§22.35.1cum his orationibus accensa plebs esset, tribus patriciis petentibus, P.. Cornelio Merenda L. Manlio Volsone M. Aemilio Lepido, duobus nobilium iam familiarum plebeis, §22.35.2C. Atilio Serrano et Q. Aelio Paeto, quorum alter pontifex, alter augur erat, C. Terentius consul unus creatur, ut in manu eius essent comitia rogando collegae.
When the plebs had been inflamed by these speeches, although three patricians were candidates, Publius Cornelius Merenda, Lucius Manlius Vulso, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, as well as two plebeians from families that were already noble, namely Gaius Atilius Serranus and Quintus Aelius Paetus, of whom one was a pontiff and the other an augur, Gaius Terentius was elected as the sole consul, so that the power to hold the elections for choosing his colleague might be in his hands.
§22.35.3tum experta nobilitas parum fuisse virium in competitoribus eius L. Aemilium Paulum, qui cum M. Livio consul fuerat, ex damnatione collegae, ex qua prope ambustus evaserat, infestum plebei, diu ac multum recusantem ad petitionem conpellit.
Then the nobility, having experienced that there had been too little strength in his competitors, compelled Lucius Aemilius Paulus, who had been consul with Marcus Livius and was hostile to the plebs because of the condemnation of his colleague, from which he himself had escaped almost singed, to stand for the office, although he refused long and earnestly.
§22.35.4is proximo comitiali die concedentibus omnibus, qui cum Varrone certaverant, par magis in adversando quam collega datur consuli.
On the next election day, as all those who had competed with Varro withdrew, he was given to the consul more as a match to oppose him than as a colleague.
§22.35.5inde praetorum comitia habita: creati M. Pomponius Matho et P. Furius Philus.
Then the elections for praetors were held: Marcus Pomponius Matho and Publius Furius Philus were elected.
Philo Romae iuri dicundo urbana sors, Pomponio inter civis Romanos et peregrinos evenit.
The urban lot for administering justice in Rome fell to Philus, and that between Roman citizens and foreigners to Pomponius.
§22.35.6additi duo praetores, M. Claudius Marcellus in Siciliam, L. Postumius Albinus in Galliam.
Two more praetors were added: Marcus Claudius Marcellus to Sicily, and Lucius Postumius Albinus to Gaul.
§22.35.7omnes absentes creati sunt, nec cuiquam eorum praeter Terentium consulem mandatus honos, quem non iam antea gessisset, praeteritis aliquot fortibus ac strenuis viris, quia in tali tempore nulli novus magistratus videbatur mandandus.
All were elected in their absence; nor was any office entrusted to any of them, except for the consul Terentius, which he had not already held before, several brave and energetic men being passed over because, in such times, it seemed that no new magistrate should be appointed.