§40.42.1eodem anno L. Duronius, qui praetor anno superiore fuerat, ex Illyrico cum decem navibus Brundisium rediit.
In the same year, Lucius Duronius, who had been praetor the previous year, returned from Illyricum to Brundisium with ten ships.
inde in portu relictis navibus cum venisset Romam, inter exponendas res, quas ibi gessisset, haud dubie in regem Illyriorum Gentium latrocinii omnis maritimi causam avertit: §40.42.2ex regno eius omnes naves esse, quae superi maris oram depopulatae essent; de his rebus se legatos misisse, nec conveniendi regis potestatem factam.
Leaving the ships in the port there, when he had come to Rome, while reporting the things he had done there, he without doubt cast the blame for all the maritime piracy upon Gentius, the king of the Illyrians: saying that all the ships which had ravaged the coast of the upper sea were from his kingdom; that he had sent ambassadors concerning these matters, but no opportunity of meeting the king had been granted.
§40.42.3venerant Romam legati a Gentio, qui, quo tempore Romani conveniendi regis causa venissent, aegrum forte eum in ultimis partibus fuisse regni dicerent: §40.42.4petere Gentium ab senatu, ne crederent confictis criminibus in se, quae inimici detulissent.
Ambassadors had come to Rome from Gentius, to say that at the time when the Romans had come for the purpose of meeting the king, he had happened to be ill in the remotest parts of his kingdom; and that Gentius requested the senate not to believe the fabricated charges against him which his enemies had brought.
ad ea Duronius adiecit multis civibus Romanis et sociis Latini nominis iniurias factas in regno eius, et cives Romanos dici Corcyrae retineri.
To these statements Duronius added that injuries had been inflicted upon many Roman citizens and allies of the Latin name in his kingdom, and that Roman citizens were said to be detained at Corcyra.
§40.42.5eos omnes Romam adduci placuit, C. Claudium praetorem cognoscere, neque ante Gentio regi legatisve eius responsum reddi.
It was decided that they should all be brought to Rome, that the praetor Gaius Claudius should investigate the matter, and that no answer should be returned to King Gentius or his ambassadors before that was done.
inter multos alios, §40.42.6quos pestilentia eius anni absumpsit, sacerdotes quoque aliquot mortui sunt.
Among many others, whom the pestilence of that year carried off, several priests also died.
L. Valerius Flaccus pontifex mortuus est: in eius locum suffectus est Q. Fabius Labeo.
Lucius Valerius Flaccus, the pontiff, died; in his place Quintus Fabius Labeo was substituted.
§40.42.7P. Manlius, qui nuper ex ulteriore Hispania redierat, triumvir epulo: Q. Fulvius M. f. in locum eius triumvir cooptatus, tum praetextatus erat.
Publius Manlius, who had recently returned from Farther Spain, a triumvir for the sacred banquets; Quintus Fulvius, son of Marcus, was co-opted as triumvir in his place, who was then still wearing the pretexta.
§40.42.8de rege sacrificulo sufficiendo in locum Cn. Cornelii Dolabellae contentio inter C. Servilium pontificem maximum fuit et L. Cornelium Dolabellam duumvirum navalem, quem ut inauguraret pontifex magistratu sese abdicare iubebat.
Concerning the appointment of a king of the sacrifices in the place of Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, there was a dispute between Gaius Servilius, the pontifex maximus, and Lucius Cornelius Dolabella, a naval commissioner, whom the pontiff ordered to resign his office so that he might inaugurate him.
§40.42.9recusantique id facere ob eam rem multa duumviro dicta a pontifice, deque ea, cum provocasset, certatum ad populum.
On his refusing to do this, a fine was imposed on the commissioner by the pontiff on that account, and when he appealed, they contended before the people.
§40.42.10cum plures iam tribus intro vocatae dicto esse audientem pontifici duumvirum iuberent, multamque remitti, si magistratu se abdicasset, vitium de caelo, quod comitia turbaret, intervenit.
When several tribes, already called in, were ordering the commissioner to obey the pontiff, and that the fine should be remitted if he resigned his office, an unfavorable omen from heaven, which interrupted the assembly, intervened.
religio inde fuit pontificibus inaugurandi Dolabellae.
Consequently, there was a religious obstacle for the pontiffs against inaugurating Dolabella.
§40.42.11P. Cloelium Siculum inaugurarunt, qui secundo loco nominatus erat.
They inaugurated Publius Cloelius Siculus, who had been nominated in the second place.
exitu anni et C. Servilius Geminus pontifex maximus decessit: idem decemvir sacrorum fuit.
At the end of the year, Gaius Servilius Geminus, the pontifex maximus, also died; he was also a decemvir for sacred rites.
pontifex in locum eius a collegio cooptatus est Q. Fulvius Flaccus:
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus was co-opted as pontiff in his place by the college.
§40.42.12creatus inde pontifex maximus M. Aemilius Lepidus, cum multi clari viri petissent; et decemvir sacrorum Q. Marcius Philippus in eiusdem locum est cooptatus.
Then Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was elected pontifex maximus, although many distinguished men had sought the office; and Quintus Marcius Philippus was co-opted as decemvir for sacred rites in his place.
§40.42.13et augur Sp. Postumius Albinus decessit: in locum eius P. Scipionem, filium Africani, augures cooptarunt.
Also, Spurius Postumius Albinus, the augur, died; in his place the augurs co-opted Publius Scipio, the son of Africanus.
Cumanis eo anno petentibus permissum, ut publice Latine loquerentur et praeconibus Latine vendendi ius esset.
In that year, upon the petition of the Cumans, permission was granted them to use Latin publicly, and their heralds were given the right to conduct auctions in Latin.