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), 43.9.5

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[5] And so, on the one hand, the senate decided that eight fully-equipped ships should be sent from Brundisium to Gaius Furius, ¹ the staff-officer at Issa, who was in charge of the island with a force of two Issaean ships-two ² thousand soldiers were put aboard the eight ³ ships, a force raised, in accordance with a decree of the senate, by Marcus Raecius ⁴ the praetor, in that part of Italy which faced

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))

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Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 43.9.5 focus

[5] itaque et octo navis ornatas a Brundisio senatus censuit mittendas ad C. Furium legatum Issam, qui cum praesidio duarum Isensium navium insulae praeerat — duo milia militum in eas naves sunt inposita, quae M. Raecius praetor ex senatus consulto in ea parte Italiae, quae obiecta Illyrico est, conscripsit —

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).) — 43.9.5 focus

[5] itaque et octo navis ornatas a Brundisio senatus censuit mittendas ad C. Furium legatum Issam, qui cum praesidio duarum Issensium navium ¹

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 43.9.5 focus

[5] itaque et octo navis ornatas a Brundisio senatus censuit mittendas ad C. Furium¹ legatum Issam, qui cum praesidio duarum Issensium navium insulae praeerat—

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History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 43.9.5 focus

[5] The senate, therefore, voted that eight ships, fully equipped, should be sent from Brundusium to Issa, to Caius Furius, lieutenant-general, who, with only two vessels belonging to the inhabitants, held the government of that island.

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.) — 43.9.5 focus

[5] The senate accordingly made an order that eight ships fully fitted out and manned should be sent from Brundisium to C. Furius, who with two ships furnished by the inhabitants was in charge of the island of Issa. Two thousand soldiers were placed on board the eight ships; they had been raised by M. Raecius, on instructions from the senate, in that part of Italy which lies opposite to Illyria.

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

1. Very likely the naval duumvir mentioned in XLI. i. 2-3, who had been in charge of the north-eastern coast of Italy in 178 B.C.

2. B.C. 171

3. The number of soldiers to be transported on the ships, which had their own crews, seems too large (cf. XXXVII. ii. 10-a force of three thousand transported in twenty ships (cf. XXII. xxii. 1), XXI. 1. 5-1700 soldiers and sailors in 7 ships) and the number of ships should perhaps be larger (eighteen?).

4. The city praetor, cf. below, xi. 4; he was evidently absent from Rome on coast-defence duty, hence the appearance of Maenius (above, iv. 11, and viii. 4) as presiding officer of the senate.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 43.9.5

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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