Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor), 37.51.4

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[4] both sides and guarantees taken and fines imposed and tribunes applied to and appeals presented to the assembly.¹ The religious argument² finally prevailed; the priest was ordered³ to obey the pontifex, and by command of the people the fine was remitted to him.

Ab urbe condita. Titus Livius (Livy). Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor). Medford, MA. .

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Current edition Perseus

History of Rome (English) (Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Sage, Evan T.; Schlesinger, Alfred C., translators. Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959. (Loeb Classical Library))

Editions (3)

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 37.51.4 focus

[4] et imperia inhibita ultro citroque, et pignera capta, et multae dictae, et tribuni appellati, et provocatum ad populum est.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Livy in Fourteen Volumes. Foster, Benjamin Oliver; Moore, Frank Gardener; Schlesinger, Alfred C., editors. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1919-1959 (printing).) — 43.23.4 focus

[4] Philostratus¹ cum cohorte sua in insidiis loco ² obscuro consedit. in palatos populatores cum erupissent ab Antigonea armati, ³ fugientes eos persequentes effusius in vallem insessam ab hostibus praecipitant.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 37.51.4 focus

[4] et imperia inhibita ultro ¹ citroque, et pignera capta, et multae dictae, et tribuni appellati, et provocatum ad populum est.

Translations (2)

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 37.51.4 focus

[4] The matter was agitated in stormy debates, both in the senate and before the commons: authoritative commands were issued on both sides, pledges were seized, fines imposed, the tribunes applied to, and appeals made to the people.

History of Rome Perseus (Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.) — 37.51.4 focus

[4] sides, sureties accepted, fines imposed, the authority of the tribunes invoked and appeals laid before the Assembly. At last the claims of religion prevailed and the Flamen was ordered to obey the Pontiff's direction; the fine imposed upon him was remitted by order of the people.

Notes on the current edition

Ab Urbe Condita With An English Translation, books 1-10, 21-45, with periochae 11-20

1. Livy's account of this affair is more vivid than accurate. The phrase ultro citroque probably belongs to all the verbs that follow, which describe various aspects of procedure under the ius civile; pignera capta refers to the giving of bonds for appearance in court, while the other items are regular legal consequences. The praetor exercises jurisdiction by virtue of his imperium, the pontifex by virtue of his right to supervise and if necessary to coerce priests of lower rank. In case of a judgment the right of appeal to the assembly ( provocatio) existed.

2. B.C. 189

3. This order came presumably from the assembly when the appeals were laid before it. The remission of the fine is clearly its work.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 37.51.4

Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor)

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