§31.8.1ab hac oratione in suffragium missi, uti rogaret, bellum iusserunt.
Sent to vote after this speech, they ordered war as the consul proposed.
§31.8.2supplicatio inde a consulibus in triduum ex senatus consulto indicta est, obsecratique circa omnia pulvinaria dii, ut, quod bellum cum Philippo populus iussisset, id bene ac feliciter eveniret,
Then a thanksgiving for three days was proclaimed by the consuls in accordance with a decree of the senate, and the gods were implored at all the shrines that the war which the people had ordered against Philip might turn out well and successfully.
§31.8.3consultique fetiales ab consule Sulpicio, bellum, quod indiceretur regi Philippo, utrum ipsi utique nuntiari iuberent, an satis esset, in finibus regni quod proximum praesidium esset, eo nuntiari.
And the fetials were consulted by the consul Sulpicius, whether they ordered the war, which was to be declared against King Philip, to be announced to him in person, or whether it was sufficient for it to be announced to the nearest garrison on the boundaries of his kingdom.
fetiales decreverunt, utrum eorum fecisset, recte facturum.
The fetials decreed that whichever of these he did, he would act rightly.
§31.8.4consuli a patribus permissum, ut, quem videretur ex iis, qui extra senatum essent, legatum mitteret ad bellum regi indicendum.
Permission was granted to the consul by the senators to send whomever he pleased of those who were outside the senate as an envoy to declare war on the king.
§31.8.5tum de exercitibus consulum praetorumque actum.
Then they dealt with the armies of the consuls and praetors.
consules binas legiones scribere iussi, veteres dimittere exercitus.
The consuls were ordered to enroll two legions each, and to disband the old armies.
§31.8.6Sulpicio, cui novum ac magni nominis bellum decretum erat, permissum, ut de exercitu, quem P. Scipio ex Africa deportasset, voluntarios, quos posset, duceret; invitum ne quem militem veterem ducendi ius esset.
To Sulpicius, to whom a new war of great renown had been decreed, permission was granted that from the army which Publius Scipio had brought back from Africa, he might lead what volunteers he could; and that there should be no right to lead any veteran soldier against his will.
§31.8.7praetoribus L. Furio Purpurioni et Q. Minucio Rufo quina milia socium Latini nominis consules darent, quibus praesidiis alter Galliam, alter Bruttios provinciam obtineret.
The consuls were to give five thousand allies of the Latin name each to the praetors Lucius Furius Purpurio and Quintus Minucius Rufus, by which garrisons the one was to hold Gaul, the other the Bruttii as his province.
§31.8.8Q. Fulvius Gillo ipse iussus ex eo exercitu, quem P. Aelius consul habuisset, ut quisque minime multa stipendia haberet, legere, donec et ipse quinque milia socium ac nominis Latini effecisset: id praesidii Siciliae provinciae esset.
Quintus Fulvius Gillo was himself ordered to select from that army which the consul Publius Aelius had commanded, those who had served the fewest campaigns, until he himself had made up five thousand allies of the Latin name; this was to be a garrison for the province of Sicily.
§31.8.9M. Valerio Faltoni, qui praetor priore anno Campaniam provinciam habuerat, §31.8.10prorogatum in annum imperium est, uti propraetor in Sardiniam traiceret: is quoque de exercitu, qui ibi esset, quinque milia socium nominis Latini, qui eorum minime multa stipendia haberent, legeret.
For Marcus Valerius Falto, who as praetor in the previous year had held the province of Campania, his command was prolonged for a year, so that he might cross over to Sardinia as propraetor; he also was to select from the army which was there five thousand allies of the Latin name, those of them who had served the fewest campaigns.
§31.8.11et consules duas urbanas legiones scribere iussi, quae, si quo res posceret, multis in Italia contactis gentibus Punici belli societate iraque inde tumentibus, mitterentur.
And the consuls were ordered to enroll two city legions, which were to be sent if the situation demanded it anywhere, since many tribes in Italy had been infected by alliance in the Punic War and were swelling with anger from that.
sex legionibus Romanis eo anno usura res publica erat.
The state was to make use of six Roman legions in that year.