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Livy · History of Rome §45.17.1-45.17.7

Appointment of Commissioners to Macedonia and Illyricum

Passage 1743 of 1770 · Latin

Summary

The members of the commissions for Macedonia and Illyricum are appointed, the consuls draw lots for their provinces to replace the commissioner in Gaul, and the senate prepares the fundamental policy outlines for them.

§45.17.1legatos deinde, quorum de sententia imperatores L. Paulus, L. Anicius conponerent res, decreverunt decem in Macedoniam, quinque in Illyricum.
They then decreed ten commissioners for Macedonia and five for Illyricum, according to whose advice the commanders Lucius Paulus and Lucius Anicius were to settle the affairs.
§45.17.2in Macedoniam primi nominati: A. Postumius Luscus, C. Claudius, ambo illi censorii, Q. Fabius Labeo, Q. Marcius Philippus, C. Licinius Crassus, collega in consulatu Pauli, tum prorogato imperio provinciam Galliam habebat.
For Macedonia, those first nominated were: Aulus Postumius Luscus, Gaius Claudius, both of whom had been censors, Quintus Fabius Labeo, Quintus Marcius Philippus, and Gaius Licinius Crassus, Paulus' colleague in the consulship, who was then holding the province of Gaul with his command prolonged.
§45.17.3his consularibus addidere Cn. Domitium Ahenobarbum, Ser. Cornelium Sullam, L. Iunium, T. Numisium Tarquiniensem, A. Terentium Varronem.
To these men of consular rank they added Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Servius Cornelius Sulla, Lucius Iunius, Titus Numisius Tarquiniensis, and Aulus Terentius Varron.
§45.17.4in Illyricum autem hi nominati: P. Aelius Ligus consularis, C. Cicereius et Cn. Baebius Tampilus — hic priore anno, Cicereius multis ante annis praetor fuerat —, P. Terentius Tuscivicanus, P. Manilius.
For Illyricum, on the other hand, the following were nominated: Publius Aelius Ligus, of consular rank, Gaius Cicereius, and Gnaeus Baebius Tampilus — the latter had been praetor in the previous year, Cicereius many years before —, Publius Terentius Tuscivicanus, and Publius Manilius.
§45.17.5moniti deinde consules a patribus, ut, quoniam alterum ex his succedere C. Licinio, qui legatus nominatus erat, in Gallia oporteret, primo quoque tempore provincias aut conpararent inter se aut sortirentur, sortiti sunt.
Then the consuls were advised by the senators that, since one of them had to succeed Gaius Licinius, who had been nominated as a commissioner, in Gaul, they should at the earliest opportunity either arrange the provinces between themselves or draw lots for them; they drew lots.
§45.17.6M. Iunio Pisae obvenerunt, quem, priusquam in provinciam iret, legationes, quae undique Romam gratulatum convenerant, introducere in senatum placuit, Q. Aelio Gallia.
Pisae fell to Marcus Iunius, whom it was decided should introduce to the senate, before he departed for his province, the embassies which had gathered from all quarters in Rome to offer congratulations; Gaul fell to Quintus Aelius.
ceterum quamquam tales viri mitterentur, §45.17.7quorum de consilio sperari posset imperatores nihil indignum nec clementia nec gravitate populi Romani decreturos esse, tamen in senatu quoque agitata sunt summa consiliorum, ut inchoata omnia legati ab domo ferre ad imperatores possent.
But although such men were sent, on whose advice it could be hoped that the commanders would decree nothing unworthy of either the clemency or the dignity of the Roman people, nevertheless the main outlines of the policies were also discussed in the senate, so that the commissioners might carry all the initial decisions from home to the commanders.

Notes

  1. 45.17.5alterum ex his succedere C. Licinio ... oporteret — An accusative with infinitive clause acting as the subject of the impersonal verb oporteret. The pronoun alterum is the subject accusative of the infinitive succedere. The verb oporteret is in the subjunctive imperfect within the quoniam clause due to the sequence of tenses triggered by the historical main verbs.
  2. 45.17.6quem, priusquam in provinciam iret, legationes ... introducere in senatum placuit — The actual subject of the impersonal verb placuit is the infinitive clause centered on introducere. The pronoun quem is a linking relative referring back to M. Iunio and serving as the direct object of the infinitive introducere.

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Livy, History of Rome §45.17.1-45.17.7. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0914.phi001.humanitext-lat2:45.17.1-45.17.7

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