P. Scipio Nasica C. Flaminius L. Manlius Acidinus. eodem anno Mutina et Parma coloniae civium Romanorum sunt deductae.
The triumvirs elected were Publius Scipio Nasica, Gaius Flaminius, and Lucius Manlius Acidinus. In the same year, Mutina and Parma were established as colonies of Roman citizens.
bina milia hominum in agro, qui proxime Boiorum,3 ante Tuscorum fuerat, octona iugera Parmae, quina Mutinae acceperunt.
Two thousand men in each received land which had recently belonged to the Boii, and before that to the Etruscans; they received eight iugera each at Parma, and five at Mutina.
deduxerunt triumviri M. Aemilius Lepidus T. Aebutius Carus L. Quinctius Crispinus.
The triumvirs who led the colonies were Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Titus Aebutius Carus, and Lucius Quinctius Crispinus.
et Saturnia colonia civium Romanorum in agrum Caletranum est deducta. deduxerunt triumviri Q. Fabius Labeo C. Afranius Stellio Ti. Sempronius Gracchus. in singulos iugera data dena.
Also Saturnia, a colony of Roman citizens, was established in the Caletran territory. The triumvirs who led the colony were Quintus Fabius Labeo, Gaius Afranius Stellio, and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. Ten iugera were given to each individual.
- 39.55.2debuisse
The main verb in indirect speech (oratio obliqua), representing the statement introduced by "castigarunt". Its subject is the accusative phrase "gravem temeritatis mercedem", which functions as the subject of the passive infinitive "statui".
- 39.55.3vereri
An infinitive in indirect speech with the elders as its implied subject. The following "ne" clause is a subordinate clause dependent on a verb of fearing, meaning "lest / that...". "talia audenda" is a gerundive construction meaning "daring such things".
- 39.55.7Boiorum
"Boiorum" and "Tuscorum" are possessive genitives with "ager" (territory) understood. The phrase means "territory which had recently been that of the Boii, and before that, of the Etruscans".