§42.27.1belli apparatum non differendum censuerunt.
They resolved that the preparation for war should not be delayed.
C. Licinio praetori negotium datur, ut ex veteribus quinqueremibus in navalibus Romae subductis, quae possent usui esse, reficeret pararetque naves quinquaginta.
To the praetor Gaius Licinius, the task was assigned that, out of the old quinqueremes hauled up in the dockyards at Rome, he should repair and make ready fifty ships, such as could be of use.
§42.27.2si quid ad eum numerum explendum deesset, C. Memmio collegae in Siciliam scriberet, ut eas, quae in Sicilia naves essent, reficeret atque expediret, ut Brundisium primo quoque tempore mitti possent.
If any should be wanting to make up that number, he was to write to his colleague Gaius Memmius in Sicily, to repair and equip those ships which were in Sicily, so that they might be sent to Brundisium at the earliest opportunity.
§42.27.3socios navales libertini ordinis in viginti et quinque naves ex civibus Romanis C. Licinius praetor scribere iussus; in quinque et viginti parem numerum Cn. Sicinius sociis imperaret; idem praetor peditum octo milia, quadringentos equites ab sociis Latini nominis exigeret.
The praetor Gaius Licinius was ordered to enlist naval allies of the freedman class from among the Roman citizens for twenty-five ships; for the other twenty-five, Gnaeus Sicinius was to requisition an equal number from the allies; the same praetor was to demand eight thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry from the allies of the Latin name.
§42.27.4hunc militem qui Brundisi acciperet atque in Macedoniam mitteret, A. Atilius Serranus, qui priore anno praetor fuerat, deligitur.
To receive this force at Brundisium and to send it into Macedonia, Aulus Atilius Serranus, who had been praetor the previous year, was selected.
§42.27.5Cn. Sicinius praetor ut exercitum paratum ad traiciendum haberet, C. Popilio consuli ex auctoritate senatus C. Licinius praetor scribit, ut et legionem secundam, quae maxume veterana in Liguribus erat, et ex sociis Latini nominis quattuor milia peditum, ducentos equites idibus Februariis Brundisi adesse iuberet.
In order that the praetor Gnaeus Sicinius might have an army ready for crossing over, the praetor Gaius Licinius, on the authority of the senate, wrote to the consul Gaius Popilius, that he should order both the second legion, which was the most veteran among the Ligurians, and four thousand infantry and two hundred cavalry from the allies of the Latin name, to be present at Brundisium on the Ides of February.
§42.27.6hac classe et hoc exercitu Cn. Sicinius provinciam Macedoniam obtinere, donec successor veniret, iussus, prorogato in annum imperio.
With this fleet and this army, Gnaeus Sicinius was ordered to hold the province of Macedonia until a successor should come, his command being prorogued for a year.
ea omnia, quae senatus censuit, inpigre facta sunt.
All those things which the senate had decreed were actively carried out.
§42.27.7duodequadraginta quinqueremes ex navalibus deductae; qui deduceret eas Brundisium, L. Porcius Licinus praepositus; §42.27.8duodecim ex Sicilia missae.
Thirty-eight quinqueremes were launched from the dockyards; Lucius Porcius Licinus was put in charge to conduct them to Brundisium; twelve were sent from Sicily.
ad frumentum classi exercituique coemendum in Apuliam Calabriamque tres legati missi, Sex. Digitius T. Iuventius M. Caecilius.
To purchase corn for the fleet and the army, three commissioners were sent into Apulia and Calabria: Sextus Digitius, Titus Iuventius, and Marcus Caecilius.
ad omnia praeparata Cn. Sicinius praetor, paludatus ex urbe profectus, Brundisium venit.
When all things were prepared, the praetor Gnaeus Sicinius, having set out from the city in military cloak, came to Brundisium.