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), 44.21

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[1]

After hearing the envoys, Lucius Aemilius laid before the senate the question of the conduct of the war.

[2] The senate decreed that the consuls and the people should each choose half of the tribunes for eight legions; however, it was voted that no one who ¹ had not held office should be chosen that year. ²

[3] Then from among the tribunes Lucius Aemilius was to choose whomever he preferred for the two legions for Macedonia. It was further voted that after the completion of the Latin Festival, the consul Lucius Aemilius and Gnaeus Octavius, the praetor to whom the fleet had been allotted, should depart for their field of operations.

[4] To them was added the praetor Lucius Anicius, whose post was the court for aliens; it was voted that he should succeed Appius Claudius in the Illyrian theatre near Lychnidus.

[5] Charge over the levy was given to the consul Gaius Licinius. He was instructed to enroll seven thousand Roman citizens and two hundred horsemen and to demand of the allies of the Latin Name seven thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry, and

[6] he was to send a despatch to

[7] Gnaeus Servilius the commander in the province of Gaul, instructing him to enroll six hundred cavalry.

[8] This force Licinius was ordered to send as promptly as possible to his colleague in Macedonia; a limit of two legions was placed on the army on that front, and each legion was to be reinforced till it contained six thousand infantry and three hundred cavalry; the surplus infantry and cavalry were to be distributed as garrisons.

[9] Men unfit for military service were to be discharged. An added levy was imposed on the allies of ten thousand infantry and eight hundred cavalry.

[10] This force was given to Anicius besides the two legions which he was ordered to transport to ³ Macedonia, each legion having five thousand two hundred infantry and three hundred cavalry. Moreover, five thousand sailors were enrolled for the fleet.

[11] Licinius the consul was ordered to hold his area with two legions, and to add to them ten thousand infantry and six hundred cavalry of the allies.

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.) — 44.21 focus

[1] legatis auditis tunc de bello referre sese L. Aemilius dixit.

[2] senatus decrevit, ut in octo legiones parem numerum tribunorum consules et populus crearent; creari autem neminem eo anno placere, nisi qui honorem gessisset.

[3] tum ex omnibus tribunis militum uti L. Aemilius in duas legiones in Macedoniam, quos eorum velit, eligat, et ut sollemni Latinarum perfecto L. Aemilius consul, Cn. Octavius praetor, cui classis obtigisset, in provinciam proficiscantur.

[4] additus est his tertius L. Anicius praetor, cuius inter peregrinos iurisdictio erat; eum in provinciam Illyricum circa Lychnidum Ap. Claudio succedere placuit.

[5] dilectus cura C. Licinio consuli inposita. is septem milia civium Romanorum et equites ducentos scribere iussus et sociis nominis Latini septem milia peditum imperare,

[6] quadringentos equites,

[7] et Cn. Servilio Galliam obtinenti provinciam litteras mittere, ut sescentos equites conscriberet.

[8] hunc exercitum ad collegam primo quoque tempore mittere in Macedoniam iussus; neque in ea provincia plus quam duas legiones esse; eas repleri, ut sena milia peditum, trecenos haberent equites;

[9] ceteros pedites equitesque in praesidiis disponi. qui eorum idonei ad militandum non essent, dimitti. decem praeterea milia peditum imperata sociis et octingenti equites.

[10] id praesidii additum Anicio praeter duas legiones, quas portare in Macedoniam est iussus, quina milia peditum et ducenos habentes, trecenos equites. et in classem quinque milia navalium socium sunt scripta.

[11] Licinius consul duabus legionibus obtinere provinciam iussus; eo addere sociorum decem milia peditum et sescentos equites.

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).) — 44.21 focus

[1]

legatis auditis tunc tune de bello referre sese L. Aemilius dixit.

[2] senatus decrevit, ut in octo ¹ legiones parem numerum tribunorum consules et populus crearent; creari autem neminem eo anno placere, ² nisi qui honorem gessisset.

[3] tum ex omnibus tribunis militum uti L. Aemilius in duas legiones in Macedoniam, quos eorum velit, eligat et ut sollemni Latinarum perfecto L. Aemilius consul, Cn. Octavius praetor, cui classis obtigisset, in provinciam proficiscantur.

[4] additus est his tertius L. Anicius praetor, cuius inter peregrinos iurisdictio erat; eum in provinciam Illyricum circa Lychnidum Ap. Claudio succedere placuit.

[5] dilectus cura C. Licinio consuli imposita. is septem ³ milia civium Romanorum et

[6] equites ducentos scribere iussus et sociis nominis Latini septem milia peditum imperare, quadringentos equites,

[7] et Cn. Servilio Galliam obtinenti provinciam litteras mittere ut sescentos equites conscriberet.

[8] hunc exercitum ad collegam primo quoque tempore mittere in Macedoniam iussus; neque in ea provincia plus quam duas legiones esse; eas repleri, ut sena milia peditum, trecenos haberent equites; ceteros pedites equitesque ⁴ in praesidiis disponi.

[9] qui eorum idonei ad militandum non essent, dimitti. decem praeterea milia peditum imperata sociis et octingenti equites.

[10] id praesidii additum Anicio praeter duas legiones, quas portare in Macedoniam est iussus, ⁵ quina milia peditum et ducenos habentes, trecenos equites. et in classem quinque milia navalium socium sunt scripta.

[11] Licinius consul duabus legionibus obtinere provinciam iussus; eo addere sociorum decem milia peditum et sescentos equites.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 44.21 focus

[1]

legatis auditis tunc de bello referre sese L. Aemilius dixit.

[2] senatus decrevit, ut in octo legiones parem numerum tribunorum consules et populus crearet; creari autem neminem eo anno placere, nisi qui honorem gessisset.

[4] additus est his tertius L. Anicius praetor, cuius inter peregrinos iurisdictio erat; eum in provinciam ¹ Illyricum circa Lychnidum Ap. Claudio succedere placuit.

[5] dilectus cura C. Licinio consuli inposita.

[6] is septem milia civium Romanorum et equites ducentos scribere iussus et sociis nominis Latini septem milia peditum imperare,

[7] quadringentos equites, et Cn. Servilio Galliam obtinenti provinciam litteras mittere, ut sescentos equites conscriberet.

[9] qui eorum idonei ad militandum non essent, dimitti. decem praeterea milia peditum imperata sociis et octingenti equites.

[10] id praesidii additum Anicio praeter duas legiones, quas portare in Macedoniam est iussus, quina milia peditum et ² ducenos habentes, trecenos equites. et in classem quinque milia navalium socium sunt scripta.

[11] Licinius consul duabus legionibus obtinere provinciam iussus; eo addere sociorum decem milia peditum et sescentos equites.

Translations (2)

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 44.21 focus

[1]

After the commissioners were heard, Lucius Aemilius said, that he then proposed for consideration the business of the war:

[2] and the senate decreed, that

tribunes for eight legions should be appointed, half by the consuls, and half by the people; but that none should be named for that year who had not held some magisterial office:

[3]

that, out of all the military tribunes, Lucius Aemilius should select such as he chose for the two legions that were to serve in Macedonia; and that, as soon as the Latin festival should be finished, the said consul, with the praetor Cneius Octavius, to whose lot the fleet had fallen, should repair to that province.

[4] To these was added a third, Lucius Anicius, the praetor who had the foreign jurisdiction; for it was resolved that he should succeed Appius Claudius in the province of Illyria, near Lychnidus.

[5] The charge of raising recruits was laid on the consul Caius Licinius, who was ordered to enlist, of Roman citizens, seven thousand foot and two hundred horse, and to demand, from the Latin confederates, seven thousand foot and four hundred horse;

[6] and also to write to Cneius Servilius, governor of Gaul, to raise there six hundred horse.

[7] This force he was ordered to send, with all expedition, into Macedonia, to his colleague.

[8] It was resolved, that there should be no more than two legions in that province, but that their numbers should be filled up so as that each should contain six thousand foot and three hundred horse; and that the rest of the foot and horse should be placed in the different garrisons;

[9] that such men as were unfit for service should be discharged, and that the allies should be obliged to raise another body of ten thousand foot and eight hundred horse.

[10] These were assigned as a reinforcement to Anicius, in addition to the two legions which he was ordered to carry into Illyria, consisting each of five thousand two hundred foot and three hundred horse; and five thousand seamen were raised for the fleet.

[11] The consul Licinius was ordered to employ two legions in the service of his province, and to add to them ten thousand foot and six hundred horse of the allies.

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.) — 44.21 focus

[1]

When the commissioners had been heard, L. Aemilius said that the question before the House was the conduct of the war.

[2] The senate decreed that the consuls and the people should each appoint an equal number of military tribunes for the eight legions, but they wished that none should be appointed that year who had not held high office;

[3] L. Aemilius was to choose out of the whole number those whom he wished for the two legions in Macedonia, and when the Latin Festival was over the consul and Cn. Octavius, the praetor who was to command the fleet, should leave for their respective commands.

[4] In addition to these, L. Anicius, who had the alien jurisdiction, was to go to Illyria and succeed Appius Claudius in command at Lychnidus.

[5] The task of raising fresh troops was imposed on the consul C. Licinius. He was ordered to enrol 7000 Roman citizens and 200 cavalry, and from the Latin allies 7000 infantry and 400 cavalry.

[6] He was also to send written

[7] instructions to Cn. Servilius in Gaul, requiring him to enrol 600 cavalry.

[8] He was to send this new army as soon as possible to his colleague in Macedonia. In that province there were not more than two legions: they were each to be brought up to the full strength of 6000 infantry and 300 cavalry;

[9] the rest of the infantry and cavalry were to be distributed amongst the various garrisons; those who were unfit for military service were to be discharged. There were, in addition, the 10,000 infantry and 800 cavalry furnished by the allies.

[10] This force was supplementary to the two legions, each consisting of 5000 infantry and 300 cavalry, which Anicius was ordered to transport to Macedonia; 5000 seamen were also conscripted for the fleet.

[11] Licinius was ordered to hold his province with the two legions and the 10,000 infantry and 800 cavalry from the allies.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. B.C. 168

2. These provisions for officering the legions provided for reasonably competent officers, while still avoiding the suspicion of favouritism among an office-holding clique which may have caused the use of popular election of tribunes the previous year XLIII. xii. 7. Of the eight legions, two were probably for Gaul (i.e., north Italy), and two were to be Home Guard ( urbanae ); officers less competent or less congenial to the consuls could be shunted to these legions. The dangers of

inbreeding

in office-holding at Rome are especially well illustrated by the Jugurthine War; the counter-dangers of politically able commoners elevated to military posts are shown by the careers of Flaminius and Varro in the Second Punic War.

3. B.C. 168

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