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), 43.9

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Among the Ligurians nothing noteworthy was accomplished that year. For neither did the enemy take up arms, nor did the consul lead his legions into enemy territory;

[2] and having sufficiently assured himself of peace for that year, he sent home ¹ the soldiers of the two Roman legions within sixty days after arriving in his province.

[3] After having at an early time led the force of allies of the Latin Name into winter-quarters at Luna and Pisa, he himself visited with the cavalry several towns of the province of Gaul.

[4] Nowhere else was there war except in Macedonia. However, they still regarded Gentius, the king of the Illyrians, ² with suspicion.

[5] And so, on the one hand, the senate decided that eight fully-equipped ships should be sent from Brundisium to Gaius Furius, ³ the staff-officer at Issa, who was in charge of the island with a force of two Issaean ships-two ⁴ thousand soldiers were put aboard the eight ⁵ ships, a force raised, in accordance with a decree of the senate, by Marcus Raecius ⁶ the praetor, in that part of Italy which faced

[6] Illyricum-and, on the other hand, the consul Hostilius sent Appius Claudius into Illyricum with four thousand infantry, to protect the peoples bordering on Illyricum.

[7] Claudius, being unsatisfied with the force that he had brought, by collecting auxiliaries from the allies brought under arms about eight thousand men of various sorts, and after traversing all that region took up his position at Lychnidus of the Dassaretii. ⁷

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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Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 43.9 focus

[1] in Liguribus eo anno 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 adit.

[4] nusquam alibi quam in Macedonia bellum erat. suspectum tamen Gentium, Illyriorum regem, habebant.

[5] itaque et octo navis ornatas a Brundisio senatus censuit mittendas ad C. Furium legatum Issam, qui cum praesidio duarum Isensium navium insulae praeerat — duo milia militum in eas naves sunt inposita, quae M. Raecius praetor ex senatus consulto in ea parte Italiae, quae obiecta Illyrico est, conscripsit —

[6] , et consul Hostilius Ap. Claudium in Illyricum cum quattuor milibus peditum misit, ut accolas Illyrici tutaretur.

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

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

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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.) — 43.9 focus

[1]

in Liguribus eo anno 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.

[4] nusquam alibi quam in Macedonia bellum erat; suspectum tamen et Gentium, Illyriorum regem, habebant.

[5] itaque et octo navis ornatas a Brundisio senatus censuit mittendas ad C. Furium¹ legatum Issam, qui cum praesidio duarum Issensium navium insulae praeerat—

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

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

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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)) — 43.9 focus

[1]

In Liguria, nothing worthy of record occurred in that year; for the enemy made no hostile attempt, nor did the consul march his legions into their country;

[2] on the contrary, having made himself sure that there would be peace that year, he discharged the soldiers of the two Roman legions within sixty days after his arrival

[3] in the province, sent the troops of the Latin confederates early into winter quarters at Luna and Pisae, and himself, with the cavalry, visited most of the towns in the Gallic province.

[4] Although there was no open war any where but in Macedon, yet the Romans suspected Gentius, king of Illyria.

[5] The senate, therefore, voted that eight ships, fully equipped, should be sent from Brundusium to Issa, to Caius Furius, lieutenant-general, who, with only two vessels belonging to the inhabitants, held the government of that island.

[6] In this squadron were embarked two thousand soldiers, whom the praetor, Quintus Maenius, in pursuance of a decree of the senate, had raised in the quarter of Italy opposite Illyria; and the consul Hostilius sent Appius Claudius, with four thousand foot, into Illyria, to protect the states that bordered on it.

[7] But Appius Claudius, not content with the force which he brought with him, collected aid from the allies, until he armed as many as eight thousand men of different nations; and after overrunning all that country, took post at Lychnidus, in the territory of the Dassaretians.

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.) — 43.9 focus

[1]

In Liguria nothing of any importance took place, the enemy made no hostile movement and the consul did not take his legions into their country.

[2] As he was tolerably certain that there would be peace for that year, he demobilised the men of the two Roman legions within two months of his coming into the province.

[3] The army of the Latin allies went early into winter quarters at Luna and Pisae, and he with his cavalry visited most of the towns in his province of Gaul.

[4] Nowhere but in Macedonia was there a state of war. Gentius, however, the king of Illyria, had fallen under suspicion.

[5] The senate accordingly made an order that eight ships fully fitted out and manned should be sent from Brundisium to C. Furius, who with two ships furnished by the inhabitants was in charge of the island of Issa. Two thousand soldiers were placed on board the eight ships; they had been raised by M. Raecius, on instructions from the senate, in that part of Italy which lies opposite to Illyria.

[6] The consul Hostilius sent Appius Claudius with 4000 infantry into Illyria to protect the adjacent population.

[7] Not feeling satisfied with the troops he had brought with him, Claudius made the friendly cities furnish him with troops, and he succeeded in arming a mixed force of 8000 men. After marching through the whole of that district he fixed his headquarters at Lychnidus, a town in Dassaretia.

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

1. Probably on furlough, subject to further call; the consul would not have formally discharged the army without action by the senate.

2. Gentius had been suspected of piracy in 180 B.C. (XL. xlii. 2-5, XLII. xxix. 11). Efforts to attach him to the Roman cause had been misconducted and were valueless (XLII. xxxvii. 2, and xlv. 8). On Perseus' overtures to Gentius, see below, xix. 13-xx. 3, and xxiii. 8.

3. Very likely the naval duumvir mentioned in XLI. i. 2-3, who had been in charge of the north-eastern coast of Italy in 178 B.C.

4. B.C. 171

5. The number of soldiers to be transported on the ships, which had their own crews, seems too large (cf. XXXVII. ii. 10-a force of three thousand transported in twenty ships (cf. XXII. xxii. 1), XXI. 1. 5-1700 soldiers and sailors in 7 ships) and the number of ships should perhaps be larger (eighteen?).

6. The city praetor, cf. below, xi. 4; he was evidently absent from Rome on coast-defence duty, hence the appearance of Maenius (above, iv. 11, and viii. 4) as presiding officer of the senate.

7. Garrisons had been placed in their territory the preceding year, XLII. xxxvi. 9.

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