§36.40.1ad ea consul neque se Ligures provinciam sortitum esse ait, neque cum Liguribus bellum gessisse, neque triumphum de iis postulare; §36.40.2Q. Minucium confidere brevi subactis iis meritum triumphum postulaturum atque impetraturum esse; §36.40.3se de Gallis Bois postulare triumphum, quos acie vicerit, castris exuerit, quorum gentem biduo post pugnam totam acceperit in deditionem, a quibus obsides abduxerit, pacis futurae pignus.
In response to this, the consul stated that he had not received Liguria as his province by lot, nor had he waged war against the Ligurians, nor was he demanding a triumph over them; he was confident that Quintus Minucius, once they were subdued in a short time, would demand and obtain the triumph he deserved; he was demanding a triumph over the Gallic Boii, whom he had defeated in battle and stripped of their camp, whose entire nation he had accepted in surrender two days after the battle, and from whom he had led away hostages as a pledge of future peace.
§36.40.4verum enimvero illud multo maius esse, quod tantum numerum Gallorum occiderit in acie, quot cum milibus certe Boiorum nemo ante se imperator pugnaverit.
But indeed, it was a much greater achievement that he had slain so large a number of Gauls in battle, a number of thousands of Boii with which surely no commander before him had ever fought.
§36.40.5plus partem dimidiam ex quinquaginta milibus hominum caesam, multa milia capta; senes puerosque Bois superesse.
More than half of their fifty thousand men had been slain, and many thousands captured; only old men and boys remained among the Boii.
§36.40.6itaque id quemquam mirari posse, cur victor exercitus, cum hostem in provincia neminem reliquisset, Romam venerit ad celebrandum consulis triumphum?
Therefore, could anyone wonder why a victorious army, since it had left no enemy in the province, had come to Rome to celebrate the consul's triumph?
§36.40.7quorum militum si et in alia provincia opera uti senatus velit, utro tandem modo promptiores ad aliud periculum novumque laborem ituros credat, si persoluta eis sine detractatione prioris periculi laborisque merces sit, an si spem pro re ferentis dimittant, iam semel in prima spe deceptos?
If the senate wished to employ the services of these soldiers in another province as well, in which of the two ways, pray, did it believe they would go more readily to another danger and a new labor: if their reward for the prior danger and labor were paid to them without grudging, or if they were dismissed carrying home hope instead of reality, having already been deceived once in their initial hope?
§36.40.8nam quod ad se attineat, sibi gloriae in omnem vitam illo die satis quaesitum esse, quo se virum optimum iudicatum ad accipiendam matrem Idaeam misisset senatus.
For as far as he was concerned, sufficient glory for his entire life had been acquired on that day when the senate, having judged him to be the best man, had sent him to receive the Idaean Mother.
§36.40.9hoc titulo, etsi nec consulatus nec triumphus addatur, satis honestam honoratamque P. Scipionis Nasicae imaginem fore.
With this title, even if neither a consulship nor a triumph were added, the image of Publius Scipio Nasica would be sufficiently honorable and respected.
§36.40.10universus senatus non ipse modo ad decernendum triumphum consensit, sed etiam tribunum plebis auctoritate sua compulit ad remittendam intercessionem.
The entire senate not only agreed to decree the triumph themselves, but also by their authority compelled the tribune of the plebs to withdraw his veto.
§36.40.11P. Cornelius consul triumphavit de Bois.
The consul Publius Cornelius triumphed over the Boii.
in eo triumpho Gallicis carpentis arma signaque et spolia omnis generis travexit et vasa aenea Gallica et cum captivis nobilibus equorum quoque captorum gregem traduxit.
In that triumph, he carried on Gallic chariots arms, standards, and spoils of all kinds, and Gallic bronze vessels, and along with noble captives, he also led a herd of captured horses.
§36.40.12aureos torques transtulit mille quadringentos septuaginta unum, ad hoc auri pondo ducenta quadraginta septem, argenti infecti factique in Gallicis vasis, non infabre suo more factis, duo milia trecenta quadraginta pondo, §36.40.13bigatorum nummorum ducenta triginta quattuor.
He brought one thousand four hundred and seventy-one golden torcs, besides two hundred and forty-seven pounds of gold, and two thousand three hundred and forty pounds of silver, both unwrought and wrought in Gallic vessels, which were not unskilfully made after their own fashion, and two hundred and thirty-four thousand silver bigati coins.
militibus, qui currum secuti sunt, centenos vicenos quinos asses divisit, duplex centurioni, triplex equiti.
To the soldiers who followed his chariot, he distributed one hundred and twenty-five asses each, twice as much to a centurion, and thrice as much to a horseman.
§36.40.14postero die contione advocata de rebus ab se gestis et de iniuria tribuni bello alieno se illigantis, ut suae victoriae fructu se fraudaret, cum disseruisset, milites exauctoratos dimisit.
On the following day, having called an assembly, after he had spoken of his achievements and of the injustice of the tribune who, by involving himself in another's war, sought to defraud him of the fruit of his victory, he disbanded the soldiers, discharging them from service.