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Livy · History of Rome §28.10.1-28.10.16

Elections of Magistrates and Allocation of Commands

Passage 907 of 1770 · Latin

Summary

New consuls and praetors were elected under the direction of a dictator, and the senate subsequently allocated military commands and provincial assignments to the magistrates. Meanwhile, the former dictator Livius was sent to Etruria to investigate conspiracies of defection.

§28.10.1cum comitiorum tempus adpeteret et per dictatorem comitia haberi placuisset, C. Claudius consul M. Livium conlegam dictatorem dixit, Livius Q. Caecilium magistrum equitum.
When the time for the elections was approaching and it had been decided that the elections should be held by a dictator, the consul Gaius Claudius named his colleague Marcus Livius dictator, and Livius named Quintus Caecilius master of the horse.
§28.10.2a M. Livio dictatore creati consules L. Veturius Q. Caecilius, is ipse, qui tum erat magister equitum.
By the dictator Marcus Livius were elected as consuls Lucius Veturius and Quintus Caecilius, the very one who was then master of the horse.
inde praetorum comitia habita.
After that, the elections for the praetors were held.
§28.10.3creati C. Servilius M. Caecilius Metellus Ti. Claudius Asellus Q. Mamilius Turrinus, qui tum aedilis plebis erat.
There were elected Gaius Servilius, Marcus Caecilius Metellus, Tiberius Claudius Asellus, and Quintus Mamilius Turrinus, who was then a plebeian aedile.
§28.10.4comitiis perfectis dictator magistratu abdicato dimissoque exercitu in Etruriam provinciam ex senatus consulto est profectus ad quaestiones habendas, §28.10.5qui Etruscorum Umbrorumve populi defectionis ab Romanis ad Hasdrubalem sub adventum eius consilia agitassent quique eum auxiliis aut commeatu aut ope aliqua iuvissent.
The elections having been completed, the dictator, having abdicated his office and disbanded the army, set out for the province of Etruria, in accordance with a decree of the senate, to conduct inquiries as to which states of the Etruscans or Umbrians had agitated plans of defection from the Romans to Hasdrubal upon his arrival, and which had aided him with auxiliaries, provisions, or any other assistance.
§28.10.6haec eo anno domi militiaeque gesta.
These things were done that year at home and in the field.
§28.10.7ludi Romani ter toti instaurati ab aedilibus curulibus Cn. Servilio Caepione Ser. Cornelio Lentulo; item ludi plebei semel toti instaurati ab aedilibus plebis M. Pomponio Mathone et Q. Mamilio Turrino.
The Roman Games were three times repeated in their entirety by the curule aediles Gnaeus Servilius Caepio and Servius Cornelius Lentulus; likewise, the Plebeian Games were once repeated in their entirety by the plebeian aediles Marcus Pomponius Matho and Quintus Mamilius Turrinus.
§28.10.8tertio decimo anno Punici belli L. Veturio Philone et Q. Caecilio Metello consulibus, Bruttii ambobus, ut cum Hannibale bellum gererent, provincia decreta.
In the thirteenth year of the Punic War, when Lucius Veturius Philo and Quintus Caecilius Metellus were consuls, the Bruttian territory was decreed as the province for both, so that they might wage war against Hannibal.
§28.10.9praetores exinde sortiti sunt, M. Caecilius Metellus urbanam, Q. Mamilius peregrinam, C. Servilius Siciliam, Ti. Claudius Sardiniam.
The praetors then drew lots for their provinces: Marcus Caecilius Metellus received the city jurisdiction, Quintus Mamilius the foreign jurisdiction, Gaius Servilius Sicily, and Tiberius Claudius Sardinia.
§28.10.10exercitus ita divisi: consulum alteri, quem C. Claudius prioris anni consul, alteri, quem Q. Claudius propraetor — eae binae legiones erant — habuissent exercitum; §28.10.11in Etruria duas volonum legiones a C. Terentio propraetore M. Livius proconsul, cui prorogatum in annum imperium erat, acciperet; §28.10.12et Q. Mamilio, ut collegae iuris dictione tradita Galliam cum exercitu, cui L. Porcius propraetor praefuerat, obtineret, decretum est, iussusque populari agros Gallorum, qui ad Poenos sub adventure Hasdrubalis defecissent.
The armies were divided as follows: to one of the consuls was assigned the army which Gaius Claudius, consul of the preceding year, had commanded, and to the other, the army which the propraetor Quintus Claudius had commanded—these were two legions each; in Etruria, Marcus Livius as proconsul, whose command had been prolonged for a year, was to receive two legions of volunteer slaves from the propraetor Gaius Terentius; and for Quintus Mamilius, it was decreed that, having handed over his judicial duties to his colleague, he should hold Gaul with the army which the propraetor Lucius Porcius had commanded, and he was ordered to ravage the lands of those Gauls who had defected to the Carthaginians upon the arrival of Hasdrubal.
§28.10.13C. Servilio cum Cannensibus duabus legionibus, sicut C. Mamilius tenuerat, Sicilia tuenda data.
To Gaius Servilius was given the defense of Sicily with the two Cannae legions, just as Gaius Mamilius had held them.
§28.10.14ex Sardinia vetus exercitus, cui A. Hostilius praefuerat, deportatus; novam legionem, quam Ti. Claudius traiceret secum, consules conscripserunt.
From Sardinia, the old army, which Aulus Hostilius had commanded, was brought back; the consuls enrolled a new legion, which Tiberius Claudius was to take across with him.
§28.10.15Q. Claudio, ut Tarentum, C. Hostilio Tubulo, ut Capuam provinciam haberet, prorogatum in annum imperium est.
For Quintus Claudius, that he should have Tarentum, and for Gaius Hostilius Tubulus, Capua as his province, their command was prolonged for a year.
§28.10.16M. Valerius proconsul, qui tuendae circa Siciliam maritumae orae praefuerat, triginta navibus C. Servilio traditis cum cetera omni classe redire ad urbem iussus.
The proconsul Marcus Valerius, who had been in charge of defending the seacoast around Sicily, having delivered thirty ships to Gaius Servilius, was ordered to return to the city with all the rest of the fleet.

Notes

  1. 28.10.1Livius Q. Caecilium magistrum equitum. — Ellipsis of the verb "dixit" (named) from the preceding clause "C. Claudius consul M. Livium conlegam dictatorem dixit". The double accusative structure of the first part (with "M. Livium conlegam" as the direct object and "dictatorem" as the predicate accusative) carries over to the second, where "Q. Caecilium" functions as the object and "magistrum equitum" as the predicate accusative.
  2. 28.10.5qui Etruscorum Umbrorumve populi defectionis ... consilia agitassent — Introduces an indirect question clause dependent on the gerundive phrase "ad quaestiones habendas" (to conduct inquiries) in the preceding section. The subject is "qui... populi" (which states), and the pluperfect subjunctives "agitassent" and "iuvissent" represent actions prior to the past main verb "profectus est", following the sequence of tenses.
  3. 28.10.10consulum alteri, quem C. Claudius prioris anni consul, alteri, quem Q. Claudius propraetor ... habuissent exercitum — A highly elliptical parallel construction. The framework can be reconstructed as: "consulum alteri (decretus est) exercitus, quem C. Claudius... habuisset; alteri (decretus est exercitus), quem Q. Claudius... habuisset." The plural verb "habuissent" in the relative clause either logically combines the subjects of both relative clauses or reflects a manuscript variant.
  4. 28.10.12collegae iuris dictione tradita — An ablative absolute construction. Although Quintus Mamilius was elected praetor peregrinus (foreign praetor), he was dispatched to the province of Gaul for a military command; hence, he handed over his judicial administration (iuris dictio) to his colleague (collega, namely the praetor urbanus Marcus Caecilius).

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Livy, History of Rome §28.10.1-28.10.16. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0914.phi001.humanitext-lat2:28.10.1-28.10.16

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