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), 41.9

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[1] Next the provinces which were at war, Sardinia and Histria, were decreed to the consuls.

[2] For Sardinia two legions were ordered to be raised, each of fifty-two hundred infantry and three hundred cavalry; also twelve thousand infantry and six hundred cavalry from the allies of the Latin confederacy, and ten ships of five banks of oars, in case the consul should wish to launch any from the docks. The same number of infantry and cavalry were decreed for Histria as for Sardinia.

[3] Also, the consuls were directed to send one legion with three hundred cavalry and five thousand allied infantry and two hundred and fifty cavalry¹ to Marcus Titinius² in Spain.

[4] Before the consuls drew lots for their provinces, the prodigies were reported: a stone fell from the sky into the grove of Mars in the territory of Crustumerium; a boy whose body was without limbs was born near Rome and a four-legged snake was seen; and at Capua also many buildings in the forum were struck³ by lightning; and at Puteoli two ships were burned by lightning bolts.

[5] In the midst of the announcement of these occurrences, a wolf was pursued even in Rome by day, after entering by the Porta Collina, and escaped by the Porta Esquilina amid great uproar on the part of the pursuers.

[6] By reason of these portents the consuls sacrificed full-grown victims, and for one day a supplication was held at all the banquet-tables of the gods.

[7] The sacrifices having been duly completed, the consuls drew for their provinces; Histria fell to Claudius, Sardinia to Sempronius. Then Gaius Claudius, with the authorization of the senate, proposed a law concerning the allies, and

[8] issued a proclamation to the effect that all allies of the Latin confederacy, in the event that they themselves or their ancestors had been registered among the allies of the Latin confederacy in the censorship of Marcus Claudius and Titus Quinctius or thereafter,⁴ should all return, each to his own state, before the Kalends of November.

[9] The investigation of those who should not have returned in this fashion was decreed to Lucius Mummius the praetor.⁵

[10] To this law and proclamation of the consul a decree of the senate was added, that a dictator, consul, interrex, censor, or praetor, who was at the time in office or should henceforth be in office,⁶ before any one of whom a slave was brought for manumission and for the assertion of his claim to freedom,⁷ should require that an oath be given⁸ that the person who was manumitting the slave was not manumitting him for the purpose of changing⁹ his citizenship;¹⁰

[11] in any case in which this oath was not taken, they decreed that the manumission should not take place. These precautions were taken for the future, and orders were issued under the edict of Gaius Claudius the consul [for the return of the allies to their states.

[12] The investigation thereof] was ordered [to be conducted under the supervision] of Mummius.¹¹

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.) — 41.9 focus

[1] provinciae deinde, quae in bello erant, Sardinia atque Histria consulibus decretae.

[2] in Sardiniam duae legiones scribi iussae, quina milia in singulas et duceni pedites, treceni equites, et duodecim milia peditum sociorum ac Latini nominis et sescenti equites et decem quinqueremes naves, si deducere ex navalibus vellet.

[3] tantumdem peditum equitumque in Histriam, quantum in Sardiniam, decretum. et legionem unam cum equitibus trecentis, et quinque milia peditum sociorum et ducentos quinquaginta mittere equites in Hispaniam consules ad M. Titinium iussi.

[4] priusquam consules provincias sortirentur, prodigia nuntiata sunt:

[5] lapidem in agro Crustumino in lucum Martis de caelo cecidisse; puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum et quadrupedem anguem visum; et Capuae multa in foro aedificia de caelo tacta; et Puteolis duas naves fulminis ictu concrematas esse.

[6] inter haec, quae nuntiabantur, lupus etiam Romae interdiu agitatus, cum Collina porta intrasset, per Esquilinam magno consectantium tumultu evasit.

[7] eorum prodigiorum causa consules maiores hostias immolarunt, et diem unum circa omnia pulvinaria supplicatio fuit.

[8] sacrificiis rite perfectis provincias sortiti sunt; Claudio Histria, Sempronio Sardinia obvenit.

[9] legem dein de sociis C. Claudius tulit ex senatus consulto et edixit, qui socii ac nominis Latini, ipsi maioresve eorum, M. Claudio T. Quinctio censoribus postve ea apud socios nominis Latini censi essent, ut omnes in suam quisque civitatem ante kal. Novembres redirent.

[10] quaestio, qui ita non redissent, L. Mummio praetori decreta est.

[11] ad legem et edictum consulis senatus consultum adiectum est, ut dictator, consul, interrex, censor, praetor, qui nunc esset quive postea futurus esset, apud eorum quem qui manu mitteretur, in libertatem vindicaretur, ut ius iurandum daret, qui eum manu mitteret, civitatis mutandae causa manu non mittere; in quo id non iuraret, eum manu mittendum non censuerunt.

[12] haec in posterum cauta iussique edicto C. Claudi cons. Claudio decreta 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).) — 43.9 focus

[1]

in Liguribus eo anno ¹ nihil memorabile gestum. nam nec hostes moverunt arma, neque consul in agrum eorum legiones induxit;

[2] et satis explorata pace eius anni milites duarum legionum Romanarum intra dies sexaginta, quam in provinciam venit, dimisit.

[3] sociorum nominis Latini exercitu mature in hiberna Lunam et Pisas deducto ipse cum equitibus Galliae provinciae pleraque oppida adiit.

nusquam alibi quam in Macedonia bellum erat.

[4] suspectum tamen ² Gentium, Illyriorum regem, habebant.

[5] itaque et octo navis ornatas a Brundisio senatus censuit mittendas ad C. Furium legatum Issam, qui cum praesidio duarum Issensium navium ³

[6] insulae praeerat—duo milia ⁴ militum in eas naves sunt imposita, quae M. Raecius praetor ex senatus consulto ⁵ in ea parte Italiae, quae obiecta Illyrico est, conscripsit —, et consul Hostilius Ap. Claudium in Illyricum cum ⁶ quattuor milibus peditum misit, ut accolas Illyrici tutaretur. ⁷

[7] qui non contentus iis quas adduxerat copiis auxilia ab sociis conrogando ad octo milia hominum ex ⁸ vario genere armavit peragrataque omni ea regione ad Lychnidum ⁹ dassaretiorum consedit.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 41.9 focus

[1]

provinciae deinde, quae in bello erant, Sardinia atque Histria consulibus decretae.

[3] tantumdem peditum equitumque in Histriam, quantum in Sardiniam, decretum. et legionem unam cum equitibus trecentis et quinque milia peditum sociorum et ducentos quinquaginta mittere equites in Hispaniam consules ad M. Titinium iussi.

[4] priusquam consules provincias sortirentur, prodigia nuntiata sunt: lapidem in agro Crustumino in lucum Martis de caelo cecidisse,

[5] puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum et quadrupedem anguem visum, et Capuae multa in foro aedificia de caelo tacta, et Puteolis duas naves fulminis ictu concrematas esse.

[6] inter haec, quae nuntiabantur, lupus etiam Romae interdiu agitatus, cum Collina porta intrasset, per Esquilinam magno consectantium tumultu evasit.

[7] eorum prodigiorum causa consules maiores hostias inmolarunt et diem unum circa omnia pulvinaria supplicatio fuit.

[8] sacrificiis rite perfectis provincias sortiti sunt; Claudio Histria, Sempronio Sardinia obvenit.

[9] legem dein de sociis C. Claudius tulit ex senatus consulto ¹ et edixit, qui socii ac nominis Latini ipsi maioresve eorum M. Claudio T. Quinctio censoribus postve ea apud socios nominis Latini censi essent, ut omnes in suam quisque civitatem ante kal.

[10] Novembres redirent. quaestio, qui ita non redissent, L. Mummio praetori decreta est. ad legem et edictum consulis senatus consultum adiectum est,

[11] ut dictator, consul, interrex, censor, praetor, qui nunc esset quive postea futurus esset, apud eorum quem ² qui manu mitteretur, in libertatem vindicaretur, ut ius iurandum daret, qui eum manu mitteret, civitatis mutandae causa manu non mittere; in quo id non iuraret, eum manu mittendum non censuerunt.

[12] haec in posterum cauta, iussique edicto C. Claudi cons. Claudio decreta est.

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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)) — 41.9 focus

[1]

The senate granted their petitions; and then Sardinia and Istria, the provinces which were in arms, were disposed of.

[2] Two legions were ordered to be enrolled for Sardinia, each containing five thousand two hundred foot and three hundred horse; and of allies and Latins, twelve thousand foot and six hundred horse; and it was decided that the consul should have ten ships, of five banks of oars, if he should think it requisite to take them from the docks.

[3] The same numbers of infantry and cavalry were decreed for Istria as for Sardinia. The consuls were ordered to send into Spain to Marcus Titinius, one legion, with three hundred horse and five thousand foot, and two hundred and fifty horse of the allies.

[4] Before the consuls cast lots for their provinces, several prodigies were reported:

[5] that in the Crustumine territory, a stone fell from the sky into the grove of Mars; that in the Roman territory, a boy was born defective in his limbs; that a serpent with four feet had been seen; that at Capua, many buildings in the forum were struck by lightning; and, that at Puteoli, two ships were burned by lightning.

[6] Amidst these prodigies which were reported from abroad, a wolf also, after entering Rome by the Colline gate, was chased during the day, and, to the great consternation of its pursuers, escaped through the Esquiline gate.

[7] On account of these prodigies, the consuls sacrificed victims of the larger kinds, and there was a supplication, for one day, at all the shrines.

[8] When the sacrifices were duly performed, they cast lots for their provinces; Istria fell to Claudius, Sardinia to Sempronius.

[9] Then Caius Claudius, by direction of the senate, proposed a law and issued a proclamation, that

any of the allies and Latin confederates, who themselves, or whose ancestors, had been surveyed among the associated states of Latium in the censorship of Marcus Claudius and Titus Quintius, or at any time since, should all return, each to his respective state, before the calends of November.

[10] Inquiry concerning such as did not obey, was intrusted to Lucius Mummius the praetor. To the law and the proclamation of the consul,

[11] was added a decree of the senate, that

the dictator, consul, interrex, censor, or praetor, who then should be in office, before whom any slave should be brought, to receive manumission, should cause the said slave who was about to be made free, to make oath, that the person giving him liberty did not do it for the purpose of his changing his citizenship;

they ordered that he, whoever would not swear this oath, should not be manumitted.

[12] The cognizance and jurisdiction in this business was, for the future, assigned to Caius Claudius the consul.

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.) — 41.9 focus

[1]

The senate then decreed that the provinces which were in a state of war-Sardinia and Histria-should be assigned to the consuls.

[2] Two legions were ordered to be raised for Sardinia, each consisting of 5200 infantry and 300 cavalry; the Latin allies were to supply 12,000 infantry and 600 cavalry. In case the consul wished to take ships from the dockyard, ten quinqueremes were placed at his disposal.

[3] The same strength of infantry and cavalry was decreed for Histria as for Sardinia. The consuls also received instructions to despatch a force of one legion with its complement of cavalry and 5000 infantry and 250 cavalry from the allies to M. Titinius in Spain.

[4] Before the consuls balloted for their provinces various portents were reported.

[5] A stone fell from the sky into the grove of Mars in the Crustumerian district; on Roman land a boy was born without all his limbs, and a four-footed snake was seen; at Capua numerous buildings in the forum were struck by lightning; at Puteoli two shops had been set on fire by a similar stroke.

[6] While these were being reported, a wolf entered the City by the Colline Gate in broad daylight and was chased till it escaped through the Esquiline Gate, amidst great excitement on the part of its pursuers.

[7] In consequence of these portents the consuls sacrificed full-grown victims, and there were special intercessions at all the shrines for one day.

[8] When the religious rites had been duly performed the consuls drew for their provinces. Histria fell to Claudius, Sardinia to Sempronius.

[9] Then, in accordance with the resolution of the senate, the consul C. Claudius carried a measure in which it was ordered that those of the Latin allies who themselves or whose ancestors had been registered among the Latin allies during the censorship of M. Claudius and T. Quinctius or subsequently, should all return to their cities before November 1. The praetor L.

[10] Mummius was charged to enquire into the cases of those who had not returned by that date.

[11] In addition to this new law, and the consul's edict enforcing it, a resolution was passed by the senate ordering that whenever any one of them was manumitted and publicly declared to be free, the dictator, consul, interrex, censor or praetor for the time being should put the manumitter on his oath that he was not doing it for the purpose of altering his citizenship; in case he refused to take the oath the senate would declare the manumission invalid.

[12] This resolution was to guide all future proceedings.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. I.e. of the allies, the three hundred being Roman.

2. There were two praetors of this name: only three praetors are listed for the year 178 B.C. in XL. lix. 5.

3. B.C. 177

4. They were censors in 189 B.C. (XXXVII. lviii. 2).

5. In viii. 2 above Mummius was allotted Sardinia, but this province had later been transferred to Gracchus.

6. The offices of dictator and interrex were rarely used at this period but were included for completeness, since they might be revived in future.

7. The two clauses together constitute both the requirements for granting freedom to a slave and the methods to be followed.

8. The syntax is obscure, but the sense requires that the oath be given by the manumissor.

9. B.C. 177

10. This decree prevents the first method of evasion described in viii. 10 above.

11. Madvig's suggestion as to the last words is followed except at the end, since he requires that the investigation be entrusted to Claudius. Because this contradicts sec. 10 above, I have modified his supplement, with no authority except the desire for a greater measure of consistency.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 41.9

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