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), 33.27

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[1] At the same time Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio,¹ who had been the predecessor of Gaius Sempronius Tuditanus in the governorship of Nearer Spain, entered the city in ovation by authorization of the senate.

[2] He displayed in the procession fifteen hundred and fifteen pounds of gold, twenty thousand pounds² of silver, and thirty-four thousand five hundred denarii of coined silver.

[3] Lucius Stertinius,³ returning from Farther Spain, without even putting in a claim to a triumph, deposited in the treasury fifty thousand pounds of silver, and out of

[4] the booty erected two arches in the Forum Boarium in front of the temples of Fortuna and Mater Matuta,⁴ and one in the Circus Maximus, and on these arches he placed gilded statues.

[5] These were the events of the winter. Titus Quinctius was at this time wintering at⁵ Elatia, and when the allies were making many requests of him, the Boeotians asked and were permitted to recover their fellow-countrymen who had served with Philip.

[6] Quinctius readily granted this, not because he thought they really deserved it, but because in view of the suspicions entertained about King Antiochus he was anxious to win sympathy for the Roman people among the Greek states.

[7] When these had been restored, it at once became clear how little gratitude he had won from the Boeotians; for they sent ambassadors to Philip, thanking him for restoring their countrymen, just as if that boon had been granted to them and not to Quinctius and the Romans,⁶ and at the next election they chose as Boeotarch⁷ one Brachyllas, for no other reason than that he had commanded the Boeotians who had served

[8] with the king, passing over Zeuxippus and Pisistratus and others who had sponsored the alliance with Rome.

[9] These men were incensed at this action for the moment and also fearful for the future:

[10] since such things happened with the Roman army encamped almost at the gates, what in the world would become of them when the Romans had gone back to Italy, and Philip, from his kingdom near by, was aiding his friends and

[11] opposing those who had belonged to the other party?

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.) — 33.27 focus

[1] iisdem diebus Cn. Cornelius Blasio, qui ante C. Sempronium Tuditanum citeriorem Hispaniam obtinuerat, ovans ex senatus consulto urbem est ingressus.

[2] tulit prae se auri mille et quingenta quindecim pondo, argenti viginti milia, signati denarium triginta quattuor milia et quingentos.

[3] L. Stertinius ex ulteriore Hispania, ne temptata quidem triumphi spe, quinquaginta milia pondo argenti in aerarium intulit

[4] et de manubiis duos fornices in foro bovario ante Fortunae aedem et matris Matutae, unum in maximo circo fecit et his fornicibus signa aurata inposuit.

[5] haec per hiemem ferme acta. hibernabat eo tempore Elatiae T. Quinctius, a quo cum multa socii peterent, Boeoti petierunt impetraveruntque, ut, qui suae gentis militassent apud Philippum, sibi restituerentur.

[6] id a Quinctio facile impetratum, non quia satis dignos eos credebat, sed quia Antiocho rege iam suspecto favor conciliandus nomini Romano apud civitates erat.

[7] restitutis iis confestim apparuit, quam nulla inita apud Boeotos gratia esset; nam ad Philippum legatos gratias agents agentes ei pro redditis hominibus, perinde atque ipsis et noa non Quinctio et Romanis id datum esset, miserunt et comitiis proximis Boeotarchen ob nullam aliam causam Brachyllem quendam,

[8] quam quod praefectus Boeotorum apud regem militantium fuisset,

[9] fecerunt praeteritis Zeuxippo et Pisistrato aliisque, qui Romanae societatis auctores fuerant.

[10] id aegre et in praesentia hi passi et in futurum etiam metum ceperunlt: ceperunt: cum ad portas prope sedente exercitu Romano ea fierent quidnam se futurum esse profectis in Italiam Romanis,

[11] Philippo ex propinquo socios adiuvante et infesto iis, qui partis adversae fuissent?

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

[1]

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.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 33.27 focus

[1]

iisdem diebus Cn. Cornelius Blasio , qui ante C. Sempronium Tuditanum citeriorem Hispaniam obtinuerat, ovans ex senatus consulto urbem est ingressus.

[2] tulit prae se auri mille et quingenta quindecim pondo, argenti viginti milia, signati denarium triginta quattuor milia et quingentos.

[3] L. Stertinius ex ulteriore Hispania, ne temptata quidem triumphi spe, quinquaginta milia

[4] pondo argenti in aerarium intulit et de manubiis duos fornices in foro bovario ante Fortunae aedem et matris Matutae, unum in maximo circo fecit et his fornicibus signa aurata inposuit.

[5] haec per hiemem ferme acta. ¹

hibernabat eo tempore Elatiae T. Quinctius , a quo cum multa socii peterent, Boeoti petierunt impetraveruntque, ut, qui suae gentis militassent apud Philippum, sibi restituerentur.

[6] id a Quinctio facile impetratum, non quia satis dignos eos credebat, sed quia Antiocho rege iam suspecto favor conciliandus nomini Romano apud civitates erat.

[7] restitutis iis confestim apparuit, quam nulla inita apud Boeotos gratia esset; nam ad Philippum legatos gratias agentes ei pro redditis hominibus, perinde atque ipsis et non Quinctio et Romanis id datum esset, miserunt et comitiis proximis Boeotarchen ob nullam aliam causam Brachyllem quendam,

[8] quam quod praefectus Boeotorum apud regem militantium fuisset,

[9] fecerunt praeteritis Zeuxippo et Pisistrato aliisque, qui Romanae societatis auctores fuerant.

[10] id aegre et in ² praesentia hi passi et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt: cum ad portas prope sedente exercitu Romano ea fierent, quidnam se futurum esse profectis in Italiam Romanis,

[11] Philippo ex propinquo socios adiuvante et infesto iis, qui partis adversae fuissent?

Translations (2)

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 33.27 focus

[1]

About the same time Cneius Cornelius Lentulus, who had held the government of Hither Spain before Sempronius Tuditanus, entered the city in ovation, pursuant to a decree of the senate,

[2] and carried in the procession one thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds' weight of gold, twenty thousand of silver; and in coin, thirty-four thousand five hundred and fifty denarii. ¹

[3] Lucius Stretinius, from the Farther Spain, without making any pretensions to a triumph, carried into the treasury fifty thousand pounds' weight of silver;

[4] and out of the spoils taken, built two arches in the cattle-market, at the fronts of the temple of Fortune and Mother Matuta, and one in the great Circus; and on these arches placed gilded statues. These were the principal occurrences during the winter.

[5] At this time Quinctius was in winter quarters at Elatia. Among many requests, made to him by the allies, was that of the Bœotians, namely, that their countrymen, who had served in the army with Philip, might be restored to them.

[6] With this Quinctius readily complied; not because he thought them very deserving, but that, as king Antiochus was already suspected, he judged it advisable to conciliate every state in favour of the Roman interest.

[7] It quickly appeared how very little gratitude existed among the Bœotians; for they not only sent persons to give thanks to Philip for the restoration of their fellows, as if that favour had been conferred on them by him, and not by Quinctius and the Romans; but, at the next election, raised to the office of Bœotarch a man named Brachyllas, for no other reason than because he had been commander of the Bœotians serving in the army of Philip;

[8] passing by Zeuxippus, Pisistratus, and the others, who had promoted the alliance with Rome.

[9] These men were both offended at the present and alarmed about the future consequences:

[10] for if such things were done when a Roman army lay almost at their gates, what would become of them when the Romans should have gone away to Italy, and Philip, from a situation so near, should support his own associates, and vent his resentment

[11] on those who had been of the opposite party?

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.) — 33.27 focus

[1]

During this interval Cneius Cornelius Blasio, who had administered Hither Spain before Tuditanus, was authorised by the senate to enter the City in ovation.

[2] Before him were borne 1515 pounds of gold and 20,000 of silver, and also 34,500 silver denarii. L. Stertinius, who made no effort to obtain a triumph, brought away from Further Spain 50,000

[3] pounds of silver for the public treasury, and with the proceeds from the sale of the spoil he erected two gateways in the Forum Boarium in front of the temples of Fortuna and Mater Matuta, and one in the Circus Maximus.

[4] On these three structures he placed gilded statues. The above were the principal events during the winter. T. Quinctius was in winter quarters at Elatia.

[5] Amidst the numerous requests which he received from the friendly States was one from the Boeotians begging that, those of their countrymen who had been fighting for Philip might be restored to them.

[6] Quinctius readily granted their request, not because he thought that they deserved it, but because he was anxious, in view of Antiochus' suspicious movements, to win the support and sympathy of the Grecian States.

[7] After they had been restored it became at once apparent how little gratitude he had evoked among the Boeotians, for they sent delegates to thank Philip for the return of their countrymen, as though it were he who had made the concession and not Quinctius and the Romans.

[8] And at the next election they chose a person called Brachylles as the Boeotarch, for no other reason than because he had commanded the Boeotian contingent which had served under Philip, thus passing over men like Zeuxippus and Pisistratus and others who had brought about the alliance with Rome.

[9] Annoyed as these men were at the time, they were

[10] still more apprehensive as to the future, for if these things could go on while a Roman army was lying almost at their gates, what would happen to them, they asked, when the Romans had left for Italy and Philip was close at hand to help

[11] his friends and take his revenge upon his opponents?

Notes on the current edition

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

1. See XXXI. 1. 11, where he is called Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus.

2. Livy does not specify the unit here, but comparison with the next clause suggests that this is silver bullion. The coins of the following phrase are probably Spanish and comparable in value to the Roman denarius.

3. He had gone to Spain with Blasio (XXXI. 1. 11).

4. These may be the well-known temples called by these names and still standing in this region. The arches were probably formal entrances to the temples.

5. B.C. 196

6. If the text is right as it stands here, Livy implies that Quinctius transmitted to Philip, with his approval, the request, and that the Boeotians ignored his intercession on their behalf.

7. A typical Greek coinage, used as the title of the presiding magistrate of a Greek state.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 33.27

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