§33.43.1L. Valerius Flaccus et M. Porcius Cato consules idibus Martiis, quo die magistratum inierunt de provinciis cum ad senatum rettulissent, patres censuerunt, §33.43.2quoniam in Hispania tantum glisceret bellum, ut iam consulari et duce et exercitu opus esset placere consules Hispaniam citeriorem Italiamque provincias aut comparare inter se aut sortiri; §33.43.3utri Hispania provincia evenisset, eum duas legiones et quindecim milia socium Latini nominis et octingentos equites secum portare et naves longas viginti ducere; §33.43.4alter consul duas scriberet legiones; iis Galliam obtineri provinciam satis esse fractis proximo anno Insubrum Boiorumque animis:
On the Ides of March, the day they entered upon their office, the consuls Lucius Valerius Flaccus and Marcus Porcius Cato made a report to the senate concerning the provinces, and the senators decreed, that since the war was growing so fierce in Spain that it now required both a consular commander and a consular army, the consuls should either arrange between themselves or draw lots for the provinces of Nearer Spain and Italy; whichever of the two should receive the province of Spain should take with him two legions, fifteen thousand allies of the Latin name, and eight hundred cavalry, and should command twenty warships; the other consul should enroll two legions, and that these were sufficient for holding the province of Gaul, since the spirits of the Insubres and Boii had been broken in the previous year.
§33.43.5Cato Hispaniam, Valerius Italiam est sortitus.
Cato drew Spain, and Valerius drew Italy.
praetores deinde provincias sortiti, C. Fabricius Luscinus urbanam, C. Atinius Labeo peregrinam, Cn. Manlius Volso Siciliam, Ap. Claudius Nero Hispaniam ulteriorem, P. Porcius Laeca Pisas, ut ab tergo Liguribus esset; P. Manlius in Hispaniam citeriorem adiutor consuli datus.
Then the praetors drew lots for their provinces: Gaius Fabricius Luscinus received the urban jurisdiction, Gaius Atinius Labeo the jurisdiction over foreigners, Gnaeus Manlius Vulso Sicily, Appius Claudius Nero Farther Spain, and Publius Porcius Laeca Pisae, so that he might be in the rear of the Ligurians; Publius Manlius was assigned to Nearer Spain as an assistant to the consul.
§33.43.6T. Quinctio suspectis non solum Antiocho et Aetolis, sed iam etiam Nabide, Lacedaemoniorum tyranno, prorogatum in annum imperium est, duas legiones ut haberet.
For Titus Quinctius, as not only Antiochus and the Aetolians but now also Nabis, the tyrant of the Lacedaemonians, were suspected, his command was prolonged for a year, with the instruction that he should keep two legions.
in eas si quid supplementi opus esset, consules scribere et mittere in Macedoniam iussi.
If there should be any need of recruits for these, the consuls were ordered to enlist and send them to Macedonia.
§33.43.7Ap. Claudio praeter legionem, quam Q. Fabius habuerat, duo milia peditum et ducentos equites novos ut scriberet, permissum.
Appius Claudius was permitted, in addition to the legion which Quintus Fabius had commanded, to enlist two thousand new infantry and two hundred cavalry.
§33.43.8par numerus peditum equitumque novorum et P. Manlio in citeriorem Hispaniam decretus et legio eadem, §33.43.9quae fuerat sub Q. Minucio praetore, data.
An equal number of new infantry and cavalry was decreed also for Publius Manlius in Nearer Spain, and the same legion which had been under the praetor Quintus Minucius was given to him.
et P. Porcio Laecae circa Pisas decem milia peditum et quingenti equites ex Gallico exercitu decreti.
Also, for Publius Porcius Laeca, around Pisae, ten thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry from the army in Gaul were decreed.
in Sardinia prorogatum imperium Ti. Sempronio Longo.
In Sardinia, the command was prolonged for Tiberius Sempronius Longus.