§24.44.1itaque provinciae atque exercitus divisi: bellum cum Hannibale consulibus mandatum et exercituum unus, quem ipse Sempronius habuerat, alter, quem Fabius consul.
Therefore, the provinces and armies were divided: the war against Hannibal was entrusted to the consuls, and of the armies, one was that which Sempronius himself had had, the other that which Fabius had had as consul.
§24.44.2eae binae erant legiones.
These were each two legions.
M. Aemilius praetor, cuius peregrina sors erat, iuris dictione M. Atilio collegae, praetori urbano, mandata, Luceriam provinciam haberet legionesque duas, quibus Q. Fabius, qui tum consul erat, praetor praefuerat.
The praetor Marcus Aemilius, whose lot was the jurisdiction over aliens, having delegated his judicial administration to his colleague Marcus Atilius, the urban praetor, was to have Luceria as his province and the two legions which Quintus Fabius, who was then consul, had commanded as praetor.
§24.44.3P. Sempronio provincia Ariminum, Cn. Fulvio Suessula cum binis item legionibus evenerunt, ut Fulvius urbanas legiones duceret, Tuditanus a M. Pomponio acciperet.
Ariminum fell as a province to Publius Sempronius, and Suessula to Gnaeus Fulvius, likewise with two legions each, so that Fulvius should lead the urban legions, and Tuditanus should receive his army from Marcus Pomponius.
§24.44.4prorogata imperia provinciaeque, M. Claudio Sicilia finibus eis, quibus regnum Hieronis fuisset, Lentulo propraetori provincia vetus, T. Otacilio classis — exercitus nulli additi novi — §24.44.5, M. Valerio Graecia Macedoniaque cum legione et classe, quam haberet; Q. Mucio cum: vetere exercitu — duae autem legiones erant — Sardinia; C. Terentio legio una, cui iam praeerat, ac Picenum.
Commands and provinces were prolonged: for Marcus Claudius, Sicily within those limits which had been the kingdom of Hiero; for the propraetor Lentulus, the old province; for Titus Otacilius, the fleet—no new armies were added— for Marcus Valerius, Greece and Macedonia with the legion and fleet which he already had; for Quintus Mucius, Sardinia with his old army—which consisted of two legions; for Gaius Terentius, Picenum and the single legion which he already commanded.
§24.44.6scribi praeterea duae urbanae legiones iussae eta viginti milia sociorum.
In addition, two urban legions and twenty thousand allies were ordered to be enrolled.
his ducibus, his copiis adversust multa simul aut mota aut suspecta bella muniverunt Romanum imperium.
With these leaders and these forces, they secured the Roman empire against many wars that had either already broken out or were suspected at the same time.
§24.44.7consules duabus urbanis legionibus scriptis supplementoque in alias lecto, priusquam ab urbe moverent, prodigia procurarunt, quae nuntiata erant.
The consuls, having enrolled the two urban legions and selected reinforcements for the others, before they moved from the city, expiated the portents which had been reported.
§24.44.8murus ac porta Caietae et Ariciae etiam Iovis aedis de caelo tacta fuerat.
The wall and a gate at Caieta, and also at Aricia even the temple of Jupiter, had been struck by lightning.
et alia ludibria oculorum auriumque credita pro veris: navium longarum species in flumine Tarracinae, quae nullae erant, visae; §24.44.9et in Iovis Vicilini templo, quod in Compsano agro est, arma concrepuisse, et flumen Amiterni cruentum fluxisse.
And other illusions of the eyes and ears were believed as true: the appearance of warships in the river of Tarracina, where there were none, was seen; and in the temple of Jupiter Vicilinus, which is in the territory of Compsa, the clashing of arms was heard, and the river of Amiternum flowed with blood.
his procuratis ex decreto pontificum profecti consules, Sempronius in Lucanos, in Apuliam Fabius.
When these had been expiated according to the decree of the pontiffs, the consuls set out, Sempronius into Lucania, Fabius into Apulia.
pater filio legatus ad Suessulam in castra venit.
The father came to the camp at Suessula as legate to his son.
§24.44.10cum obviam filius progrederetur, lictoresque verecundia maiestatis eius taciti anteirent, praeter undecim fasces equo praevectus senex, ut consul animadvertere proximum lictorem iussit et is, ut descenderet ex equo, inclamavit, tum demum desiliens “experiri” inquit “volui, fili, satin’ scires consulem te esse. ”
When the son advanced to meet him, and the lictors, out of respect for the old man's dignity, preceded him in silence, the old man rode past eleven of the fasces on horseback. When the consul ordered the nearest lictor to take notice, and he called out to him to dismount from his horse, then at last leaping down, the old man said, "I wanted to try, my son, whether you really knew that you are consul."