§39.6.1iam consularium comitiorum appetebat tempus; quibus quia M. Aemilius, cuius sortis ea cura erat, occurrere non potuit, C. Flaminius Romam venit.
The time for the consular elections was now approaching; and since M. Aemilius, to whose lot that charge had fallen, was unable to attend them, C. Flaminius came to Rome.
ab eo creati consules Sp.
Sp.
Postumius Albinus Q. Marcius Philippus.
Postumius Albinus and Q. Marcius Philippus were elected consuls by him.
§39.6.2praetores inde facti T. Maenius P. Cornelius Sulla C. Calpurnius Piso M. Licinius Lucullus C. Aurelius Scaurus L. Quinctius Crispinus.
Next, T. Maenius, P. Cornelius Sulla, C. Calpurnius Piso, M. Licinius Lucullus, C. Aurelius Scaurus, and L. Quinctius Crispinus were made praetors.
extremo anni, §39.6.3magistratibus iam creatis, ante diem tertium nonas Martias Cn.
At the very end of the year, when the magistrates had already been elected, on the third day before the Nones of March, Cn.
Manlius Vulso de Gallis qui Asiam incolunt triumphavit.
Manlius Vulso triumphed over the Gauls who inhabit Asia.
§39.6.4serius ei triumphandi causa fuit, ne Q. Terentio Culleone praetore causam lege Petillia diceret, et incendio alieni iudicii, quo L. Scipio damnatus erat,
The reason for his triumphing so late was to avoid pleading his cause under the Petillian law before the praetor Q. Terentius Culleo, and being consumed by the fire of another's trial, in which L.
§39.6.5conflagraret, eo infensioribus in se quam in illum iudicibus, quod disciplinam militarem severe ab eo conservatam successorem ipsum omni genere licentiae corrupisse fama attulerat.
Scipio had been condemned, with the judges being so much more hostile towards him than towards Scipio, because rumor had brought the report that the military discipline, which had been severely maintained by Scipio, had been ruined by his successor himself with every kind of license.
§39.6.6neque ea sola infamiae erant, quae in provincia procul ab oculis facta narrabantur, sed ea etiam magis, quae in militibus eius quotidie aspiciebantur.
Nor were those things the only source of infamy which were reported to have been done in the province, far from people's eyes, but still more those which were daily seen among his soldiers.
§39.6.7luxuriae enim peregrinae origo ab exercitu Asiatico invecta in urbem est.
For the origin of foreign luxury was imported into the city by the Asiatic army.
ii primum lectos aeratos, vestem stragulam pretiosam, plagulas et alia textilia, et quae tum magnificae supellectilis habebantur, monopodia et abacos Romam advexerunt.
They first brought to Rome bronze-plated couches, expensive bed-covers, hangings and other textiles, and what were then considered magnificent furniture, single-legged tables and sideboards.
§39.6.8tunc psaltriae sambucistriaeque et convivalia alia ludorum oblectamenta addita epulis; epulae quoque ipsae et cura et sumptu maiore apparari coeptae.
Then female lute-players and harpists and other festive entertainments of games were added to banquets; the banquets themselves also began to be prepared with greater care and expense.
tum coquus, §39.6.9vilissimum antiquis mancipium et aestimatione et usu, in pretio esse, et quod ministerium fuerat, ars haberi coepta.
Then the cook, who to the ancients had been the cheapest slave, both in valuation and in use, began to rise in value, and what had been a mere service began to be regarded as an art.
vix tamen illa quae tum conspiciebantur, semina erant futurae luxuriae.
Yet those things which were then seen were scarcely even the seeds of future luxury.