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), 41.13

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[1] Prodigies were reported that year: in the territory of Crustumerium they say that a bird, called sanqualis¹ cut a sacred stone² with

[2] its beak, that in Campania a cow spoke, that at Syracuse a brazen heifer was approached and mounted by a wild bull which had strayed from its herd.

[3] In the territory of Crustumerium a day of prayer was held on the actual spot,³ and in Campania the cow was consigned to maintenance at the expense of the state.

[4] Atonement was made for the prodigy at Syracuse, the gods to whom supplication should be⁴ made having been announced by the haruspices. That year occurred the death of the pontiff Marcus Claudius Marcellus, who had been consul and censor.⁵ In his place was substituted in the priesthood his son Marcus Marcellus. Also in that year a colony of two thousand Roman citizens was established at Luna.

[5] The board of three which established it consisted of Publius Aelius, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Gnaeus Sicinius; the allotment to each colonist was fifty-one and one half iugera. The land had been taken from the Ligurians; it had belonged to the Etruscans before the Ligurians.

[6] Gaius Claudius the consul came to the City: when he had given an account in the senate of his successful operations in Histria and among the Ligurians, on his request a triumph was decreed.

[7] He triumphed during his term of office over two peoples at once. He carried in procession in his triumph three hundred and seven thousand denarii, eighty-five thousand seven hundred and two victoriati.⁶ Each of the infantry received fifteen denarii, the centurions twice, the cavalry each thrice that sum. To the allies⁷ a half less was given than to the citizens.

[8] And so they followed the car in silence, so that you could perceive that they were angry.

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.) — 41.13 focus

[1] prodigia eo anno nuntiata: in Crustumino avem sanqualem, quam vocant, sacrum lapidem rostro cecidisse,

[2] bovem in Campania locutam, vaccam aeneam Syracusis ab agresti tauro, qui a pecore aberrasset, initam ac semine adspersam.

[3] in Crustumino diem unum in ipso loco supplicatio fuit, et in Campania bos alenda publice data, Syracusanumque prodigium expiatum editis ab haruspicibus dis, quibus supplicaretur.

[4] pontufex eo anno mortuus est M. Claudius Marcellus, qui consul censorque fuerat. in eius locum suffectus est pontifex filius eius M. Marcellus. et Lunam colonia eodem anno duo milia civium Romanorum sunt deducta.

[5] triumviri deduxerunt P. Aelius M. Aemilius Lepidus Cn. Sicinius; quinquagena et singula iugera et semisses agri in singulos dati sunt. de Liguribus captus ager erat; Etruscorum ante quam Ligurum fuerat.

[6] C. Claudius consul ad urbem venit; cui, cum in senatu de rebus in Histria Liguribusque prospere gestis disseruisset, postulanti triumphus est decretus.

[7] triumphavit in magistratu de duabus simul gentibus. tulit in eo triumpho denarium trecenta septem milia et victoriatum octoginta quinque milia septingentos duos. militibus in singulos quini deni denarii dati, duplex centurioni, triplex equiti.

[8] sociis dimidio minus quam civibus datum. itaque taciti, ut iratos esse sentires, secuti sunt currum.

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).) — 43.13 focus

[1]

non sum nescius ab eadem neglegentia qua nihil deos portendere vulgo nunc credant, neque nuntiari admodum ulla ¹ prodigia in publicum neque ² in annales referri.

[2] ceterum et mihi vetustas res scribenti ³ nescio quo pacto antiquus fit animus et quaedam religio tenet, quae illi prudentissimi viri publice suscipienda censuerint, ea pro indignis ⁴ habere, quae in meos annales referam.

[3] Anagnia duo prodigia eo anno sunt nuntiata, facem in caelo conspectam et bovem feminam locutam; eam ⁵⁶ publice ali. menturnis minturnis⁷ quoque per eos dies caeli ardentis species affulserat.

[4] Reate imbri lapidavit. cumis in arce Apollo triduum ac tris noctes lacrimavit. in urbe Romana duo aeditui nuntiarunt, alter in aede Fortunae anguem iubatum a compluribus visum esse,

[5] alter in aede Primigeniae ⁸ Fortunae quae in colle est duo diversa prodigia, palmam in area enatam ⁹ et sanguine interdiu pluvisse.

[6] duo non suscepta prodigia sunt, alterum quod in privato loco factum esset, - palmam enatam in ¹⁰ impluvio suo T. Marcius Figulus nuntiabat - alterum quod in loco peregrino: Fregellis in domo L. Atrei hasta, quam filio militi emerat, interdiu plus duas horas arsisse ita ut nihil eius ambureret ignis, dicebatur.

[7] publicorum prodigiorum causa libri a decemviris aditi: quadraginta maioribus hostiis quibus diis consules sacrificarent ediderunt,

[8] et uti supplicatio ¹¹ fieret cunctique magistratus circa omnia pulvinaria victimis maioribus sacrificarent populusque coronatus esset. omnia¹² uti decemviri praeierunt facta.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 41.13 focus

[1]

prodigia eo anno nuntiata, in Crustumino avem sanqualem, quam vocant,

[2] sacrum lapidem rostro cecidisse, bovem in Campania locutam, vaccam aeneam Syracusis ab agresti tauro, qui ¹ pecore aberrasset, initam ac semine aspersam.

[3] in Crustumino diem unum in ipso loco supplicatio fuit et in Campania bos alenda publice data Syracusanumque prodigium expiatum editis ab haruspicibus dis, quibus supplicaretur.

[4] pontifex eo anno mortuus est M. Claudius Marcellus , qui consul censorque fuerat. in eius locum suffectus est pontifex filius eius M. Marcellus . et Lunam colonia eodem anno duo milia civium Romanorum sunt deducta.

[5] triumviri deduxerunt P. Aelius , M. Aemilius Lepidus , Cn. Sicinius ; quinquagena et singula iugera et semisses agri in singulos dati sunt. de Liguribus captus ager erat; Etruscorum ante anta quam Ligurum fuerat.

[6] C. Claudius consul ad urbem venit; cui, cum in senatu de rebus in Histria Liguribusque prospere gestis disseruisset, postulanti triumphus est decretus, triumphavit in magistratu de duabus simul gentibus.

[7] tulit in eo triumpho denarium trecenta septem milia et victoriatum octoginta quinque milia septingentos ² duos. militibus in singulos quini deni denarii dati, duplex centurioni, triplex equiti.

[8] sociis dimidio minus quam civibus datum. itaque taciti, ut iratos esse sentires, secuti sunt currum.

Translations (2)

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 41.13 focus

[1]

Several prodigies were reported this year: that at Crustuminum a bird, which they call the ospray, cut a sacred stone with its beak;

[2] that a cow spoke in Campania; that at Syracuse a brazen statue of a cow was mounted by a farmer's bull, which had strayed from the herd.

[3] A supplication of one day was performed in Crustuminum, on the spot; the cow at Campania was ordered to be maintained at the public expense, and the prodigy at Syracuse was expiated, the deities to whom supplications should be offered, being declared by the aruspices.

[4] This year died, in the office of pontiff, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, who had been consul and censor; and his son, Marcus Marcellus, was chosen into the vacant place. The same year a colony of two thousand Roman citizens was settled at Luca.

[5] The triumvirs, Publius Aelius, Lucius Egilius, and Cneius Sicinius, planted it. Fifty-one acres and a half of land were given to each. This land had been taken from the Ligurians, and had been the property of the Etrurians, before it fell into their possession.

[6] Caius Claudius, the consul, arrived at the city, and after laying before the senate a detail of his successful services in Istria and Liguria, a triumph was decreed to him on demanding it.

[7] He triumphed, in office, over the two nations at once. In this procession he carried three hundred and seven thousand denariuses, ¹ and eighty-five thousand seven hundred and two quinariuses. ² To each soldier fifteen denariuses ³ were given, double that sum to a centurion, triple it to a horseman.

[8] The allied soldiers received less, by half, than the native troops, for which reason they followed his chariot in silence to show their disgust.

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.) — 41.13 focus

[1]

Some portents were reported this year. Near Crustumerium an osprey cut a sacred stone with its beak;

[2] in Campania a heifer spoke;

[3] a brazen image of a cow in Syracuse was mounted by a bull which had strayed from the herd.

[4] Special intercessions were offered on the spot at Crustumerium, and the heifer in Campania was to be kept at the public cost. The portent at Syracuse was expiated by sacrifices to the deities who were named by the haruspices.

[5] One of the pontiffs, M. Claudius Marcellus, died this year. He had been consul and also censor.

[6] His son, M. Marcellus, was appointed pontiff in his place. Two thousand Roman citizens were settled as colonists at Luna under the supervision of P. Aelius, M. Aemilius Lepidus and Cnaeus Sicinius.

[7] Fifty-one and a half jugera were allotted to each colonist.

[8] The land had been taken from the Ligurians; it had previously been in the possession of the Etruscans.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. Festus (p. 317) says that the bird in commentariis auguralibus ossifraga ('bonebreaker') appellatur. Pliny ( N.H. X. vii. 20) was uncertain as to the meaning of the word sanqualis, which may have been related to the name of the god Sangus (XXXII. i. 10); cf. Festus 371; quia in Sangi dei tutela est.

2. Perhaps a boundary or sepulchral stone or a dedication.

3. I.e., at the spot where the portent occurred, not in Rome.

4. B.C. 177

5. He was consul in 196 B.C. (XXXIII, xxiv. 1) and censor in 189 B.C. (XXXVII. lviii. 2).

6. An Illyrian coin originally, worth three-fourths of a denarius; cf. Pliny N.H. XXX. iii. 46.

7. The custom, at least in recent years, had been to give the Latin allies the same donatives as the Romans (vii. 3 above and the note). The treatment in this case may be part of the general discrimination against them (cf. ix. 9-12 above).

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 41.13

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