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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 newly elected consul Aemilius Paulus requests the senate to send envoys to Macedonia to investigate the state of the war, which is approved; the passage also records late-year prodigies, the deaths of priests, and the growing scale of public games.
extemplo apparuit omnibus non segniter id bellum L. Aemilium gesturum, praeterquam quod † aliis vir erat,1 etiam quod dies noctesque intentus ea sola, quae ad id bellum pertinerent, animo agitabat.
It immediately became apparent to everyone that Lucius Aemilius would not conduct that war sluggishly; besides the fact that he was a man of a different character from others, he was also busy day and night, turning over in his mind only those matters which pertained to that war.
iam omnium primum a senatu petit, ut legatos in Macedoniam mitterent ad exercitus visendos classemque et conperta referenda,2 quid aut terrestribus aut navalibus copiis opus esset;
Now, first of all, he requested of the senate that they should send legates to Macedonia to inspect the army and the fleet, and to report back their findings as to what was needed for either the land or naval forces;
praeterea ut explorarent copias regias, quantum possent, qua provincia nostra, qua hostium foret; utrum intra saltus castra Romani haberent, an iam omnes angustiae exsuperatae, et in aequa loca pervenissent;
furthermore, that they should investigate the royal forces as much as they could, which territory was ours and which was the enemy’s; whether the Romans had their camp inside the mountain passes, or whether all the narrow defiles had already been overcome and they had reached open country;
qui fideles nobis socii, qui dubii suspensaeque ex fortuna fidei, qui certi hostes viderentur; quanti praeparati commeatus, et unde terrestri itinere, unde navibus subportarentur; quid ea aestate terra marique rerum gestum esset: ex his bene cognitis certa in futurum consilia capi posse.3
who appeared to be our faithful allies, who were doubtful and of a loyalty suspended upon fortune, who were certain enemies; how much provisions had been prepared, and from where they were being brought by land, and from where by ships; what had been achieved that summer by land and sea: for he said that only when these things were well known could certain plans for the future be made.
senatus Cn. Servilio consuli negotium dedit, ut tris in Macedoniam, quos L. Aemilio videretur, legaret. legati biduo post profecti Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, A. Licinius Nerva, L. Baebius.
The senate gave the task to the consul Gnaeus Servilius to appoint as legates to Macedonia three men whom Lucius Aemilius approved. Two days later, the legates Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Aulus Licinius Nerva, and Lucius Baebius set out.
bis in exitu anni eius lapidatum esse nuntiatum est, semel in Romano agro, semel in Veienti. bis novemdiale sacrum factum est.
At the close of that year, it was reported twice that there had been a shower of stones, once in the Roman territory, once in the Veientine. Twice a nine-day festival was celebrated.
sacerdotes eo anno mortui sunt P. Quinctilius Varus flamen Martialis et M. Claudius Marcellus decemvir; in cuius locum Cn. Octavius suffectus.
In that year, the priests Publius Quinctilius Varus, flamen of Mars, and Marcus Claudius Marcellus, decemvir, died; Gnaeus Octavius was chosen in his place.
et iam magnificentia crescente notatum est ludis circensibus P. Corneli Scipionis Nasicae et P. Lentuli aedilium curulium sexaginta tres Africanas et quadraginta ursos et elephantos lusisse.
And, as magnificence was already on the increase, it was noted that at the circensian games of the curule aediles Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica and Publius Lentulus, sixty-three African beasts, forty bears, and several elephants took part in the performance.
- 44.18.1praeterquam quod † aliis vir erat
Although the text contains a corruption (indicated by the crux), it is traditionally understood, often by emending aliis to alius, as "besides the fact that he was a man of a different (superior) stamp from others."
- 44.18.2ad exercitus visendos classemque et conperta referenda
Gerundive construction governed by the preposition ad. ad exercitus visendos means "to inspect the armies." The subsequent et conperta referenda also depends on ad, with conperta (substantive neuter plural accusative, "things discovered") serving as the object, meaning "and to report back the things discovered." The details of these "things discovered" are explained by the following indirect question quid... esset.
- 44.18.4ex his bene cognitis certa in futurum consilia capi posse
An accusative with infinitive clause (capi posse) following the ablative absolute ex his bene cognitis ("when these things were well known"). It represents Aemilius' own statement continued in indirect speech (Oratio Obliqua) after petit in 18.2, meaning "(he argued that) certain plans for the future could be made."