§42.3.1eodem anno aedis Iunonis Laciniae detecta.
In the same year, the temple of Juno Lacinia was stripped of its roof.
Q. Fulvius Flaccus censor aedem Fortunae equestris, quam in Hispania praetor bello Celtiberico voverat, faciebat enixo studio, ne ullum Romae amplius aut magnificentius templum esset.
The censor Quintus Fulvius Flaccus was building the temple of Equestrian Fortune, which he had vowed as praetor in Spain during the Celtiberian war, with intense zeal, so that no other temple in Rome should be larger or more magnificent.
§42.3.2magnum ornatum ei templo ratus adiecturum, si tegulae marmoreae essent, profectus in Bruttios aedem Iunonis Laciniae ad partem dimidiam detegit, id satis fore ratus ad tegendum, quod aedificaretur.
Thinking that it would add great adornment to that temple if the roof tiles were of marble, he set out for the Bruttian territory and stripped the temple of Juno Lacinia of half of its roof, thinking that this would be sufficient to cover the building he was constructing.
§42.3.3naves paratae fuerunt, quae tollerent atque asportarent, auctoritate censoria sociis deterritis id sacrilegium prohibere.
Ships were ready to load and carry them away, while the allies, deterred by the censorial authority, shrank from preventing that sacrilege.
§42.3.4postquam censor rediit, tegulae expositae de navibus ad templum portabantur.
After the censor returned, the tiles, unloaded from the ships, were carried to his temple.
§42.3.5quamquam, unde essent, silebatur, non tamen celari potuit.
Although their origin was kept silent, it could not, however, be concealed.
fremitus igitur in curia ortus est; ex omnibus partibus postulabatur, ut consules eam rem ad senatum referrent.
Therefore, a murmur arose in the senate house; from all sides, it was demanded that the consuls refer the matter to the senate.
ut vero accersitus in curiam censor venit, multo infestius singuli universique praesentem lacerare: §42.3.6templum augustissimum regionis eius, quod non Pyrrhus, non Hannibal violassent, violare parum habuisse, nisi detexisset foede ac prope diruisset.
When indeed the censor, having been summoned, came into the senate house, individuals and all together assailed him in his presence with much greater hostility: that he had held it insufficient to violate the most sacred temple of that region, which neither Pyrrhus nor Hannibal had violated, unless he had foully stripped its roof and nearly demolished it.
§42.3.7detractum culmen templo, nudatum tectum patere imbribus putrefaciendum.
The roof-tree had been dragged down from the temple, and the bare roof lay open to be rotted by the rains.
ad id censorem moribus regendis creatum? cui sarta tecta exigere sacris publicis et loca tuenda more maiorum traditum esset,
Was it for this that a censor had been created to regulate morals? One to whom, according to ancestral custom, it was handed down to exact the maintenance of public shrines and to protect sacred places, that he should wander through the cities of the allies, destroying temples and stripping the roofs of sacred buildings!
§42.3.8eum per sociorum urbes diruentem templa nudantemque tecta aedium sacrarum vagari! et quod, si in privatis sociorum aedificiis faceret, indignum videri posset, id eum templa deum immortalium demolientem facere, §42.3.9et obstringere religione populum Romanum, ruinis templorum templa aedificantem, tamquam non iidem ubique di immortales sint, sed spoliis aliorum alii colendi exornandique! cum,
And that which, if he had done it to the private buildings of the allies, might seem unworthy, he was doing by demolishing the temples of the immortal gods, and binding the Roman people with religious guilt, building temples from the ruins of temples, as if the immortal gods were not the same everywhere, but some were to be worshiped and adorned with the spoils of others!
§42.3.10priusquam referretur, appareret, quid sentirent patres, relatione facta in unam omnes sententiam ierunt, ut eae tegulae reportandae in templum locarentur piaculariaque Iunoni fierent.
Since, even before the motion was made, it was apparent what the senators felt, when the reference was made, they all went into one opinion: that a contract should be let for those tiles to be carried back to the temple, and that expiatory sacrifices should be offered to Juno.
§42.3.11quae ad religionem pertinebant, cum cura facta; tegulas relictas in area templi, quia reponendarum nemo artifex inire rationem potuerit, redemptores nuntiarunt.
What pertained to religion was performed with care; but the contractors reported that the tiles were left in the courtyard of the temple, because no artisan could figure out the method of putting them back in place.