§39.55.1legatis Romanis Transalpini populi benigne responderunt.
To the Roman ambassadors, the Transalpine peoples replied kindly.
seniores eorum nimiam lenitatem populi Romani castigarunt, §39.55.2quod eos homines, qui gentis iniussu profecti occupare agrum imperii Romani et in alieno solo aedificare oppidum conati sint, impunitos dimiserint: debuisse gravem temeritatis mercedem statui.
Their elders censured the excessive leniency of the Roman people, because they had dismissed without punishment those men who, having set out without the command of their tribe, had attempted to occupy the territory of the Roman empire and to build a town on another's soil; they said that a heavy penalty for their rashness ought to have been established.
§39.55.3quod vero etiam sua reddiderint, vereri ne tanta indulgentia plures ad talia audenda impellantur.
As to the fact, indeed, that they had even restored their possessions, they feared lest by such great indulgence more people might be impelled to dare such things.
§39.55.4et exceperunt et prosecuti cum donis legatos sunt.
And they both welcomed the ambassadors and escorted them with gifts.
M. Claudius consul Gallis ex provincia exactis Histricum bellum moliri coepit litteris ad senatum missis, ut sibi in Histriam traducere legiones liceret.
The consul Marcus Claudius, having driven the Gauls out of the province, began to plan a war against the Istrians, sending a letter to the senate to request permission to lead his legions into Istria.
§39.55.5id senatui non placuit.
This did not please the senate.
illud agitabant, uti colonia Aquileia deduceretur, nec satis constabat, utrum Latinam an civium Romanorum deduci placeret.
They were discussing the establishment of a colony at Aquileia, but it was not sufficiently agreed whether it was pleasing to establish a Latin colony or one of Roman citizens.
postremo Latinam potius coloniam deducendam patres censuerunt.
Finally, the senators decreed that a Latin colony should rather be established.
§39.55.6triumviri creati sunt P. Scipio Nasica C. Flaminius L. Manlius Acidinus.
The triumvirs elected were Publius Scipio Nasica, Gaius Flaminius, and Lucius Manlius Acidinus.
eodem anno Mutina et Parma coloniae civium Romanorum sunt deductae.
In the same year, Mutina and Parma were established as colonies of Roman citizens.
§39.55.7bina milia hominum in agro, qui proxime Boiorum, ante Tuscorum fuerat, octona iugera Parmae, quina Mutinae acceperunt.
Two thousand men in each received land which had recently belonged to the Boii, and before that to the Etruscans; they received eight iugera each at Parma, and five at Mutina.
§39.55.8deduxerunt triumviri M. Aemilius Lepidus T. Aebutius Carus L. Quinctius Crispinus.
The triumvirs who led the colonies were Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Titus Aebutius Carus, and Lucius Quinctius Crispinus.
§39.55.9et Saturnia colonia civium Romanorum in agrum Caletranum est deducta.
Also Saturnia, a colony of Roman citizens, was established in the Caletran territory.
deduxerunt triumviri Q. Fabius Labeo C. Afranius Stellio Ti. Sempronius Gracchus.
The triumvirs who led the colony were Quintus Fabius Labeo, Gaius Afranius Stellio, and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus.
in singulos iugera data dena.
Ten iugera were given to each individual.