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Livy · History of Rome §40.43.1-40.43.7

Colony at Pisa and the Triumph of Fulvius

Passage 1546 of 1770 · Latin

Summary

The Pisans offer land for a Latin colony, and triumvirs are appointed. Praetor Maenius, investigating poisonings in Sardinia, sends a letter complaining of the overwhelming scope of the inquiry, while Fulvius Flaccus returns from Spain, celebrates his triumph, and distributes massive booty.

§40.43.1Pisanis agrum pollicentibus, quo Latina colonia deduceretur, gratiae ab senatu actae; triumviri creati ad eam rem Q. Fabius Buteo M. et P. Popilii Laenates.
When the Pisans promised land where a Latin colony might be founded, thanks were returned by the senate; and as triumvirs for that purpose, Quintus Fabius Buteo, Marcus Popilius Laenas, and Publius Popilius Laenas were elected.
§40.43.2a C. Maenio praetore, cui provincia Sardinia cum evenisset, additum erat, ut quaereret de veneficiis longius ab urbe decem milibus passuum, §40.43.3litterae adlatae, se iam tria milia hominum damnasse, et crescere sibi quaestionem indiciis: aut eam sibi esse deserendam aut provinciam dimittendam.
From the praetor Gaius Maenius, to whom the province of Sardinia had fallen, and to whom it had been added that he should investigate cases of poisoning further than ten miles from the city, a letter was brought, stating that he had already condemned three thousand men, and that the inquiry was growing upon him because of disclosures: so that he must either abandon the inquiry or give up his province.
§40.43.4Q. Fulvius Flaccus ex Hispania rediit Romam cum magna fama gestarum rerum; qui cum extra urbem triumphi causa esset, consul est creatus cum L. Manlio Acidino, §40.43.5et post paucos dies cum militibus, quos secum deduxerat, triumphans urbem est invectus.
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus returned to Rome from Spain with a great reputation for his achievements; and while he was outside the city for the sake of a triumph, he was elected consul with Lucius Manlius Acidinus, and a few days later, celebrating his triumph, he entered the city with the soldiers he had brought back with him.
§40.43.6tulit in triumpho coronas aureas centum viginti quattuor: praeterea auri pondo triginta unum, argenti infecti et signati Oscensis nummum centum septuaginta tria milia ducentos.
He carried in his triumph one hundred and twenty-four golden crowns: besides, thirty-one pounds of gold, and one hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred coins of uncoined silver and stamped Oscensian money.
§40.43.7militibus de praeda quinquagenos denarios dedit, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti, tantundem sociis Latini nominis, et stipendium omnibus duplex.
To the soldiers he gave fifty denarii each from the booty, double to the centurions, triple to the horsemen, and the same amount to the allies of the Latin name, and double pay to all.

Notes

  1. §40.43.1quo Latina colonia deduceretur — A relative clause introduced by the relative adverb quo (= in quem agrum), using the imperfect subjunctive deduceretur to express purpose (land "on which a Latin colony might be founded").
  2. §40.43.2a C. Maenio praetore ... litterae adlatae — The structural backbone of the sentence connects "a C. Maenio praetore" with "litterae adlatae [sunt]" in §40.43.3 ("a letter was brought from the praetor Gaius Maenius"). The clause "cui..." is a relative clause modifying Maenius, containing "additum erat" ("it had been added") which takes the "ut" clause (ut quaereret...) as its subject.
  3. §40.43.3aut eam sibi esse deserendam aut provinciam dimittendam — Part of the indirect discourse reporting the letter's contents. In this passive periphrastic conjugation (deserendam esse, dimittendam esse), "sibi" is the dative of agent ("by him," meaning "he must..."). "eam" refers to "quaestionem" (the inquiry) from the previous clause.
  4. §40.43.6argenti infecti et signati Oscensis nummum — "nummum" is a genitive plural (a contracted/archaic form of nummorum). It coordinates with both "argenti infecti" (uncoined silver) and "signati Oscensis [nummi]" (stamped Oscensian coins), serving as the unit for the following number.

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Livy, History of Rome §40.43.1-40.43.7. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0914.phi001.humanitext-lat2:40.43.1-40.43.7

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