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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 senate accelerates the war preparations, instructing the praetors Licinius and Sicinius to equip the fleet, recruit rowers, and levy allied troops, after which Sicinius sets out for Brundisium.
belli apparatum non differendum censuerunt. C. Licinio praetori negotium datur, ut ex veteribus quinqueremibus in navalibus Romae subductis, quae possent usui esse, reficeret1 pararetque naves quinquaginta.
They resolved that the preparation for war should not be delayed. To the praetor Gaius Licinius, the task was assigned that, out of the old quinqueremes hauled up in the dockyards at Rome, he should repair and make ready fifty ships, such as could be of use.
si quid ad eum numerum explendum deesset, C. Memmio collegae in Siciliam scriberet, ut eas, quae in Sicilia naves essent, reficeret atque expediret, ut Brundisium primo quoque tempore mitti possent.
If any should be wanting to make up that number, he was to write to his colleague Gaius Memmius in Sicily, to repair and equip those ships which were in Sicily, so that they might be sent to Brundisium at the earliest opportunity.
socios navales libertini ordinis in viginti et quinque naves ex civibus Romanis C. Licinius praetor scribere iussus; in quinque et viginti parem numerum Cn. Sicinius sociis imperaret; idem praetor2 peditum octo milia, quadringentos equites ab sociis Latini nominis exigeret.
The praetor Gaius Licinius was ordered to enlist naval allies of the freedman class from among the Roman citizens for twenty-five ships; for the other twenty-five, Gnaeus Sicinius was to requisition an equal number from the allies; the same praetor was to demand eight thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry from the allies of the Latin name.
hunc militem qui Brundisi acciperet3 atque in Macedoniam mitteret, A. Atilius Serranus, qui priore anno praetor fuerat, deligitur.
To receive this force at Brundisium and to send it into Macedonia, Aulus Atilius Serranus, who had been praetor the previous year, was selected.
Cn. Sicinius praetor ut exercitum paratum ad traiciendum haberet, C. Popilio consuli ex auctoritate senatus C. Licinius praetor scribit, ut et legionem secundam, quae maxume veterana in Liguribus erat, et ex sociis Latini nominis quattuor milia peditum, ducentos equites idibus Februariis Brundisi adesse iuberet.
In order that the praetor Gnaeus Sicinius might have an army ready for crossing over, the praetor Gaius Licinius, on the authority of the senate, wrote to the consul Gaius Popilius, that he should order both the second legion, which was the most veteran among the Ligurians, and four thousand infantry and two hundred cavalry from the allies of the Latin name, to be present at Brundisium on the Ides of February.
hac classe et hoc exercitu Cn. Sicinius provinciam Macedoniam obtinere, donec successor veniret, iussus, prorogato in annum imperio. ea omnia, quae senatus censuit, inpigre facta sunt.
With this fleet and this army, Gnaeus Sicinius was ordered to hold the province of Macedonia until a successor should come, his command being prorogued for a year. All those things which the senate had decreed were actively carried out.
duodequadraginta quinqueremes ex navalibus deductae; qui deduceret eas Brundisium, L. Porcius Licinus praepositus;
Thirty-eight quinqueremes were launched from the dockyards; Lucius Porcius Licinus was put in charge to conduct them to Brundisium;
duodecim ex Sicilia missae. ad frumentum classi exercituique coemendum4 in Apuliam Calabriamque tres legati missi, Sex. Digitius T. Iuventius M. Caecilius. ad omnia praeparata Cn. Sicinius praetor, paludatus ex urbe profectus, Brundisium venit.
twelve were sent from Sicily. To purchase corn for the fleet and the army, three commissioners were sent into Apulia and Calabria: Sextus Digitius, Titus Iuventius, and Marcus Caecilius. When all things were prepared, the praetor Gnaeus Sicinius, having set out from the city in military cloak, came to Brundisium.
- 42.27.1datur, ut ... reficeret
The main verb datur is present in form (historical present), but since it represents a past event, it is treated as a historical tense in the sequence of tenses. Consequently, the verbs in the subordinate ut clause (reficeret, pararet) are in the imperfect subjunctive.
- 42.27.3idem praetor
The phrase idem praetor (the same praetor) refers to the immediately preceding Cn. Sicinius. The subsequent subjunctive exigeret expresses the decree or command of the senate (indirect command or independent volitive subjunctive).
- 42.27.4qui Brundisi acciperet
The clause introduced by the relative pronoun qui is a relative clause of purpose, which is why the imperfect subjunctive (acciperet and mitteret) is used.
- 42.27.8ad frumentum ... coemendum
The preposition ad combined with the accusative neuter of the gerundive coemendum expresses purpose ('to purchase'). classi exercituique is a dative of advantage, modifying coemendum.