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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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Following Ligustinus' speech, the consul Licinius praised him and awarded him the post of chief centurion, leading other protesters to submit to the draft. Preparation for war continued with additional troop mobilization, the Latin Festival, and the dispatch of envoys.
haec ubi dixit, conlaudatum1 multis verbis P. Licinius consul ex contione in senatum duxit.
When he had said this, the consul Publius Licinius, having praised him with many words, led him from the assembly into the senate.
ibi quoque ei ex auctoritate senatus gratiae actae, tribunique militares in legione prima primum pilum virtutis causa ei adsignarunt. ceteri centuriones remissa appellatione ad dilectum oboedienter responderunt.
There also, thanks were returned to him by the authority of the senate, and the military tribunes assigned him the post of chief centurion in the first legion on account of his bravery. The other centurions, having withdrawn their appeal, obediently answered to the enlistment.
quo maturius in provincias magistratus proficiscerentur,2 Latinae kalendis Iuniis fuere; eoque sollemni perfecto C. Lucretius praetor omnibus, quae ad classem opus erant, praemissis Brundisium est profectus.
In order that the magistrates might set out for their provinces more speedily, the Latin Festival was held on the calends of June; and when this solemnity was completed, the praetor Gaius Lucretius, having sent forward everything that was necessary for the fleet, set out for Brundisium.
praeter eos exercitus, quos consules comparabant, C. Sulpicio Galbae praetori negotium datum, ut quattuor legiones scriberet3 urbanas, iusto numero peditum equitumque, iisque quattuor tribunos militum ex senatu legeret, qui praeessent;
In addition to those armies which the consuls were preparing, the praetor Gaius Sulpicius Galba was given the task of enrolling four city legions with the regular number of infantry and cavalry, and of choosing from the senate four military tribunes to command them;
sociis Latini nominis imperaret quindecim milia peditum, mille et ducentos equites; is exercitus uti paratus esset, quo senatus censuisset.
and of demanding from the allies of the Latin name fifteen thousand infantry and twelve hundred cavalry, so that this army should be ready wherever the senate should determine.
P. Licinio consuli ad exercitum civilem socialemque petenti addita auxilia, Ligurum duo milia, Cretenses sagittarii — incertus numerus,4 quantum rogati Cretenses misissent —, Numidae item equites elephantique.
To the consul Publius Licinius, who requested them for his army of citizens and allies, auxiliary forces were added: two thousand Ligurians, Cretan archers—the number being uncertain, as many as the Cretans when requested had sent—and likewise Numidian cavalry and elephants.
in eam rem legati ad Masinissam Carthaginiensesque missi L. Postumius Albinus Q. Terentius Culleo C. Aburius. in Cretam item legatos tres ire placuit, A. Postumium Albinum C. Decimium A. Licinium Nervam.
For this purpose, envoys were sent to Masinissa and the Carthaginienses: Lucius Postumius Albinus, Quintus Terentius Culleo, and Gaius Aburius. It was likewise decided that three envoys should go to Crete: Aulus Postumius Albinus, Gaius Decimius, and Aulus Licinius Nerva.
- 42.35.1conlaudatum
The perfect passive participle conlaudatum (accusative singular masculine) functions as the direct object of duxit, agreeing with an implied pronoun (eum) referring to Sp. Ligustinus. It indicates that the consul first praised him and then led him.
- 42.35.3quo maturius ... proficiscerentur
In a clause of purpose, when a comparative (maturius) is present, quo (originally an ablative of means) is regularly used instead of ut.
- 42.35.4ut quattuor legiones scriberet
This ut-clause with the imperfect subjunctive scriberet explains the content of negotium (the task), which is the subject of the impersonal passive datum [est]. The verb imperaret in §42.35.5 is also coordinated with this clause, with ut omitted.
- 42.35.6incertus numerus
incertus numerus is a nominative in apposition to Cretenses sagittarii, functioning parenthetically. quantum is a relative pronoun with an implied antecedent tantum; the subjunctive misissent is used in a subordinate clause within indirect discourse or a restrictive relative clause.