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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 reports of setbacks in Macedonia, the senate dispatched envoys to investigate and arranged for an early consular election. After the new consuls were elected and assigned to Italy and Macedonia, the returning envoys reported on the army's lack of discipline and the mutual blaming between the consul and his officers.
haec et alia haud prospere in Macedonia gesta ex Sex. Digitio tribuno militum, qui sacrificii causa Romam venerat, sunt audita.
These and other unsuccessful operations in Macedonia were heard of from Sextus Digitius, a military tribune, who had come to Rome for the purpose of offering sacrifice.
propter quae veriti patres, ne qua maior ignominia acciperetur, legatos in Macedoniam M. Fulvium Flaccum et M. Caninium Rebilum miserunt, qui conperta, quae agerentur, referrent;
Anxious on this account lest some greater disgrace should be incurred, the senators sent Marcus Fulvius Flaccus and Marcus Caninius Rebilus as legates to Macedonia to discover what was going on and report back;
et ut A. Atilius consul comitia consulibus rogandis ita ediceret,1 uti mense Ianuario confici possent, et ut primo quoque tempore in urbem rediret.
and they directed that the consul Aulus Atilius should issue a proclamation for the election of consuls in such a manner that it could be completed in the month of January, and that he should return to the city at the earliest possible opportunity.
interim M. Raecio praetori mandatum, ut edicto senatores omnes ex tota Italia, nisi qui rei publicae causa abessent, Romam revocaret:
Meanwhile, the praetor Marcus Raecius was ordered to recall by edict all senators to Rome from the whole of Italy, except those who were absent on public business;
qui Romae essent, ne quis ultra mille passuum ab Roma abesset. ea, uti senatus censuit, sunt facta.
and as for those who were in Rome, that no one should be more than a mile away from Rome. These things were done as the senate had decreed.
comitia consularia ante diem quintum kal. Febr. fuere. creati consules sunt Q. Marcius Philippus iterum et Cn. Servilius Caepio.
The consular elections were held on the fifth day before the Kalends of February. Quintus Marcius Philippus, for the second time, and Gnaeus Servilius Caepio were elected consuls.
post diem tertium praetores sunt facti C. Decimius, M. Claudius Marcellus, C. Sulpicius Gallus, C. Marcius Figulus, Ser. Cornelius Lentulus, P. Fonteius Capito.
Three days later, Gaius Decimius, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, Gaius Marcius Figulus, Servius Cornelius Lentulus, and Publius Fonteius Capito were appointed praetors.
designatis praetoribus praeter duas urbanas quattuor provinciae sunt decretae:
After the praetors were designated, besides the two urban jurisdictions, four provinces were decreed:
Hispania et Sardinia et Sicilia et classis. legati ex Macedonia exacto admodum mense Februario redierunt. hi, quas res ea aestate prospere gessisset rex Perseus, referebant, quantusque timor socios populi Romani cepisset tot urbibus in potestatem regis redactis.
Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, and the fleet. The legates from Macedonia returned just at the end of the month of February. They reported what successful operations King Perseus had carried out that summer, and how great a fear had seized the allies of the Roman people since so many cities had been brought under the power of the king.
exercitum consulis infrequentem commeatibus vulgo datis per ambitionem esse;2 culpam eius rei consulem in tribunos militum, contra illos in consulem conferre.
They added that the consul’s army was understrength because furloughs were commonly granted through a desire for popularity, and that the consul cast the blame for this on the military tribunes, while they in turn cast it on the consul.
ignominiam Claudi temeritate acceptam elevare eos patres † acceperunt, qui3 perpaucos Italici generis et magna ex parte tumultuario dilectu conscriptos ibi milites amissos referebant.
The senators received word that the disgrace incurred through the rashness of Claudius was minimized by those who reported that very few soldiers of Italian stock and for the most part enlisted in a hasty levy had been lost there.
consules designati ubi primum magistratum inissent, de Macedonia referre ad senatum iussi; destinataeque provinciae iis sunt Italia et Macedonia.
The consuls-elect were ordered to report to the senate concerning Macedonia as soon as they should enter upon their office; and Italy and Macedonia were assigned to them as their provinces.
hoc anno intercalatum est: tertio die post Terminalia kalendae intercalariae fuere. sacerdotes intra eum annum mortui sunt L. Flamininus pontifices duo decesserunt, L. Furius Philus et C. Livius Salinator. in locum Furii T. Manlium Torquatum, in Livi M. Servilium pontifices legerunt.
In this year there was an intercalation: the intercalary Kalends were on the third day after the Terminalia. Among the priests who died during that year was Lucius Flamininus; two pontiffs also passed away, Lucius Furius Philus and Gaius Livius Salinator. In place of Furius they chose Titus Manlius Torquatus, and in place of Livius, Marcus Servilius as pontiffs.
- 43.11.3ut A. Atilius consul comitia ... ediceret
The conjunction ut introduces a substantive clause of purpose or indirect command depending on the verbal idea implied by miserunt in the preceding section, expressing what the envoys were instructed to convey.
- 43.11.10exercitum consulis infrequentem commeatibus vulgo datis per ambitionem esse
An indirect speech construction (accusative with infinitive, Aci) depending on referebant in the preceding section. exercitum is the subject accusative, and infrequentem ... esse is the infinitive phrase. commeatibus vulgo datis is an ablative absolute expressing cause.
- 43.11.11ignominiam Claudi temeritate acceptam elevare eos patres † acceperunt, qui ...
The text contains a corruption (indicated by the dagger). Under the adopted reading, patres is the subject of the main verb acceperunt (received/understood), and ignominiam ... elevare eos is an accusative with infinitive clause where eos (referring to the legates or reporters) is the subject. The relative clause qui ... referebant qualifies eos.