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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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As the year ends, the election of consuls is expedited to end the Macedonian war. The elected Aemilius Paulus and others immediately draw lots for their provinces to accelerate military preparations.
iam in exitu annus erat, et propter Macedonici maxime belli curam in sermonibus homines habebant, quos in annum consules ad finiendum tandem id bellum crearent.1
The year was already drawing to a close, and especially because of their concern over the Macedonian war, people were discussing in their conversations whom they should elect as consuls for the coming year to finally bring that war to an end.
itaque senatus consultum factum est, ut Cn. Servilius primo quoque tempore ad comitia habenda veniret.
Therefore, a decree of the senate was passed that Gnaeus Servilius should come at the earliest possible opportunity to hold the elections.
senatus consultum Sulpicius praetor ad consulem misit, litterasque allatas a consule post paucos dies recitavit, quibus in ante diem comitia edixit: se ante eum diem in urbem venturum. et consul maturavit et comitia eo die, qui dictus erat, sunt perfecta.
The praetor Sulpicius sent the decree of the senate to the consul, and a few days later read the letter brought from the consul, in which he proclaimed the elections for a certain day, and stated that he would come to the city before that day. The consul made haste, and the elections were completed on the very day that had been appointed.
consules creati L. Aemilius Paulus iterum, quarto decumo anno postquam primo consul fuerat, et C. Licinius Crassus.
The consuls elected were Lucius Aemilius Paulus for the second time, fourteen years after he had first been consul, and Gaius Licinius Crassus.
praetores postero die facti Cn. Baebius Tampilus, L. Anicius Gallus, Cn. Octavius, P. Fonteius Balbus, M. Aebutius Helva, C. Papirius Carbo.
The praetors chosen on the following day were Gnaeus Baebius Tampilus, Lucius Anicius Gallus, Gnaeus Octavius, Publius Fonteius Balbus, Marcus Aebutius Helva, and Gaius Papirius Carbo.
omnia ut maturius agerentur, belli Macedonici stimulabat cura.
Concern over the Macedonian war urged that everything should be done with greater speed.
itaque designatos extemplo sortiri placuit provincias, ut, cum, utri Macedonia consuli cuique praetori classis evenisset, sciretur,2 ii iam inde cogitarent pararentque, quae bello usui forent,3 senatumque consulerent, si qua de re consulto opus esset.
Therefore, it was decided that the magistrates-elect should immediately draw lots for their provinces, so that when it was known which of the two consuls would receive Macedonia and which praetor would get the fleet, they might from that moment think about and prepare what would be useful for the war, and consult the senate if there should be need of consultation on any matter.
Latinas, ubi magistratum inissent, quod per religiones posset, primo quoque tempore fieri placere,4 ne quid consulem, cui eundum in Macedoniam esset, teneret.
It was also decided that, upon their entering office, the Latin Festival should be celebrated at the earliest possible time, so far as religious obligations allowed, so that nothing might detain the consul who had to go to Macedonia.
his decretis, consulibus Italia et Macedonia, praetoribus praeter duas iurisdictiones in urbe classis et Hispania et Sicilia et Sardinia provinciae nominatae sunt.
These matters having been decreed, Italy and Macedonia were designated as the provinces for the consuls, and for the praetors, besides the two jurisdictions in the city, the fleet, Spain, Sicily, and Sardinia.
consulum Aemilio Macedonia, Licinio Italia evenit. praetores Cn. Baebius urbanam, L. Anicius peregrinam et si quo senatus censuisset, Cn. Octavius classem, P. Fonteius Hispaniam, M. Aebutius Siciliam, C. Papirius Sardiniam est sortitus.
Of the consuls, Macedonia fell to Aemilius, and Italy to Licinius. Of the praetors, Gnaeus Baebius drew the urban jurisdiction, Lucius Anicius the jurisdiction concerning foreigners and wherever else the senate should decide, Gnaeus Octavius the fleet, Publius Fonteius Spain, Marcus Aebutius Sicily, and Gaius Papirius Sardinia.
- 44.17.1quos in annum consules ... crearent
This is an indirect question clause using the imperfect subjunctive crearent as a result of the sequence of tenses after the historical main verb habebant.
- 44.17.7ut, cum, utri Macedonia consuli cuique praetori classis evenisset, sciretur
Within the ut purpose clause, a temporal cum clause is nested, which itself contains the indirect question utri... evenisset (pluperfect subjunctive). sciretur is the imperfect subjunctive verb governed by cum. The core structure is 'so that, when it was known (sciretur) ..., they might think and prepare (ut ... cogitarent)'.
- 44.17.7quae bello usui forent
A double dative construction consisting of bello (dative of reference) and usui (dative of purpose). forent is an alternative form of essent, in the subjunctive expressing potentiality or purpose within the relative clause.
- 44.17.8Latinas ... fieri placere
An accusative with infinitive construction dependent on the sense of decision from the preceding placuit. It indicates the resolution that the Latin Festival (Feriae Latinae) must be held as soon as possible after they enter office.