§8.17.1novi deinde consules a veteribus exercitu accepto ingressi hostium fines populando usque ad moenia atque urbem pervenerunt.
Then the new consuls, having received the army from their predecessors, entered the territory of the enemy and, laying it waste, advanced as far as the walls and the city itself.
§8.17.2ibi quia ingenti exercitu conparato Sidicini et ipsi pro extrema spe dimicaturi enixe videbantur et Samnium fama erat conciri ad bellum, §8.17.3dictator ab consulibus ex auctoritate senatus dictus P. Cornelius Rufinus, magister equitum M. Antonius.
There, because the Sidicini, having prepared a huge army, themselves also seemed determined to fight vigorously for their last hope, and there was a rumor that Samnium was being aroused to war, Publius Cornelius Rufinus was declared dictator by the consuls on the authority of the senate, and Marcus Antonius was appointed master of the horse.
§8.17.4religio deinde incessit vitio eos creatos, magistratuque se abdicaverunt; et quia pestilentia insecuta est, velut omnibus eo vitio contactis auspiciis, res ad interregnum rediit.
A religious scruple then arose that they had been created with some defect, and they abdicated their office; and because a pestilence followed, as if all auspices had been infected by that defect, the state of affairs reverted to an interregnum.
§8.17.5ab interregno inito per quintum demum interregem, M. Valerium Corvum, creati consules A. Cornelius iterum et Cn. Domitius.
After the interregnum was entered upon, finally through the fifth interrex, Marcus Valerius Corvus, Aulus Cornelius was elected consul for the second time, and Gnaeus Domitius as his colleague.
§8.17.6Tranquillis rebus fama Gallici belli pro tumultu valuit, ut dictatorem dici placeret.
While affairs were peaceful, the rumor of a Gallic war had the weight of an actual uprising, so that it was resolved that a dictator should be appointed.
dictus M. Papirius Crassus et magister equitum P. Valerius Publicola.
Marcus Papirius Crassus was named dictator, and Publius Valerius Publicola master of the horse.
§8.17.7a quibus cum dilectus intentius quam adversus finitima bella haberetur, exploratores missi attulerunt quieta omnia apud Gallos esse.
When a levy was being held by them more vigorously than was usual against neighboring wars, scouts who had been sent out brought back word that all was quiet among the Gauls.
§8.17.8Samnium quoque iam alterum annum turbari novis consiliis suspectum erat; eo ex agro Sidicino exercitus Romanus non deductus.
Samnium also was suspected of being disturbed by new designs now for a second year; for this reason, the Roman army was not withdrawn from the Sidicine territory.
§8.17.9ceterum Samnites bellum Alexandri Epirensis in Lucanos traxit, qui duo populi adversus regem escensionem a Paesto facientem signis conlatis pugnaverunt.
But the war of Alexander of Epirus against the Lucanians drew the Samnites away; these two peoples fought a pitched battle against the king as he was making a landing from Paestum.
§8.17.10eo certamine superior Alexander, incertum qua fide culturus, si perinde cetera processissent, pacem cum Romanis fecit.
Alexander, victorious in that conflict—though it is uncertain with what fidelity he would have observed it, if his other affairs had prospered accordingly—made peace with the Romans.
eodem anno census actus novique cives censi.
In the same year a census was taken, and new citizens were registered.
§8.17.11tribus propter eos additae Maecia et Scaptia; censores addiderunt Q. Publilius Philo Sp. Postumius.
On their account two tribes were added, the Maecian and the Scaptian; the censors Quintus Publilius Philo and Spurius Postumius added them.
§8.17.12Romani facti Acerrani lege ab L. Papirio praetore lata, qua civitas sine suffragio data.
The people of Acerrae were made Roman citizens by a law proposed by the praetor Lucius Papirius, by which citizenship without the right of voting was granted.
haec eo anno domi militiaeque gesta.
These were the transactions of that year, at home and in the field.