§45.43.1haerente adhuc non in animis modo, sed paene in oculis memoria Macedonici triumphi L. Anicius Quirinalibus triumphavit de rege Gentio Illyrisque. §45.43.2similia omnia magis visa hominibus quam paria: minor ipse imperator, et nobilitate Anicius cum Aemilio et iure imperii praetor cum consule conlatus; non Gentius Perseo, non Illyrii Macedonibus, non spolia spoliis, non pecunia pecuniae, non dona donis conparari poterant. §45.43.3itaque sicut praefulgebat huic triumphus recens, ita apparebat ipsum per se intuentibus nequaquam esse contemnendum. §45.43.4perdomuerat intra paucos dies terra marique ferocem, locis munimentisque fretam gentem Illyriorum; regem regiaeque omnes stirpis ceperat.
While the memory of the Macedonian triumph was still clinging not only to their minds but almost to their eyes, Lucius Anicius celebrated a triumph over King Gentius and the Illyrians on the Quirinalia. All things seemed to men to be similar rather than equal: the commander himself was of lesser rank, Anicius being compared with Aemilius in nobility, and a praetor with a consul in the right of command; Gentius could not be compared to Perseus, nor the Illyrians to the Macedonians, nor spoils to spoils, nor money to money, nor gifts to gifts. Therefore, just as the recent triumph outshone this one, so it was apparent to those who looked at it by itself that it was by no means to be despised. Within a few days, he had thoroughly subdued both by land and sea the fierce nation of the Illyrians, who relied on their terrain and fortifications; he had captured the king and all the royal offspring.
transtulit in triumpho multa militaria signa spoliaque alia et supellectilem regiam, §45.43.5auri pondo viginti et septem, argenti decem et novem pondo, denarium decem tria milia et centum viginti milia Illyrici argenti. §45.43.6ante currum ducti Gentius rex cum coniuge et liberis et Caravantius, frater regis, et aliquot nobiles Illyrii. §45.43.7de praeda militibus in singulos quadragenos quinos denarios, duplex centurioni, triplex equiti, sociis nominis Latini quantum civibus, et sociis navalibus dedit quantum militibus. §45.43.8laetior hunc triumphum est secutus miles, multisque dux ipse carminibus celebratus.
He displayed in his triumph many military standards, other spoils, and the royal furniture, twenty-seven pounds of gold, nineteen pounds of silver, thirteen thousand denarii, and one hundred and twenty thousand pieces of Illyrian silver. Before his chariot were led King Gentius with his wife and children, and Caravantius, the king's brother, and several noble Illyrians. From the booty, he gave to the soldiers forty-five denarii each, double to a centurion, triple to a cavalryman, as much to the allies of the Latin name as to citizens, and as much to the naval allies as to the soldiers. The soldiers followed this triumph with greater joy, and the leader himself was celebrated in many songs.
sestertium ducentiens ex ea praeda redactum esse auctor est Antias, praeter aurum argentumque, quod in aerarium sit latum; quod quia unde redigi potuerit non apparebat, auctorem pro re posui. §45.43.9rex Gentius cum liberis et coniuge et fratre Spoletium in custodiam ex senatus consulto ductus, ceteri captivi Romae in carcerem coniecti; recusantibusque custodiam Spoletinis Iguvium reges traducti. §45.43.10relicum ex Illyrico praedae ducenti viginti lembi erant; de Gentio rege captos eos Corcyraeis et Apolloniatibus et Dyrrhachinis Q. Cassius ex senatus consulto tribuit.
Antias is the authority for the claim that twenty million sesterces were realized from that booty, besides the gold and silver that was carried into the treasury; because it was not clear whence this sum could have been raised, I have set down the author instead of the fact. King Gentius, with his children, wife, and brother, was conducted to Spoletium into custody by decree of the senate, and the other captives were thrown into prison at Rome; and when the people of Spoletium refused the custody, the kings were transferred to Iguvium. The remainder of the booty from Illyria consisted of two hundred and twenty light vessels; these, captured from King Gentius, Quintus Cassius distributed by decree of the senate to the Corcyraeans, Apolloniates, and Dyrrhachinians.