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), 34.56

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[1] Though the consuls expected no war that year, a letter came from Marcus Cincius — he

[2] was the prefect at Pisae — announcing that twenty thousand of the Ligures were in arms, had caused a conspiracy to be formed in all the towns of the whole tribe, and had first devastated the fields around Luna and then had entered the territory of Pisae and overrun the¹ whole sea-coast.

[3] Therefore Minucius, the consul to whom the Ligures had been allotted as his province, on the authorization of

[4] the senate mounted the rostra and proclaimed that the two city legions which had been enlisted the previous year should assemble at Arretium the tenth day hence; in their place he would enrol two city legions.

[5] Also he sent notice to the allies of the Latin confederacy, that is, to their magistrates and ambassadors, who were under the obligation to furnish soldiers,² that they should meet him on the Capitoline.

[6] For these he made up a list amounting to fifteen thousand infantry and five

[7] hundred cavalry, in accordance with the quota of young men in each state,³ and ordered them to go straight from the Capitoline to the gate and, in order to expedite the matter, proceed to hold the levy.

[8] Fulvius and Flaminius each received three thousand Roman infantry and one hundred cavalry as reinforcements, with five thousand infantry of the allies and the Latin confederacy and two hundred cavalry, and the praetors were instructed to discharge their veterans on their arrival in the province.

[9] When numerous soldiers who were in the city legions had appealed to the tribunes of the people to look into the cases of those who had given completed service or illness as bases for claims of exemption from military service, dispatches from Tiberius Sempronius put an end to their attempt:

[10] in these he wrote that ten thousand of the Ligures had entered the territory of Placentia and had laid it waste with slaughter and fire up to the very walls of the colony and the banks of the Po; the nation of the Boi was also considering a rebellion.

[11] For these reasons the senate decreed that a state of civil war⁴ existed, and⁵ that it was their pleasure that the tribunes of the people should not investigate the cases of soldiers to prevent their mustering according to the proclamation.

[12] They added also that the allies of the Latin confederacy who had been in the army of Publius Cornelius and Tiberius Sempronius and had been discharged by those consuls should assemble on the day and at the place in Etruria which the consul Lucius Cornelius had announced in his proclamation, and that the consul Lucius Cornelius, on his way to the

[13] province, should enlist, in the towns and rural districts along his route, whatever soldiers he saw fit, should arm them and lead them with him, and that he should have the privilege of discharging whichever of them he desired and at whatever time.

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.) — 34.56 focus

[1] nihil eo anno belli expectantibus consulibus litterae M. Cinci —

[2] praefectus is Pisis erat — adlatae, Ligurum viginti milia armatorum coniuratione per omnia conciliabula universae gentis facta Lunensem primum agrum depopulatos, Pisanum deinde finem transgressos omnem oram maris peragrasse.

[3] itaque Minucius consul, cui Ligures provincia evenerat, ex auctoritate senatus in rostra escendit et edixit,

[4] ut legiones duae urbanae, quae superiore anno conscriptae essent, post diem decimum Arretii adessent; in earum locum se duas legiones urbanas scripturum.

[5] item sociis et Latino nomini, magistratibus legatisque eorum, qui milites dare debebant, edixit, ut in Capitolio se adirent.

[6] iis quindecim milia peditum et quingentos equities, equites,

[7] pro numero cuiusque iuniorum, discripsit et inde ex Capitolio protinus ire ad portam et, ut maturaretur res, proficisci ad dilectum iussit.

[8] Fulvio Flaminioque terna milia Romanorum peditum, centeni equites in supplementum et quina milia socium Latini nominis et duceni equites decreti, mandatumque praetoribus, ut veteres dimitterent milites, cum in provinciam venissent.

[9] cum milites, qui in legionibus urbanis erant, frequentes tribunos plebei adissent, uti causas cognoscerent eorum, quibus aut emerita stipendia aut morbus causae essent, quo minus militarent, earn eam rem litterae Ti. Sempronii discusserunt,

[10] in quibus scriptur scriptum erat, Ligurum decem milia in agrum Placentinum venisse et eum usque ad ipsa coloniae moenia et Padi ripas cum caedibus et incendiis perpopulatos esse;

[11] Boiorum quoque gentem ad rebellionem spectare. ob eas res tumultum esse decrevit senatus; tribunos plebei non placere causas militaris cognoscere, quo minus ad edictum conveniretur.

[12] adiecerunt etiam, ut socii nominis Latini, qui in exercitu P. Cornelii Ti. Sempronii fuissent et dimissi ab iis consulibus essent, ut, ad quam diem L. Cornelius consul edixisset et in quem locum edixisset Etruriae,

[13] convenirent, et uti L. Cornelius consul in provinciam proficiscens in oppidis agrisque, qua iturus esset, si quos ei videretur, milites scriberet armaretque et duceret secum dimittendique ei, quos eorum quandoque vellet, ius esset.

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).) — 30.45 focus

[1]

pace terra marique parta, exercitu in naves inposito, in Siciliam Lilybaeum traiecit.

[2] inde magna parte militum navibus ¹ missa ipse per ² laetam pace non minus quam victoria Italiam, effusis non urbibus modo ad habendos honores, sed agrestium etiam turba obsidente vias, Romam pervenit triumphoque omnium clarissimo urbem est invectus.

[3] argenti tulit in aerarium pondo centum viginti tria milia. ³ militibus ex praeda quadringenos aeris divisit.

[4] morte⁴ subtractus spectaculo magis hominum quam triumphantis gloriae Syphax est, Tiburi haud ita multo ante mortuus, quo ab Alba traductus fuerat. conspecta tamen mors eius fuit, quia publico funere est elatus.

[5] hunc regem in triumpho ductum Polybius, haudquaquam spernendus auctor, tradit. secutus Scipionem triumphantem est pilleo capiti inposito Q. Terentius Culleo, omnique deinde vita, ut dignum erat, libertatis auctorem coluit.

[6] africani cognomen militaris prius favor an popularis aura celebraverit an, sicuti Felicis Sullae Magnique Pompei patrum memoria, coeptum ab adsentatione familiari sit parum compertum habeo.

[7] primus certe hic hie imperator nomine victae ab se gentis est nobilitatus; exemplo deinde huius nequaquam victoria pares insignes imaginum imaginun titulos claraque cognomina familiarum ⁵ fecerunt. ⁶

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 34.56 focus

[1]

nihil eo anno belli expectantibus consulibus litterae M. Cinci —praefectus is Pisis erat—

[2] adlatae, Ligurum viginti milia ¹ armatorum coniuratione per omnia conciliabula universae gentis facta Lunensem primum agrum depopulatos, Pisanum deinde finem transgressos omnem oram maris peragrasse.

[3] itaque Minucius consul, cui Ligures provincia evenerat, ex auctoritate senatus in rostra escendit et edixit,

[4] ut legiones duae urbanae, quae superiore anno conscriptae essent, post diem decimum Arretii adessent; in earum locum se duas legiones urbanas scripturum.

[5] item sociis et Latino nomini, magistratibus legatisque eorum, qui milites dare debebant, edixit, ut in Capitolio se adirent.

[6] iis quindecim milia peditum et quingentos equites, pro numero cuiusque iuniorum,

[7] discripsit et inde ex Capitolio protinus ire ad portam et, ut maturaretur res, proficisci ad dilectum iussit.

[8] Fulvio ² Flaminioque terna milia Romanorum peditum, centeni equites in supplementum et quina milia socium Latini nominis et duceni equites decreti, mandatumque praetoribus, ut veteres dimitterent milites, cum in provinciam venissent.

[10] in quibus scriptum erat, Ligurum decem milia in agrum Placentinum venisse et eum usque ad ipsa coloniae moenia et Padi ripas cum caedibus et incendiis perpopulatos esse;

[11] Boiorum quoque gentem ad rebellionem spectare. ob eas res tumultum esse decrevit senatus; tribunos plebei non placere causas militaris cognoscere, quo minus ad edictum conveniretur.

[13] convenirent, et uti L. Cornelius consul in provinciam proficiscens in oppidis agrisque, qua iturus esset, si quos ei videretur, milites scriberet armaretque et duceret secum, dimittendique ei, quos eorum quandoque vellet, ius esset.

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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)) — 34.56 focus

[1]

While the consuls supposed that, for that year, they should have

[2] no employment of a military kind, a letter was brought from Marcus Cincius, who was commander at Pisae, announcing, that

twenty thousand armed Ligurians, in con- sequence of a conspiracy of that whole nation, formed in the meetings of their several districts, had first wasted the lands of Luna, and then, passing through the territory of Pisae, had overrun the whole sea-coast.

[3] In consequence of this intelligence, the consul Minucius, whose province Liguria was, by direction of the senate,

[4] mounted the rostrum, and published orders, that

the two legions, enlisted the year before, should, on the tenth day from that, attend him at Arretium;

and mentioned his intention of levying two legions for the city in their stead.

[5] He likewise gave notice to the magistrates and ambassadors of such of the allies, and of the Latin confederates, as were bound to furnish soldiers, to attend him in the Capitol.

[6] Of these he wrote out a list, amounting to fifteen thousand foot and five hundred horse, proportioning the contingent of

[7] each state to the number of its young men, and ordered those present to go directly from the spot to the gate of the city; and, in order to expedite the business, to proceed to raise the men.

[8] To Fulvius and Flaminius were assigned, to each three thousand Roman foot, and a reinforcement of one hundred horse, with five thousand foot of the Latin allies, and two hundred horse; and orders were given to those praetors, to disband the old troops immediately on their arrival in their provinces.

[9] Although great numbers of the soldiers belonging to the city legions had made application to the plebeian tribunes, to take cognizance of the cases of such men as claimed exemption from the service, on account either of having served out their time, or of bad health; yet a letter from Tiberius Sempronius banished all thoughts of such proceeding;

[10] for in this it was announced that

fifteen thousand of the Ligurians had come into the lands of Placentia, and wasted them with fire and sword, to the very walls of that city and the bank of the Po; and that the Boian nation were looking out for an occasion to rebel.

[11] In consequence of this information, the senate passed a vote, that

there was a Gallic tumult subsisting, and that it would be improper for the plebeian tribunes to take cognizance of the claims of the soldiers, so as to prevent their attending, pursuant to the proclamation;

[12] and they added an order, that the Latin confederates, who had served in the army of Publius Cornelius and Tiberius Sempronius, and had been discharged by those consuls, should re-assemble, on whatever day and in whatever place of Etruria the consul Lucius Cornelius should appoint;

[13] and that the consul Lucius Cornelius, on his way to his province, should enlist, arm, and carry with him all such persons as he should think fit, in the several towns and countries through which he was to pass, and should have authority to discharge such of them, and at such times, as he might judge proper.

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.) — 34.56 focus

[1]

The consuls were not looking forward to any war during their year of office, when a despatch arrived from M. Cincius, the commandant of Pisae, announcing a rising in Liguria.

[2] Warlike resolutions had been passed in all the councils of the nation, and 20,000 Ligurians were now in arms.

[3] They had ravaged the country round Luna, and after crossing the frontiers of Pisae had traversed the whole length of the coast. Minucius, to whom the province of Liguria had been allotted, acting on

[4] the instructions of the senate, mounted the Rostra and issued an edict for the two City legions which had been enrolled the year before to muster in ten days' time at Arretium, their place would be taken by two legions which he was going to raise.

[5] He also notified the magistrates and officers of those Latin and allied communities which were bound to furnish troops that they should attend upon him in the Capitol.

[6] Here he arranged with them what contingent each city

[7] should supply in proportion to the number of men they had of military age, the total being fixed at 15,000 infantry and 500 cavalry. They were then instructed to start for home at once and raise their troops without a moment's delay.

[8] Fulvius and Flaminius were each reinforced with Roman troops to the number of 3000 infantry and 100 cavalry and also 5000 infantry and 200 cavalry furnished by the Latins and allies, and the praetors were ordered to disband the old soldiers as soon as they arrived in their provinces.

[9] Large numbers of the soldiers in the City legions urged the tribunes of the plebs to investigate the cases of the men who pleaded either length of service or ill-health as reasons why they should not be called up.

[10] This matter was quite thrown aside by a despatch from Tiberius Sempronius, in which he stated that a body of 10,000 Ligurians had appeared in the neighbourhood of Placentia and had wasted the country with fire and sword up to the very walls of the colony and the banks of the Po, and the Boii also were contemplating a revival of hostilities.

[11] In view of this announcement the senate decreed that a state of emergency had arisen, and that they disapproved of the tribunes investigating the soldiers' grievance and so preventing them from assembling in obedience to the edict.

[12] They further ordered that the men of the allied contingents who had served under P. Cornelius and Tiberius Sempronius and had been disbanded by them should reassemble on the day which L. Cornelius named and in whatever place in Etruria he notified to them.

[13] Whilst on his way to his province the consul was to enlist and arm and take with him whatever men he thought fit in the towns and country districts through which he passed, and he was empowered to disband any of them whenever he wanted to do so.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. B.C. 193

2. The allies furnished troops by roster, so that not all of them were called on for men at the same time; usually those nearest the seat of war were selected when there was any freedom of choice.

3. The levy was divided among the several states in proportion to population, and the consul's list gave to each the numbers of infantry and cavalry to be furnished.

4. Tumultus becomes almost a technical term for uprisings in Gaul; cf., e.g., XXXI. x. 1, 5; xi. 2; xlviii. 7.

5. B.C. 193

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