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), 39.56

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[1] In the same year the proconsul Aulus Terentius, not far from the river Ebro, in the country of the Ausetani, both fought successful battles with the Celtiberians and captured a number of towns which they had fortified.

[2] Farther Spain that year was at peace, partly because Publius Sempronius the proconsul was suffering from a long illness, and with no one to provoke them the Lusitanians very fortunately remained quiet.

[3] Nor was anything worth recording done by the consul Quintus Fabius among the Ligurians. Marcus Marcellus, recalled from Histria, disbanded his army and returned to Rome to hold the elections.

[4] He returned as consuls Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus and Lucius Aemilius Paulus. The latter had been curule aedile with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus; this was the fifth year after the consulship of Lepidus, although Lepidus himself became consul after two defeats.¹

[5] Next the praetors were chosen, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Marcus Valerius Laevinus, Publius Manlius (for the second time),² Marcus Ogulnius Gallus, Lucius Caecilius Denter, Gaius Terentius Istra. At the end of the year there was a period of prayer by reason of the prodigies, because the Romans were well persuaded

[6] that there had been a shower of blood, lasting two days, in the precinct of Concord,³ and because it was reported that not far from Sicily, a new island which had not been there before had risen from the sea.

[7] Valerius Antias says that⁴ Hannibal died this year, ambassadors having been sent to Prusias for this purpose, namely, Lucius Scipio Asiaticus and Publius Scipio Nasica,⁵ in addition to Titus Quinctius Flamininus, whose name is best known in this connection.

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.) — 39.56 focus

[1] eodem anno A. Terentius proconsul haud procul flumine Hibero, in agro Ausetano, et proelia secunda cum Celtiberis fecit, et oppida, quae ibi communierant, aliquot expugnavit.

[2] ulterior Hispania eo anno in pace fuit, quia et P. Sempronius proconsul diutino morbo est implicitus, et nullo lacessente peropportune quieverunt Lusitani.

[3] nec in Liguribus memorabile quicquam a Q. Fabio consule gestum. ex Histria revocatus M. Marcellus exercitu dimisso Romam comitiorum causa rediit.

[4] creavit consules Cn. Baebium Tamphilum et L. Aemilium Paulum. cum M. Aemilio Lepido hic aedilis curulis fuerat; a quo consule quintus annus erat, cur is ipse Lepidus post duas repulsas consul factus esset.

[5] praetores inde facti Q. Fulvius Flaccus M. Valerius Laevinus P. Manlius iterum M. Ogulnius Gallus L. Caecilius Denter C. Terentius Istra. supplicatio extremo anno fuit prodigiorum causa,

[6] quod sanguine per biduum pluvisse in area Concordiae satis credebant, nuntiatumque erat baud haud procul Sicilia insulam, quae non ante fuerat, novam editam e mari esse.

[7] Hannibalem hoc anno Antias Valerius decessisse est auctor legatis ad ear eam rem ad Prusiam missis praeter T. T Quinctium Flamininum, cuius in ea re celebre est nomen, L. Scipione Asiatico et P. Scipione Nasica.

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.) — 39.56 focus

[1]

eodem anno A. Terentius proconsul haud procul flumine Hibero in agro Ausetano et proelia secunda cum Celtiberis fecit et oppida quae ibi communierant aliquot expugnavit.

[2] ulterior Hispania eo anno in pace fuit, quia et P. Sempronius proconsul diutino morbo est inplicitus et nullo lacessente peropportune quieverunt Lusitani.

[3] nec in Liguribus memorabile quicquam a Q. Fabio consule gestum.

ex Histria revocatus M. Marcellus exercitu dimisso Romam comitiorum causa rediit.

[4] creavit consules Cn. Baebium Tamphilum et L. Aemilium Paulum , cum M. Aemilio Lepido hic aedilis ¹ curulis fuerat, a quo consule quintus annus erat, cum is ipse Lepidus post duas repulsas consul factus esset.

[5] praetores inde facti Q. Fulvius Flaccus M. Valerius Laevinus P. Manlius iterum M. Ogulnius Gallus L. Caecilius Denter C. Terentius Istra .

[6] supplicatio extremo anno fuit prodigiorum causa, quod sanguine per biduum pluvisse in area Concordiae satis credebant, nuntiatumque erat haud procul Sicilia insulam, quae non ante fuerat, novam editam e mari esse.

[7] Hannibalem hoc anno Antias Valerius decessisse est auctor legatis, ad eam rem ad Prusiam missis praeter T Quinctium Flamininum, cuius in ea re celebre est nomen, L. Scipione Asiatico et P. Scipione Nasica .

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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)) — 39.56 focus

[1]

In the same year Aulus Terentius Varro, the proprietor, fought some successful battles with the Celtiberians, not far from the river Iberus, in the territory of Auseta, reducing several towns, which they had fortified in that quarter.

[2] The Farther Spain was quiet during the whole year, because Publius Sempronius, the propraetor, was seized with a lingering disorder, and the Lusitanians, when no one attacked them, very opportunely kept quiet.

[3] In Liguria nothing extraordinary was performed by Quintus Fabius, the consul. Marcus Marcellus being recalled out of Istria to attend the elections, disbanded his army, and came home to Rome.

[4] He elected Cneius Baebius Tamphilus and Lucius Aemilius Paulus consuls. This latter had been curule aedile, along with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, from the time of whose consulate this was the fifth year; and this very Lepidus had been made consul after two repulses.

[5] Then Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Marcus Valerius Laevinus, Publius Manlius a second time, Marcus Ogulnius Gallus, Lucius Caecilius Denter, and Caius Terentius Istra, were elected praetors.

[6] Towards the close of the year, a supplication was performed on occasion of prodigies, for people were persuaded that it had rained blood for two days in the court of the temple of Concord; and an account was received, that near the coast of Sicily a new island, which had never been there before, rose out of the sea.

[7] Valerius, of Antium, asserts that Hannibal died in this year, and that besides Titus Quintius Flamininus, whose name was celebrated in this business, Lucius Scipio Asiaticus, and Publius Scipio Nasica, were sent ambassadors to Prusias on that occasion.

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.) — 39.56 focus

[1]

During the year the proconsul A. Terentius fought some successful actions with the Celtiberi not far from the Ebro in the Ausetanian country, and stormed several places which they had fortified there.

[2] Further Spain was quiet during the year owing to the long illness of P. Sempronius, and the Lusitanians, receiving no provocation, remained, fortunately, quiet.

[3] Nor did Q. Fabius do anything worth mentioning in Liguria. M. Marcellus was recalled from Histria and his army disbanded. He returned to Rome to conduct the elections.

[4] The new consuls were Cnaeus Baebius Tamphilus and L. Aemilius Paulus. The latter had been curule aedile with M. Aemilius Lepidus who five years before had won his consulship after two previous defeats. The new praetors were Q. Fulvius Flaccus, M. Valerius Laevinus, P. Manlius for the second time, M. Ogulnius Gallus, L. Caecilius Denter, and C. Terentius Istra.

[5] At the end of the year there were intercessions owing to portents.

[6] It was firmly believed that a rain of blood had fallen for two days in the temple precinct of Concord, and it was reported that not far from Sicily a new island had been thrown up by the sea.

[7] Valerius Antias is our authority for stating that Hannibal died this year, and that in addition to T. Quinctius Flamininus, whose name is well known in connection with that incident, L. Scipio Asiaticus and P. Scipio Nasica were sent to Prusias on that occasion.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. Lepidus was consul in 187 B.C. We are left to conjecture the number of defeats suffered by Paulus. Livy seems to dwell on the failures of Paulus, possibly for the contrast with his later brilliant career in Macedonia.

2. His first praetorship was in 195 B.C. (XXXIII. xlii. 7). No reason is known for this unusual career.

3. Cf. also xlvi. 5 above and the note and XL. xix. 2.

4. B.C. 183

5. Again Livy appends an afterthought, inconsistent with his previous narrative.

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