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), 10.47

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[2] The year having now run its course, new ¹ tribunes of the plebs came in, but owing to a flaw in their election they were themselves supplanted by others, five days later.

The lustrum ² was closed that year by the censors Publius Cornelius Arvina and Gaius Marcius Rutulus; there were enrolled two hundred and sixty —two thousand three hundred and twenty —one. The censors were the twenty —sixth pair from the first censors; the lustrum was the

[3] nineteenth. this year for the first time those who had been presented with crowns because of gallant behaviour in the war wore them at the Roman games, and palms were then for the first time conferred upon the victors, in accordance with a custom borrowed from the

[4] Greeks. The same year the curule aediles who gave those games procured the conviction of a number of graziers, ³ and with their fines paved the road from the temple of Mars as far as

[5] Bovillae. ⁴

The consular comitia were held by Lucius Papirius, who declared the election of Quintus Fabius Gurges, the son of Maximus, and Decimus

[6] Junius Brutus Scaeva. Papirius himself was chosen praetor.

The year had been one of many blessings, which yet were hardly a consolation for one misfortune —a pestilence which ravaged both city and countryside. its devastation was now grown portentous, and the Books were consulted to discover what end or what remedy the gods proposed

[7] for this misfortune. ⁵ it was discovered in the Books that Aesculapius must be summoned to Rome from Epidaurus; but nothing could be done about it that year, because the consuls were occupied with the war, except that for one day a supplication to that god was held. ⁶

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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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.) — 10.47 focus

[1] exacto iam anno novi tribuni plebis magistratum inierant, iisque ipsis, quia vitio creati erant, quinque post dies alii suffecti. —

[2] lustrum conditum eo anno est a P. Cornelio Arvina, C. Marcio Rutilo censoribus; censa capitum milia ducenta sexaginta duo trecenta viginti unum.

[3] censores vicesimi sexti a primis censoribus, lustrum undevicesimum fuit. — eodem anno coronati primum ob res bello bene gestas ludos Romanos spectarunt palmaeque tum primum translate translato e Graecia more victoribus datae. —

[4] eodem anno ab aedilibus curulibus, qui eos ludos fecerunt, damnatis aliquot pecuariis via a Martis silice ad Bovillas perstrata est. Comitia comitia consularia L. Papirius habuit;

[5] creavit consules Q. Fabium Maximi f. Gurgitem et D. Iunium Brutum Scaevam; ipse Papirius praetor factus.

[6] Multis multis rebus laetus annus vix ad solacium unius mali, pestilentiae urentis simul urbem atque agros, suffecit; portentoque iam similis clades erat, et libri aditi, quinam finis aut quod remedium eius mali ab diis daretur.

[7] inventum in libris Aesculapium ab Epidauro Romam arcessendum. neque eo anno, quia bello occupati consules erant, quicquam de ea re actum, praeterquam quod unum diem Aesculapio supplicatio habita est.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 10.47 focus

[1]

exacto iam anno novi tribuni plebis ¹ magistratum inierant; bisque ipsis, quia vitio creati erant, quinque post dies alii ² suffecti.

[2] lustrum conditum eo anno est a P. Cornelio Arvina C. Marcio Rutulo ³ censoribus; censa capitum milia ducenta sexaginta duo trecenta viginti unum. censores vicesimi sexti a primis censoribus, lustrum undevicesimum fuit.

[3] eodem anno coronati primum ob res bello bene gestas ludos Romanos spectarunt palmaeque tum tun primum translato e Graeco more victoribus datae.

[4] eodem anno ab aedilibus curulibus qui eos cos ludos fecerunt damnatis aliquot pecuariis, via a Martis silice ad Bovillas perstrata est. comitia consularia L. Papirius habuit;

[5] creavit consules Q. Fabium Maximi filium Gurgitem et D. Iunium Brutum Scaevam. ipse Papirius praetor factus.

[6] multis rebus laetus annus vix ad solacium unius mali, pestilentiae urentis simul urbem atque agros, suffecit; ⁴ portentoque iam similis clades erat, et libri aditi quinam finis aut quod remedium eius mali ab dis ⁵ daretur.

[7] inventum in libris Aesculapium ⁶ ab Epidauro Romam arcessendum; neque eo anno, quia bello occupati consules erant, quicquam de ea re actum, praeterquam quod unum diem Aesculapio supplicatio habita 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).) — 10.47 focus

[1]

exacto iam anno novi tribuni plebis ¹ magistratum inierant; bisque ipsis, quia vitio creati erant, quinque post dies alii ² suffecti.

[3] eodem anno coronati primum ob res bello bene gestas ludos Romanos spectarunt palmaeque tum tun primum translato e Graeco more victoribus datae.

[4] eodem anno ab aedilibus curulibus qui eos cos ludos fecerunt damnatis aliquot pecuariis, via a Martis silice ad Bovillas perstrata est. comitia consularia L. Papirius habuit;

[5] creavit consules Q. Fabium Maximi filium Gurgitem et D. Iunium Brutum Scaevam. ipse Papirius praetor factus.

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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)) — 10.47 focus

[1]

The favour of the consul saved from a trial, before the people, Postumius; who, on a prosecution being commenced against him by Marcus Scantius, plebeian tribune, evaded, as was said, the jurisdiction of the people, by procuring the commission of lieutenant-general, so the indictment against him could only be held out as a threat, and not put in force.

[2] The year having now elapsed, new plebeian tribunes had come into office; and for these, in consequence of some irregularity in their appointments, others had been, within five days after, substituted in their room. The lustrum was closed this year by the censors Publius Cornelius Arvina and Caius Marcius Rutilus. The number of citizens rated was two hundred and sixty-two thousand three hundred and twenty-two.

[3] These were the twenty-sixth pair of censors since the first institution of that office; and this the nineteenth lustrum. In this year, persons who had been presented with crowns, in consideration of meritorious behaviour in war, first began to wear them at the exhibition of the Roman games.

[4] Then, for the first time, palms were conferred on the victors according to a custom introduced from Greece. In the same year the paving of the road from the temple of Mars to Bovillae was completed by the curule aediles, who exhibited those games out of fines levied on the farmers of the pastures.

[5] Lucius Papirius presided at the consular election, and returned consuls Quintus Fabius Gurges, son of Maximus, and Decius Junius Brutus Scaeva. Papirius himself was made praetor. This year, prosperous in many particulars, was scarcely sufficient to afford consolation for one calamity, a pestilence, which afflicted both the city and country: the mortality was prodigious.

[6] To discover what end, or what remedy, was appointed by the gods for that calamity, the books were consulted: in the books it was found that Aesculapius must be brought to Rome from Epidaurus. Nor were any steps taken that year in that matter, because the consuls were fully occupied in the war, except that a supplication was performed to Aesculapius for one day.

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.) — 10.47 focus

[1] The¹ year having now expired, new plebeian tribunes entered upon office, but there was a flaw in their election, and five days later others took their place.

[2] The lustrum was closed this year by the censors, P. Cornelius Arvina and C. Marcius Rutilus. The census returns gave the population as numbering 262,321 . These were the twenty-sixth pair of censors since the first, the lustrum was the nineteenth.

[3] This year, for the first time, those who had been crowned for their deeds in war were allowed to wear their decorations at the Roman Games, and then, too, for the first time, palms were given to the victors after a custom borrowed from Greece.

[4] This year also the road from the temple of Mars to Bovillae was paved throughout its length by the curule aediles, who devoted to the purpose the fines levied on cattle-breeders.

[5] L. Papirius conducted the consular elections. The consuls elected were Q. Fabius Gurgites, the son of Maximus, and D. Junius Brutus Scaeva. Papirius himself was made praetor.

[6] The many incidents which helped to make the year a happy one served to console the citizens for one calamity, a pestilence which raged in the City and country districts alike. The mischief it did was looked upon as a portent. The Sacred Books were consulted to see what end or what remedy would be vouchsafed by the gods.

[7] It was ascertained that Aesculapius must be sent for from Epidaurus. Nothing, however, was done that year, owing to the consuls being engrossed with the war, beyond the appointment of a day of public intercession to Aesculapius.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. B.C. 292

2. This was a sacrifice of purification performed as the final ceremony of the census —taking.

to close the lustrum

is therefore to complete the census.

3. The men were probably fined for appropriating more than the legal maximum of public land. compare chap. xxiii. § 13.

4. This refers to the Via Appia itself (which had apparently not been fully paved —perstrata —before) rather than to the footway referred to at chap. xxiii. § 12.

5. B.C. 292

6. It was two or three years later and the pestilence was still raging when a deputation under Q. Ogulnius was dispatched to Epidaurus and brought away a serpent to Rome which passed for the god himself. a temple of Aesculapius was then erected on the island in the Tiber. see summary of Book XI.

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