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Livy · History of Rome §40.1.1-40.1.8

Allocation of Provinces, Levies, and Prorogations

Passage 1504 of 1770 · Latin

Summary

At the start of the new year, provinces were allocated to the consuls and praetors. In response to unstable situations in Liguria and Spain, the Senate decided on extensive military levies, reorganization, and the extension of commands for Marcellus and others.

§40.1.1principio insequentis anni consules praetoresque sortiti provincias sunt.
At the beginning of the following year, the consuls and praetors allotted the provinces among themselves.
consulibus nulla praeter Ligures, quae decerneretur, erat.
For the consuls, there was no province to be decreed besides the Ligurians.
iurisdictio urbana M. Ogulnio Gallo, inter peregrinos M. Valerio evenit; Hispaniarum Q. Fulvio Flacco citerior, §40.1.2P. Manlio ulterior, L. Caecilio Dentri Sicilia, C. Terentio Istrae Sardinia.
The urban jurisdiction fell to Marcus Ogulnius Gallus, and that between foreigners to Marcus Valerius; of the Spains, Hither Spain fell to Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Farther Spain to Publius Manlius, Sicily to Lucius Caecilius Denter, and Sardinia to Gaius Terentius Istra.
§40.1.3dilectus habere consules iussi.
The consuls were ordered to hold levies.
Q. Fabius ex Liguribus scripserat Apuanos ad rebellionem spectare, periculumque esse, ne impetum in agrum Pisanum facerent.
Quintus Fabius had written from the Ligurians that the Apuani were looking toward rebellion, and that there was danger of their making an attack on the territory of Pisa.
§40.1.4et ex Hispaniis citeriorem in armis esse et cum Celtiberis bellari sciebant; in ulteriore, quia diu aeger esset praetor, luxuria et otio solutam disciplinam militarem esse.
They also knew that of the Spains, Hither Spain was in arms and that war was being waged with the Celtiberians; while in Farther Spain, because the praetor had long been ill, military discipline had been relaxed by luxury and idleness.
§40.1.5ob ea novos exercitus conscribi placuit, quattuor legiones in Ligures, uti singulae quina milia et ducenos pedites, trecenos haberent equites, sociorum iisdem Latini nominis quindecim milia peditum addita et octingenti equites.
For these reasons, it was decided that new armies should be enrolled: four legions against the Ligurians, so that each should have five thousand two hundred infantry and three hundred cavalry, with fifteen thousand infantry and eight hundred cavalry of the allies of the Latin name added to them.
hi duo consulares exercitus essent.
These were to be the two consular armies.
§40.1.6scribere praeterea iussi septem milia peditum sociorum ac Latini nominis et quadringentos equites et mittere ad M. Marcellum in Galliam, cui ex consulatu prorogatum imperium erat.
Furthermore, they were ordered to enroll seven thousand infantry of the allies and the Latin name and four hundred cavalry, and send them to Marcus Marcellus in Gaul, whose command had been prolonged after his consulship.
§40.1.7in Hispaniam utramque quae ducerentur, quattuor milia peditum civium Romanorum et ducenti equites, et sociorum septem milia peditum cum trecentis equitibus scribi iussa.
To be led into each of the two Spains, four thousand infantry of Roman citizens and two hundred cavalry, and seven thousand infantry of the allies with three hundred cavalry, were ordered to be enrolled.
§40.1.8et Q. Fabio Labeoni cum exercitu, quem habebat, in Liguribus prorogatum in annum imperium est.
Also, the command of Quintus Fabius Labeo in the Ligurians, with the army which he had, was prolonged for a year.

Notes

  1. 40.1.1quae decerneretur — The relative pronoun `quae` refers back to `nulla` (provincia), and the verb `decerneretur` is in the imperfect subjunctive, functioning as a subjunctive of characteristic or purpose ('to be decreed' or 'which could be decreed').
  2. 40.1.4sciebant — The third-person plural active imperfect verb `sciebant` ('they knew') lacks an explicit subject. In context, it refers either to the consuls mentioned previously or more generally to the Senate and leadership at Rome; it is translated here as 'they knew' or passively as 'it was known'.
  3. 40.1.7iussa — The neuter plural passive participle `iussa` (forming part of `iussa sunt`) agrees grammatically with `quattuor milia`, as `milia` is a neuter plural noun, which functions as the subject of the clause.

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Livy, History of Rome §40.1.1-40.1.8. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0914.phi001.humanitext-lat2:40.1.1-40.1.8

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