§22.33.1per eosdem dies speculator Carthaginiensis, qui per biennium fefellerat, Romae deprensus praecisisque manibus dimissus,
During those same days, a Carthaginian spy, who had escaped detection for two years, was caught at Rome, and after his hands were cut off, he was dismissed.
§22.33.2et servi quinque et viginti in crucem acti, quod in campo Martio coniurassent; indici data libertas et aeris gravis viginti milia.
And twenty-five slaves were crucified, because they had conspired in the Campus Martius; freedom and twenty thousand asses of heavy bronze were given to the informer.
legati §22.33.3et ad Philippum Macedonum regem missi ad deposcendum Demetrium Pharium, qui bello victus ad eum fugisset,
Ambassadors were also sent to Philip, king of the Macedonians, to demand the surrender of Demetrius of Pharos, who, having been defeated in war, had fled to him.
§22.33.4et alii in Ligures ad expostulandum, quod Poenum opibus auxiliisque suis iuvissent, simul ad visendum ex propinquo, quae in Bois atque Insubribus gererentur.
And others were sent to the Ligurians to expostulate because they had aided the Carthaginian with their wealth and assistance, and at the same time to observe from close at hand what was going on among the Boii and Insubres.
§22.33.5ad Pinnem quoque regem in Illyrios legati missi ad stipendium, cuius dies exierat, poscendum aut, si diem proferri vellet, ad obsides accipiendos.
Embassy was also sent to King Pinnes among the Illyrians to demand the tribute, the payment date of which had expired, or, if he wished the date to be extended, to receive hostages.
§22.33.6adeo, etsi bellum ingens in cervicibus erat, nullius usquam terrarum rei cura Romanos, ne longinquae quidem, effugiebat.
Thus, although a massive war was pressing upon their necks, no concern for any matter anywhere in the world, not even the most distant, escaped the Romans.
§22.33.7in religionem etiam venit, aedem Concordiae, quam per seditionem militarem biennio ante L. Manlius praetor in Gallia vovisset, locatam ad id tempus non esse.
It also became a matter of religious concern that the temple of Concord, which the praetor Lucius Manlius had vowed in Gaul two years before during a military mutiny, had not been contracted for up to that time.
§22.33.8itaque duumviri ad eam rem creati a M. Aemilio praetore urbano C. Pupius et K. Quinctius Flamininus aedem in arce faciendam locaverunt.
Therefore, duumvirs elected for that purpose by the urban praetor Marcus Aemilius, Gaius Pupius and Kaeso Quinctius Flamininus, contracted for the building of the temple on the citadel.
§22.33.9ab eodem praetore ex senatus consulto litterae ad consules missae, ut, si iis videretur, alter eorum ad consules creandos Romam veniret; se in eam diem, quam iussissent, comitia edicturum.
By the same praetor, in accordance with a decree of the senate, letters were sent to the consuls, so that, if it seemed good to them, one of them should come to Rome to elect consuls; he himself would proclaim the assembly for whatever day they should command.
§22.33.10ad haec a consulibus rescriptum sine detrimento rei publicae abscedi non posse ab hoste; itaque per interregem comitia habenda esse potius, quam consul alter a bello avocaretur.
To this, the consuls wrote back that they could not withdraw from the enemy without detriment to the state; therefore, the elections ought to be held through an interrex rather than having one of the consuls recalled from the war.
§22.33.11patribus rectius visum est dictatorem a consule dici comitiorum habendorum causa.
To the senators it seemed more proper that a dictator should be named by a consul for the purpose of holding the elections.
dictus L. Veturius Philo M. Pomponium Mathonem magistrum equitum dixit.
Lucius Veturius Philo was named, and he named Marcus Pomponius Matho as master of the horse.
§22.33.12iis vitio creatis iussisque die quarto decimo se magistratu abdicare, res ad interregnum rediit.
Since they were elected with a flaw and ordered to abdicate their office on the fourteenth day, the matter reverted to an interregnum.