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), 30.38

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After his envoys had returned to Scipio the quaestors were ordered from entries in the public accounts to make a declaration of what public property had been on the ships, and owners were to do the same for private property.

[2] In place of that sum total twenty-five thousand pounds of silver were exacted in immediate payment. ¹ And an armistice for three months was granted the Carthaginians.

[3] In addition they were not to send envoys during the period of the armistice to any other place than to Rome, and in case any envoys should come to Carthage they were not to let them go until they informed the Roman commander who they were and for what purpose they had come.

[4] With the Carthaginian ² envoys Lucius Veturius Philo and Marcus Marcius Ralla and Lucius Scipio, brother of the general-in-command, were sent to Rome. ³

[5] About that time supplies from Sicily and Sardinia lowered the price of grain so much that the merchant would leave his grain to the mariners to cover the freight.

[6] At Rome upon the first news of the Carthaginians' renewed hostilities there had been alarm, and Tiberius Claudius had been ordered to take his fleet promptly to Sicily and then to cross to Africa, and the other consul, Marcus Servilius, to remain near the city until it should be known what was the state of affairs in Africa.

[7] Everything in the assembling and launching of his fleet had been carried on without spirit by Tiberius Claudius, the consul, because the senate had voted that authority over the terms on which peace should be granted belonged to Scipio rather than to the consul. ⁴

[8] Reports of prodigies also at the very time when there were rumours of fresh hostilities had inspired alarm. At Cumae the sun was partially eclipsed and it rained stones, and in the district of Velitrae ⁵ the ground settled in huge cavities and trees were swallowed in the depths.

[9] At Aricia the forum and shops round it, at Frusino ⁶ the city wall at a number of places and a gate were struck by lightning; and on the Palatine there was a shower of stones. That portent was atoned for by nine days of rites according to ancestral custom, ⁷ the rest by full-grown victims.

[10] Meanwhile the ⁸ unusual height of rivers was also interpreted as a portent. For the Tiber so far overflowed that, as the Circus was flooded, preparations for the Games of Apollo were made outside the Porta Collina, near the Temple of Venus of Eryx. ⁹

[11] On the very day of the games, however, after a sudden clearing the procession, already on its way to Porta Collina, was recalled and directed into the Circus when word was received that the water had retired from it.

[12] Restoration of its normal scene to the customary spectacle also added to the delight of the people and to the throngs who attended the games.

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.) — 30.38 focus

[1] postquam redierunt ad Scipionem legati, quae publica in navibus fuerant, ex publicis descripta rationibus quaestores, quae privata profiteri domini iussi;

[2] pro ea summa pecuniae viginti quinque milia pondo argenti praesentia exacta; indutiaeque Carthaginiensibus datae in tres menses.

[3] additum, ne per indutiarum tempus alio usquam quam Romam mitterent legatos, et quicumque legati Carthaginem venissent, ne ante dimitterent eos, quam Romanum imperatorem, qui et quae petentes venissent, certiorem facerent.

[4] cum legatis Carthaginiensibus Romam missi L. Veturius Philo et M. Marcius Ralla et L. Scipio imperatoris frater.

[5] per eos dies commeatus ex Sicilia Sardiniaque tantam vilitatem annonae effecerunt, ut pro vectura frumentum nautis mercator relinqueret.

[6] Romae ad nuntium primum rebellionis Carthaginiensium trepidatum fuerat, iussusque erat Ti. Claudius mature classem in Siciliam ducere atque inde in Africam traicere, et alter consul M. Servilius ad urbem morari, donec, quo statu res in Africa essent, sciretur.

[7] segniter omnia in comparanda deducendaque classe ab Ti. Claudio consule facta erant, quod patres de pace P. Scipionis potius arbitrium esse, quibus legibus daretur, quam consulis censuerant.

[8] prodigia quoque nuntiata sub ipsam famam rebellionis terrorem adtulerant: Cumis solis orbis minui visus et pluit lapideo imbri, et in Veliterno agro terra ingentibus cavernis consedit, arboresque in profundum haustae; Ariciae forum et circa tabernae,

[9] Frusinone murus aliquot locis et porta de caelo tacta; et in Palatio lapidibus pluit. id prodigium more patrio novemdiali sacro, cetera hostiis maioribus expiata.

[10] inter quae etiam aquarum insolita magnitudo in religionem versa; nam ita abundavit Tiberis, ut ludi Apollinares circo inundato extra portam Collinam ad aedem Erycinae Veneris parati sint.

[11] ceterum ludorum ipso die subita serenitate orta pompa duci coepta ad portam Collinam revocata deductaque in circum est, cum decessisse inde aquam nuntiatum esset;

[12] laetitiamque populo et ludis celebritatem addidit sedes sua sollemni spectaculo reddita.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 30.38 focus

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postquam redierunt ad Scipionem legati, quae publica in nauibus fuerant ex publicis descripta rationibus quaestores, quae priuata, profiteri domini iussi;

[2] pro ea summa pecuniae uiginti quinque milia pondo argenti praesentia exacta; indutiaeque Carthaginiensibus datae in tres menses.

[3] additum ne per indutiarum tempus alio usquam quam Romam mitterent legatos et quicumque legati Carthaginem uenissent ne ante dimitterent eos quam Romanum imperatorem qui et quae petentes uenissent certiorem facerent.

[4] cum legatis Carthaginiensibus Romam missi L. Ueturius Philo et M. Marcius Ralla et L. Scipio imperatoris frater.

[5] per eos dies commeatus ex Sicilia Sardiniaque tantam uilitatem annonae fecerunt ut pro uectura frumentum nautis mercator relinqueret.

[6] Romae ad nuntium primum rebellionis Carthaginiensium trepidatum fuerat iussusque erat Ti. Claudius mature classem in Siciliam ducere atque inde in Africam traicere, et alter consul M. Seruilius ad urbem morari donec quo statu res in Africa essent sciretur.

[7] segniter omnia in comparanda deducendaque classe ab Ti. Claudio consule facta erant quod patres de pace Scipionis potius arbitrium esse quibus legibus daretur quam consulis censuerant.

[8] prodigia quoque nuntiata sub ipsam famam rebellionis attulerant terrorem: Cumis solis orbis minui uisus et pluit lapideo imbri, et in Ueliterno agro terra ingentibus cauernis consedit arboresque in profundum haustae;

[9] Ariciae forum et circa tabernae, Frusinone murus aliquot locis et porta de caelo tacta; et in Palatio lapidibus pluit. id prodigium more patrio nouendiali sacro, cetera hostiis maioribus expiata.

[10] inter quae etiam aquarum insolita magnitudo in religionem uersa; nam ita abundauit Tiberis ut ludi Apollinares circo inundato extra portam Collinam ad aedem Erycinae Ueneris parati sint.

[11] ceterum ludorum ipso die subita serenitate orta pompa duci coepta ad portam Collinam reuocata deductaque in circum est cum decessisse inde aquam nuntiatum esset;

[12] laetitiamque populo et ludis celebritatem addidit sedes sua sollemni spectaculo reddita.

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).) — 30.38 focus

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postquam redierunt ad Scipionem legati, quae publica in navibus fuerant ex publicis descripta rationibus quaestores, ¹ quae privata profiteri domini iussi;

[2] pro ea summa pecuniae viginti quinque ² milia pondo argenti praesentia exacta; indutiaeque Carthaginiensibus ³ datae in tres menses.

[3] additum ne per indutiarum tempus alio usquam quam Romam mitterent legatos, et quicumque legati Carthaginem venissent, ne ante dimitterent eos quam Romanum imperatorem qui et quae ⁴ petentes venissent certiorem facerent.

[4] cum legatis ⁵ Carthaginiensibus Romam missi L. Veturius Philo et M. Marcius Ralla et L. Scipio imperatoris frater.

[5] per eos dies commeatus ex Sicilia Sardiniaque tantam vilitatem annonae effecerunt ⁶ ut pro vectura frumentum nautis mercator relinqueret.

[7] segniter omnia in comparanda deducendaque classe ab Ti. Claudio consule facta erant, quod patres de pace P. ⁷ Scipionis potius arbitrium esse quibus legibus daretur quam consulis censuerant.

[8] prodigia quoque nuntiata sub ipsam famam ⁸ rebellionis terrorem ⁹ adtulerant: Cumis solis orbis minui visus et pluit lapideo imbri, et in Veliterno agro terra ingentibus cavernis consedit, arboresque in profundum haustae;

[9] ariciae forum et circa tabernae, Frusinone murus aliquot locis et porta de caelo tacta; et in Palatio lapidibus pluit. id prodigium more patrio novemdiali sacro, cetera hostiis maioribus expiata.

[10] inter quae etiam aquarum ¹⁰ insolita magnitudo in religionem versa; nam ita abundavit Tiberis ut ludi Apollinares circo inundate extra portam Collinam ad aedem Erycinae Veneris parati sint.

[11] ceterum ludorum ipso die subita serenitate orta pompa duci coepta ad portam Collinam revocata deductaque ¹¹ in circum est cum decessisse ¹² inde aquam nuntiatum esset;

[12] laetitiamque populo et ludis celebritatem addidit sedes sua sollemni spectaculo reddita.

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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)) — 30.38 focus

[1]

After the ambassadors returned to Scipio, the quaestors were ordered to give in an account, made out from the public registers, of the public property which had been in the ships; and the owners to make a return of the private property.

[2] For the amount of the value twenty-five thousand pounds of silver were required to be paid down; and a truce for three months was granted to the Carthaginians.

[3] It was added, that during the time of the truce they should not send ambassadors any where else than to Rome; and that, whatever ambassadors came to Carthage, they should not dismiss them before informing the Roman general who they were, and what they sought.

[4] With the Carthaginian ambassadors, Lucius Veturius Philo, Marcus Marcius Ralla, and Lucius Scipio, brother of the general, were sent to Rome.

[5] At the time in which these events took place, the supplies sent from Sicily and Sardinia produced such cheapness of provisions, that the merchant gave up the corn to the mariners for their freight.

[6] At Rome alarm was excited at the first intelligence of the renewal of hostilities by the Carthaginians; and Tiberius Claudius was directed to conduct the fleet with speed into Sicily, and cross over from that place into Africa. The other consul, Marcus Servilius, was directed to stay at the city until the state of affairs in Africa was ascertained.

[7] Tiberius Claudius, the consul, proceeded slowly with every thing connected with the equipment and sailing of the fleet, because the senate had decided that it should be left to Scipio, rather than to the consul, to determine the conditions on which the peace should be granted. The accounts also of prodigies which arrived just at the time of the news of the revival of the war, had occasioned great alarm.

[8] At Cumae the orb of the sun seemed diminished, and a shower of stones fell; and in the territory of Veliternum the earth sank in great chasms, and trees were swallowed up in the cavities.

[9] At Aricia the forum and the shops around it, at Frusino a wall in several places, and a gate, were struck by lightning; and in the Palatium a shower of stones fell. The latter prodigy, according to the custom handed down by tradition, was expiated by a nine days' sacred rite; the rest with victims of the larger sort.

[10] Amid these events an unusually great rising of the waters was converted into a prodigy; for the Tiber overflowed its banks to such a degree, that as the circus was under water, the Apollinarian games were got up near the temple of Venus Erycina, without the Colline gate.

[11] However, the weather suddenly clearing up on the very day of the celebration, the procession, which had begun to move at the Colline gate, was recalled and transferred to the circus, on its being known that the water had retired thence.

[12] The joy of the people and the attraction of the games were increased by the restoration of this solemn spectacle to its proper scene.

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.) — 30.38 focus

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After the return of the envoys to Scipio the quaestors received instructions to make an inventory from the public registers of all the government property in the transports, and all the private property was to be notified by the owners.

[2] Twenty-five thousand pounds of silver were required to be paid down as an equivalent for the pecuniary value, and a three months' armistice granted to the Carthaginians.

[3] A further stipulation was made that as long as the armistice was in force, they should not send envoys to any place but Rome, and if any envoys came to Carthage they were not to allow them to leave until the Roman commander had been informed of the object of their visit.

[4] The Carthaginians envoys were accompanied to Rome by L. Veturius Philo, M. Marcius Ralla and L. Scipio the commander-in-chief's brother.

[5] During this time the supplies which arrived from Sicily and Sardinia made provisions so cheap that the traders left the corn for the sailors in return for its freight.

[6] The first news of the resumption of hostilities by Carthage created considerable uneasiness in Rome. Tiberius Claudius was ordered to take a fleet without loss of time to Sicily and from there to Africa; the other consul was ordered to remain in the City until the position of affairs in Africa was definitely known. Tib.

[7] Claudius was extremely slow in getting his fleet ready and putting out to sea, for the senate had decided that Scipio rather than he, though consul, should be empowered to fix the terms on which peace should be granted. The general alarm at the tidings from Africa was increased by rumours of various portents.

[8] At Cumae the sun's disk was seen to diminish in size and there was a shower of stones; in the district of Veliternum the ground subsided and immense caverns were formed in which trees were swallowed up; at Aricia the forum and the shops round it were struck by lightning, as were also portions of the walls of Frusino and one of the gates; there was also a shower of stones on the Palatine.

[9] The latter portent was expiated, according to the traditional usage, by continuous prayer and sacrifice for nine days, the others by sacrifice of full-grown victims.

[10] In the middle of all these troubles there was an extraordinarily heavy rainfall which was also regarded as supernatural. The Tiber rose so high that the Circus was flooded and arrangements were made to celebrate the Games of Apollo outside the Colline Gate at the temple of Venus Erucina.

[11] On the actual day, however, the sky suddenly cleared and the procession which had started for the Colline Gate was recalled and conducted to the Circus as it was announced that the water had subsided.

[12] The return of the solemn spectacle to its proper place added to the public joy and also to the number of spectators.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. It must have been quite impossible to complete a list of individual claims.

2. B.C. 202

3. Veturius had been consul in 206 B.C. (XXVIII. x.); Marcius, city praetor in 204 B.C. (XXIX. xiii. 2). Lucius Scipio reached the consulship with Laelius in 190 B.C. (XXXVII. i.).

4. Cf. xxiii. 3 f.; xxvii. 1-4.

5. Now Velletri, just beyond the Alban Hills and 8 miles from Aricia.

6. Now Frosinone; on the Via Latina, while Aricia lay on the Appia, 16 m.p. from Rome.

7. Cf. Vol. VII. p. 90, note.

8. B.C. 202

9. On the Via Salaria outside (but near) the Porta Collina. Not built until 181 B.C. Livy uses it here merely as a landmark; XL. xxxiv. 4; Strabo VI. ii. 6.

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