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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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Galba delayed the voting on Paulus' triumph bill by speaking until nightfall, urging soldiers to reject it due to their harsh treatment. On the following day, after the soldiers attempted to vote down the bill, the leading citizens protested, forcing the tribunes to restart the deliberations.
his incitatis cum in Capitolio rogationem eam Ti. Sempronius tribunus plebis ferret et privatis de lege dicendi locus esset et ad suadendum, ut in re minime dubia,1 haud quisquam procederet, Ser. Galba repente processit et a tribunis postulavit, ut, quoniam hora iam octava diei esset, nec satis temporis ad demonstrandum haberet, cur L. Aemilium non iuberent triumphare, in posterum diem differrent et mane eam rem agerent: integro sibi die ad causam eam orandam opus esse.
When they had been thus incited, and the tribune of the plebs Tiberius Sempronius was proposing that bill on the Capitol, and opportunity was given to private citizens to speak on the law, and no one came forward to speak in favor of it, as in a matter that was least in doubt, Servius Galba suddenly came forward, and demanded of the tribunes that, since it was already the eighth hour of the day and he did not have enough time to demonstrate why they should not order Lucius Aemilius to triumph, they should postpone it to the following day and conduct the matter in the morning; he needed a whole day to plead his case.
cum tribuni dicere eo die, si quid vellet. iuberent, in noctem rem dicendo extraxit referendo admonendoque2 exacta acerbe munia militiae; plus laboris,3 plus periculi, quam desiderasset res, iniunctum; contra in praemiis, in honoribus omnia artata;
When the tribunes ordered him to speak on that day if he wished to say anything, he dragged out the matter into the night by speaking, mentioning and reminding them of the military duties harshly exacted; more labor and more danger had been imposed than the situation had required, while on the contrary, in terms of rewards and honors, everything was restricted;
militiamque, si talibus succedat ducibus, horridiorem asperioremque bellantibus, eandem victoribus inopem atque inhonoratam futuram. Macedonas in meliore fortuna quam milites Romanos esse.
and military service, if it succeeded such commanders, would be more dreadful and harsher for those fighting, and the same would be impoverished and unhonored for the victors. The Macedonians were in a better fortune than the Roman soldiers.
si frequentes postero die ad legem antiquandam adessent, intellecturos potentis viros non omnia in ducis, aliquid et in militum manu esse.
If they attended in large numbers on the following day to reject the law, powerful men would understand that not everything was in the hands of the commander, but something was also in the hands of the soldiers.
his vocibus incitati postero die milites tanta frequentia Capitolium conpleverunt, ut aditus nulli praeterea ad suffragium ferendum esset.
Incited by these words, on the following day the soldiers filled the Capitol in such numbers that there was no access for anyone else to cast a vote.
intro vocatae primae tribus cum antiquarent, concursus in Capitolium principum civitatis factus est, indignum facinus esse clamitantium L. Paulum tanti belli victorem despoliari triumpho:
When the first tribes summoned inside were rejecting the bill, a rush of the leading men of the state to the Capitol took place, crying out that it was a shameful outrage for Lucius Paulus, the victor of so great a war, to be despoiled of his triumph;
obnoxios imperatores tradi licentiae atque avaritiae militari. iam nunc nimis saepe per ambitionem peccari; quid, si domini milites imperatoribus imponantur?
that commanders were being handed over, subservient to military license and greed. Even now, mistakes were made all too often through currying favor; what if soldiers were imposed as masters over commanders?
in Galbam pro se quisque probra ingerere. tandem hoc tumultu sedato M. Servilius, qui consul et magister equitum fuerat, ut de integro eam rem agerent ab tribunis petere,4 dicendique sibi ad populum potestatem facerent.
Each for his own part heaped insults upon Galba. When at last this tumult was quieted, Marcus Servilius, who had been consul and master of the horse, begged the tribunes to handle the matter anew, and to grant him the opportunity of speaking to the people.
tribuni cum ad deliberandum secessissent, victi auctoritatibus principum de integro agere coeperunt revocaturosque se easdem tribus pronuntiarunt, si M. Servilius aliique privati, qui dicere vellent, dixissent.
When the tribunes had retired to deliberate, overcome by the authority of the leading men, they began to act anew and announced that they would recall the same tribes, once Marcus Servilius and other private citizens who wished to speak had spoken.
- 45.36.1ut in re minime dubia
The construction ut followed by an ablative phrase (with an implied noun or circumstance) expresses a restrictive or explanatory comparison ('as was to be expected in a matter least in doubt'). It highlights that because Paulus's achievements were so obvious, no one saw any need to step forward to speak in favor of the bill.
- 45.36.3dicendo... referendo admonendoque
These are ablatives of the gerund, functioning as ablatives of means or manner modifying the main verb extraxit. They describe how Galba dragged out the proceedings until nightfall: by speaking, by referring to, and by reminding the soldiers of their harsh duties.
- 45.36.3exacta acerbe munia militiae; plus laboris...
From here to the end of §45.36.5, Galba's speech is reported in indirect discourse (Oratio Obliqua). The clauses employ the accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction, with frequent ellipses of the verb esse. Here, [esse] exacta, [esse] iniunctum, and [esse] artata function as infinitives.
- 45.36.9petere
This is a historical infinitive, used with the force of a third-person singular perfect (or imperfect) indicative. The subject is M. Servilius. It is a stylistic device employed to convey dramatic tension or rapid action in historical narrative.