§43.8.1accersere in senatum Lucretium placuit, ut disceptaret coram purgaretque sese.
It was resolved to summon Lucretius into the senate, so that he might plead his cause in person and clear himself.
§43.8.2ceterum multo plura praesens audivit, quam in absentem iacta erant; et graviores potentioresque accessere accusatores duo tribuni plebis, M’. Iuventius Talna et Cn. Aufidius.
However, being present, he heard far more charges than had been cast against him in his absence; and two more weighty and powerful accusers joined, namely the tribunes of the plebs, Manius Iuventius Talna and Gnaeus Aufidius.
§43.8.3ii non in senatu modo eum lacerarunt, sed in contionem etiam pertracto multis obiectis probris diem dixerunt.
These men not only assailed him in the senate, but even, having dragged him before the public assembly and cast many insults upon him, appointed a day for his trial.
§43.8.4senatus iussu Chalcidensibus Q. Maenius praetor respondit, quae bene meritos sese et ante et in eo bello, quod geratur, de populo Romano dicant, ea et scire vera eos referre senatum et perinde ac debeant grata esse.
By order of the senate, the praetor Quintus Maenius replied to the Chalcidians: as to what they said they had well deserved of the Roman people, both in the past and in this war now being waged, the senate both knew that they reported the truth and held those services as grateful as they ought to be.
§43.8.5quae facta a C. Lucretio fierique ab L. Hortensio praetoribus Romanis querantur, ea neque facta neque fieri voluntate senatus quem non posse existimare, qui sciat bellum Persei et ante Philippo, patri eius, intulisse populum. §43.8.6Romanum pro libertate Graeciae, non ut ea a magistratibus suis socii atque amici paterentur?
As to the things which they complained had been done by Gaius Lucretius and were being done by Lucius Hortensius, the Roman praetors, these were neither done nor being done by the will of the senate; for who could not realize this, if he knew that the Roman people had waged war against Perseus, and before him against his father Philip, for the liberty of Greece, and not so that their allies and friends should suffer such things from Roman magistrates?
§43.8.7litteras se ad L. Hortensium praetorem daturos esse, quae Chalcidenses querantur acta, ea senatui non placere; si qui in servitutem liberi venissent, ut eos conquirendos primo quoque tempore restituendosque in libertatem curaret; sociorum navalium neminem praeter magistros, in hospitia deduci aequum censere.
They would send a letter to the praetor Lucius Hortensius, stating that the actions of which the Chalcidians complained were not pleasing to the senate; that if any free persons had been reduced to slavery, he should take care that they be sought out at the very first opportunity and restored to freedom; and that they considered it right that none of the naval allies, except the captains, should be quartered in private lodgings.
§43.8.8haec Hortensio iussu senatus scripta.
These things were written to Hortensius by order of the senate.
munera binum milium aeris legatis missa et vehicula Micythioni publice locata, quae eum Brundisium commode perveherent.
Gifts of two thousand asses each were sent to the envoys, and carriages were provided for Micythion at public expense, which might carry him comfortably to Brundisium.
§43.8.9C. Lucretium, ubi dies, quae dicta erat, venit, tribuni ad populum accusarunt multamque deciens centum milium aeris dixerunt.
When the day which had been appointed arrived, the tribunes accused Gaius Lucretius before the people and proposed a fine of one million asses.
§43.8.10comitiis habitis omnes quinque et triginta tribus eum condemnarunt.
When the assembly was held, all thirty-five tribes condemned him.