§27.36.1de Hasdrubalis adventu in Italiam cura in dies crescebat.
Concern over Hasdrubal's arrival in Italy was increasing day by day.
Massiliensium primum legati nuntiaverant eum in Galliam transgressum, §27.36.2erectosque adventu eius, quia magnum pondus auri attulisse diceretur ad mercede auxilia conducenda, Gallorum animos.
First, the envoys of the Massilians had reported that he had crossed into Gaul, and that the minds of the Gauls were aroused by his arrival, because he was said to have brought a great weight of gold to hire auxiliary troops.
§27.36.3missi deinde cum iis legati ab Roma Sex.
Then, the envoys sent from Rome with them to inspect the matter, Sex.
Antistius et M. Raecius ad rem inspiciendam rettulerant misisse se cum Massiliensibus ducibus, qui per hospites eorum, principes Gallorum, omnia explorata referrent; §27.36.4pro comperto habere Hasdrubalem ingenti iam coacto exercitu proximo vere Alpes traiecturum, nec tum eum quicquam aliud morari, nisi quod clausae hieme Alpes essent.
Antistius and M. Raecius, reported that they had sent men with Massilian guides, who, through their guest-friends, the chiefs of the Gauls, should report everything after it had been investigated; they held it as certain that Hasdrubal, having already assembled a huge army, would cross the Alps next spring, and that nothing else was holding him back at that time except that the Alps were closed by winter.
§27.36.5in locum M. Marcelli P. Aelius Paetus augur creatus inauguratusque; et Cn.
In the place of M. Marcellus, P. Aelius Paetus was elected and inaugurated as augur; and Cn.
Cornelius Dolabella rex sacrorum inauguratus est in locum M. Marcii, qui biennio ante mortuus erat.
Cornelius Dolabella was inaugurated as rex sacrorum in the place of M. Marcius, who had died two years before.
§27.36.6hoc eodem anno et lustrum conditum est a censoribus P. Sempronio Tuditano et M. Cornelio Cethego.
In this same year, the lustrum was also completed by the censors P. Sempronius Tuditanus and M. Cornelius Cethegus.
§27.36.7censa civium capita centum triginta septem milia centum octo, minor aliquanto numerus, quam qui ante bellum fuerat.
The registered citizen-population was one hundred and thirty-seven thousand one hundred and eight, a number somewhat smaller than what it had been before the war.
§27.36.8eo anno primum, ex quo Hannibal in Italiam venisset, comitium tectum esse memoriae proditum est, et ludos Romanos semel instauratos ab aedilibus curulibus Q. Metello et C. Servilio.
In that year, for the first time since Hannibal had come into Italy, the comitium was recorded to have been roofed, and the Roman games were renewed once by the curule aediles Q. Metellus and C. Servilius.
§27.36.9et plebei ludi biduum instaurati a C. Mamilio et M. Caecilio Metello aedilibus plebis; et tria signa ad Cereris eidem dederunt; et Iouis epulum fuit ludorum causa.
And the plebeian games were renewed for two days by the plebeian aediles C. Mamilius and M. Caecilius Metello; and the same dedicated three statues at the temple of Ceres; and there was a feast of Jupiter on account of the games.
consulatum inde ineunt C. Claudius Nero §27.36.10et M. Livius iterum.
Thereupon C. Claudius Nero entered upon the consulship, and M. Livius for the second time.
qui quia iam designati provincias sortiti erant, praetores sortiri iusserunt.
Since they, while still consuls-elect, had already drawn lots for their provinces, they ordered the praetors to draw lots.
§27.36.11C. Hostilio iurisdictio urbana evenit;
The urban jurisdiction fell to C.
addita et peregrina, ut tres in provincias exire possent; A. Hostilio Sardinia, C. Mamilio Sicilia, L. Porcio Gallia evenit.
Hostilius; the foreign jurisdiction was also added to it, so that three of them could go out into the provinces; Sardinia fell to A. Hostilius, Sicily to C. Mamilius, and Gaul to L. Porcius.
§27.36.12summa legionum trium et viginti ita per provincias divisa: binae consulum essent, quattuor Hispania haberet. binas tres praetores, in Sicilia et Sardinia et Gallia, duas C. Terentius in Etruria,
The total of twenty-three legions was thus divided among the provinces: two should belong to each of the consuls; Spain should have four; the three praetors (in Sicily, Sardinia, and Gaul) should have two each; C. Terentius should have two in Etruria; Q.
§27.36.13duas Q. Fulvius in Bruttiis, duas Q. Claudius circa Tarentum et Sallentinos, unam C. Hostilius Tubulus Capuae; §27.36.14duae urbanae ut scriberentur.
Fulvius should have two among the Bruttii; Q. Claudius two around Tarentum and the Sallentini; and C. Hostilius Tubulus one at Capua; two urban legions were to be enrolled.
primis quattuor legionibus populus tribunos creavit, in ceteras consules miserunt.
For the first four legions, the people elected tribunes; for the rest, the consuls dispatched them.