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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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Under the new consuls, a two-year truce is granted to the Samnites, and cities in Apulia are subdued. The narrative also highlights the expansion of Roman law and administrative control over Capua and Antium.
M. Folius Flaccina inde et L. Plautius Venox consules facti.
Then M. Folius Flaccina and L. Plautius Venox were made consuls.
eo anno ab frequentibus Samnitium populis1 de foedere renovando legati cum senatum humi strati movissent, reiecti ad populum haudquaquam tam efficaces habebant preces.
In that year, when ambassadors from numerous states of the Samnites, seeking to renew the treaty, had moved the senate while prostrated on the ground, having been referred to the people, they had prayers that were by no means so effective.
itaque de foedere negatum;2 indutiae biennii, cum per aliquot dies fatigassent singulos precibus, impetratae.
Therefore, the treaty was refused; a truce of two years was obtained, after they had exhausted individual senators for several days with their prayers.
et ex Apulia Teanenses Canusinique populationibus fessi obsidibus L. Plautio consuli datis in deditionem venerunt.
And from Apulia, the Teanenses and Canusini, exhausted by devastations, came into surrender, having given hostages to the consul L. Plautius.
eodem anno primum praefecti Capuam creari coepti3 legibus ab L. Furio praetore datis, cum utrumque ipsi pro remedio aegris rebus discordia intestina petissent;
In the same year, prefects first began to be appointed for Capua according to laws given by the praetor L. Furius, since they themselves had requested both as a remedy for their affairs ruined by internal discord;
et duae Romae additae tribus, Ufentina ac Falerna.
and two tribes were added at Rome, the Ufentina and the Falerna.
inclinatis semel in Apulia rebus Teates quoque Apuli ad novos consules, C. Iunium Bubulcum, Q. Aemilium Barbulam, foedus petitum4 venerunt, pacis per omnem Apuliam praestandae populo Romano auctores.
When affairs in Apulia had once inclined, the Teates of Apulia also came to the new consuls, C. Iunius Bubulcus and Q. Aemilius Barbula, to seek a treaty, offering themselves as guarantors of maintaining peace for the Roman people throughout all Apulia.
id audacter spondendo impetravere, ut foedus daretur neque ut aequo tamen foedere, sed ut in dicione populi Romani essent. Apulia perdomita —
By promising this boldly they succeeded in having a treaty granted, yet not on an equal footing, but on the condition that they should be under the sway of the Roman people. Apulia having been thoroughly subdued—
nam Forento quoque, valido oppido, Iunius potitus erat — in Lucanos perrectum; inde repentino adventu Aemili consulis Nerulum vi captum.
for Iunius had also got possession of Forentum, a strong town—a march was made into the territory of the Lucanians; thence, by the sudden arrival of the consul Aemilius, Nerulum was taken by force.
et postquam res Capuae stabilitas Romana disciplina fama per socios vulgavit,5 Antiatibus quoque, qui se sine legibus certis, sine magistratibus agere querebantur, dati ab senatu ad iura statuenda ipsius coloniae patroni: nec arma modo sed iura etiam Romana late pollebant.
And after rumor spread through the allies that the affairs of Capua had been stabilized by Roman discipline, for the Antiatenses also, who complained that they lived without fixed laws and without magistrates, patrons of the colony itself were given by the senate to establish laws: and not only Roman arms, but also Roman laws, were widely powerful.
- 9.20.2ab frequentibus Samnitium populis
The adjective frequentibus here modifies populis (peoples, states) in the sense of "numerous" or "populous" rather than "frequent." The preposition ab denotes origin or the sending authority.
- 9.20.3de foedere negatum
An impersonal passive construction. Literally "it was denied concerning the treaty," indicating that the request for a treaty was rejected.
- 9.20.5praefecti Capuam creari coepti
Reflects the classical Latin grammatical rule that the verb coepi takes a passive form (coepti [sunt]) when its dependent complementary infinitive is passive (creari). Capuam is an accusative expressing direction toward a town.
- 9.20.7foedus petitum
petitum is the supine in the accusative expressing purpose, depending on the verb of motion venerunt ("they came to seek a treaty").
- 9.20.10res Capuae stabilitas Romana disciplina fama per socios vulgavit
The subject of the clause is fama (rumor) and the main verb is vulgavit. Its object is the accusative and infinitive clause res Capuae stabilitas [esse] Romana disciplina ("that the affairs of Capua had been stabilized by Roman discipline"), with the infinitive esse being omitted.