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), 2.21

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For the next three years there was neither ¹ a stable peace nor war. The consuls Quintus Cloelius and Titus Larcius were followed by Aulus Sempronius and Marcus Minucius.

[2] In the latter year a temple to Saturn was dedicated and the Saturnalia was established as a festal day. ² Next Aulus Postumius and Titus Verginius were made consuls.

[3] It was not until this year, according to some authorities I have consulted, that the battle of Lake Regillus was fought. They say that Aulus Postumius, because his colleague was of doubtful loyalty, resigned the consulship, and was then made dictator.

[4] One is involved in so many uncertainties regarding dates by the varying order of the magistrates in different lists that it is impossible to make out which consuls followed which, or what was done in each particular year, when not only events but even authorities are so shrouded in antiquity.

At the next election Appius Claudius and Publius ³ Servilius were chosen consuls. This year was marked by the announcement of Tarquinius's death. He died at Cumae, whither he had gone to the court of Aristodemus after the downfall of the Latin cause.

[6] These tidings cheered the Fathers and encouraged the plebs. But the Fathers were too inconsiderate, in consequence of their rejoicing at this event; and the plebs, who up to this time had been most studiously deferred to, began to feel the oppression of the nobles.

[7] The same year the colony of Signia, which King Tarquinius had planted, was recruited with new colonists and established for the second time. At Rome twenty-one tribes were formed. The temple of Mercury was consecrated on the fifteenth of May.

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.) — 2.21 focus

[1] triennio deinde nec certa pax nec bellum fuit. consules Q. Cloelius et T. Larcius, inde A. Sempronius et M. Minucius. his consulibus aedis Saturno dedicata, Saturnalia institutus festus dies.

[2] A. deinde Postumius et T. Verginius consules facti.

[3] hoc demum anno ad Regillum lacum pugnatum apud quosdam invenio: A. Postumium, quia collega dubiae fidei fuerit, se consulatu abdicasse; dictatorem inde factum.

[4] tanti errores inplicant temporum rationem aliter apud alios ordinatis magistratibus, ut nec qui consules secundum quos, nec quid quoque anno actum sit, in tanta vetustate non rerum modo sed etiam auctorum digerere possis. Ap. Claudius deinde et P. Servilius consules facti.

[5] insignis hic annus est nuntio Tarquinii mortis. mortuus Cumis, quo se post fractas opes Latinorum ad Aristodemum tyrannum contulerat. eo nuntio erecti patres, erecta plebes.

[6] sed patribus nimis luxuriosa ea fuit laetitia; plebi, cui ad earn eam diem summa ope inservitum erat, iniuriae a primoribus fieri coepere.

[7] eodem anno Signia colonia, quam rex Tarquinius deduxerat, suppleto numero colonorum iterum deducta est. Romae tribus una et virginti uiginti factae. aedes Mercuri dedicata est idibus Maiis.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 2.21 focus

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triennio deinde nec certa pax nec bellum fuit. consules Q. Cloelius et T. Larcius , inde A. Sempronius et M. Minucius .

[2] his consulibus aedis Saturno dedicata, Saturnalia institutus festus dies. A. deinde Postumius et T. Uerginius consules facti.

[3] hoc demum anno ad Regillum lacum pugnatum apud quosdam inuenio; A. Postumium , quia collega dubiae fidei fuerit, se consulatu abdicasse; dictatorem inde factum.

[4] tanti errores implicant temporum, aliter apud alios ordinatis magistratibus, ut nec qui consules secundum quos, nec quid quoque anno actum sit, in tanta uetustate non rerum modo sed etiam auctorum digerere possis.

[5] Ap. Claudius deinde et P. Seruilius consules facti. insignis hic annus est nuntio Tarquini mortis. mortuus Cumis, quo se post fractas opes Latinorum ad Aristodemum tyrannum contulerat.

[6] eo nuntio erecti patres, erecta plebes; sed patribus nimis luxuriosa ea fuit laetitia; plebi, cui ad eam diem summa ope inseruitum erat, iniuriae a primoribus fieri coepere.

[7] eodem anno Signia colonia, quam rex Tarquinius deduxerat, suppleto numero colonorum iterum deducta est. Romae tribus una et uiginti factae. aedes Mercuri dedicata est idibus Maiis.

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).) — 2.21 focus

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triennio deinde nec certa pax nec bellum ¹ fuit. consules Q. Cloelius et T. Larcius, ² inde A. Sempronius et M. Minucius.

[2] his consulibus aedis Saturno dedicata, Saturnalia institutus festus dies. A. deinde Postumius et T. Verginius consules facti.

[3] hoc demum anno ad Regillum lacum pugnatum apud quosdam invenio; A. Postumium Postumiun , quia collega dubiae fidei fuerit, se consulatu abdicasse; dictatorem inde factum.

[4] tanti errores implicant temporum aliter apud alios ordinatis magistratibus ut nec qui consules secundum quos, ³ nec quid quoque anno actum sit in tanta vetustate non rerum modo sed etiam auctorum digerere possis.

[5] Ap . Claudius deinde et P. Servilius consules facti. ⁴ insignis hic annus est nuntio Tarquini mortis. mortuus Cumis, quo se post fractas opes Latinorum ad Aristodemum tyrannum contulerat.

[6] eo nuntio erecti patres, erecta plebes. sed patribus nimis luxuriosa ea fuit laetitia: plebi, cui ad eam diem summa ope inservitum erat, iniuriae a primoribus fieri coepere.

[7] eodem anno Signia colonia, quam rex Tarquinius deduxerat, suppleto numero colonorum iterum deducta est. Romae tribus una et viginti factae. aedes Mercuri dedicata est idibus Maiis.

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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)) — 2.21 focus

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For the next three years there was neither settled peace nor open war. The consuls were Q. Claelius and T. Lartius. After them A. Sempronius and M. Minucius.

[2] In their consulship, a temple was dedicated to Saturn, and the Saturnalia appointed to be kept as a festival. Then A. Postumius and T. Virginius were chosen consuls.

[3] In some authors I find that the battle at the lake Regillus was not fought till this year, and that A. Postumius, because the fidelity of his colleague was suspected, laid down his office, and thereupon was created dictator.

[4] Such great mistakes of dates perplex one with the history of these tines, the magistrates being arranged differently in different writers, that you cannot determine what consuls succeeded certain consuls, ¹ nor in what particular year every remarkable action happened, by reason of the antiquity, not only of the facts, but also

[5] of the historians. Then Ap. Claudius and P. Servilius were elected consuls. This year was remarkable for the news of Tarquin's death. He died at Cumae, whither he had fled to the tyrant Aristodemus, after the reduction of the power

[6] of the Latins. The senate and people were elated by this news. But with the senators their satisfaction was too extravagant, for by the chief men among them oppression began to be practised on the people to whom they

[7] had to that day been attentive to the utmost of their power. The same year the colony which king Tarquin had sent to Signia was recruited by filling up the number of the colonists. The tribes at Rome were increased to twenty-one. And the temple of Mercury was dedicated the fifteenth of May.

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.) — 2.21 focus

[1] For¹ the next three years there was neither settled peace nor open war. The consuls were Q. Cloelius and T. Larcius. They were succeeded by A. Sempronius and M. Minucius.

[2] During their consulship a temple was dedicated to Saturn and the festival of the Saturnalia instituted. The next consuls were A. Postumius and T. Verginius.

[3] I find in some authors this year given as the date of the battle at Lake Regillus, and that A. Postumius laid down his consulship because the fidelity of his colleague was suspected, on which a Dictator was appointed.

[4] So many errors as to dates occur, owing to the order in which the consuls succeeded being variously given, that the remoteness in time of both the events and the authorities make it impossible to determine either which consuls succeeded which, or in what year any particular event occurred.

[5] Ap. Claudius and P. Servilius were the next consuls. This year is memorable for the news of Tarquin's death. His death took place at Cuma , whither he had retired, to seek the protection of the tyrant Aristodemus after the power of the Latins was broken.

[6] The news was received with delight by both senate and plebs. But the elation of the patricians was carried to excess. Up to that time they had treated the commons with the utmost deference, now their leaders began to practise injustice upon them.

[7] The same year a fresh batch of colonists was sent to complete the number at Signia , a colony founded by King Tarquin. The number of tribes at Rome was increased to twenty-one. The temple of Mercury was dedicated on May 15.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. B.C. 498-495

2. The Saturnalia proper fell on December 17, though as many as seven days came to be devoted to the popular celebration of the festival (Macrobius, I. X. 24), which was a sort of carnival. As an old Italic feast it probably originated earlier than Livy thought. See Macrobius I. viii. 1.

3. B.C. 495

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 2.21

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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