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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 consul Claudius besieged Nesattium and captured it by diverting the river. With the suicide of King Aepulo and the fall of other towns, the whole of Istria was pacified, while signs of a new war began to appear among the Ligurians.
paucis ante diebus Iunius Manliusque oppidum Nesattium, quo se principes Histrorum et regulus ipse Aepulo receperat,1 summa vi oppugnare coeperant.
A few days before, Junius and Manlius had begun to attack with the utmost force the town of Nesattium, where the leaders of the Histrians and the petty king Aepulo himself had retreated.
eo Claudius duabus legionibus novis adductis, vetere exercitu cum suis ducibus dimisso, ipse oppidum circumsedit et vineis oppugnare intendit, amnemque praeterfluentem moenia, qui et impedimento oppugnantibus erat2 et aquationem Histris praebebat, multorum dierum opere exceptum novo alveo avertit.
Thither Claudius, having brought up two new legions and dismissed the old army with its generals, besieged the town himself and intended to attack it with penthouses. And the river flowing past the walls, which was both a hindrance to the besiegers and provided water to the Histrians, he diverted into a new channel, having intercepted it by a work of many days.
ea res barbaros miraculo terruit abscisae aquae:3 et ne tum quidem memores pacis, in caedem coniugum ac liberorum versi, etiam ut spectaculo hostibus tam foedum facinus esset, palam in muris trucidatos praecipitabant.
This wonder of the cut-off water terrified the barbarians; and not even then mindful of peace, they turned to the slaughter of their wives and children, and even so that so foul a deed might be a spectacle to the enemy, they openly slaughtered them on the walls and cast them down.
inter simul complorationem feminarum puerorumque, simul nefandam caedem, milites transgressi murum oppidum intrarunt.
Amidst both the wailing of women and children and, at the same time, the unspeakable slaughter, the soldiers crossed the wall and entered the town.
cuius capti tumultum ubi ex pavido clamore fugientium accepit rex, traiecit ferro pectus, ne vivus caperetur;
When the king heard the tumult of its capture from the panicked cry of those fleeing, he pierced his breast with his sword, lest he should be taken alive;
ceteri capti aut occisi. duo deinde oppida, Mutila et Faveria, vi capta et deleta.
the rest were captured or slain. Next, two towns, Mutila and Faveria, were taken by force and destroyed.
praeda, ut in gente inopi, spe maior fuit, et omnis militibus concessa est. quinque milia capitum sescenta triginta duo sub corona venierunt.4 auctores belli virgis caesi et securi percussi.
The booty, as was to be expected among a poor people, was greater than hoped for, and all of it was granted to the soldiers. Five thousand six hundred and thirty-two persons were sold under the crown. The authors of the war were beaten with rods and beheaded.
Histria tota trium oppidorum excidio et morte regis pacata est; omnesque undique populi obsidibus datis in dicionem venerunt.
The whole of Istria was pacified by the destruction of the three towns and the death of the king; and all the peoples from all sides, having given hostages, came under subjection.
sub Histrici finem belli apud Ligures concilia de bello haberi coepta.5
Near the end of the Histrian war, councils concerning war began to be held among the Ligurians.
- 41.11.1receperat
Although the subject is a combination of plural and singular nouns (principes and regulus), the verb receperat is in the singular, agreeing with the nearest subject regulus ipse Aepulo.
- 41.11.3impedimento oppugnantibus erat
A double dative construction. impedimento serves as the dative of purpose or tendency (a hindrance), and oppugnantibus (dative plural of the present participle of oppugno) as the dative of reference (for the besiegers).
- 41.11.4abscisae aquae
A construction where a noun combined with a perfect passive participle expresses an abstract idea (the so-called 'ab urbe condita' construction). miraculo... abscisae aquae means 'the wonder of the cut-off water'.
- 41.11.8sub corona venierunt
venierunt is the perfect tense of the irregular verb veneo ('to be sold'). The phrase sub corona ('under the crown') is an idiomatic expression for being sold into slavery, originating from the custom of placing chaplets on the heads of prisoners of war when they were auctioned.
- 41.11.10haberi coepta
The main verb coepi reflects the Latin grammatical convention where it takes a passive form (here coepta, with sunt omitted) when accompanied by a passive infinitive (here haberi).