§27.35.1post diem tertium eius diei praetorum comitia habita.
Two days after that day, the elections of the praetors were held.
praetores creati L. Porcius Licinus C. Mamilius C. et A. Hostilii Catones.
The praetors elected were L. Porcius Licinus, C. Mamilius, and C. and A. Hostilii Catones.
comitiis perfectis ludisque factis dictator et magister equitum magistratu abierunt.
After the elections were completed and the games performed, the dictator and the master of the horse resigned from office.
§27.35.2C. Terentius Varro in Etruriam pro praetore missus, ut ex ea provincia C. Hostilius Tarentum ad eum exercitum iret, quem T. Quinctius consul habuerat;
C. Terentius Varro was sent into Etruria as pro-praetor, so that C. Hostilius might go from that province to Tarentum to that army which the consul T.
§27.35.3et L. Manlius trans mare legatus iret viseretque, quae res ibi gererentur;
Quinctius had commanded; and that L.
simul quod Olympiae ludicrum ea aestate futurum erat, quod maximo coetu Graeciae celebraretur, ut, si tuto per hostem posset, §27.35.4adiret id concilium, ut, qui Siculi bello ibi profugi aut Tarentini cives relegati ab Hannibale essent, domos redirent scirentque sua omnia iis, quae ante bellum habuissent, reddere populum Romanum.
Manlius should go across the sea as an envoy and inspect what was being done there; at the same time, because the Olympic games were to take place that summer, which would be celebrated by the largest gathering of Greece, so that, if he could do so safely through the enemy, he might attend that assembly, so that those Sicilians who were refugees there because of the war, or the Tarentine citizens who had been banished by Hannibal, might return to their homes and know that the Roman people were restoring to them all their possessions which they had held before the war.
quia periculosissimus annus inminere videbatur, §27.35.5neque consules in re publica erant, in consules designatos omnes versi, quam primum eos sortiri provincias et praesciscere, quam quisque eorum provinciam, quem hostem haberet, volebant.
Because a most dangerous year seemed to be imminent, and the consuls were not present in the state, everyone turned to the consuls-elect, wishing them to draw lots for their provinces as soon as possible and to know beforehand which province each of them would have and what enemy he would face.
§27.35.6de reconciliatione etiam gratiae eorum in senatu actum est principio facto a Q. Fabio Maximo.
A discussion was also held in the senate concerning the reconciliation of their feelings, initiated by Q. Fabius Maximus.
§27.35.7inimicitiae autem nobiles inter eos erant et acerbiores eas indignioresque Livio sua calamitas fecerat, quod spretum se in ea fortuna credebat.
For there was a well-known enmity between them, and his own calamity had made it more bitter and harder to bear for Livius, because he believed that he was despised in that misfortune.
§27.35.8itaque is magis inplacabilis erat et nihil opus esse reconciliatione aiebat: acrius et intentius omnia gesturos timentes, ne crescendi ex se inimico conlegae potestas fieret.
Therefore he was more implacable and said that there was no need for reconciliation: that they would perform all duties more fiercely and more intently, fearing lest an opportunity of rising at one's expense should be given to an enemy colleague.
§27.35.9vicit tamen auctoritas senatus ut positis simultatibus communi animo consilioque administrarent rem publicam.
Nevertheless, the authority of the senate prevailed, so that, laying aside their feuds, they administered the state with a common mind and counsel.
§27.35.10provinciae iis non permixtae regionibus, sicut superioribus annis, sed diversae extremis Italiae finibus, alteri adversus Hannibalem Bruttii et Lucani, alteri Gallia adversus Hasdrubalem, quem iam Alpibus adpropinquare fama erat, decreta.
Provinces were decreed to them, not mixed in regions as in previous years, but separated at the extreme boundaries of Italy: to the one, the Bruttii and Lucani against Hannibal; to the other, Gaul against Hasdrubal, who rumor said was already approaching the Alps.
§27.35.11exercitum e duobus, qui in Gallia quique in Etruria esset, addito urbano, eligeret, quem mallet, qui Galliam esset sortitus.
He who had drawn Gaul should select whichever he preferred of the two armies, the one in Gaul and the one in Etruria, with the urban army added.
§27.35.12cui Bruttii provincia evenisset, novis legionibus urbanis scriptis, utrius mallet consulum prioris anni exercitum sumeret;
He to whom the province of the Bruttii had fallen should, after new urban legions had been enrolled, take the army of whichever of the consuls of the previous year he preferred; the proconsul Q.
§27.35.13relictum a consule exercitum Q. Fulvius proconsul acciperet, eique in annum imperium esset.
Fulvius should receive the army left by the consul, and his command should be for a year.
§27.35.14et C. Hostilio, cui pro Etruria Tarentum mutaverant provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt; legio una data est, cui Fulvius proximo anno praefuerat.
And for C. Hostilius, for whom they had changed the province of Etruria to Tarentum, they now changed Tarentum to Capua; one legion was given to him, which Fulvius had commanded the previous year.