§27.10.1consules hortari et consolari senatum et dicere alias colonias in fide atque officio pristino fore; eas quoque ipsas, quae officio decesserint, si legati circa eas colonias mittantur, qui castigent, non qui precentur, verecundiam imperii habituras esse.
The consuls encouraged and comforted the senate, and said that the other colonies would remain in their former loyalty and duty; and that even those very ones which had departed from their duty, if envoys were sent around to those colonies to chastise them and not to entreat them, would have respect for the empire.
§27.10.2permissum ab senatu iis cum esset, agerent facerentque ut e re publica ducerent, pertemptatis prius aliarum coloniarum animis citaverunt legatos quaesiveruntque ab iis, ecquid milites ex formula paratos haberent.
When permission was granted to them by the senate to act and do as they should deem advantageous to the state, having first tested the feelings of the other colonies, they summoned the envoys and asked them whether they had soldiers ready according to the formula.
§27.10.3pro duodeviginti coloniis M. Sextilius Fregellanus respondit et milites ex formula paratos esse, §27.10.4et, si pluribus opus esset, pluris daturos et, quidquid aliud imperaret velletque populus Romanus, enixe facturos: ad id sibi neque opes deesse et animum etiam superesse.
On behalf of the eighteen colonies, Marcus Sextilius of Fregellae replied both that the soldiers were ready according to the formula, and that, if more should be needed, they would give more, and whatever else the Roman people should command and wish, they would perform with zeal; for this purpose, they lacked neither resources, and their spirit was even more than sufficient.
§27.10.5consules parum sibi videri praefati pro merito eorum sua voce conlaudari eos, nisi universi patres iis in curia gratias egissent, sequi in senatum eos iusserunt.
The consuls, having first declared that it seemed to them too little that they should be praised by their own voice in proportion to their merit unless the whole body of the senators should express their gratitude to them in the senate-house, ordered them to follow into the senate.
§27.10.6senatus quam poterat honoratissimo decreto adlocutus eos mandat consulibus, ut ad populum quoque eos producerent et inter multa alia praeclara, quae ipsis maioribusque suis praestitissent, recens etiam meritum eorum in rem publicam commemorarent.
The senate, having addressed them with as honorable a decree as possible, charged the consuls to produce them also before the people, and among many other glorious deeds which they and their ancestors had performed, to commemorate also their recent merit toward the state.
§27.10.7ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur fraudenturve laude sua: Signini fuere et Norbani Saticulanique et Fregellani et Lucerini et Venusini et Brundisini et Hadriani et Firmani et Ariminenses, §27.10.8et ab altero mari Pontiani et Paestani et Cosani, et mediterranei Beneventani et Aesernini et Spoletini et Placentini et Cremonenses.
Not even now, after so many generations, should they be passed over in silence or defrauded of their praise: they were the people of Signia, Norba, Saticula, Fregellae, Luceria, Venusia, Brundisium, Hadria, Firmum, and Ariminum; and from the other sea, the Pontians, Paestans, and Cosans; and from the inland, the Beneventans, Aesernians, Spoletines, Placentines, and Cremonesians.
§27.10.9harum coloniarum subsidio tum imperium populi Romani stetit, iisque gratiae in senatu et apud populum actae.
By the support of these colonies the empire of the Roman people then stood, and thanks were given to them in the senate and before the people.
§27.10.10duodecim aliarum coloniarum, quae detractaverunt imperium, mentionem fieri patres vetuerunt, neque illos dimitti neque retineri neque appellari a consulibus.
As for the twelve other colonies which refused the command, the senators forbade any mention to be made of them, and that they should neither be dismissed, nor retained, nor addressed by the consuls.
ea tacita castigatio maxime ex dignitate populi Romani visa est.
That silent chastisement seemed most worthy of the dignity of the Roman people.
§27.10.11cetera expedientibus quae ad bellum opus erant, consulibus aurum vicensimarium, quod in sanctiore aerario ad ultimos casus servabatur, promi placuit.
While the consuls were expediting the other things which were necessary for the war, it was resolved to bring out the twentieth-part gold, which was kept in the more sacred treasury for ultimate emergencies.
prompta ad quattuor milia pondo auri.
There was brought out about four thousand pounds of gold.
§27.10.12inde quingena pondo data consulibus et M. Marcello et P. Sulpicio proconsulibus et L. Veturio praetori, §27.10.13qui Galliam provinciam erat sortitus, additumque Fabio consuli centum pondo auri praecipuum, quod in arcem Tarentinam portaretur; cetero auro usi sunt ad vestimenta praesenti pecunia locanda exercitui, qui in Hispania bellum secunda sua fama ducisque gerebat.
From this, five hundred pounds each were given to the consuls, and to Marcus Marcellus and Publius Sulpicius the proconsuls, and to Lucius Veturius the praetor, who had obtained by lot the province of Gaul; and there was added as a special gift to the consul Fabius one hundred pounds of gold, which was to be carried to the citadel of Tarentum; the remaining gold they used to contract for clothing with ready money for the army which was waging war in Spain with high renown for itself and its leader.