§24.11.1perpetratis quae ad pacem deum pertinebant, de re publica belloque gerendo et quantum copiarum et ubi quaeque essent, consules ad senatum rettulerunt.
When the matters pertaining to the peace of the gods had been performed, the consuls reported to the senate on the state of the commonwealth and the conduct of the war, and how many forces there were and where each was to be.
duodeviginti legionibus bellum geri placuit: §24.11.2binas consules sibi sumere, binis Galliam Siciliamque ac Sardiniam obtineri; §24.11.3duabus Q. Fabium praetorem Apuliae, duabus volonum Ti. Gracchum circa Luceriam praeesse; singulas C. Terentio proconsuli ad Picenum et M. Valerio ad classem circa Brundisium relinqui; duas urbi praesidio esse.
It was resolved that the war should be carried on with eighteen legions: that the consuls should take two apiece for themselves, and that Gaul, Sicily, and Sardinia should be held by two legions each; that the praetor Quintus Fabius should command in Apulia with two, and Tiberius Gracchus should command around Luceria with two legions of volunteer slaves; that one legion each should be left for the proconsul Gaius Terentius for the Picene territory and for Marcus Valerius for the fleet around Brundisium; and that two should serve as a garrison for the city.
§24.11.4hic ut numerus legionum expleretur, sex novae legiones erant scribendae.
In order that this number of legions might be completed, sex new legions had to be enrolled.
§24.11.5eas primo quoque tempore consules scribere iussi et classem parare, ut cum eis navibus, quae pro Calabriae litoribus in statione essent, centum quinquaginta longarum classis navium eo anno expleretur.
The consuls were ordered to enroll these at the earliest possible moment and to prepare a fleet, so that, with those ships which were on guard duty off the coasts of Calabria, the fleet of warships might be filled up to one hundred and fifty ships that year.
§24.11.6dilectu habito et centum navibus novis deductis Q. Fabius comitia censoribus creandis habuit; creati M. Atilius Regulus et P. Furius Philus.
After the levy had been held and one hundred new ships had been launched, Quintus Fabius held the assembly for electing censors; Marcus Atilius Regulus and Publius Furius Philus were elected.
cum increbresceret rumor bellum in Sicilia esse, §24.11.7T. Otacilius eo cum classe proficisci iussus est.
Since a rumor was spreading that there was war in Sicily, Titus Otacilius was ordered to set out thither with his fleet.
cum deessent nautae, consules ex senatus consulto edixerunt, ut, qui L. Aemilio C. Flaminio censoribus milibus aeris quinquaginta ipse aut pater eius census fuisset usque ad centum milia, aut cui postea tanta res esset facta, nautam unum cum sex mensum stipendio daret; §24.11.8qui supra centum milia usque ad trecenta, tris nautas cum stipendio annuo; qui supra trecenta usque ad deciens aeris, quinque nautas; §24.11.9qui supra deciens, septem; senatores octo nautas cum annuo stipendio darent.
Since rowers were lacking, the consuls, in accordance with a decree of the senate, issued an edict that whoever had been rated, himself or his father, during the censorship of Lucius Aemilius and Gaius Flaminius, at fifty thousand asses of bronze up to one hundred thousand, or whoever had since acquired that amount of property, should supply one rower with six months' pay; whoever had above one hundred thousand up to three hundred thousand, three rowers with a year's pay; whoever had above three hundred thousand up to ten hundred thousand asses, five rowers; whoever had above ten hundred thousand, seven; and that senators should supply eight rowers with a year's pay.
ex hoc edicto dati nautae armati instructique ab dominis cum triginta dierum coctis cibariis naves conscenderunt tum primum est factum, ut classis Romana sociis navalibus privata inpensa paratis conpleretur.
The rowers supplied according to this edict, armed and equipped by their masters and with cooked provisions for thirty days, went on board the ships; then for the first time it happened that a Roman fleet was manned with rowers provided at private expense.