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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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King Philip declares he will judge his sons' dispute through long-term observation of their conduct rather than a quick debate, leaving the seeds of the Macedonian war. Meanwhile, Roman consuls and praetors lead military campaigns in Liguria and Spain, and Terentius celebrates an ovation in Rome.
dicenti1 haec lacrimae simul spiritum et vocem intercluserunt.
As he spoke these words, tears at the same time choked his breath and voice.
Philippus summotis iis paulisper collocutus cum amicis pronuntiavit, non verbis se nec unius horae disceptatione causam eorum diiudicaturum,2 sed inquirendo in utriusque vitam ac mores, et dicta factaque in magnis parvisque rebus observando, ut omnibus appareret noctis proximae crimen facile revictum,3 suspectam nimiam cum Romanis Demetrii gratiam esse. haec maxime vivo Philippo velut semina iacta sunt Macedonici belli, quod cum Perseo gerendum erat. consules ambo in Ligures, quae4 tum una consularis provincia erat, proficiscuntur. et quia prospere ibi res gesserunt, supplicatio in unum diem decreta est.
Philip, having removed them and conversed for a little while with his friends, declared that he would decide their case not by words nor by a debate of a single hour, but by inquiring into the life and manners of each, and by observing their words and deeds in great and small matters, so that it might appear to all that while the charge of the previous night was easily refuted, Demetrius’ excessive favor with the Romans was suspect. These, especially during Philip’s lifetime, were sown as the seeds, as it were, of the Macedonian war which was to be waged with Perseus. Both consuls set out for the Ligurians, which was then the only consular province. And because they conducted affairs successfully there, a thanksgiving for one day was decreed.
Ligurum duo milia fere ad extremum finem provinciae Galliae, ubi castra Marcellus habebat, venerunt, uti reciperentur, orantes. Marcellus opperiri eodem loco Liguribus iussis senatum per litteras consuluit.
About two thousand of the Ligurians came to the furthest border of the province of Gaul, where Marcellus had his camp, praying that they might be received. Marcellus, having ordered the Ligurians to wait in the same place, consulted the senate by letter.
senatus rescribere M. Ogulnium praetorem Marcello iussit verius fuisse5 consules, quorum provincia esset, quam se, quid e re publica esset, decernere; tum quoque non placere nisi per deditionem Ligures recipi, et receptis arma adimi atque eos ad consules mitti senatum aequum censere. praetores eodem tempore, P. Manlius in ulteriorem Hispaniam, quam et priore praetura provinciam obtinuerat, Q. Fulvius Flaccus in citeriorem pervenit, exercitumque ab A. Terentio accepit: nam ulterior morte P. Sempronii proconsulis sine imperio fuerat.
The senate ordered the praetor Marcus Ogulnius to write back to Marcellus that it would have been more proper for the consuls, whose province it was, rather than himself, to decide what was for the good of the republic; and that even now it was not their pleasure that the Ligurians should be received except upon surrender, and that the senate judged it right that their arms be taken from those who were received, and that they be sent to the consuls. At the same time, the praetors, Publius Manlius arrived in Farther Spain, which province he had also held during his previous praetorship, and Quintus Fulvius Flaccus in Hither Spain, and received the army from Aulus Terentius; for Farther Spain, owing to the death of the proconsul Publius Sempronius, had been without a commander.
Fulvium Flaccum oppidum Hispanum Urbicnam nomine oppugnantem Celtiberi adorti sunt. dura ibi proelia aliquot facta, multi Romani milites et vulnerati et interfecti sunt. vicit perseverantia Fulvius, quod nulla vi abstrahi ab obsidione potuit: Celtiberi fessi proeliis variis abscesserunt.
The Celtiberians attacked Fulvius Flaccus while he was besieging a Spanish town named Urbicna. Several hard battles were fought there, and many Roman soldiers were both wounded and killed. Fulvius conquered through perseverance, because he could be drawn away from the siege by no force; the Celtiberians, exhausted by various battles, departed.
urbs amoto auxilio eorum intra paucos dies capta et direpta est: praedam militibus praetor concessit.
The city, their assistance being removed, was captured and plundered within a few days; the praetor granted the booty to the soldiers.
Fulvius hoc oppido capto, Manlius exercitu tantum in unum coacto, qui dissipatus fuerat, nulla alia memorabili gesta re, exercitus in hiberna deduxerunt.
Fulvius having taken this town, and Manlius having only assembled into one body his army which had been scattered, they led their armies into winter quarters, without performing any other memorable exploit.
haec ea aestate in Hispania gesta. Terentius, qui ex ea provincia decesserat, ovans urbem iniit. translatum argenti pondo novem milia trecenta viginti, auri octoginta pondo et duo, coronae aureae sexaginta septem.
These were the achievements in Spain during that summer. Terentius, who had retired from that province, entered the city in ovation. There were carried in the procession nine thousand three hundred and twenty pounds of silver, eighty-two pounds of gold, and sixty-seven golden crowns.
- 40.16.1dicenti
The dative singular of the present active participle of dicere, functioning as the dative of reference or indirect object for the main verb intercluserunt, referring to the speaker, Demetrius.
- 40.16.2non verbis se nec unius horae disceptatione causam eorum diiudicaturum
An indirect statement introduced by pronuntiavit. The subject accusative is se (referring to Philip), and diiudicaturum [esse] (with the auxiliary esse omitted) is the future active infinitive agreeing with se in gender, number, and case.
- 40.16.3revictum
A perfect passive infinitive with esse omitted, agreeing with its subject accusative crimen (neuter singular), forming part of the subject clause of the impersonal verb appareret inside the ut-clause.
- 40.16.4quae
A relative pronoun whose grammatical antecedent is Ligures (masculine plural) in the preceding sentence, but which has attracted into the gender and number of the predicate noun provincia (feminine singular) inside its own clause.
- 40.16.6verius fuisse
An infinitive clause in the indirect speech depending on senatus... iussit. The expression verius fuisse is impersonal ("it would have been more proper"), with the subsequent infinitive decernere functioning as its true subject.