§27.7.1exitu anni huius C. Laelius legatus Scipionis die quarto et tricensimo, quam ab Tarracone profectus erat, Romam venit; isque cum agmine captivorum ingressus urbem magnum concursum hominum fecit.
At the end of this year, Gaius Laelius, the lieutenant of Scipio, came to Rome on the thirty-fourth day after he had set out from Tarraco; and entering the city with a train of captives, he caused a great gathering of people.
§27.7.2postero die in senatum introductus captam Carthaginem, caput Hispaniae, uno die receptasque aliquot urbes, quae defecissent, novasque in societatem adscitas exposuit.
On the following day, having been introduced into the senate, he reported that Carthage, the capital of Spain, had been captured in a single day, that several cities which had revolted had been recovered, and that new ones had been received into alliance.
§27.7.3ex captivis comperta iis fere congruentia, quae in litteris fuerant M. Valerii Messallae.
From the captives, things were found to be in general agreement with what had been in the letter of Marcus Valerius Messalla.
maxime movit patres Hasdrubalis transitus in Italiam vix Hannibali atque eius armis obsistentem.
What most disturbed the senators was the march of Hasdrubal into Italy, while they were scarcely holding out against Hannibal and his arms.
§27.7.4productus et in contionem Laelius eadem edisseruit.
Laelius was also brought out into the public assembly and set forth the same things.
senatus ob res feliciter a P. Scipione gestas supplicationem in unum diem decrevit; C. Laelium primo quoque tempore cum quibus venerat navibus redire in Hispaniam iussit.
The senate, on account of the successes achieved by Publius Scipio, decreed a thanksgiving of one day; they ordered Gaius Laelius to return to Spain at the very first opportunity with the ships with which he had come.
§27.7.5Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum contuli multis auctoribus, haud nescius quosdam esse, qui anno insequenti captam tradiderint; §27.7.6sed mihi minus simile veri visum est annum integrum Scipionem nihil gerundo in Hispania consumpsisse.
I have assigned the capture of Carthage to this year, following many authorities, although I am not unaware that there are some who hand down that it was captured in the following year; but to me it seemed less like the truth that Scipio spent an entire year doing nothing in Spain.
§27.7.7Q. Fabio Maximo quintum Q. Fulvio Flacco quartum consulibus idibus Martiis, quo die magistratum inierunt, Italia ambobus provincia decreta, regionibus tamen partitum imperium: Fabius ad Tarentum, Fulvius in Lucanis ac Bruttiis rem gereret.
In the consulship of Quintus Fabius Maximus for the fifth time and Quintus Fulvius Flaccus for the fourth time, on the Ides of March, the day on which they entered office, Italy was decreed as the province for both, yet their command was divided by regions: Fabius was to conduct operations at Tarentum, Fulvius in the territory of the Lucanians and Bruttians.
§27.7.8M. Claudio prorogatum in annum imperium.
For Marcus Claudius, his command was prolonged for a year.
praetores sortiti provincias, C. Hostilius Tubulus urbanam, L. Veturius Philo peregrinam cum Gallia, T. Quinctius Crispinus Capuam, C. Aurunculeius Sardiniam.
The praetors cast lots for their provinces: Gaius Hostilius Tubulus obtained the city jurisdiction, Lucius Veturius Philo the foreign jurisdiction along with Gaul, Titus Quinctius Crispinus Capua, and Gaius Aurunculeius Sardinia.
§27.7.9exercitus ita per provincias divisi: Fulvio duae legiones, quas in Sicilia M. Valerius Laevinus haberet, Q. Fabio, quibus in Etruria C. Calpurnius praefuisset; urbanus exercitus ut in Etruriam succederet;
The armies were divided among the provinces as follows: to Fulvius were assigned the two legions which Marcus Valerius Laevinus had in Sicily; to Quintus Fabius, those which Gaius Calpurnius had commanded in Etruria; and the city army was to move into Etruria to succeed them.
§27.7.10C. Calpurnius eidem praeesset provinciae exercituique; Capuam exercitumque, quem Q. Fulvius habuisset, T. Quinctius obtineret.
Gaius Calpurnius was to continue to command the same province and army; Titus Quinctius was to hold Capua and the army which Quintus Fulvius had had.
§27.7.11C. Hostilius ab C. Laetorio propraetore provinciam exercitumque, qui tum Arimini erat, acciperet.
Gaius Hostilius was to receive from the propraetor Gaius Laetorius the province and the army which was then at Ariminum.
M. Marcello, quibus consul rem gesserat, legiones decretae.
To Marcus Marcellus were decreed the legions with which he had operated as consul.
M. Valerio cum L. Cincio — §27.7.12iis quoque enim prorogatum in Sicilia imperium — Cannensis exercitus datus, euinque supplere ex militibus, qui ex legionibus Cn. Fulvi superessent, iussi.
To Marcus Valerius, along with Lucius Cincius— for their command also had been prolonged in Sicily—the Cannae army was given, and they were ordered to recruit it from the soldiers who survived from the legions of Gnaeus Fulvius.
§27.7.13conquisitos eos consules in Siciliam miserunt; additaque eadem militiae ignominia, sub qua Cannenses militabant quique ex praetoris Cn. Fulvi exercitu ob similis iram fugae missi eo ab senatu fuerant.
The consuls searched out these men and sent them to Sicily; and the same military ignominy was imposed upon them under which the Cannae soldiers were serving, as well as those who, from the army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius, had been sent there by the senate on account of a similar anger over their flight.
§27.7.14C. Aurunculeio eaedem in Sardinia legiones, quibus P. Manlius Volso eam provinciam obtinuerat, decretae.
To Gaius Aurunculeius were decreed in Sardinia the same legions with which Publius Manlius Volso had held that province.
§27.7.15P. Sulpicio eadem legione eademque classe Macedoniam obtinere iusso prorogatum in annum imperium.
For Publius Sulpicius, ordered to hold Macedonia with the same legion and the same fleet, his command was prolonged for a year.
triginta quinqueremes ex Sicilia Tarentum ad Q. Fabium consulem mitti iussae; §27.7.16cetera classe placere praedatum in Africam aut ipsum M. Valerium Laevinum traicere, aut mittere seu L. Cincium seu M. Valerium Messallam vellet.
Thirty quinqueremes were ordered to be sent from Sicily to Tarentum to the consul Quintus Fabius; as for the rest of the fleet, it was resolved that either Marcus Valerius Laevinus himself should cross over to Africa for plunder, or, if he preferred, send either Lucius Cincius or Marcus Valerius Messalla.
§27.7.17nec de Hispania quicquam mutatum, nisi quod non in annum Scipioni Silanoque, sed donec revocati ab senatu forent, prorogatum imperium est.
Nor was any change made concerning Spain, except that for Scipio and Silanus, their command was prolonged not for a year, but until they should be recalled by the senate.
ita provinciae exercituumque in eum annum partita imperia.
Thus the commands of the provinces and armies were partitioned for that year.