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), 39.45

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[1] For the following year they announced the election of Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Quintus Fabius Labeo as consuls. Marcus Claudius and Quintus Fabius, on the Ides¹ of March, the day on which they were inaugurated, brought up the question of provinces for themselves and the praetors.

[2] The praetors who had been elected were Gaius Valerius, the flamen Dialis, who had been a candidate the preceding year also, and Spurius Postumius Albinus and Publius Cornelius Sisenna, Lucius Pupius, Lucius Julius, Gnaeus Sicinius.²

[3] To the consuls the Ligurians were decreed as their province, with the same armies which Publius Claudius and Lucius Porcius had had. The Spains, excluded from the lot, were reserved for the praetors of the previous year, along with their armies.

[4] The praetors were ordered to draw lots with the provision that the province of the flamen Dialis should be one of the jurisdictions in Rome:³ the praetorship which he drew dealt with cases between citizens and aliens.

[5] The civil jurisdiction fell to Cornelius Sisenna, Sicily to Spurius Postumius, Apulia to Lucius Pupius, Gaul to Lucius Julius, Sardinia to Gnaeus Sicinius. Lucius Julius was directed to hasten his departure.

[6] Transalpine Gauls, as has⁴ been said before,⁵ crossing into Italy by a pass hitherto unknown, were building a city in the territory which now belongs to Aquileia.

[7] The praetor was instructed to prevent them from doing this, so far as it was possible for him to do so without war. If they had to be prevented by arms, he was to inform the consuls: it was the senate's desire that one of them should lead the legions against the Gauls.

[8] At the end of the preceding year an election had been held to choose an augur in the place of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus, who had died; Spurius Postumius Albinus had been elected.⁶

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.) — 39.45 focus

[1] in insequentem annum crearunt consules M. Claudium AMarcellum Marcellum Q. Fabium Labeonem. M. Claudius Q. Fabius idibus Martiis, quo die consulatum inierunt, de provinciis suis praetorumque rettulerunt.

[2] praetores creati erant C. Valerius flamen Dialis qui et priore anno petierat, et Sp. Postumius Albinus et P. Cornelius Sisenna L. Pupius L. Iulius Cn. Sicinius.

[3] consulibus Ligures cum iisdem exercitibus, quos P. Claudius et L. Porcius habuerant, provincia decreta est.

[4] Hispaniae extra sortem prioris anni praetoribus cum suis exercitibus servatae. praetores ita sortiri iussi, uti flamini Diali utique altera iuris dicendi Romae provincia esset:

[5] peregrinam est sortitus. Sisennae Cornelio urbana, Sp. Postumio Sicilia, L. Pupio Apulia, L. Iulio Gallia, Cn. Sicinio Sardinia evenit. L. Iulius maturare est iussus.

[6] Galli Transalpini per saltus ignotae antea viae, ut ante dictum est, in Italiam transgressi oppidum in agro, qui nunc est Aquileiensis, aedificabant.

[7] id eos ut prohiberet, quod eius sine bello posset, praetori mandatum est. si armis prohibendi essent, consules certiores faceret: ex his placere alterum adversus Gallos ducere legiones.

[8] extremo prioris anni comitia comitia auguris creandi habita erant. augur in demortui Cn. Cornelii Lentuli locum creatus erat Sp. Postumius Albinus.

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).) — 43.23 focus

[1]

Rex cum non ¹ minore vexatione iumentorum hominumque quam venerat in Macedoniam rediit; Appium tamen ab obsidione Phanotes fama ducentis ad Stratum Persei summovit.

[2] Cleuas cum praesidio impigrorum iuvenum insecutus sub radicibus prope inviis montium ² ad mille hominum ex agmine impedito occidit, ad ducentos cepit.

[3] Appius superatis angustiis in campo quem Meleona vocant stativa dierum paucorum habuit. interim Cleuas assumpto Philostrato, qui quingentos ex ³ Epirotarum gente habebat, in agrum Antigonensem transcendit. ⁴ Macedones ad depopulationem profecti;

[4] Philostratus⁵ cum cohorte sua in insidiis loco ⁶ obscuro consedit. in palatos populatores cum erupissent ab Antigonea armati, ⁷ fugientes eos persequentes effusius in vallem insessam ab hostibus praecipitant.

[5] ibi ad mille ⁸ occisis, centum ferme captis, et ubique prospere gesta re prope stativa Appi castra movent, ne qua vis sociis suis ab Romano exercitu inferri possit.

[6] Appius nequiquam in his locis terens tempus, dimissis Chaonum Thesprotorumque ⁹ et si qui alii Epirotae erant praesidiis, cum Italicis militibus in Illyricum regressus, per Parthinorum ¹⁰ socias urbes in hiberna militibus divisis, ¹¹ ipse Romam sacrificii causa redit.

[7] Perseus ex Penestarum gente mille pedites, ducentos equites revocatos Cassandream, praesidio ut essent, misit.

[8] Ab Gentio eadem adferentes redierunt. nec deinde alios atque alios mittendo temptare eum destitit, cum appareret, quantum in eo praesidii esset, nec tamen impetrare ab animo posset, ut impensam in rem maximi ad omnia momenti faceret.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 39.45 focus

[1]

in insequentem annum crearunt consules M. Claudium Marcellum Q. Fabium Labeonem .

M. Claudius Q. Fabius idibus Martiis, quo die consulatum inierunt, de provinciis suis praetorumque rettulerunt.

[2] praetores creati erant C. Valerius flamen Dialis, qui et priore anno petierat, et Sp. Postumius Albinus et P. Cornelius Sisenna L. Pupius L. Iulius Cn. Sicinius .

[3] consulibus Ligures cum iisdem exercitibus, quos P. Claudius et L. Porcius habuerant, provincia decreta est.

[4] Hispaniae extra sortem prioris anni praetoribus cum suis exercitibus servatae. praetores ita sortiri iussi, uti flamini Diali utique ¹ altera iuris dicendi Romae provincia esset; peregrinam est sortitus.

[5] Sisennae Cornelio urbana, Sp. Postumio Sicilia , L. Pupio Apulia , L. Iulio Gallia , Cn. Sicinio Sardinia evenit. L. Iulius maturare est iussus.

[6] Galli Transalpini per saltus ignotae antea viae, ut ante dictum est, in Italiam transgressi oppidum in agro, qui nunc est Aquileiensis, aedificabant.

[7] id eos ut prohiberet, quod eius sine bello posset, praetori mandatum est; si armis prohibendi essent, consules certiores faceret; ex his placere alterum adversus Gallos ducere legiones.

[8] extremo prioris anni comitia auguris creandi habita erant ² in demortui Cn. Corneli Lentuli locum; creatus erat Sp. Postumius Albinus .

Translations (2)

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 39.45 focus

[1]

They elected to serve as consuls for the ensuing year, Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Quintus Fabius Labeo. These, on the ides of March, the first day of their assuming the administration, proposed to the senate to determine their provinces, and those of the praetors.

[2] The praetors appointed were, Caius Valerius, flamen of Jupiter, who had been candi- date the year before, Spurius Posthumius Albinus, Publius Cornelius Sisenna, Lucius Pupius, Lucius Julius, and Cneius Sicinius. Liguria was ordered to be the province of the consuls, and the armies were assigned to them, which Publius Claudius and Marcus Porcius had commanded.

[3] The two Spains, without being put to the lot, were reserved for the Praetors who held them the year before, and also their own armies.

[4] The praetors were ordered to regulate their casting lots, in such a manner, that the flamen of Jupiter should have one or other of the judicial employments at Rome.

[5] The foreign jurisdiction fell to his lot, that between citizens to Cornelius Sisenna. Sicily was assigned to Spurius Posthumius, Apulia to Lucius Pupius, Gaul to Lucius Julius, Sardinia to Cneius Sicinius.

[6] Lucius Julius was ordered to hasten to his province, because some transalpine Gauls, as was mentioned before, having made their way through the forests into Italy, by an unknown road, were building a town in the country which now forms the district of Aquileia.

[7] Orders were given to the praetor to prevent their doing so, as far as might lie in his power without appealing to arms; and, if it should be necessary to stop them by force, to give information to the consuls, one of whom was, in that case, directed to march his legions against those Gauls.

[8] Towards the close of the preceding year, an assembly had been held for the purpose of electing an augur, in the room of Cneius Cornelius deceased, when Spurius Posthumius Albinus was chosen.

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.) — 39.45 focus

[1]

The consuls elected for the next year were M. Claudius Marcellus and Q. Fabius Labienus. On the day they entered upon office-March 15-they brought before the senate the question of their provinces.

[2] Liguria was assigned to both consuls with the armies which their predecessors had had. When the new praetors balloted for their provinces, the two Spains were reserved for the praetors of the year before who retained their armies.

[3] C. Valerius, the Flamen, who had been an unsuccessful candidate the year before, was in any case to have one of the two jurisdictions in Rome; he drew the alien jurisdiction.

[4] The other provinces went as follows: the civic jurisdiction to Sisenna Cornelius, Sicily to Sp. Postumius, Apulia to L. Pupius, Gaul to L. Julius, Sardinia to Cnaeus Sicinius.

[5] L. Julius was required to hasten his departure.

[6] The transalpine Gauls, who, as stated above, had descended into Italy by a hitherto unknown mountain road, were building a town in the territory which now belongs to Aquileia.

[7] The praetor received instructions to prevent their doing this, without war if he could; if they had to be restrained by force of arms he was to inform the consuls, and one of them was to lead the legions against the Gauls.

[8] At the end of the preceding year there was an election of an augur to fill the place of Cnaeus Cornelius Lentulus who had died. Sp. Postumius Albinus was elected.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. B.C. 183

2. It seems strange that Livy should have separated the praetorian election from the consular in this fashion, and the use of conjunctions in this sentence is unusual. Yet the MSS. show no signs of dislocation, and the tense of creati erant shows that the sentence was meant to be here, unless it was emended by some very early scribe after the dislocation had occurred.

3. He was not permitted, by virtue of his priesthood, to be away from Rome overnight (V. lii. 13). Livy says nothing about the arrangement about his oath, which he had to take by proxy when he held the office of aedile (XXXI. i. 7 and the note).

4. B.C. 183

5. Cf. xxii. 6-7 above and the note.

6. I have chosen the simplest course, by retaining the reading of M as the nearest possible approach to the true text now available. The various readings of s differ as to the proper nouns but agree on creatus erat, so that M s all preserve the apparent error of fact that Postumius is said to have been elected, whereas co-optation was the rule until 104 B.C. There is, then, nothing to be gained by piecemeal emendation. The question of dislocation again arises (cf. the note to sect. 2 above), and it can be argued here that the displacement was deliberate, for the sake of continuity with the following sentence, but this emphasis seems disproportionate to the historical or rhetorical importance of the sentence. Again the MSS. show no signs of dislocation and the tense of the verbs must have been changed very early, if at all.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 39.45

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