§23.32.1consules exercitus inter sese diviserunt.
The consuls divided the armies between themselves.
Fabio exercitus Teani, cui M. Iunius dictator praefuerat, evenit;
To Fabius fell the army at Teanum, which the dictator M. Junius had commanded.
§23.32.2Sempronio volones, qui ibi erant, et sociorum viginti quinque milia, M. Valerio praetori legiones, quae ex Sicilia redissent, decretae;
To Sempronius were assigned the volunteer slaves who were there and twenty-five thousand of the allies; to the praetor M. Valerius the legions which should return from Sicily were decreed; M.
M. Claudius pro consule ad eum exercitum, qui supra Suessulam Nolae praesideret, missus; praetores in Siciliam ac Sardiniam profecti.
Claudius, as proconsul, was sent to the army which was protecting Nola above Suessula; the praetors set out for Sicily and Sardinia.
§23.32.3consules edixerunt, quotiens in senatum vocassent, uti senatores quibusque in senatu dicere sententiam liceret ad portam Capenam convenirent.
The consuls issued an edict that, as often as they should summon the senate, the senators and those who had the right to speak their mind in the senate should assemble at the Capena gate.
§23.32.4praetores, quorum iuris dictio erat, tribunalia ad Piscinam publicam posuerunt; eo vadimonia fieri iusserunt, ibique eo anno ius dictum est.
The praetors, who had the administration of justice, set up their tribunals at the Piscina Publica; there they ordered recognizances to be made, and there justice was administered in that year.
§23.32.5interim Carthaginem unde Mago, frater Hanniballs, duodecim milia peditum et mille quingentos equites, viginti elephantos, mille argenti talenta in Italiam transmissurus erat cum praesidio sexaginta navium longarum, §23.32.6nuntius adfertur in Hispania rem male gestam omnesque ferme eius provinciae populos ad Romanos defecisse.
Meanwhile, to Carthage—whence Mago, the brother of Hannibal, was about to transport into Italy twelve thousand infantry, fifteen hundred cavalry, twenty elephants, and a thousand talents of silver, under the protection of sixty warships— a message was brought that in Spain matters had gone badly and almost all the peoples of that province had revolted to the Romans.
§23.32.7erant, qui Magonem cum classe ea copiisque omissa Italia in Hispaniam averterent, cum Sardiniae recipiendae repentina spes adfulsit: §23.32.8parvum ibi exercitum Romanum esse; veterem praetorem inde A. Cornelium provinciae peritum decedere, novum expectari;
There were some who would turn Mago aside to Spain with that fleet and forces, abandoning Italy, when a sudden hope of recovering Sardinia shone forth: that there was a small Roman army there; that the old praetor A.
§23.32.9ad hoc fessos iam animos Sardorum esse diuturnitate imperii Romani, et proximo iis anno acerbe atque avare imperatum, gravi tributo et conlatione iniqua frumenti pressos; nihil deesse aliud quam auctorem, ad quem deficerent.
Cornelius, who was experienced in the province, was departing thence, and a new one was expected; furthermore, that the minds of the Sardinians were already weary of the long duration of Roman rule, and that in the previous year they had been ruled harshly and greedily, being oppressed by a heavy tribute and an unjust contribution of grain; that nothing else was wanting but a leader to whom they might revolt.
§23.32.10haec clandestina legatio per principes missa erat, maxime eam rem moliente Hampsicora, qui tum auctoritate atque opibus longe primus erat.
This secret embassy had been sent by the leading men, Hampsicora being the chief promoter of the matter, who at that time was by far the first in authority and wealth.
§23.32.11his nuntiis prope uno tempore turbati erectique Magonem cum classe sua copiisque in Hispaniam mittunt, §23.32.12in Sardiniam Hasdrubalem deligunt ducem et tantum ferme copiarum, quantum Magoni, decernunt.
Disturbed and at the same time encouraged by these messages almost at once, they sent Mago with his fleet and forces to Spain; for Sardinia they chose Hasdrubal as leader and decreed for him almost as large a force as they had for Mago.
§23.32.13et Romae consoles transactis rebus quae in urbe agendae erant, movebant iam sese ad bellum.
And at Rome, the consuls, having finished the business that had to be done in the city, were already moving to the war.
§23.32.14Ti.
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Sempronius militibus Sinuessam diem ad conveniendum edixit, et Q. Fabius, consulto prius senatu, ut frumenta omnes ex agris ante kal.
Sempronius appointed a day for his soldiers to assemble at Sinuessa; and Q.
Iunias primas in urbes munitas conveherent; §23.32.15qui non invexisset, eius se agrum populaturum, servos sub hasta venditurum, villas incensurum.
Fabius, having first consulted the senate, ordered that all should bring their grain from the fields into fortified cities before the upcoming first of June; that as for any who should not have brought it in, he would lay waste his land, sell his slaves by auction, and burn his villas.
ne praetoribus quidem, qui ad ius dicendum creati erant, vacatio a belli administratione data est.
Not even to the praetors, who had been elected for the administration of justice, was exemption from the conduct of the war granted.
§23.32.16Valerium praetorem in Apuliam ire placuit ad exercitum a Terentio accipiendum; cum ex Sicilia legiones venissent, iis potissimum uti ad regionis eius praesidium, Terentianum exercitum Tarentum mitti cum aliquo legatorum; §23.32.17et viginti quinque naves datae, quibus oram maritimam inter Brundisium ac Tarentum tutari posset.
It was resolved that the praetor Valerius should go into Apulia to receive the army from Terentius; and that when the legions should arrive from Sicily, he should use them by preference for the defense of that region, and that the Terentian army should be sent to Tarentum with one of the lieutenants; and twenty-five ships were given to him, with which he might protect the coast between Brundisium and Tarentum.
§23.32.18par navium numerus Q. Fulvio praetori urbano decretus ad suburbana litora tutanda.
An equal number of ships was decreed to Q. Fulvius, the city praetor, for protecting the suburban shores.
§23.32.19C. Terentio proconsuli negotium datum, ut in Piceno agro conquisitionem militum haberet locisque iis praesidio esset.
To the proconsul C. Terentius the task was assigned of holding a levy of soldiers in the Picene territory and of serving as a protection to those places.
§23.32.20T. Otacilius Crassus postquam aedem Mentis in Capitolio dedicavit, in Siciliam cum imperio, qui classi praeesset, missus.
T. Otacilius Crassus, after he dedicated the temple of Mind on the Capitol, was sent with command to Sicily, to be in charge of the fleet.