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), 45.16

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When the new consuls Quintus Aelius and Marcus Junius ¹ put to the senate the question of provinces, the Fathers voted that Spain should again be made two provinces, after having been one during ² the Macedonian War;

[2] also that the same officers, Lucius Paulus and Lucius Anicius, should command in Macedonia and Illyricum until on the advice of senatorial envoys they had made a settlement for these states which had been upset by war, and which were to be given a constitution other than monarchical.

[3] To the consuls Pisa and Gaul were assigned with two legions apiece, each legion to be composed of five thousand two hundred infantry and four hundred cavalry. ³ The assignments for the praetors were: to Quintus Cassius, the City Praetorship; to Manius Juventius Thalna, the jurisdiction over aliens; to Tiberius Claudius Nero, Sicily; to Gnaeus Fulvius, Hither Spain; to Gaius Licinius Nerva, Farther Spain.

[4] Aulus Manlius Torquatus was assigned Sardinia, but was unable to go to his province, since he was held by vote of the senate to preside over trials for capital crimes. ⁴

[5] The question of the prodigies which had been reported was next put to the senate. The temple of the Household Gods on the Velia had been struck by lightning, as well as two gates and a section of wall in the town of Minervium. At Anagnia there had been a rain of earth and at- Lanuvium a meteor had been seen in the sky; and at Calatia on state-owned land Marcus Valerius, a Roman citizen, reported that blood had trickled from his hearth for three days and two nights.

[6] Especially for this last the Board of Ten was ordered to consult the books; they proclaimed to the people a single day of prayer and ⁵ offered a sacrifice of fifty goats in the forum. Because of the other prodigies, another day of prayer was observed at all the banquet-tables of the gods, sacrifice with greater victims was offered, and the city purified.

[7] Another matter concerning the paying of respects to the immortal gods was the senate's decree that, whereas the enemy had been conquered and the kings Perseus and Gentius along with Macedonia and Illyricum were under the sway of the Roman People, therefore the praetors Quintus Cassius and Manius

[8] Juventius should see to the presentation at all the banquet-tables of the gods of gifts as great as those given in the consulship of Appius Claudius and Marcus Sempronius because of the victory over King Antiochus. ⁶

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.) — 45.16 focus

[1] Q. Aelio M. Iunio consulibus de provinciis referentibus censuere patres duas provincias Hispaniam rursus fieri, quae una per bellum Macedonicum fuerat;

[2] et Macedoniam Illyricumque eosdem, L. Paulum et L. Anicium, obtinere, donec de sententia legatorum res et bello turbatas et in statum alium ex regno formandas conposuissent.

[3] consulibus Pisae et Gallia decretae cum binis legionibus quinum milium et ducenorum peditum et equitum quadringenorum. praetorum sortes fuere, Q. Cassi urbana, M’. Iuventi Talnae inter peregrinos, Ti. Claudi Neronis Sicilia, Cn. Fulvi Hispania citerior, ulterior C. Licini Nervae.

[4] A. Manlio Torquato Sardinia obvenerat: at nequiit ire in provinciam, ad res capitalis quaerendas ex senatus consulto retentus.

[5] de prodigiis deinde nuntiatis senatus est consultus. aedes deum Penatium in Velia de caelo tacta erat et in oppido Minervio duae portae et muri aliquantum. Anagniae terra pluerat et Lanuvi fax in caelo visa erat; et Calatiae in publico agro M. Valerius civis Romanus nuntiabat e foco suo sanguinem per triduum et duas noctes manasse.

[6] ob id maxime decemviri libros adire iussi supplicationem in diem unum populo edixerunt et quinquaginta capris in foro sacrificaverunt. et aliorum prodigiorum causa diem alterum supplicatio circa omnia pulvinaria fuit et hostiis maioribus sacrificatum est et urbs lustrata.

[7] item. quod ad honorem deum inmortalium pertineret, decrevit senatus, ut, quoniam perduelles superati, Perseus et Gentius reges cum Macedonia atque Illyrico in potestate populi Romani essent, ut,

[8] quanta dona Ap. Claudio M. Sempronio consulibus ob devictum Antiochum regem data ad omnia pulvinaria essent, tanta Q. Cassius et M’. Iuventius praetores curarent danda.

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).) — 45.16 focus

[1]

Q. Aelio M. Iunio consulibus de provinciis referentibus censuere patres duas provincias Hispaniam rursus fieri, quae una per bellum Macedonicum fuerat; ¹

[2] et Macedoniam Illyricumque eosdem, L. Paulum et L. Anicium, obtinere, donec donee de sententia legatorum res et bello turbatas et in ² statum alium ex regno formandas composuissent.

[3] consulibus Pisae et Gallia decretae cum binis legionibus quinum milium et ducenorum ³ peditum et equitum quadringenorum. ⁴ praetorum sortes fuere, Q. Cassi urbana, M'. Iuventi Thalnae ⁵ inter peregrinos, Ti. Claudi Neronis Sicilia, Cn. Fulvi Hispania citerior,

[4] ulterior ⁶ C. Licini Nervae. A. Manlio Torquato Sardinia obvenerat: at ⁷ nequiit ire in provinciam, ad res capitalis quaerendas ex senatus consulto retentus.

[5] de prodigiis deinde nuntiatis senatus est consultus. aedes deum ⁸ penatium in Velia de caelo tacta erat et in oppido Minervio duae portae et muri aliquantum. anagniae terra pluerat et Lanuvi fax in caelo visa erat; et Calatiae in publico agro M. Valerius civis Romanus nuntiabat e foco suo sanguinem ⁹ per triduum et duas noctes manasse.

[6] ob id maxime decemviri libros adire iussi supplicationem in diem unum populo edixerunt et quinquaginta ¹⁰ capris in foro sacrificaverunt. et aliorum prodigiorum causa diem alterum supplicatio circa omnia pulvinaria fuit et hostiis maioribus sacrificatum est et urbs lustrata.

[7] item , ¹¹ quod ad honorem deum immortalium pertineret, decrevit senatus ut quoniam perduelles superati Perseus et Gentius reges cum Macedonia atque Illyrico in potestate populi Romani essent, ut, quanta dona Ap.

[8] Claudio M. Sempronio consulibus ob devictum Antiochum regem data ad omnia pulvinaria essent, tanta Q. Cassius et M'. Iuventius praetores curarent danda.

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn Perseus (Weissenborn, W.; Müller, H. J., editors. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1873-1883.) — 45.16 focus

[1]

Q. Aelio M. Iunio consulibus de provinciis referentibus censuere patres duas provincias Hispaniam rursus fieri, quae una per bellum Macedonicum fuerat,

[2] et Macedoniam Illyricumque eosdem, L. Paulum et L. Anicium, obtinere, donec de sententia legatorum res et bello turbatas et in statum alium ex regno formandas conposuissent.

[3] consulibus Pisae et Gallia decretae cum binis legionibus peditum et equitum quadringenorum. ¹ praetorum sortes fuere, Q. Cassi urbana, M'. Iuventi Thalnae inter peregrinos, Ti. Claudi Neronis Sicilia, Cn. Fulvi Hispania citerior, ulterior C. Licini Nervae.

[4] A. Manlio Torquato Sardinia obvenerat; nequiit ire in provinciam, ad res capitalis quaerendas ex senatus consulto retentus.

[5] de prodigiis deinde nuntiatis senatus est consultus. aedes deum Penatium in Velia de caelo tacta erat et in oppido Minervio duae portae et muri aliquantum. Anagniae terra pluerat et Lanuvi fax in caelo visa erat et Calatiae in publico agro ² M. Valerius civis Romanus nuntiabat ex foco suo sanguinem per triduum et duas noctes manasse.

[6] ob id maxime decemviri libros adire iussi supplicationem in diem unum populo edixerunt et quinquaginta capris in foro sacrificarunt. et aliorum prodigiorum causa diem alterum supplicatio circa omnia pulvinaria fuit et hostiis maioribus sacrificatum est et urbs lustrata.

[7] item, quod ad honorem deum inmortalium pertineret, decrevit senatus, ut, quoniam perduelles superati, Perseus et Gentius reges cum Macedonia atque Illyrico in potestate populi Romani essent,

[8] ut, quanta dona Ap. Claudio M. Sempronio consulibus ob devictum Antiochum regem data ad omnia pulvinaria essent, tanta Q. Cassius et M'. Iuventius praetores curarent danda.

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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)) — 45.16 focus

[1]

The consuls, Quintius Aelius and Marcus Junius, hav- ing proposed the business of distributing the provinces, the senate decreed that Spain, which during the Macedonian war had been but one province, should be again formed into two;

[2] and that the present governors, Lucius Paullus and Lucius Anicius, should continue in the government of Macedonia and Illyria, until, with the concurrence of commissioners, they should adjust the affairs of those countries disordered by the war, and reduce them to a form of government different from the regal.

[3] The provinces assigned to the consuls were Pisae and Gaul, with two legions to each, containing separately five thousand two hundred foot and four hundred horse. The lots of the praetors were as follows: the city jurisdiction fell to Quintus Cassius; the foreign, to Manius Juventius Thalna; Sicily, to Tiberius Claudius Nero; Hither Spain, to Cneius Fulvius; and to Caius Licinius Nerva, Farther Spain.

[4] Sardinia had fallen to Aulus Manlius Torquatus, but he could not proceed thither, being detained by a decree of the senate, to preside at trials of capital offences.

[5] The senate was then consulted concerning prodigies which were reported: the temple of the tutelar deities, on the Velian hill, had been struck by lightning; and two gates, and a large part of the wall, in the town of Minervium. At Anagnia, a shower of earth had fallen; and, at Lanuvium, a blazing torch was seen in the sky. Marcus Valerius, a Roman citizen, reported, that at Calatia, on the public lands, blood had flowed from his hearth, during three days and two nights.

[6] On account of this last occurrence in particular, the decemvirs were directed to consult the books; on which they ordered a general supplication for one day, and sacrificed in the forum fifty goats. On account of the other prodigies, there was a supplication for another day, with sacrifices of the larger victims, and the city was purified.

[7] Then, with reference to the gratitude due to the immortal gods, the senate decreed, that, "forasmuch as their enemies were subdued, and the kings Perseus and Gentius, with Macedon and Illyria, were in the power of the Roman people, whatever offerings were made in all the temples by Appius

[8] Claudius and Marcus Sempronius, the consuls, on occasion of the conquest of king Antiochus, offerings of the same value should then be made, and that Quintus Cassius and Manius Juventius, the praetors, should superintend them.

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.) — 45.16 focus

[1]

When the new consuls, Q. Aelius and M. Junius, brought up in the senate the allocations of the provinces, the House decided that Spain should again form two provinces-during the Macedonian war

[2] it had only formed one-and that L. Paulus and L. Anicius should continue to hold Macedonia and Illyria until, in concert with the commissioners, they had settled the confusion caused by the war and given the disturbed countries a constitution other than the monarchical.

[3] Pisae and Gaul were allotted to the consuls, each to be held with two legions and 400 cavalry. The result of the balloting among the praetors was that the civic jurisdiction fell to Q. Cassius, the alien to M. Juventius Thalna, Sicily to Ti. Claudius Nero, Hither Spain to Cneius Fulvius, and Further Spain to C. Licinius Nerva.

[4] Sardinia had fallen to A. Manlius Torquatus, but he was unable to go to his province as he was detained by the enquiry into criminal cases which the senate had ordered.

[5] The senate was next consulted as to various portents which had been announced. The temple of the Penates in Velia had been struck by lightning, as had also the two gates and a portion of the wall at Minervium. At Anagnia there had been a shower of earth, and at Lanuvium a blazing torch had been seen in the heavens. M. Valerius, who was farming some of the State land at Calatia, reported that blood had trickled from his hearth for three days and two nights.

[6] Mainly on account of this latter portent the keepers were ordered to consult the Sacred Books, and they announced special intercessions for one day and a sacrifice of fifty goats in the Forum. In expiation of the other portents there were special intercessions at all the shrines for a second day, sacrifices of full-grown victims, and the lustration of the City.

[7] Further, with the purpose of doing honour to the immortal gods, the senate made the following decree: "Whereas our enemies have been overcome, and Macedonia and Illyria have passed under the power of the people of Rome, gifts should be presented at all the shrines

[8] equal to those which had been offered after the defeat of Antiochus in the consulship of Appius Claudius and M. Sempronius." Q. Cassius and M. Juventius were to see that these offerings were made.

Notes on the current edition

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

1. Both these consuls were plebeians, as in 172 B.C. , XLII. x. 9. 172 was the first year in which two plebeians were elected, according to the Fasti Capitolini, C.I.L.2 I. i., p. 25.

2. B.C. 167

3. The number sounds like the allied cavalry; a reference to Roman cavalry and allied infantry may have been lost. The usual number of Roman cavalry is 300, see XXII. xxxvi. 3; but the number 400 also appears in XXIII. xxxiv. 13 and XL. xxxvi. 8.

4. Again the new praetor did not go to Sardinia, see above, p. 284, note 1. For similar special inquiries into crime, cf. XL. xliii. 2; XXXIX. xxxviii. 3; xli. 5. For Spain cf. p. 405, note 1.

5. B.C. 167

6. These are mentioned in XXXVI. ii. 2-5; the consuls served in 185 B.C.

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