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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 consuls initiate a war against the Ausones. Through the betrayal of twelve young leaders, the cities of Ausona, Minturnae, and Vescia are captured simultaneously, but the lack of leadership during the assault leads to an indiscriminate slaughter that annihilates the nation.
consules ab Sora profecti in agros atque urbes Ausonum bellum intulerunt.
The consuls, having set out from Sora, carried the war into the lands and cities of the Ausones.
mota namque omnia adventu Samnitium, cum apud Lautulas dimicatum est, fuerant coniurationesque circa Campaniam passim factae;
For all things had been thrown into confusion by the arrival of the Samnites when the battle was fought at Lautulae, and conspiracies had been formed here and there around Campania;
nec Capua ipsa crimine caruit; quin Romam quoque et ad principum quosdam inquirendo ventum est.1 ceterum Ausonum gens proditione urbium, sicut Sora, in potestatem venit.
nor was Capua itself free from suspicion; indeed, the inquiry reached even to Rome and to certain of the leading men. However, the nation of the Ausones came into the power of Rome by the betrayal of their cities, just as Sora had.
Ausona et Minturnae et Vescia urbes erant, ex quibus principes iuventutis duodecim numero in proditionem urbium suarum coniurati ad consules veniunt; docent suos iam —
Ausona, Minturnae, and Vescia were the cities from which twelve leading young men, having conspired for the betrayal of their own cities, came to the consuls; they explained that their fellow citizens, already —
pridem exoptantes Samnitium adventum, simul ad Lautulas pugnatum audierint, pro victis Romanos habuisse,2 iuventute, armis Samnitem iuvisse; fugatis inde Samnitibus incerta pace agere nec claudentis portas Romanis, ne arcessant bellum, et obstinatos claudere,3 si exercitus admoveatur: in ea fluctuatione animorum opprimi incautos posse.
having long since eagerly desired the arrival of the Samnites, as soon as they heard of the battle fought at Lautulae, had regarded the Romans as defeated and had aided the Samnite with young men and arms; but that after the Samnites had been put to flight from there, they were acting in an uncertain peace, neither closing their gates to the Romans, lest they should summon war, and yet firmly resolved to close them if an army should be moved near: in that fluctuation of minds, they, being off their guard, could be overwhelmed.
his auctoribus mota propius castra missique eodem tempore circa tria oppida milites, partim armati, qui occulti propinqua moenibus insiderent loca, partim togati tectis veste gladiis,4 qui sub lucem apertis portis urbes ingrederentur.
On their advice, the camp was moved closer, and at the same time soldiers were sent around the three towns, partly armed men, who in concealment were to occupy places near the walls, partly clad in the toga, with swords hidden under their garments, who at dawn, the gates being opened, were to enter the cities.
ab his simul custodes trucidari coepti, simul datum signum armatis, ut ex insidiis consurgerent. ita portae occupatae triaque oppida eadem hora eodemque consilio capta.
By these latter, at one and the same time, the guards began to be slaughtered, and the signal was given to the armed men to rise up from the ambush. Thus the gates were seized, and the three towns were captured in the same hour and by the same plan.
sed quia absentibus ducibus impetus est factus, nullus modus caedibus fuit; deletaque Ausonum gens vix certo defectionis crimine,5 perinde ac si internecivo bello certasset.
But because the attack was made in the absence of the leaders, there was no limit to the slaughter; and the nation of the Ausones was destroyed, with scarcely any certain charge of defection, just as if they had fought in a war of extermination.
- 9.25.3inquirendo ventum est
An impersonal passive construction (ventum est) combined with the ablative of the gerund (inquirendo), literally meaning 'it was arrived by investigating,' which translates to 'the inquiry reached.'
- 9.25.5pro victis Romanos habuisse
Part of the accusative with infinitive construction (indirect discourse) introduced by the verb docent in the previous section. The subject accusative of the infinitives habuisse, iuvisse, and the subsequent agere is the pronoun suos (their fellow citizens) from the preceding clause.
- 9.25.6nec claudentis portas Romanis, ne arcessant bellum, et obstinatos claudere
claudentis is the accusative plural present participle (written with the ending -is instead of -es), modifying suos. Together with obstinatos (resolute), which takes the complementary infinitive claudere, it describes the dual attitude of the citizens.
- 9.25.7tectis veste gladiis
A double ablative construction: tectis gladiis forms an ablative absolute ('with swords having been concealed'), while veste functions as an ablative of means ('by garments' or 'under their clothing').
- 9.25.9vix certo defectionis crimine
An ablative absolute construction ('with scarcely any certain charge of defection [existing]'); alternatively, it can be understood as an ablative of cause or ground, emphasizing that the Ausones were destroyed without solid proof of revolt.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (2, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1
- 2026-09-21 AI review — translation 1