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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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Consul Quintus Fulvius celebrates a triumph over the Ligurians, followed by the elections of new consuls and praetors. Due to several ominous portents, the Roman Games are repeated to appease the gods.
alter consulum Q. Fulvius ex Liguribus triumphavit; quem triumphum1 magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat.
One of the consuls, Quintus Fulvius, celebrated a triumph over the Ligurians; it was well known that this triumph was granted more as a favor than because of the greatness of his achievements.
armorum hostilium magnam vim transtulit, nullam pecuniam admodum. divisit tamen in singulos milites trecenos aeris, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti.
He carried in the procession a great quantity of enemy arms, but virtually no money. Nevertheless, he distributed three hundred asses of bronze to each soldier, double to the centurions, and triple to the horsemen.
nihil in eo triumpho magis insigne fuit, quam quod forte evenit, ut eodem die triumpharet, quo priore anno ex praetura triumphaverat.
Nothing in that triumph was more remarkable than the fact that he happened to triumph on the very same day on which he had triumphed the previous year after his praetorship.
secundum triumphum comitia edixit, quibus creati consules sunt M. Iunius Brutus A. Manlius Vulso.
After the triumph, he proclaimed the assembly, at which Marcus Iunius Brutus and Aulus Manlius Vulso were elected consuls.
praetorum inde tribus creatis comitia tempestas diremit. postero die reliqui tres facti, ante diem quartum idus Martias, M. Titinius Curvus Ti. Claudius Nero T. Fonteius Capito.
Next, after three praetors had been elected, a storm broke up the assembly. On the following day, the remaining three were chosen, four days before the Ides of March: Marcus Titinius Curvus, Tiberius Claudius Nero, and Titus Fonteius Capito.
ludi Romani instaurati ab aedilibus curulibus Cn. Servilio Caepione Ap. Claudio Centone propter prodigia, quae evenerant. terra movit;2
The Roman Games were repeated by the curule aediles, Gnaeus Servilius Caepio and Appius Claudius Cento, on account of the portents that had occurred. The earth shook;
in fanis publicis, ubi lectisternium erat, deorum capita, quae in lectis erant, averterunt se, lanxque cum integumentis, quae Iovi apposita fuit, decidit de mensa. oleas quoque praegustasse mures in prodigium versum est. ad ea expianda nihil ultra, quam ut ludi instaurarentur, actum est.3
in the public temples, where the sacred banquet of the gods was taking place, the heads of the statues of the gods upon the couches turned themselves away, and the dish with its coverings, which had been placed before Jupiter, fell from the table. The fact that mice had also tasted the olives beforehand was turned into a portent. To expiate these things, nothing further was done than that the games should be repeated.
- 40.59.1quem triumphum
The relative pronoun is used here as a relative adjective modifying 'triumphum' and acting as a connective link with the preceding sentence, meaning 'which triumph' or 'this triumph'.
- 40.59.6terra movit
The transitive verb 'moveo' (to move) is used here in an intransitive sense (with the reflexive pronoun 'se' omitted) to mean 'the earth shook'.
- 40.59.8nihil ultra, quam ut ludi instaurarentur, actum est
A comparative construction with 'nihil ultra, quam' ('nothing further than'). The 'ut' clause with the subjunctive 'instaurarentur' functions as a noun clause explaining the only action taken.