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Servilius et C. Servilius consules — sextus decimus is annus belli Punici erat — cum de re publica belloque et §30.1.2provinciis ad senatum rettulissent, censuerunt patres, ut consules inter se compararent sortirenturve, uter Bruttios adversus Hannibalem, uter Etruriam ac Ligures provinciam haberet; §30.1.3cui Bruttii evenissent, exercitum a P. Sempronio acciperet;
Servilius and C. Servilius—this was the sixteenth year of the Punic War—when they had laid before the senate the state of the commonwealth, the war, and provinces, the conscript fathers decreed that the consuls should arrange between themselves or cast lots to decide which of them should have the Bruttii as his province against Hannibal, and which Etruria and the Ligurians; one to whom the Bruttii fell should receive the army from P. Sempronius; P.
P. Sempronius — ei quoque enim pro consule imperium in annum prorogabatur — P. Licinio succederet.
Sempronius—for his command also as proconsul was extended for a year—should succeed P. Licinius.
§30.1.4is Romam reverteretur, bello quoque bonus habitus ad cetera, quibus nemo ea tempestate instructior civis habebatur, congestis omnibus humanis ab natura fortunaque bonis.
latter was to return to Rome, being regarded as excellent in war as well as in all other qualities, in respect of which no citizen in that period was considered more richly endowed, all human blessings having been heaped upon him by nature and fortune.
§30.1.5nobilis idem ac dives erat; forma viribusque corporis excellebat; facundissimus habebatur seu causa oranda, seu in senatu et ad populum suadendi ac dissuadendi locus esset; iuris pontificii peritissimus; §30.1.6super haec bellicae quoque laudis consulatus compotem fecerat.
was likewise noble and wealthy; he excelled in personal beauty and physical strength; he was considered extremely eloquent, whether a cause was to be pleaded, or there was occasion to persuade or dissuade in the senate and before the people; he was highly skilled in pontifical law; addition to these, the consulship had also made him a partaker of military glory.
quod in Bruttiis provincia, idem in Etruria ac Liguribus decretum:
The same that was decreed concerning the province of the Bruttii was also decreed concerning Etruria and the Ligurians:
§30.1.7M. Cornelius novo consuli tradere exercitum iussus; ipse prorogato imperio Galliam provinciam obtineret cum legionibus iis, quas L. Scribonius priore anno habuisset.
Cornelius was ordered to hand over his army to the new consul; he himself, with his command extended, was to hold the province of Gaul with those legions which L. Scribonius had held the previous year.
§30.1.8sortiti deinde provincias: Caepioni Bruttii, Servilio Gemino Etruria evenit.
they cast lots for the provinces: the Bruttii fell to Caepio, Etruria to Servilius Geminus.
tum praetorum provinciae in sortem coniectae: §30.1.9iuris dictionem urbanam Paetus Aelius, Sardiniam P. Lentulus, Siciliam P. Villius, Ariminum cum duabus legionibus — sub Sp. Lucretio eae fuerant — Quinctilius Varus est sortitus.
Next, the provinces of the praetors were cast into the lot: Paetus drew the jurisdiction of the city, P. Lentulus Sardinia, P. Villius Sicily, and Quinctilius Varus Ariminum with two legions—these had been under Sp. Lucretius.
§30.1.10et Lucretio prorogatum imperium, ut Genuam oppidum a Magone Poeno dirutum exaedificaret.
' command was also extended, that he might rebuild the town of Genua, which had been destroyed by Mago the Carthaginian.
P. Scipioni non temporis, sed rei gerendae fine, donec debellatum in Africa foret, §30.1.11prorogatum imperium est, decretumque, ut supplicatio fieret, quod is in Africam provinciam traiecisset, ut ea res salutaris populo Romano ipsique duci atque exercitui esset.
To P. Scipio, not with a limit of time, but of the task to be performed, until the war in Africa should be finished, command was extended, and it was decreed that a thanksgiving should be held, because he had crossed over into the province of Africa, so that this event might be prosperous for the Roman people, and for the general himself and his army.