§30.21.1Romam per eosdem dies et Magonem et Hannibalem profectos adlatum est.
Around those same days, it was reported at Rome that both Mago and Hannibal had departed.
cuius duplicis gratulationis minuit laetitiam, et quod parum duces in retinendis iis, cum id mandatum ab senatu esset, aut animi aut virium habuisse videbantur, §30.21.2et quod solliciti erant, omni belli mole in unum exercitum ducemque inclinata quo evasura esset res.
The joy of this double cause of thanksgiving was diminished both because the commanders, though this had been ordered by the senate, seemed to have had too little of either spirit or strength in detaining them, and because they were anxious as to what the outcome would be, now that the whole weight of the war had shifted onto a single army and commander.
§30.21.3per eosdem dies legati Saguntini venerunt conprensos cum pecunia adducentes Carthaginienses, qui ad conducenda auxilia in Hispaniam traiecissent.
Around the same days, Saguntine envoys arrived, bringing with them some Carthaginians whom they had arrested with money, who had crossed over into Spain to hire auxiliaries.
§30.21.4ducenta et quinquaginta auri, octingenta pondo argenti in vestibulo curiae posuerunt.
They placed two hundred and fifty pounds of gold and eight hundred pounds of silver in the vestibule of the senate-house.
§30.21.5hominibus acceptis et in carcerem conditis, auro argentoque reddito gratiae legatis actae atque insuper munera data ac naves, quibus in Hispaniam reverterentur.
The captured men having been received and put in prison, and the gold and silver restored, thanks were given to the envoys, and moreover, gifts and ships in which they might return to Spain were provided.
§30.21.6mentio deinde ab senioribus facta est segnius homines bona quam mala sentire; transitu in Italiam Hannibalis quantum terroris pavorisque esse meminisse; §30.21.7quas deinde clades, quos luctus incidisse.
Then mention was made by the elder senators that men perceive good things more sluggishly than evils; they remembered how much terror and dread there had been at the passage of Hannibal into Italy; what disasters, what griefs had then fallen upon them.
visa castra hostium e muris urbis; quae vota singulorum universorumque fuisse! quotiens in conciliis voces manus ad caelum porgentium auditas, §30.21.8en umquam ille dies futurus esset, quo vacuam hostibus Italiam bona pace florentem visuri essent!
The enemy's camp had been seen from the walls of the city; what vows had been made by individuals and by the whole state! How often in public assemblies had the voices of those stretching out their hands to heaven been heard, asking whether indeed that day would ever come when they should see Italy free from enemies and flourishing in secure peace!
§30.21.9dedisse tandem id deos sexto decimo demum anno, nec esse, qui deis grates agendas censeat; adeo ne advenientem quidem gratiam homines benigne accipere, nedum ut praeteritae satis memores sint.
At last, in the sixteenth year, the gods had granted this, and yet there was no one who proposed that thanks should be given to the gods; so true was it that men do not receive even a present favor with gratitude, much less are they sufficiently mindful of past ones.
§30.21.10conclamatum deinde ex omni parte curiae est, uti referret P. Aelius praetor; decretumque, ut quinque dies circa omnia pulvinaria supplicaretur, victumaeque maiores immolarentur centum viginti.
Then a shout arose from every part of the senate-house that the praetor Publius Aelius should lay the matter before them; and it was decreed that supplications should be made for five days at all the shrines, and that one hundred and twenty larger victims should be sacrificed.
§30.21.11iam dimisso Laelio legatisque Masinissae cum Carthaginiensium legatos de pace ad senatum venientes Puteolis visos, inde terra venturos adlatum esset, revocari C. Laelium placuit, ut coram eo de pace ageretur.
Laelius and the envoys of Masinissa having already been dismissed, when it was reported that the Carthaginian envoys, coming to the senate concerning peace, had been seen at Puteoli, and would come from there by land, it was decided that Gaius Laelius should be recalled so that the negotiations for peace might be conducted in his presence.
§30.21.12Q. Fulvius Gillo, legatus Scipionis, Carthaginienses Romam adduxit; quibus vetitis ingredi urbem hospitium in villa publica, senatus ad aedem Bellonae datus est.
Quintus Fulvius Gillo, Scipio's lieutenant, brought the Carthaginians to Rome; since they were forbidden to enter the city, lodging was provided for them in the Villa Publica, and an audience of the senate was granted to them at the Temple of Bellona.