Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Rev. Canon Roberts (Translator), 8.20.1

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[1] Whilst Privernum was invested by two consular armies, one of the consuls was recalled home to conduct the elections. It was in this year that the carceres¹ were erected in the Circus Maximus

Ab urbe condita. Titus Livius (Livy). Rev. Canon Roberts (Translator). Medford, MA. 1997-10-28.

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History of Rome (English) (Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.)

Editions (3)

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.) — 8.20.1 focus

[1] Privernum duobus consularibus exercitibus cum obsideretur, alter consul comitiorum causa Roriam Romam revocatus.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 8.20.1 focus

[1]

Privernum¹ duobus consularibus exercitibus cum obsideretur, alter consul comitiorum causa Romam revocatus. ²

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).) — 8.20.1 focus

[1]

Privernum¹ duobus consularibus exercitibus cum obsideretur, alter consul comitiorum causa Romam revocatus. ²

Translations (2)

History of Rome Perseus (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)) — 8.20.2 focus

[2] while the two consular armies were laying ¹ siege to Privernum, the other consul was recalled to Rome to hold the elections.

chariot cells were ² built this year for the first time in the Circus. ³

The war with Privernum was not yet out of the way, when there came an alarming report of a Gallic rising, a warning which the senate almost never disregarded.

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 8.20.1 focus

[1]

While the siege of Privernum was being conducted by the two consular armies, one of the consuls was recalled to Rome, on account of the elections.

Notes on the current edition

History of Rome, books 1-10, 21-45

1. The carceres were chambers provided with doors in which the chariots with their teams stood till the signal was given, when the doors were flung open and they started on the course. From a mosaic figured in Lanciani they would appear to have been under the imperial gallery, or, as we should perhaps say now, the imperial box.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 8.20.1

Rev. Canon Roberts (Translator)

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