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), 30.27

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At the beginning of the following year ¹ Marcus Servilius and Tiberius Claudius summoned the senate to the Capitol and raised the question of the provinces. They wished that lots should be cast for Italy and Africa, both of them being eager to have Africa. ²

[2] But chiefly owing to the efforts of Quintus Metellus ³ Africa was not refused nor yet given them.

[3] The consuls were instructed to arrange with the tribunes of the plebs that, with their approval, they should bring before the people the question whom they wished for the conduct of the war in Africa.

[4] All the tribes voted for Publius Scipio. ⁴ In spite of that the consuls cast lots for Africa as a province, for so the senate had decreed.

[5] Africa fell ⁵ to Tiberius Claudius, with the provision that he should take a fleet of fifty ships, all of them quinqueremes, over to Africa, and that he should be commanding general with an authority equal to that of Scipio. ⁶

[6] Marcus Servilius received Etruria by lot. In the same province Gaius Servilius' command was also continued, in case the senate decided that the consul should remain near the city.

[7] Of the praetors Marcus Sextius received Gaul by lot, with the understanding that Publius Quinctilius Varus should turn over to him the two legions with the province;

[8] Gaius Livius received the land of the Bruttii with the two legions which Publius Sempronius had commanded in the previous year as proconsul; Gnaeus Tremelius was allotted Sicily, to take over the province from Publius Villius Tappulus, praetor of the previous year, and the two legions. Villius as propraetor was to defend the coast of Sicily with twenty war-ships and a thousand soldiers.

[9] Marcus Pomponius with the remaining twenty ships was to transport fifteen hundred soldiers back to Rome. The city praetorship fell to Gaius Aurelius Cotta. For the rest of the praetors ⁷ their commands were continued just as they then held their several provinces and armies.

[10] With no more than sixteen legions ⁸ the empire was defended that year.

[11] And that they might begin ⁹ everything and carry it on with the favour of the gods, inasmuch as in the consulship of Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Titus Quinctius the dictator Titus Manlius had vowed games ¹⁰ and full-grown victims if the state should remain for four years as it was before, it was ordered that the consuls should celebrate those games before they set out for the war.

[12] The games were celebrated in the Circus for four days, and victims were sacrificed to the gods to whom they had been vowed.

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.) — 30.27 focus

[1] principio insequentis anni M. Servilius et Ti. Claudius senatu in Capitolium vocato de provinciis rettulerunt.

[2] Italiam atque Africam in sortem coici, Africam ambo cupientes, volebant. ceterum Q. Metello maxime adnitente neque negata neque data est Africa;

[3] consules iussi cum tribunis plebis agere, ut, si iis videretur, populum rogarent, quem vellent in Africa bellum gerere. omnes tribus P. Scipionem iusserunt.

[4] nihilo minus consules provinciam Africam — ita enim senatus decreverat — in sortem coniecerunt.

[5] Ti. Claudio Africa evenit, ut quinquaginta navium classem, omnes quinqueremes, in Africam traiceret parique imperio cum P. Scipione imperator esset;

[6] M. Servilius Etruriam sortitus. in eadem provincia et C. Servilio prorogatum imperium, si consulem manere ad urbem senatu placuisset.

[7] praetores M. Sextius Galliam est sortitus, ut duas legiones provinciamque traderet ei P. Quinctilius Varus; C. Livius Bruttios cum duabus legionibus, quibus P. Sempronius proconsul priore anno praefuerat;

[8] Cn. Tremellius Siciliam, ut a P. Villio Tappulo praetore prioris anni provinciam et duas legiones acciperet; Villius pro praetore viginti navibus longis et militibus mille oram Siciliae tutaretur;

[9] M. Pomponius viginti navibus reliquis mille et quingentos milites Romam deportaret; C. Aurelio Cottae urbana evenit.

[10] ceteris ita, uti quisque obtinebant provincias exercitusque, prorogata imperia. sedecim non amplius eo anno legionibus defensum imperium est.

[11] et ut placatis dis omnia inciperent agerentque, ludos, quos M. Claudio Marcello, T. Quinctio consulibus T. Manlius dictator, quasque hostias maiores voverat, si per quinquennium res publica eodem statu fuisset, ut eos ludos consules, priusquam ad bellum proficiscerentur, facerent.

[12] ludi in circo per quadriduum facti, hostiaeque quibus votae erant dis caesae.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 30.27 focus

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principio insequenti anni M. Seruilius et Ti. Claudius senatu in Capitolium uocato de prouinciis rettulerunt. Italiam atque Africam in sortem conici, Africam ambo cupientes, uolebant;

[2] ceterum Q. Metello maxime adnitente neque negata neque data est Africa.

[3] consules iussi cum tribunis plebis agere ut, si iis uideretur, populum rogarent quem uellet in Africa bellum gerere.

[4] omnes tribus P. Scipionem iusserunt. nihilo minus consules prouinciam Africam—ita enim senatus decreuerat—in sortem coniecerunt.

[5] Ti. Claudio Africa euenit ut quinquaginta nauium classem, omnes quinqueremes, in Africam traiceret parique imperio cum P. Scipione imperator esset: M. Seruilius Etruriam sortitus.

[6] in eadem prouincia et C. Seruilio prorogatum imperium si consulem manere ad urbem senatui placuisset.

[7] praetores M. Sextius Galliam est sortitus ut duas legiones prouinciamque traderet ei P. Quinctilius Uarus : C. Liuius Bruttios cum duabus legionibus quibus

[8] P. Sempronius proconsul priore anno praefuerat: Cn. Tremelius Siciliam ut a P. Uillio Tappulo praetore prioris anni prouinciam et duas legiones acciperet; Uillius pro praetore uiginti nauibus longis militibus mille oram Siciliae tutaretur:

[9] M. Pomponius uiginti nauibus reliquis mille et quingentos milites Romam deportaret. C. Aurelio Cottae urbana euenit. ceteris ita uti quisque obtinebant prouincias exercitusque prorogata imperia.

[10] sedecim non amplius eo anno legionibus defensum imperium est.

[11] et ut placatis dis omnia inciperent agerentque, ludos quos M. Claudio Marcello T. Quinctio consulibus T. Manlius dictator quasque hostias maiores uouerat si per quinquennium res publica eodem statu fuisset, ut eos ludos consules priusquam ad bellum proficiscerentur facerent.

[12] ludi in circo per quadriduum facti hostiaeque quibus uotae erant dis caesae.

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).) — 30.27 focus

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principio insequentis anni M. Servilius ¹ et Ti. Claudius senatu in Capitolium vocato de provinciis rettulerunt.

[2] Italiam atque Africam in sortem conici, Africam ambo cupientes, volebant. ceterum Q. Metello maxime adnitente neque negata neque data ² est Africa.

[3] consules iussi cum tribunis plebis agere ut, si iis ³ videretur, populum rogarent quem vellent ⁴ in Africa bellum gerere.

[4] omnes tribus P. Scipionem iusserunt. nihilo minus consules provinciam Africam—ita enim senatus decreverat—in ⁵ sortem coniecerunt.

[5] Ti . Claudio Africa evenit, ut quinquaginta navium classem, omnes quinqueremes, in Africam traiceret parique imperio cum P. Scipione imperator ⁶ esset; M. Servilius Etruriam sortitus.

[6] In eadem provincia et C. Servilio prorogatum imperium, si consulem manere ⁷ ad urbem senatui ⁸ placuisset.

[7] praetores M. Sextius Galliam est sortitus, ut duas legiones provinciamque traderet ei P. Quinctilius Varus; C. Livius Bruttios cum duabus legionibus quibus P. Sempronius proconsul priore anno ⁹ praefuerat;

[8] Cn . Tremelius Siciliam, ut a P. Villio Tappulo praetore prioris anni provinciam et duas legiones acciperet; Villius pro praetore viginti navibus longis, militibus ¹⁰ mille oram Siciliae tutaretur;

[9] M. Pomponius viginti navibus reliquis mille et quingentos milites Romam deportaret; C. Aurelio Cottae urbana evenit. ceteris ita uti quisque obtinebant provincias exercitusque prorogata imperia.

[10] sedecim non amplius eo anno legionibus defensum imperium est.

[11] et ut placatis dis omnia inciperent ¹¹ agerentque, ludos quos M. Claudio Marcello, T. Quinctio consulibus T. Manlius dictator quasque hostias maiores voverat, si per quinquennium ¹² res publica eodem statu fuisset, ut eos ludos consules, priusquam ad bellum proficiscerentur, facerent.

[12] ludi in circo per quadriduum facti hostiaeque quibus votae erant dis caesae.

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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)) — 30.27 focus

[1]

In the beginning of the following year, Marcus Servilius and Tiberius Claudius, having assembled the senate, consulted them respecting the provinces. As both were desirous of having Africa, they wished Italy and Africa to be disposed of by lots;

[2] but, principally in consequence of the exertions of Quintus Metellus, Africa was neither assigned to any one nor withheld.

[3] The consuls were ordered to make application to the tribunes of the people, to the effect, that, if they thought proper, they should put it to the people to decide whom they wished to conduct the war in Africa.

[4] All the tribes nominated Publius Scipio. Nevertheless, the consuls put the province of Africa to the lot, for so the senate had decreed.

[5] Africa fell to the lot of Tiberius Claudius, who was to cross over into Africa with a fleet of fifty ships, all quinqueremes, and have an equal command with Scipio. Marcus Servilius obtained Etruria.

[6] Caius Servilius was continued in command in the same province, in case the senate resolved that the consul should remain at the city.

[7] Of the praetors, Marcus Sextus obtained Gaul; which province, together with two legions, Publius Quinctilius Varus was to deliver to him; Caius Livius obtained Bruttium, with the two legions which Publius Sempronius, the proconsul, had commanded the former year;

[8] Cneius Tremellius had Sicily, and was to receive the province and two legions from Publius Villius Tappulus, a praetor of the former year; Villius, as propraetor, was to protect the coast of Sicily with twenty men of war, and a thousand soldiers; and Marcus Pomponius was to convey thence to Rome one thousand five hundred soldiers, with the remaining twenty ships.

[9] The city jurisdiction fell to Caius Aurelius Cotta; and the rest of the praetors were continued in command of the respective provinces and armies which they then had. Not more than sixteen legions were employed this year in the defence of the empire.

[10] And, that they might have the gods favourably disposed towards

[11] them in all their undertakings and proceedings, it was ordered that the consuls, before they set out to the war, should celebrate those games, and sacrifice those victims of the larger sort, which, in the consulate of Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Titus Quinctius, Titus Manlius, the dictator, had vowed, provided the commonwealth should continue in the same state for the next five years.

[12] The games were exhibited in the circus during four days, and the victims sacrificed to those deities to whom they had been vowed.

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.) — 30.27 focus

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In the beginning of the following year the consuls M. Servilius and Tiberius Claudius convened the senate in the Capitol to decide the allocation of the provinces. As they both wanted Africa they were anxious to ballot for that province and for Italy.

[2] Mainly, however, owing to the efforts of Q. Metellus, nothing was decided about Africa;

[3] the consuls were instructed to arrange with the tribunes of the plebs for a vote of the people to be taken as to whom they wished to conduct the war in Africa.

[4] The tribes were unanimously in favour of P. Scipio.

[5] In spite of this the senate decreed that the two consuls should ballot, and Africa was drawn by Ti. Claudius, who was to take across a fleet of fifty vessels-all quinqueremes-and exercise the same powers as Scipio. Etruria fell to M. Servilius.

[6] C. Servilius who had held that province had his command extended in case the senate should require his presence in Rome.

[7] The praetors were distributed as follows: M. Sextius received Gaul and P. Quintilius Varus was to hand over two legions which he had there; C. Livius was to hold Bruttium with the two legions which P. Sempronius had commanded there the year before;

[8] Cnaeus Tremellius was sent to Sicily and took over the two legions from P. Villius Tappulus, the praetor of the previous year; Villius in the capacity of propraetor was furnished with twenty warships and 1000 men for the protection of the Sicilian coast; M. Pomponius was to send 1500 men to Rome in the twenty remaining ships.

[9] The City jurisdiction passed into the hands of C. Aurelius Cotta. The other commands were unchanged. Sixteen legions were considered sufficient this year for the defence of the dominion of Rome.

[10] In order that all things might be undertaken and

[11] carried out with the favour of the gods, it was decided that before the consuls took the field they should celebrate the Games and offer the sacrifices which T. Manlius the Dictator had vowed during the consulship of M. Claudius Marcellus and T. Quinctius, if the republic should maintain its position unimpaired for five years.

[12] The Games were celebrated in the Circus, the celebration lasting four days, and the victims vowed to the several deities were duly sacrificed.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. B.C. 202

2. Scipio's command had been given him for the duration; i. 10. That, however, would not prevent the assignment of a colleague; cf. § 5 sub fin.

3. Cf. xxiii. 3.

4. This of course settled any controversy as to the term of his command, until contention was renewed a year later. Cf. p. 518, § 12, where the province of one consul for 201 B.C. is defined as command of the fleet, while the other was to have Italy.

5. B.C. 202

6. But not to command an army in addition to his fleet; probably not to sail over to Africa except in an emergency. In fact Claudius never reached African waters; xxxix. 3.

7. I.e. Lucretius at Genua, in Sardinia Publius Lentulus, in Spain Lucius Lentulus and Manlius Acidinus (these two as proconsuls); cf. i. 9 f.; ii. 7; XXIX. xiii. 7.

8. Compared with 20 in the previous year; ii. 7. The maximum had been 25 in 212- 211 B.C. In the first year of the war ( 218 B.C. ) the number was only 6. The average number in the next three years was 12.7; in following eight years, 22.5 (214- 207 B.C. ); in the last six years, 17-8 (206- 201 B.C. ). Cf. De Sanctis' table, p. 633; C.A.H. VIII. 104.

9. B.C. 202

10. Cf. p. 373, n. 1.

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