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), 40.59

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[1] One of the consuls, Quintus Fulvius, triumphed over the Ligurians; this triumph was clearly due to influence rather than to the greatness of his achievements.¹

[2] He carried in the triumph a great quantity of arms taken from the enemy, but practically no money. Still he distributed to the² soldiers three hundred asses each to the infantry, twice that sum to the centurions and thrice to the cavalry.

[3] Nothing in the triumph was more noteworthy than that it happened to occur on the same day on which, in the previous year, he had triumphed after his praetorship.

[4] After the triumph he announced the elections, at which Marcus Junius Brutus and Aulus Manlius Volso were chosen consuls.

[5] The election of praetors, after three had been chosen, was broken up by a storm.³ The following day, this being the fourth day before the Ides of March, the other three were elected, Marcus Titinius Curvus, Tiberius Claudius Nero, Titus Fonteius Capito.

[6] The ludi Romani were repeated by the curule aediles, Gnaeus Servilius Caepio and Appius Claudius Cento, by reason of the prodigies which had occurred.

[7] The earth shook; in the shrines of the gods, when the lectisternium was being held, the heads of the gods who were on the couches turned away, and the platter with its lids which had been set before Jupiter fell from the table.

[8] It was also interpreted as a portent that the mice tasted the olives.⁴ To make atonement for them, nothing else was done than to repeat 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.) — 40.59 focus

[1] alter consulum Q. Fulvius ex Liguribus triumphavit; quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat.

[2] armorum hostilium magnam vim transtulit, nullam pecuniam admodum. divisit tamen in singulos milites trecenos aeris, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti.

[3] nihil in eo triumpho magis insigne fuit, quam quod forte evenit, ut eodem die triumpharet, quo priore anno ex praetura triumphaverat.

[4] secundum triumphum comitia edixit, quibus creati consules sunt M. Iunius Brutus A. Manlius Vulso.

[5] praetorum inde tribus creatis comitia tempestas diremit. postero die reliqui tres facti, ante diem quartum idus Martias, M. Titinius Curvus Ti. Claudius Nero T. Fonteius Capito.

[6] ludi Romani instaurati ab aedilibus curulibus Cn. Servilio Caepione Ap. Claudio Centone propter prodigia, quae evenerant. terra movit;

[7] in fanis publicis, ubi lectisternium erat, deorum capita, quae in lectis erant, averterunt se, lanxque cum integumentis,

[8] quae Iovi apposita fuit, decidit de mensa. oleas quoque praegustasse mures in prodigium versum est. ad ea expianda nihil ultra, quam ut ludi instaurarentur, actum est.

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.) — 40.59 focus

[1]

alter consulum Q. Fulvius ex Liguribus triumphavit, quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat.

[2] armorum hostilium magnam vim transtulit, nullam pecuniam admodum. divisit tamen in singulos milites trecenos aeris, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti.

[3] nihil in eo triumpho magis insigne fuit, quam quod forte evenit, ut eodem die triumpharet, quo priore anno ex praetura triumphaverat.

[4] secundum triumphum comitia edixit, quibus creati consules sunt M. Iunius Brutus A. Manlius Vulso .

[5] praetorum inde tribus creatis comitia tempestas diremit. postero die reliqui tres facti, ante diem quartum idus Martias, M. Titinius Curvus Ti. Claudius Nero T. Fonteius Capito .

[6] ludi Romani instaurati ab aedilibus curulibus Cn. Servilio Caepione Ap. Claudio Centone propter prodigia, quae evenerant.

[7] terra movit; in fanis publicis, ubi lectisternium erat, ¹ deorum capita,

[8] qui in lectis erant, averterunt se, lanxque cum integumentis, quae Iovi adposita fuit, decidit de mensa. oleas quoque praegustasse mures in prodigium versum est. ad ea expianda nihil ultra, quam ut ludi instaurarentur, actum est.

Translations (2)

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 40.59 focus

[1]

One of the consuls, Quintus Fulvius, triumphed over the Ligurians; which triumph, it was agreed, was granted rather to the greatness of his influence, than to that of his exploits.

[2] He carried in the procession a vast quantity of arms, taken from the enemy, but no money; yet he distributed to each soldier three hundred asses, double that sum to a centurion, triple it to a horseman.

[3] There was nothing in this triumph more remarkable, than that it happened to be celebrated on the same day of the year on which he had triumphed, after his praetorship, the year before.

[4] After the triumph he proclaimed the assembly of election, in which were chosen consuls, Marcus Junius Brutus, and Aulus Manlius Vulso.

[5] Afterwards, a storm interrupted the election of praetors, though three had been already elected; but on the following day, the fourth before the ides of March, ¹ the other three were elected, Marcus Titinius Curvus, Tiberius Claudius Nero, and Titus Fonteius Capito.

[6] The Roman games were renewed by the curule aediles, Cneius Servilius Caepio, and Appius Claudius Centho, on account of the prodigies which had occurred.

[7] In the public forum, where a lectisternium was being celebrated, there was an earthquake, and the heads of the gods who were on the couches turned away their faces, and the cloak and robes placed on Jupiter fell off.

[8] It was also construed as a prodigy, that the mice gnawed the olives on the table. For the expiation of these, nothing more was done than repeating the celebration of the games.

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.) — 40.59 focus

[1]

Q. Fulvius celebrated his triumph over the Ligurians, but it was generally believed that this triumph was granted to him more on personal grounds than because of the importance of his victories.

[2] He had a large amount of enemy arms carried in the procession, but no considerable sum of money.

[3] However, he distributed 300 ases to each of the legionaries, twice as much to each centurion, and three times as much to each of the cavalry. The most striking thing about this triumph was that he happened to celebrate it on the same day as his triumph the preceding year after his praetorship.

[4] Immediately after his triumph he fixed the day for the elections. The new consuls were M. Junius Brutus and A. Manlius Vulso.

[5] Three of the praetors had been elected when a storm interrupted the proceedings. The next day the remaining three were elected, namely, M. Titinius Curvus, Ti. Claudius Nero, and T. Fonteius Capitol The Roman Games were exhibited afresh by the curule aediles Cnaeus Servilius Caepio and Appius Claudius Cento in consequence of some portents which had occurred.

[6] There was an earthquake.

[7] Whilst a lectisternium was going on in the public shrines the deities on their couches turned away their heads from the offerings set before them, and the coverlet with the covers of the dishes set before Jupiter fell from the table.

[8] The olives were nibbled by mice before they were placed before the gods, and this was regarded as a portent. Nothing beyond the repetition of the Games was done in the way of expiating these portents.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. Cf. the note to xliii. 4 above.

2. B.C. 179

3. Livy omits to mention the first three praetors (under the lex Baebia this was the year for six praetors). The names of T. Aebutius and another M. Titinius can be recovered from XLI. vi. 5 and ix. 3 respectively. The sixth may have been P. Aelius Ligur.

4. Cf. XXVII. xxiii. 2.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 40.59

Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor)

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