§36.2.1his ita in senatu, incerto ad id, quae cuiusque provincia foret, decretis, tum demum sortiri consules placuit.
When these matters had been thus decreed in the senate, though up to that time it was uncertain what each one's province would be, then at last it was resolved that the consuls should cast lots.
Acilio Graecia, Cornelio Italia evenit.
Greece fell to Acilius, Italy to Cornelius.
§36.2.2certa deinde sorte senatus consultum factum est, quod populus Romanus eo tempore duellum iussisset esse cum rege Antiocho, quique sub imperio eius essent, ut eius rei causa supplicationem imperarent consules, utique M’. Acilius consul ludos magnos Iovi voveret et dona ad omnia pulvinaria.
Then, the lot being certain, a decree of the senate was passed, because the Roman people had at that time ordered that there should be war with King Antiochus and those under his rule, that for the sake of this matter the consuls should proclaim a supplication, and that the consul Manius Acilius should vow the Great Games to Jupiter and offerings at all the couches of the gods.
§36.2.3id votum in haec verba praeeunte P. Licinio pontifice maximo consul nuncupavit: “si duellum, quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus iussit, id ex sententia senatus populique Romani confectum erit, §36.2.4tum tibi, Iuppiter, populus Romanus ludos magnos dies decem continuos faciet, donaque ad omnia pulvinaria dabuntur de pecunia, quantam senatus decreverit.
The consul pronounced this vow in these words, with the pontifex maximus Publius Licinius dictating the formula: "If the war which the people ordered to be undertaken against King Antiochus shall have been brought to a conclusion according to the mind of the senate and the Roman people, then to thee, Jupiter, the Roman people will celebrate Great Games for ten consecutive days, and offerings shall be given at all the couches of the gods from such a sum of money as the senate shall decree.
§36.2.5quisquis magistratus eos ludos quando ubique faxit, hi ludi recte facti donaque data recte sunto. ” supplicatio inde ab duobus consulibus edicta per biduum fuit.
Whichever magistrate shall perform these games, whenever and wherever he does so, let these games be deemed to have been correctly performed and the offerings correctly given." Thereupon, a supplication for two days was proclaimed by the two consuls.
§36.2.6consulibus sortitis provincias extemplo et praetores sortiti sunt.
As soon as the consuls had drawn lots for their provinces, the praetors also immediately cast lots.
M. Iunio Bruto iurisdictio utraque evenit, A. Cornelio Mammulae Bruttii, M. Aemilio Lepido Sicilia, L. Oppio Salinatori Sardinia, C. Livio Salinatori classis, L. Aemilio Paulo Hispania ulterior. his ita exercitus decreti:
Both jurisdictions fell to Marcus Junius Brutus, the Bruttii to Aulus Cornelius Mammula, Sicily to Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Sardinia to Lucius Oppius Salinator, the fleet to Gaius Livius Salinator, and Farther Spain to Lucius Aemilius Paulus.
§36.2.7A. Cornelio novi milites, conscripti priore anno ex senatus consulto a L. Quinctio consule, dati sunt, iussusque tueri omnem oram circa Tarentum Brundisiumque.
To them, armies were decreed as follows: To Aulus Cornelius were assigned the new soldiers who had been enlisted in the previous year by the consul Lucius Quinctius on a decree of the senate, and he was ordered to defend the entire coast around Tarentum and Brundisium.
§36.2.8L. Aemilio Paulo in ulteriorem Hispaniam, praeter eum exercitum, quem a M. Fulvio proconsule accepturus esset, decretum est, ut novorum militum tria milia duceret et trecentos equites, ita ut in iis duae partes socium Latini nominis, tertia civium Romanorum esset.
For Lucius Aemilius Paulus, who was to go to Farther Spain, it was decreed that, in addition to that army which he was to receive from the proconsul Marcus Fulvius, he should lead three thousand new soldiers and three hundred cavalry, in such a way that two-thirds of them should consist of allies of the Latin name, and the third part of Roman citizens.
§36.2.9idem supplementi ad C. Flaminium, cui imperium prorogabatur, in Hispaniam citeriorem est missum.
The same amount of reinforcement was sent to Gaius Flaminius, whose command was being prorogued, in Nearer Spain.
§36.2.10M. Aemilius Lepidus ab L. Valerio, cui successurus esset, simul provinciam exercitumque accipere iussus; §36.2.11L. Valerium, si ita videretur, pro praetore in provincia retinere et provinciam ita dividere, ut una ab Agrigento ad Pachynum esset, altera a Pachyno Tyndareum; eam maritimam oram L. Valeriusvigintinavibus longis custodiret.
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was ordered to receive at the same time the province and the army from Lucius Valerius, whom he was to succeed; and to retain Lucius Valerius in the province as propraetor, if it should seem good, and to divide the province in such a way that one part should be from Agrigentum to Pachynum, and the other from Pachynum to Tyndareum; and that Lucius Valerius should guard that coastal area with twenty warships.
§36.2.12eidem praetori mandatum, ut duas decumas frumenti exigeret; id ad mare comportandum devehendumque in Graeciam curaret.
The same praetor was commissioned to exact two tithes of grain; and to take care that it should be brought to the sea and transported to Greece.
§36.2.13idem L. Oppio de alteris decumis exigendis in Sardinia imperatum; ceterum non in Graeciam sed Romam id frumentum portari placere.
The same order was given to Lucius Oppius regarding the collection of a second tithe in Sardinia; but it was resolved that this grain should be carried not to Greece, but to Rome.
§36.2.14C. Livius praetor, cui classis evenerat, triginta navibus paratis traicere in Graeciam primo quoque tempore iussus, et ab Atilio naves accipere.
The praetor Gaius Livius, to whom the fleet had fallen, was ordered to cross over to Greece at the earliest opportunity with thirty prepared ships, and to receive ships from Atilius.
§36.2.15veteresnaves, quae in navalibus erant, ut reficeret et armaret, M. Iunio praetori negotium datum est, et in eam classem socios navales libertinos legeret.
The business of repairing and equipping the old ships which were in the dockyards was given to the praetor Marcus Junius, and he was to enlist freedmen as naval allies for that fleet.