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[1]

He set out for Sicily on thirty war-ships after embarking some seven thousand volunteers.

[2] And Publius Licinius came to the two consular armies in the land of the Bruttians. Of these he took the army which Lucius Veturius had commanded as consul.

[3] He allowed Metellus to command the same legions which he had previously commanded, for he thought Metellus would more easily carry on the war with men accustomed to his authority. The praetors also set out in different directions to their provinces.

[4] And because there was a lack of money for the war the quaestors were ordered to sell a region of Campania extending from the Fossa Graeca ¹ to the sea, it being permitted also to give information as to any land which had belonged to a Campanian citizen, so that it might become public land of the Roman people.

[5] For the informant one-tenth of the price of the land reported was established as a reward.

[6] And to ² Gnaeus Servilius, the city praetor, was assigned the task of seeing to it that Campanian citizens should dwell only where in accordance with a decree of the senate it was permitted them severally to dwell, and of punishing those who were dwelling elsewhere.

[7] In the same summer Mago the son of Hamilcar embarked upon his fleet picked young men from the smaller of the Balearic Islands, where he had wintered, and brought across to Italy on some thirty war-ships and many transports twelve thousand infantry and about two thousand cavalry.

[8] Upon his sudden arrival he also captured Genua, ³ since no forces were guarding the sea-coast. Then he put in with his fleet to the coast belonging to the Alpine ⁴ Ligurians, in the hope of causing some uprising there.

[9] The Ingauni, ⁵ a Ligurian tribe, were at that time carrying on a war with the Epanterii Montani.

[10] Accordingly the Carthaginian, depositing his plunder at Savo, ⁶ a town at the foot of the Alps, and leaving ten war-ships at anchor to protect it, sent the rest to Carthage to defend the sea-coast, because there was a report that Scipio would cross over.

[11] Mago himself made an alliance with the Ingauni, whose friendship he preferred, and set about attacking the Montani. And his army was daily increasing because the Gauls on hearing his name flocked together from all sides. ⁷

[12] This fact, when it was made known to the senators through a letter of Spurius Lucretius, ⁸ kindled great anxiety among them, for fear they had rejoiced in vain two years before over the destruction of Hasdrubal and his army, if another equally serious war with only a change of commander should break out from that quarter.

[13] So they ordered Marcus Livius, the proconsul, to bring his army of slave-volunteers from Etruria to Ariminum. Also they assigned to Gnaeus Servilius, the praetor, if he thought it to the advantage of the state, the duty of appointing at his discretion a commander for the two city legions and ordering them to be brought up from the city. Marcus Valerius Laevinus brought these legions to Arretium.

[14] Just at that time about eighty Carthaginian transports were captured off Sardinia by Gnaeus Octavius, who was in command of that province. Coelius states that they were laden with grain sent to Hannibal and with provisions, Valerius ⁹ that they were captured while carrying Etruscan booty and captive Ligurians and Montani to Carthage. In the land of the Bruttians virtually nothing notable was done that year.

[15] An epidemic, equally disastrous to both, had attacked Romans and Carthaginians, with this difference that in addition to disease hunger also weakened the Carthaginian army.

[16] Hannibal spent the summer near the temple of Juno Lacinia, ¹⁰ and there he erected an altar and dedicated it together with a great record of his achievements in a Punic and Greek inscription.

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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Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 28.46 focus

[1] profectus in Siciliam est triginta navibus longis voluntariorum septem ferme milibus in naves impositis.

[2] et P. Licinius in Bruttios ad duos exercitus consulares venit.

[3] ex iis eum sibi sumpsit, quem L. Veturius consul habuerat; Metello, ut, quibus praefuisset legionibus, iis praeesset, facilius cum adsuetis imperio rem gesturum ratus, permisit.

[4] et praetores diversi in provincias profecti. et quia pecunia ad bellum deerat, agri Campani regionem a fossa Graeca ad mare versam vendere quaestores iussi,

[5] indicio quoque permisso, qui ager civis Campani fuisset, uti is publicus populi Romani esset; indici praemium constitutum quantae pecuniae ager indicatus esset pars decuma.

[6] et Cn. Servilio praetori urbano negotium datum, ut Campani cives, ubi cuique ex senatus consulto liceret habitare, ibi habitarent, animadverteretque in eos, qui alibi habitarent.

[7] eadem aestate Mago Hamilcaris filius ex minore Baliarium insula, ubi hibernarat, iuventute lecta in classem imposita, in Italiam triginta ferme rostratis navibus et multis onerariis duodecim milia peditum,

[8] duo ferme equitum traiecit Genuamque nullis praesidiis maritumam oram tutantibus repentino adventu cepit. inde ad oram Ligurum Alpinorum, si quos ibi motus facere posset, classem appulit.

[9] Ingauni — Ligurum ea gens est — bellum ea tempestate gerebant cum Epanteriis Montanis.

[10] igitur Poenus Savone, oppido Alpino, praeda deposita et decem longis navibus in statione ad praesidium relictis, ceteris Carthaginem missis ad tuendam maritumam oram, quia fama erat Scipionem traiecturum,

[11] ipse societate cum Ingaunis, quorum gratiam malebat, composita Montanos instituit oppugnare. et crescebat exercitus in dies, ad famam nominis eius Gallis undique confluentibus.

[12] ea res litteris cognita Sp. Lucreti, ne frustra Hasdrubale cum exercitu deleto biennio ante forent laetati, si par aliud inde bellum, duce tantum mutato, oreretur, curam ingentem accendit patribus.

[13] itaque et M. Livium proconsulem ex Etruria volonum exercitum admovere Ariminum iusserunt, et Cn. Servilio praetori negotium datum, ut, si e re publica censeret esse, duas urbanas legiones, imperio cui videretur dato, ex urbe duci iuberet. M. Valerius Laevinus Arretium eas legiones duxit.

[14] eisdem diebus naves onerariae Poenorum ad octoginta circa Sardiniam ab Cn. Octavio, qui provinciae praeerat, captae. eas Coelius frumento misso ad Hannibalem commeatuque onustas, Valerius praedam Etruscam Ligurumque Montanorum captivos Carthaginem portantes captas tradit.

[15] in Bruttiis nihil ferme anno eo memorabile gestum. pestilentia incesserat pari clade in Romanos Poenosque, nisi quod Punicum exercitum super morbum etiam fames adfecit.

[16] propter Iunonis Laciniae templum aestatem Hannibal egit, ibique aram condidit dedicavitque cum ingenti rerum ab se gestarumi gestarum titulo, Punicis Graecisque litteris insculpto.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 28.46 focus

[1]

profectus in Siciliam est triginta nauibus longis, uoluntariorum septem ferme milibus in naues impositis.

[2] et P. Licinius in Bruttios ad duos exercitus consulares uenit. ex iis eum sibi sumpsit quem L. Ueturius consul habuerat:

[3] Metello ut quibus praefuisset legionibus iis praeesset, facilius cum adsuetis imperio rem gesturum ratus, permisit. et praetores diuersi in prouincias profecti.

[4] et quia pecunia ad bellum deerat, agri Campani regionem a fossa Graeca ad mare uersam uendere quaestores iussi, indicio quoque permisso qui ager ciuis Campani fuisset, uti is publicus populi Romani esset;

[5] indici praemium constitutum, quantae pecuniae ager indicatus esset pars decima.

[6] et Cn. Seruilio praetori urbano negotium datum ut Campani ciues, ubi cuique ex senatus consulto liceret habitare, ibi habitarent, animaduerteretque in eos qui alibi habitarent.

[7] eadem aestate Mago Hamilcaris filius ex minore Baliarium insula, ubi hibernarat, iuuentute lecta in classem imposita in Italiam triginta ferme rostratis nauibus et multis onerariis duodecim milia peditum duo ferme equitum traiecit,

[8] Genuamque nullis praesidiis maritimam oram tutantibus repentino aduentu cepit. inde ad oram Ligurum Alpinorum, si quos ibi motus facere posset, classem adpulit.

[9] Ingauni—Ligurum ea gens est—bellum ea tempestate gerebant cum Epanteriis Montanis.

[10] igitur Poenus Sauone oppido Alpino praeda deposita et decem longis nauibus in statione ad praesidium relictis, ceteris Carthaginem missis adtuendam maritimam oram quia fama erat Scipionem traiecturum,

[11] ipse societate cum Ingaunis quorum gratiam malebat composita Montanos instituit oppugnare. et crescebat exercitus in dies ad famam nominis eius Gallis undique confluentibus.

[12] ea ltresgt litteris cognita Sp. Lucreti , ne frustra Hasdrubale cum exercitu deleto biennio ante forent laetati si par aliud inde bellum duce tantum mutato oreretur, curam ingentem accendit patribus.

[13] itaque et M. Liuium proconsulem ex Etruria uolonum exercitum admouere Ariminum iusserunt, et Cn. Seruilio praetori negotium datum ut, si e re publica censeret esse, duas urbanas legiones imperio cui uideretur dato ex urbe duci iuberet. M. Ualerius Laeuinus Arretium eas legiones duxit.

[14] iisdem diebus naues onerariae Poenorum ad octoginta circa Sardiniam ab Cn. Octauio , qui prouinciae praeerat, captae; eas Coelius frumento misso ad Hannibalem commeatuque onustas, Ualerius praedam Etruscam Ligurumque et Montanorum captiuos Carthaginem portantes captas tradit. in Bruttiis nihil ferme anno eo memorabile gestum.

[15] pestilentia incesserat pari clade in Romanos Poenosque, nisi quod Punicum exercitum super morbum etiam fames adfecit.

[16] propter Iunonis Laciniae templum aestatem Hannibal egit, ibique aram condidit dedicauitque cum ingenti rerum ab se gestarum titulo Punicis Graecisque litteris insculpto.

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).) — 28.46 focus

[1]

profectus in Siciliam est triginta navibus longis, voluntariorum septem ferme milibus in naves impositis.

[2] et P. Licinius in Bruttios ad duos exercitus consulares venit. ex iis eum sibi sumpsit quem L. Veturius consul habuerat;

[3] Metello ut, quibus praefuisset legionibus, iis praeesset, ¹ facilius cum adsuetis imperio rem gesturum ratus permisit. et praetores diversi in provincias profecti.

[4] et quia pecunia ad bellum deerat, agri Campani regionem a Fossa Graeca ad mare versam vendere quaestores iussi,

[5] indicio quoque permisso qui ager civis Campani fuisset, uti is publicus populi Romani esset; indici praemium constitutum, quantae pecuniae ager indicatus esset pars decuma.

[6] et Cn. Servilio ² praetori urbano negotium datum ut Campani cives, ubi cuique ³ ex senatus consulto liceret habitare, ibi ⁴ habitarent, animadverteretque in eos qui alibi habitarent.

[7] eadem aestate Mago Hamilcaris filius ex minore Baliarium insula, ubi hibernarat hibemarat , iuventute lecta in classem imposita, in Italiam triginta ferme rostratis navibus et multis onerariis duodecim milia peditum, duo ferme equitum traiecit,

[8] Genuamque nullis praesidiis maritumam oram tutantibus repentino adventu cepit. inde ad oram Ligurum Alpinorum, si quos ibi motus facere posset, classem appulit.

[9] Ingauni - Ligurum ea gens est—bellum ea tempestate gerebant cum Epanteriis Montanis.

[10] igitur Poenus Savone, oppido Alpino, praeda deposita et decem longis navibus in statione ad praesidium relictis, ceteris Carthaginem missis ad tuendam maritumam oram,

[11] quia fama erat Scipionem traiecturum, ipse societate cum Ingaunis, quorum gratiam malebat, composita Montanos instituit oppugnare. et crescebat exercitus in dies ad famam faama nominis eius Gallis undique confluentibus.

[12] ea res ⁵ litteris cognita ⁶ Sp. Lucreti, ne frustra Hasdrubale cum exercitu deleto biennio ante forent laetati, si par aliud inde bellum, duce tantum mutato, oreretur, curam ingentem accendit ⁷ patribus.

[13] itaque et M. Livium proconsulem ex Etruria volonum exercitum admovere Ariminum iusserunt, et Cn. Servilio praetori negotium datum ut, si e re publica censeret esse, duas urbanas legiones, imperio cui videretur dato, ex urbe duci iuberet. M. Valerius Laevinus Arretium eas legiones duxit.

[14] eisdem diebus naves onerariae Poenorum ad octoginta circa Sardiniam ab Cn. Octavio, qui provinciae praeerat, captae. eas Coelius frumento misso ad Hannibalem commeatuque onustas, Valerius praedam Etruscam Ligurumque et ⁸ Montanorum captivos Carthaginem portantes captas tradit.

[15] In Bruttiis nihil ferme anno eo memorabile gestum. pestilentia incesserat pari clade in Romanos Poenosque, nisi quod Punicum exercitum super morbum etiam fames adfecit.

[16] propter Iunonis Laciniae templum aestatem Hannibal egit, ibique aram condidit dedicavitque cum ingenti rerum ab se gestarum titulo, Punicis Graecisque litteris insculpto.

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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)) — 28.46 focus

[1]

He set out into Sicily with thirty ships of war, with about seven thousand volunteers on board.

[2] Publius Licinius came into Bruttium to the two consular armies, of which he selected for himself that which Lucius Veturius, the consul, had commanded.

[3] He allowed Metellus to continue in the command of those legions which were before under him, concluding that he could act more easily with the troops accustomed to his command. The praetors also went to their different provinces.

[4] As there was a scarcity of money to carry on the war, the quaestors were ordered to sell a district of the Campanian territory extending from the Grecian trench to the sea, with permission to receive information as to what land belonged to a native Campanian, in order that it might be put into the possession of the Roman people.

[5] The reward fixed upon for the informer was a tenth part of the value of the lands so discovered.

[6] Cneius Servilius, the city praetor was also charged with seeing that the Campanians dwelt where they were allowed, according to the decree of the senate, and to punish such as dwelt anywhere else.

[7] The same summer, Mago, son of Amilcar, setting out from the lesser of the Balearian islands, where he had wintered, having put on board his fleet a chosen body of young men, conveyed over into Italy twelve thousand foot, and about two thousand horse, with about thirty ships of war, and a great number of transports. By the suddenness of his arrival he took Genoa, as there were no troops employed in protecting the sea-coast.

[8] Thence he brought his fleet to shore, on the coast of the Alpine Ligurians, to see if he could create any commotion there.

[9] The Ingaunians, a tribe of the Ligurians, were at that juncture engaged in war with the Epanterians, a people inhabiting the mountains.

[10] The Carthaginian, therefore, having deposited his plunder at Savo, an Alpine town, left ten ships of war for its protection. He sent the rest to Carthage to guard the seacoast, as it was reported that Scipio intended to pass over thither; formed an alliance with the Ingaunians, whose friendship he preferred; and commenced an attack upon the mountaineers.

[11] His army increased daily, the Gauls flocking to his standard from all sides, from the splendour of his fame.

[12] When the senate received information of these things, by a letter fron Spurius Lucretius, they were filled with the most intense anxiety, lest the joy they had experienced on the destruction of Hasdrubal and his army, two years before, should be rendered vain by another war's springing up in the same quarter, equal in magnitude, but under a new leader.

[13] They therefore ordered Marcus Livius, proconsul, to march his army of volunteer slaves out of Etruria to Ariminum, and gave in charge to Cneius Servilius to issue orders, if he thought it necessary for the safety of the state, that the city legions should be marched out under the command of any person he thought proper. Marcus Valerius Laevinus led those legions to Arretium.

[14] About the same time, as many as eighty transports of the Carthaginians were captured, near Sardinia, by Cneius Octavius, who had the government of that province. Caelius states that they were laden with corn and provisions, sent for Hannibal; Valerius, that they were conveying the plunder of Etruria, and the Ligurian mountaineers who had been captured, to Carthage. In Bruttium scarcely any thing was done this year worth recording.

[15] A pestilence had attacked both Romans and Carthaginians with equal violence; but the Carthaginian army, in addition to sickness, was distressed by famine.

[16] Hannibal passed the summer near the temple of Juno Lacinia, where he erected and dedicated an altar with an inscription engraved in Punic and Greek characters, setting forth, in pompous terms, the achievements he had performed.

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.) — 28.46 focus

[1]

Scipio sailed to Sicily with 7000 volunteers on board his thirty warships, and P. Licinius proceeded to Bruttium. Of the two consular armies stationed there he selected the one which the former consul L. Veturius had commanded.

[2] He allowed Metellus to keep the legions he was in command of, as he thought he would do better with men accustomed to his leadership. The praetors also departed for their several provinces.

[3] As money was needed for the war the quaestors received instructions to sell that part of the Capuan territory which extends from the Fossa Graeca to the coast, and evidence was asked for of any cases where land had been appropriated by a citizen of Capua, that it might be included in the Roman stateland. The informer was to receive a gratuity of ten per cent. of the value of the land.

[4] The City praetor, Cnaeus Servilius, was also to see that the citizens of Capua were residing where the senate had given them permission to reside, and any who were living elsewhere were to be punished. During the summer Mago who had been wintering in Minorca embarked with a force of 12,000 infantry and 2000 cavalry, and set sail for Italy with about thirty warships and a large number of transports.

[5] The coast was quite unguarded and he surprised and captured Genua. From there he went on to the Ligurian coast on the chance of rousing the Gauls. One of their tribes-the Ingauni-were at the time engaged in a war with the Epanterii, an Alpine tribe.

[6] After storing his plunder in Savo and leaving ten vessels as guardships, Mago sent the remainder of his ships to Carthage to protect the coast, as it was rumoured that Scipio intended to invade Africa, and then he formed an alliance with the Ingauni, from whom he expected more support than from the mountaineers, and commenced to attack the latter. His army grew in numbers every day; the Gauls, drawn by the spell of his name, flocked to him from all parts.

[7] The movement became known in Rome through a despatch from Spurius Lucretius, and the senate were filled with the gravest apprehensions. It seemed as though the joy with which they heard of the destruction of Hasdrubal and his army two years before would be completely stultified

[8] by the outbreak of a fresh war in the same quarter, quite as serious as the former one, the only difference being in the commander.

[9] They sent orders to the proconsul M. Livius to move the army of Etruria up to Ariminum, and the City praetor, Cnaeus Servilius, was empowered, in case he thought it advisable, to order the City legions to be employed elsewhere and give the command to the man whom he thought most capable. M. Valerius Laevinus led these legions to Arretium.

[10] About this time Cnaeus Octavius who was commanding in Sardinia captured as many as eighty Carthaginian transports in the neighbourhood. According to Coelius' account they were loaded with corn and supplies for Hannibal; Valerius, however, says that they were carrying the plunder from Etruria and the Ligurian and Epanterian prisoners to Carthage.

[11] Hardly anything worth recording took place in Bruttium this year. A pestilence attacked the Romans and the Carthaginians and was equally fatal to both, but in addition to the epidemic, the Carthaginians were suffering from scarcity of food.

[12] Hannibal spent the summer near the temple of Juno Lacinia, where he built and dedicated an altar with a long inscription recording his exploits in Phoenician and also in Greek.

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

1. Near Cumae and probably dug by that city long before to drain marshy lowlands near the sea; cf. XXII. xvi. 4, Not far away was Liternum, where Scipio Africanus later lived in retirement at his villa, described by Seneca Ep. 86, 1-12; cf. Val. Max. II. x. 2; and there was his tomb; Seneca l.c.

2. B.C. 205

3. On the Ligurian coast; cf. XXI. xxxii. 5, the first appearance of Genoa in history; XXIX. v. 2. Destroyed by Mago and rebuilt by Spurius Lucretius, XXX. i. 10.

4. I.e. Western; see note on Savo below.

5. Cf. XXIX. l.c. Their town was a seaport, Album Ingaunum or Albingaunum, now Albenga; Strabo IV. vi. 1; Mela II. 72; Tacitus Hist. II. 15 fin. The Epanterii were above them on the slopes of the coast range (Alpes Maritimae).

6. Now Savona, 27 miles west of Genoa. Though a seaport it is an oppidum Alpinum as lying at the foot of the Maritime Alps. Eastward of Savona is another coast range; a part of the Apennines. On the dividing line between the two, cf. Strabo l.c. and V. i. 3; also Decimus Brutus writing to Cicero, Ep. XI. xiii. 2. For Vada Sabat(i)a, now Vado, west of Savo, of. XXIX. v. 2, note; Strabo I. e.; Mela l. c. j Pliny N. H. III. 48; Itin. Ant. 295.

7. B.C. 205

8. Cf. xxxviii. 11, 13; XXX. i. 9 f.

9. Antias; cf. Vol. VI. p. 492, n. 2; VII. pp. 24, n. 1 and 187. For Coelius cf. VI. p. 183, n. 2; VII. pp. 41, 323.

10. Cf. Vol. VI. pp. 115, n., 182 f., notes (especially in reference to the inscription); VII. p. 315. The promontory took its name from nao/s, temple, and is still Capo Nao (or delle Colonne).

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