§32.29.1priusquam consules praetoresque in provincias proficiscerentur, prodigia procurari placuit, quod aedes Vulcani Summanique Romae, et quod Fregenis murus et porta de caelo tacta erant, §32.29.2et Frusinone inter noctem lux orta, et Aefulae agnus biceps cum quinque pedibus natus, et Formiis duo lupi oppidum ingressi obvios aliquot laniaverant, Romae non in urbem solum sed in Capitolium penetraverat lupus.
Before the consuls and praetors set out for their provinces, it was resolved that the prodigies should be expiated, because the temples of Vulcan and Summanus at Rome, and the wall and a gate at Fregenae had been struck by lightning, and at Frusino light had appeared during the night, and at Aefula a two-headed lamb with five feet had been born, and at Formiae two wolves, having entered the town, had mangled several people they met, and at Rome a wolf had penetrated not only into the city but even into the Capitol.
§32.29.3C. Atinius tribunus plebis tulit, ut quinque coloniae in oram maritimam deducerentur, duae ad ostia fluminum Vulturni Liternique, una Puteolos, una ad Castrum Salerni:
Gaius Atinius, tribune of the plebs, proposed that five colonies should be established on the sea coast: two at the mouths of the rivers Vulturnus and Liternus, one at Puteoli, and one at the Fort of Salernum.
§32.29.4his Buxentum adiectum, trecenae familiae in singulas colonias iubebantur mitti.
To these Buxentum was added, and three hundred families were ordered to be sent to each colony.
triumviri deducendis iis, qui per triennium magistratum haberent, creati M. Servilius Geminus, Q. Minucius Thermus, Ti. Sempronius Longus.
As three commissioners for establishing them, who should hold office for three years, Marcus Servilius Geminus, Quintus Minucius Thermus, and Tiberius Sempronius Longus were elected.
dilectu rebusque aliis divinis humanisque, §32.29.5quae per ipsos agenda erant, perfectis consules ambo in Galliam profecti,
The levy and other matters, both divine and human, which were to be conducted by them, being finished, both consuls set out for Gaul.
§32.29.6Cornelius recta ad Insubres via, qui tum in armis erant Cenomanis adsumptis; Q. Minucius in laeva Italiae ad inferum mare flexit iter Genuamque exercitu ducto ab Liguribus orsus bellum est.
Cornelius took the direct route to the Insubres, who were then in arms, having allied themselves with the Cenomani; Quintus Minucius turned his route to the left of Italy towards the Lower Sea, and having led his army to Genua, began the war with the Ligurians.
§32.29.7oppida Clastidium et Litubium, utraque Ligurum, et duae gentis eiusdem civitates, Celeiates Cerdiciatesque, sese dediderunt.
The towns of Clastidium and Litubium, both of the Ligurians, and two communities of the same tribe, the Celeiates and the Cerdiciates, surrendered themselves.
et iam omnia cis Padum praeter Gallorum Boios, Ilvates Ligurum sub dicione erant; §32.29.8quindecim oppida, hominum viginti milia esse dicebantur, quae se dediderant.
And already all the territory on this side of the Po, except the Boii of the Gauls and the Ilvates of the Ligurians, was under subjection; the towns which had surrendered were said to be fifteen, and the men twenty thousand.
inde in agrum Boiorum legiones duxit.
Thence he led his legions into the territory of the Boii.