§33.22.1sub idem tempus consules Romam venerunt;
Around the same time, the consuls came to Rome.
§33.22.2quibus in aede Bellonae senatum habentibus postulantibusque triumphum ob res prospere bello gestas C. Atinius Labeo et C. Afranius tribuni plebis, ut separatim de triumpho agerent consules, postularunt: communem se relationem de ea re fieri non passuros, ne par honos in dispari merito esset.
When they were holding the senate in the temple of Bellona and demanding a triumph for their successful operations in the war, Gaius Atinius Labeo and Gaius Afranius, tribunes of the plebs, demanded that the consuls should apply for a triumph separately; they declared that they would not allow a joint motion to be made on that matter, lest equal honor should be bestowed on unequal merit.
§33.22.3cum Q. Minucius utrique Italiam provinciam obtigisse diceret, communi animo consilioque se et collegam res gessisse, §33.22.4et C. Cornelius adiceret Boios adversus se transgredientis Padum, ut Insubribus Cenomanisque auxilio essent, depopulante vicos eorum atque agros collega ad sua tuenda aversos esse, §33.22.5tribuni res tantas bello gessisse C. Cornelium fateri, ut non magis de triumpho eius quam de honore diis inmortalibus habendo dubitari possit; §33.22.6non tamen nec illum nec quemquam alium civem tantum gratia atque opibus valuisse, ut, cum sibi meritum triumphum inpetrasset, collegae eunden honorem inmeritum inpudenter petenti daret.
While Quintus Minucius was saying that the province of Italy had fallen to both of them, and that he and his colleague had conducted their operations with a common spirit and plan, and Gaius Cornelius added that the Boii, who were crossing the Po against him to aid the Insubres and Cenomani, had been turned back to defend their own property because his colleague was devastating their villages and fields, the tribunes confessed that Gaius Cornelius had performed such great deeds in the war that there could be no more doubt about his triumph than about rendering honor to the immortal gods; yet neither he nor any other citizen possessed so much influence and power that, when he had obtained a well-deserved triumph for himself, he could bestow the same undeserved honor upon a colleague who shamelessly demanded it.
§33.22.7Q. Minucium in Liguribus levia proelia, vix digna dictu, fecisse, in Gallia magnum numerum militum amisisse.
Quintus Minucius had fought light battles, scarcely worth mentioning, among the Ligurians, and had lost a great number of soldiers in Gaul.
§33.22.8nominabant etiam tribunos militum; T. Iuventium, Cn. Ligurium legionis quartae adversa pugna cum multis aliis viris fortibus, civibus ac sociis, cecidisse oppidorum paucorum ac vicorum falsas §33.22.9et in tempus simulatas sine ullo pignore deditiones factas esse.
They even named military tribunes: Titus Iuventius and Gnaeus Ligurius of the fourth legion had fallen in an unsuccessful battle along with many other brave men, both citizens and allies; and that the surrenders of a few towns and villages were false, and simulated for the occasion, made without any guarantee of good faith.
§33.22.10hae inter consules tribunosque altercationes biduum tenuerunt, victique perseverantia tribunorum consules separatim rettulerunt.
These altercations between the consuls and tribunes lasted for two days, and the consuls, overcome by the perseverance of the tribunes, made their reports separately.