§32.26.1in Gallia nihil sane memorabile ab Sex. Aelio consule gestum.
In Gaul, indeed, nothing worthy of mention was accomplished by the consul Sextus Aelius.
§32.26.2cum duos exercitus in provincia habuisset, unum retentum, quem dimitti oportebat, cui L. Cornelius proconsul praefuerat — ipse ei C. Helvium praetorem praefecit —, alterum, quem, §32.26.3in provinciam adduxit, totum prope annum Cremonensibus Placentinisque cogendis redire in colonias, unde belli casibus dissipati erant, consumpsit.
Although he had had two armies in the province, one retained, which ought to have been disbanded, and which the proconsul Lucius Cornelius had commanded—he himself placed the praetor Gaius Helvius over it—, and the other, which he had brought into the province, he spent almost the whole year in compelling the people of Cremona and Placentia to return to their colonies, whence they had been scattered by the misfortunes of war.
§32.26.4quem ad modum Gallia praeter spem quieta eo anno fuit, ita circa urbem servilis prope tumultus est. §32.26.5excitatus.
Just as Gaul was unexpectedly quiet that year, so around the city a slave uprising was almost excited.
obsides Carthaginiensium Setiae custodiebantur.
The hostages of the Carthaginians were being guarded at Setia.
cum iis, ut principum liberis, magna vis servorum erat.
With them, as being the children of leading men, there was a great multitude of slaves.
§32.26.6augebant eorum numerum, ut ab recenti. Africo bello, et ab ipsis Setinis captiva aliquot nationis eius empta ex praeda mancipia.
Their number was increased, as was natural after the recent African war, and also by the Setians themselves, who had bought some captive slaves of that nation from the booty.
§32.26.7ii cum coniurationem fecissent, missis ex eo numero, primum qui, in Setino agro, deinde circa Norbam et Cerceios servitia sollicitarent, satis iam omnibus praeparatis, ludis, qui Setiae prope diem futuri erant, spectaculo intentum populum adgredi statuerant;
When they had formed a conspiracy, they sent some of their number to stir up the slaves, first in the territory of Setia, and then around Norba and Circeii; and when all things were now sufficiently prepared, they determined to attack the people, who would be intent on the spectacle, at the games which were soon to be held at Setia.
§32.26.8Setia per caedem et. repentinum tumultum capta Norbam et Cerceios occupare * * servitia.
Once Setia was captured by slaughter and sudden riot, they planned to occupy Norba and Circeii * * the slaves.
huius rei tam foedae indicium Romam ad L. Cornelium Lentulum praetorem urbanum delatum est.
Information of so foul a matter was brought to Rome, to Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, the city praetor.
§32.26.9servi duo ante lucem ad eum venerunt atque ordine omnia, quae facta futuraque erant, exposuerunt.
Two slaves came to him before daybreak and set forth in order everything that had been done and was to be done.
§32.26.10quibus domi custodiri iussis, praetor senatu vocato edoctoque, quae iudices adferrent, proficisci ad eam coniurationem quaerendam atque opprimendam iussus,
Having ordered them to be guarded at his house, the praetor, after convening the senate and informing them of what the informants brought, was ordered to set out to investigate and suppress that conspiracy.
§32.26.11cum quinque legatis profectus obvios in agris sacramento rogatos arma capere et sequi cogebat.
Setting out with five legates, he compelled those whom he met in the fields, after administering the military oath, to take up arms and follow him.
§32.26.12hoc tumultuario dilectu duobus milibus ferme hominum armatis Setiam omnibus, quo pergeret, ignaris venit.
With this hasty levy, nearly two thousand men having been armed, he arrived at Setia, with everyone ignorant of where he was going.
§32.26.13ibi raptim principibus coniurationis comprehensis fuga servorum ex oppido facta est.
There, the leaders of the conspiracy having been quickly arrested, a flight of the slaves from the town took place.
dimissis deinde per agros, qui vestigarent * * *.
Then, men were dispatched through the fields to track them down * * *.
§32.26.14egregia duorum opera servorum indicum et unius liberi fuit.
The service of the two slave informants and of the one free man was outstanding.
ei centum milia gravis aeris dari patres iusserunt, servis vicena quina milia aeris et libertatem; §32.26.15pretium eorum ex aerario solutum est dominis.
The fathers ordered one hundred thousand asses of heavy bronze to be given to him, and twenty-five thousand asses of bronze each to the slaves, along with their freedom; the price of them was paid to their masters from the treasury.
haud ita multo post ex eiusdem coniurationis reliquiis nuntiatum est servitia Praeneste occupatura.
Not very long afterward, from the remnants of the same conspiracy, it was reported that the slaves were about to seize Praeneste.
§32.26.16eo L. Cornelius praetor profectus de quingentis fere hominibus, qui in ii noxa erant, supplicium sumpsit.
Thither the praetor Lucius Cornelius set out and inflicted punishment on nearly five hundred men who were involved in that guilt.
in timore civitas fuit obsides captivosque Poenorum ii moliri.
The state was in fear that the hostages and captives of the Carthaginians were plotting such a thing.
§32.26.17itaque et Romae vigiliae per vicos servatae iussique circumire eas minores magistratus, et triumviri carceris lautumiarum intentiorem custodiam habere iussi, §32.26.18et circa nomen Latinum a praetore litterae missae, ut et obsides in privato servarentur neque in publicum prodeundi facultas daretur, et captivi ne minus decem pondo compedibus vincti in nulla alia quam in carceris publici custodia essent.
Therefore, both at Rome night-watches were kept through the streets and the minor magistrates were ordered to go around them, and the triumvirs of the prison were ordered to keep a stricter guard over the stone quarries, and throughout the Latin name letters were sent by the praetor, directing both that the hostages should be kept in private custody and not be given the opportunity of appearing in public, and that the captives, bound in fetters of not less than ten pounds' weight, should be kept in no other custody than that of the public prison.