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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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Upon receiving Tiberius Claudius's report, the senate decrees the transfer of the army to Liguria. Meanwhile, Tiberius Sempronius in Sardinia and Gaius Claudius in Liguria secure major victories, and Claudius returns to Rome after pacifying two provinces.
Ti. Claudius proconsul, qui praetor priore anno fuerat, cum praesidio legionis unius Pisis praeerat.
Tiberius Claudius, the proconsul, who had been praetor the previous year, was in command at Pisa with a garrison of one legion.
cuius1 litteris senatus certior factus, eas ipsas litteras ad C. Claudium — nam alter consul iam in Sardiniam traiecerat —
The senate, having been informed by his letter, decided that this very letter should be sent to Gaius Claudius—for the other consul had already crossed over to Sardinia—
deferendas censet et adicit decretum, quoniam Histria provincia confecta esset, si ei videretur, exercitum traduceret2 in Ligures.
and added a decree that, since the province of Istria was settled, if it seemed good to him, he should transfer his army to the Ligurians.
simul ex litteris consulis, quas de rebus in Histria gestis scripserat, in biduum supplicatio decreta. et ab altero consule Ti. Sempronio in Sardinia prospere res gesta.
At the same time, on the basis of the consul’s letter, which he had written about the achievements in Istria, a thanksgiving of two days was decreed. And by the other consul, Tiberius Sempronius, affairs were successfully conducted in Sardinia.
exercitum in agrum Sardorum Iliensium induxit. Balarorum magna auxilia Iliensibus venerant; cum utraque gente signis conlatis conflixit. fusi fugatique hostes castrisque exuti, duodecim milia armatorum caesa.
He led his army into the territory of the Ilienses Sardinians. Large auxiliary forces of the Balari had come to the aid of the Ilienses; he clashed with both nations in a pitched battle. The enemy were routed and put to flight, and stripped of their camp; twelve thousand armed men were slain.
postero die arma lecta conici in acervum iussit consul sacrumque id Vulcano cremavit. victorem exercitum in hiberna sociarum urbium reduxit.
On the following day, the consul ordered the collected arms to be thrown into a heap, and burned them as a sacred offering to Vulcan. He then led the victorious army back into winter quarters in the allied cities.
et C. Claudius litteris Ti. Claudi et senatus consulto accepto ex Histria legiones in Ligures transduxit.
And Gaius Claudius, having received Tiberius Claudius’s letter and the decree of the senate, transferred the legions from Istria to the Ligurians.
ad Scultennam flumen in campos progressi castra habebant hostes, ibi cum iis acie dimicatum.3 quindecim milia caesa, plus septingenti aut in proelio aut in castris — nam ea quoque expugnata sunt — capti, et signa militaria unum et quinquaginta capta.
The enemy, having advanced into the plains near the river Scultenna, had their camp there, and there a pitched battle was fought with them. Fifteen thousand were slain; more than seven hundred were captured either in the battle or in the camp—for that too was taken by storm—and fifty-one military standards were captured.
Ligures, reliquiae caedis, in montes refugerunt, passimque populanti campestris agros consuli4 nulla usquam apparuerunt arma.
The Ligurians, the remnants of the slaughter, fled into the mountains, and no armed force appeared anywhere before the consul as he ravaged the flat country far and wide.
Claudius duarum gentium uno anno victor, duabus, quod raro alius, in consulatu pacatis provinciis Romam revertit.
Claudius, victor over two nations in a single year, having pacified two provinces during his consulship—an achievement rare for anyone else—returned to Rome.
- 41.12.2cuius
Relative connection (nexus relativus) at the beginning of the sentence, referring back to Ti. Claudius in the preceding sentence. It is translated as 'his [letter].'
- 41.12.3traduceret
Imperfect subjunctive representing an indirect command explaining the content of the decretum (decree). The conjunction ut is omitted.
- 41.12.8dimicatum
Impersonal passive of the intransitive verb dimico, with the omission of est (for dimicatum est). It indicates that the action of fighting itself took place.
- 41.12.9populanti ... consuli
Dative of reference of the present participle and noun, functioning with nulla ... apparuerunt arma (no armed forces appeared). It indicates the situation from the standpoint of the consul who was engaged in ravaging.