§42.1.1L. Postumius Albinus M. Popilius Laenas consules cum omnium primum de provinciis et exercitibus ad senatum rettulissent, Ligures utrique decreti sunt, ut novas ambo, quibus eam provinciam obtinerent, legiones — §42.1.2binae singulis decretae — et socium Latini nominis dena milia peditum et sescenos equites, et supplementum Hispaniae tria milia peditum Romanorum scriberent et ducentos equites.
When the consuls Lucius Postumius Albinus and Marcus Popilius Laenas had, first of all, referred the question of the provinces and armies to the senate, Liguria was decreed to both of them, with the instruction that both should enlist new legions with which to hold that province— two being decreed to each—and ten thousand infantry and six hundred cavalry each of the allies of the Latin name, and as a reinforcement for Spain three thousand Roman infantry and two hundred cavalry.
§42.1.3ad hoc mille et quingenti pedites Romani cum centum equitibus scribi iussi, cum quibus praetor, cui Sardinia obtigisset, in Corsicam transgressus bellum gereret; §42.1.4interim M. Atilius, vetus praetor, provinciam obtineret Sardiniam.
In addition to this, one thousand five hundred Roman infantry and one hundred cavalry were ordered to be enlisted, with whom the praetor to whose lot Sardinia should fall was to cross over to Corsica and conduct the war; meanwhile Marcus Atilius, the praetor of the previous year, was to hold the province of Sardinia.
§42.1.5praetores deinde provincias sortiti sunt, A. Atilius Serranus urbanam, C. Cluvius Saxula inter cives et peregrinos, N. Fabius Buteo Hispaniam citeriorem, M. Matienus ulteriorem, M. Furius Crassipes Siciliam, C. Cicereius Sardiniam.
The praetors then drew lots for their provinces: Aulus Atilius Serranus obtained the city jurisdiction, Gaius Cluvius Saxula that between citizens and aliens, Numerius Fabius Buteo Nearer Spain, Marcus Matienus Further Spain, Marcus Furius Crassipes Sicily, and Gaius Cicereius Sardinia.
§42.1.6priusquam in provincias magistratus proficiscerentur, senatui placuit, L. Postumium consulem ad agrum publicum a privato terminandum in Campaniam ire, cuius ingentem modum possidere privatos paulatim proferendo fines constabat.
Before the magistrates set out for their provinces, the senate decided that the consul Lucius Postumius should go to Campania to define the public land from private property, of which it was well known that private individuals had possessed a huge amount by gradually extending their boundaries.
§42.1.7hic iratus Praenestinis, quod, cum eo privatus sacrificii in templo Fortunae faciundi causa profectus esset, nihil in se honorifice neque publice neque privatim factum a Praenestinis esset, priusquam ab Roma proficisceretur, litteras Praeneste misit, ut sibi magistratus obviam exiret, locum publice pararent, ubi deverteretur, iumentaque, cum exiret inde, praesto essent.
This man was angry with the Praenestines because, when he had gone there as a private citizen for the purpose of offering sacrifice in the temple of Fortune, no honor had been shown to him by the Praenestines either publicly or privately. Therefore, before he set out from Rome, he sent a letter to Praeneste, ordering that the magistrates should come out to meet him, that they should prepare a place at public expense where he might lodge, and that baggage-animals should be ready for him when he departed from there.
§42.1.8ante hunc consulem nemo umquam sociis in ulla re oneri aut sumptui fuit.
Before this consul, no one had ever been a burden or expense to the allies in any matter.
§42.1.9ideo magistratus mulis tabernaculisque et omni alio instrumento militari ornabantur, ne quid tale imperarent sociis.
For this reason, magistrates were provided with mules, tents, and all other military equipment, so that they should not demand any such thing from the allies.
§42.1.10privata hospitia habebant; ea benigne comiterque colebant, domusque eorum Romae hospitibus patebant, apud quos ipsis deverti mos esset.
They had private hospitality; they cultivated these relationships kindly and courteously, and their homes in Rome were open to those guests with whom they themselves were accustomed to lodge.
§42.1.11legati, qui repente aliquo mitterentur, singula iumenta per oppida, iter qua faciundum erat, imperabant; aliam inpensam socii in magistratus Romanos non faciebant.
Ambassadors who were suddenly sent somewhere would demand only single baggage-animals from the towns along the route they had to travel; the allies incurred no other expense for Roman magistrates.
§42.1.12ira consulis, etiamsi iusta, non tamen in magistratu exercenda, et silentium nimis aut modestum aut timidum Praenestinorum ius, velut probato exemplo, magistratibus fecit graviorum in dies talis generis imperiorum.
The consul's anger, even if justified, ought not to have been exercised while in office, and the too submissive or timid silence of the Praenestines established for future magistrates, as if by an approved precedent, the right to make demands of this kind, which became more oppressive day by day.