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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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A false report of the Roman army's annihilation triggers a large-scale emergency levy throughout Italy, but once the truth of the army's safety is revealed, the panic subsides and the legions enter winter quarters at Aquileia.
forte ita evenit, ut Cn. et L. Gavillii Novelli, Aquileienses, cum commeatu venientes, ignari prope1 in capta castra ab Histris inciderent.
By chance it so happened that Gnaeus and Lucius Gavillius Novellus, citizens of Aquileia, coming with provisions, in ignorance almost fell into the camp that had been captured by the Istrians.
ii cum Aquileiam relictis impedimentis refugissent, omnia terrore ac tumultu non Aquileiae modo, sed Romae quoque post paucos dies inpleverunt;
When they had fled back to Aquileia, leaving their baggage behind, they filled everything with terror and confusion, not only at Aquileia but also at Rome a few days later;
quo non capta tantum castra ab hostibus nec fuga, quae vera erant, sed perditas res deletumque exercitum omnem allatum est.2
thither it was reported, not only that the camp had been captured by the enemy and that there had been a flight—which were true—but that all was lost and the entire army destroyed.
itaque, quod in tumultu fieri solet, dilectus extra ordinem non in urbe tantum, sed tota Italia indicti. duae legiones civium Romanorum conscriptae, et decem milia peditum cum equitibus quingentis sociis nominis Latini imperata.
Therefore, as is accustomed to be done in a tumult, extraordinary levies were ordered, not only in the city but throughout all Italy. Two legions of Roman citizens were enrolled, and ten thousand infantry with five hundred cavalry were demanded from the allies of the Latin name.
M. Iunius consul transire in Galliam et ab civitatibus provinciae eius, quantum quaeque posset, militum exigere iussus.
Marcus Junius the consul was ordered to cross over into Gaul, and to demand from the states of that province as many soldiers as each was able to supply.
simul decretum, ut Ti. Claudius praetor militibus legionis quartae et socium3 Latini nominis quinque milibus, equitibus ducentis quinquaginta, Pisas ut convenirent, ediceret, eamque provinciam, dum consul inde abesset, tutaretur;
At the same time it was decreed that Tiberius Claudius the praetor should issue an edict for the soldiers of the fourth legion, and five thousand infantry of the Latin allies with two hundred and fifty cavalry, to assemble at Pisae, and that he should protect that province while the consul was absent from it;
M. Titinius praetor legionem primam, parem numerum sociorum peditum equitumque, Ariminum convenire iuberet.
and that Marcus Titinius the praetor should order the first legion, and an equal number of allied infantry and cavalry, to assemble at Ariminum.
Nero4 paludatus Pisas in provinciam est profectus; Titinius C. Cassio tribuno militum Ariminum, qui praeesset legioni, misso dilectum Romae habuit.
Nero, wearing the general’s cloak, set out for his province, Pisae; Titinius, having sent Gaius Cassius, a military tribune, to Ariminum to take command of the legion, held a levy at Rome.
M. Iunius consul ex Liguribus in provinciam Galliam transgressus, auxiliis protinus per civitates Galliae militibusque coloniis imperatis, Aquileiam pervenit.
Marcus Junius the consul, crossing from the Ligurians into the province of Gaul, having immediately demanded auxiliary forces through the states of Gaul and soldiers from the colonies, arrived at Aquileia.
ibi certior factus exercitum incolumem esse, scriptis litteris Romam, ne tumultuarentur, ipse remissis auxiliis, quae Gallis imperaverat, ad collegam est profectus.
There, having been informed that the army was safe, after writing a letter to Rome that they should not be in a panic, he himself, having dismissed the auxiliary forces which he had demanded from the Gauls, set out to join his colleague.
Romae magna ex necopinato laetitia fuit: dilectus omissus est, exauctorati, qui sacramento dixerant, et exercitus, qui Arimini pestilentia adfectus erat, domum dimissus.
At Rome there was great joy arising from what was unexpected: the levy was abandoned, those who had taken the military oath were discharged, and the army which had been afflicted with pestilence at Ariminum was sent home.
Histri magnis copiis cum castra haud procul consulis castris haberent, postquam alterum consulem cum exercitu novo advenisse audierunt, passim in civitates dilapsi sunt. consules Aquileiam in hiberna legiones reduxerunt.
Though the Istrians with large forces had their camp not far from the consul’s camp, after they heard that the other consul had arrived with a new army, they dispersed in all directions to their own states. The consuls led the legions back to Aquileia into winter quarters.
- 41.5.1ignari prope
ignari is a nominative plural adjective modifying the subject (the Novelli brothers) predicatively ("in ignorance"). prope is an adverb modifying inciderent, expressing that the event almost took place ("almost fell into").
- 41.5.3allatum est
An impersonal passive verb meaning "it was reported". Its subject consists of the nouns capta castra and fuga in the first part (which were true, quae vera erant), and the accusative with infinitive clause perditas res deletumque exercitum omnem [esse] in the second part (which was false). The relative adverb quo ("thither") refers to Rome and other places.
- 41.5.6socium
An archaic contracted form of sociorum (genitive plural); socium Latini nominis means "of the allies of the Latin name." Used by Livy as a formulaic or archaic stylistic element.
- 41.5.8Nero
Refers to the praetor Tiberius Claudius (Ti. Claudius praetor) mentioned in section 6. Livy frequently alternates between the gentilicium (Claudius) and the cognomen (Nero) for the same individual.