Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor), 29.21

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[1]

ceterum duplex fama est quod ad Pleminium attinet. alii , auditis quae Romae acta essent in exilium Neapolim euntem forte in Q.: Metellum, unum ex legatis, incidisse et ab eo Regium vi retractum tradunt;

[2] alii ab ipso Scipione legatum cum triginta nobilissimis equitum missum qui Q. Pleminium in catenas et cum eo seditionis principes conicerent.

[3] ii omnes, seu ante Scipionis seu tum praetoris iussu, traditi in custodiam Reginis sunt. ¹

[4] praetor legatique Locros profecti primam, sicuti mandatum erat, religionis curam habuere: omnem enim sacram pecuniam quaeque apud Pleminium quaeque apud ² milites erat conquisitam, cum ea quam ³ ipsi secum attulerant, in thensauris reposuerunt ac piaculare sacrum fecerunt.

[5] tum tun vocatos ad contionem milites praetor signa extra urbem efferre iubet castraque in campo locat cum gravi edicto, si quis miles aut in urbe restitisset aut secum extulisset quod suum non esset; ⁴ Locrensibus se permittere ⁵ ut quod sui ⁶ quisque cognosset prenderet, si quid non compareret, repeteret. ⁷

[6] ante omnia libera corpora placere sine mora Locrensibus restitui; non levi defuncturum poena qui non restituisset.

[7] Locrensium deinde contionem habuit atque iis libertatem legesque suas populum Romanum senatumque restituere dixit; si qui Pleminium aliumve quem accusare vellet, Regium se sequeretur;

[8] si de P. Scipione publice queri vellent ea quae Locris nefarie in deos hominesque facta essent iussu aut voluntate P. Scipionis facta esse, legatos mitterent Messanam;

[9] ibi se cum consilio cogniturum. Locrenses praetori legatisque, senatui ⁸ ac populo Romano gratias egerunt; se ad Pleminium accusandum ituros;

[10] Scipionem , quamquam parum iniuriis civitatis suae doluerit, eum esse virum quem amicum sibi quam inimicum malint esse; pro certo se habere neque iussu neque voluntate P. Scipionis tot tam nefanda commissa, sed aut Pleminio nimium, sibi ⁹ parum creditum,

[11] aut natura insitum quibusdam esse ut magis peccari nolint quam satis animi ad vindicanda peccata habeant.

et praetori et consilio haud mediocre onus demptum dempturn erat de Scipione cognoscendi.

[12] Pleminium et ad ¹⁰ duo et triginta homines cum eo damnaverunt atque in catenis Romam miserunt.

[13] ipsi ad Scipionem profecti sunt, ut ea quoque quae volgata sermonibus erant de cultu ac desidia imperatoris solutaque disciplina militiae comperta oculis referrent ¹¹ Romam.

Ab urbe condita. Titus Livius (Livy). Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor). Medford, MA. .

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Ab urbe condita (Latin) (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).)

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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.) — 29.21 focus

[1] ceterum duplex fama est, quod ad Pleminium attinet. alii, auditis, quae Romae acta essent, in exilium Neapolim euntem forte in Q. Metellum, unum ex legatis, incidisse et ab eo Regium vi retractum tradunt;

[2] alii ab ipso Scipione legatum cum triginta nobilissimis equitum missum, qui Pleminium in catenas et cum eo seditionis principes conicerent.

[3] ii omnes, seu ante Scipionis seu tum praetoris iussu, traditi in custodiam Reginis sunt.

[4] praetor legatique Locros profecti primam, sicuti mandatum erat, religionis euram curam habuere: omnem enim sacram pecuniam, quaeque apud Pleminium quaeque apud milites erat, conquisitam, cum ea, quam ipsi secum attulerant, in thensauris reposuerunt ac piaculare sacrum fecerunt.

[5] tum vocatos ad contionem milites praetor signa extra urbem efferre iubet castraque in campo locat cum gravi edicto, si quis miles aut in urbe restitisset ant aut secum extulisset quod suum non esset; Locrensibus se permittere, ut, quod sui quisque cognosset, prenderet, si quid non compareret, repeteret.

[6] ante omnia libera corpora placere sine mora Locrensibus restitui; non levi defuncturum poena, qui non restituisset.

[7] Locrensium deinde contionem habuit atque iis libertatem legesque suas populum Romanum senatumque restituere dixit; si qui Pleminium aliumve quem accusare vellet, Regium se sequeretur;

[8] si de P. Scipione publice queri vellent ea, quae Locris nefarie in deos hominesque facta essent, iussu aut voluntate P. Scipionis facta esse, legatos mitterent Messanam; ibi se cum consilio cogniturum.

[9] Locrenses praetori legatisque et senatui ac populo Romano gratias egerunt; se ad Pleminium accusandum ituros;

[10] Scipionem, quamquam parum iniuriis civitatis suae doluerit, eum esse virum, quem amicum sibi quam inimicum malint esse; pro certo se habere neque iussu neque voluntate P. Scipionis tot tam nefanda commissa;

[11] sed aut Pleminio nimium, sibi parum creditum, aut natura insitum quibusdam esse, ut magis peccari nolint, quam satis animi ad vindicanda peccata habeant. et praetori et consilio baud haud mediocre onus demptum erat de Scipione cognoscendi;

[12] Pleminium et ad duo et triginta homines cum eo damnaverunt atque in catenis Romam miserunt.

[13] ipsi ad Scipionem profecti sunt, ut ea quoque, quae vulgata sermonibus erant de cultu ac desidia imperatoris solutaque disciplina militiae, comperta oculis referrent Romam.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 29.21 focus

[1]

ceterum duplex fama est quod ad Pleminium attinet. alii auditis quae Romae acta essent in exsilium Neapolim euntem forte in Q. Metellum unum ex legatis incidisse et ab eo Regium ui retractum tradunt:

[2] alii ab ipso Scipione legatum cum triginta nobilissimis equitum missum qui Q. Pleminium in catenas et cum eo seditionis principes conicerent.

[3] ii omnes seu ante Scipionis seu tum praetoris iussu traditi in custodiam Reginis sunt. praetor legatique Locros profecti primam, sicuti mandatum erat, religionis curam habuere;

[4] omnem enim sacram pecuniam quaeque apud Pleminium quaeque apud milites erat conquisitam, cum ea quam ipsi secum attulerant, in thesauris reposuerunt ac piaculare sacrum fecerunt.

[5] tum uocatos ad contionem milites praetor signa extra urbem efferre iubet castraque in campo locat cum graui edicto si quis miles aut in urbe restitisset aut secum extulisset quod suum non esset: Locrensibus se permittere ut quod sui quisque cognosset prenderet, si quid non compareret repeteret;

[6] ante omnia libera corpora placere sine mora Locrensibus restitui; non leui defuncturum poena qui non restituisset.

[7] Locrensium deinde contionem habuit atque iis libertatem legesque suas populum Romanum senatumque restituere dixit; si qui Pleminium aliumue quem accusare uellet, Regium se sequeretur:

[8] si de P. Scipione publice queri uellent ea quae Locris nefarie in deos hominesque facta essent iussu aut uoluntate P. Scipionis facta esse, legatos mitterent Messanam; ibi se cum consilio cogniturum. Locrenses praetori legatisque, senatui ac populo Romano gratias egerunt:

[9] se ad Pleminium accusandum ituros: Scipionem, quamquam parum iniuriis ciuitatis suae doluerit, eum esse uirum quem amicum sibi quam inimicum malint esse;

[10] pro certo se habere neque iussu neque uoluntate P. Scipionis tot tam nefanda commissa, sed aut Pleminio nimium [aut] sibi parum creditum,

[11] aut natura insitum quibusdam esse ut magis peccari nolint quam satis animi ad uindicanda peccata habeant. et praetori et consilio haud mediocre onus demptum erat de Scipione cognoscendi.

[12] Pleminium et ad duo et triginta homines cum eo damnauerunt atque in catenis Romam miserunt.

[13] ipsi ad Scipionem profecti sunt ut ea quoque quae uolgata sermonibus erant de cultu ac desidia imperatoris solutaque disciplina militiae comperta oculis referrent Romam.

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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)) — 29.21 focus

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But so far as Pleminius is concerned we have two reports. Some authorities relate that, on hearing what had been done at Rome, he was on his way into exile at Neapolis when he happened to encounter Quintus Metellus, one of the legati, and that he was forcibly brought back by him to Regium.

[2] Others say that Scipio himself sent a legatus with thirty horsemen of the first order, to throw Quintus Pleminius into chains and with him the leaders of the outbreak.

[3] All of them, whether by Scipio's order earlier or at this time by that of the praetor, were delivered into the custody of the men of Regium.

The praetor and legati went to Locri and, as they had been instructed, made religion their first concern.

[4] For they sought out and restored to the treasure-chambers all the sacred money, both what was in the hands of Pleminius and what was in the possession of the soldiers, together with what they had themselves brought with them; and they performed the rite of expiation.

[5] Then the praetor summoned the soldiers to an assembly, ordered their units to march out of the city, and assigned a site in the plain for their camp, with a threatening edict in case any soldier should either remain in the city or carry out with him what was not his own. ¹ In this he stated that he gave permission to the Locrians to seize any possession a man should recognize as his; and if anything was not produced he should demand its restitution.

[6] Above all, he said, he ruled that free persons should be restored to the Locrians without delay; that a heavy penalty would be paid by the man who did not restore them.

[7] Thereupon he held an assembly of the Locrians and said that the Roman people and senate restored to them their independence and their own laws; that if anyone desired to bring charges against Pleminius or any other man, let him follow him to Regium.

[8] As regarded Publius Scipio, should they wish, he said, to make complaint in the name of their state, claiming that such wicked deeds as had been committed at Locri against gods and men had been done by command of Publius Scipio or with his consent, let them send envoys to Messana; there with his assessors he would conduct the inquiry.

[9] The Locrians thanked the praetor and his legati, the senate and the Roman people. They would go, they said, to prefer charges against Pleminius.

[10] As for Scipio, although he was not sufficiently pained by the wrongs done to their state, he was such a man as they would prefer to have as their friend rather than as an enemy.

[11] They had definitely ascertained that the many unspeakable crimes had not been committed either by order or consent of Publius Scipio; but either he had trusted Pleminius too much and themselves too little; or else for some men it was natural to disapprove of misdoing but to lack sufficient spirit to punish the misdeeds.

[12] Both the praetor and his assessors were relieved of the burden —no slight one either —of a court of ² inquiry concerning Scipio. Pleminius and with him some thirty-two men they found guilty ³ and sent in chains to Rome.

[13] They themselves went to Scipio with the further intention to see for themselves what had been common talk in regard to the dress and indolent habits of the general and lax discipline of his soldiers, and to report back to Rome.

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 29.21 focus

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With regard to Pleminius, there are two different accounts. Some relate that, having heard what measures had been adopted at Rome, as he was going into exile to Naples, he accidentally fell in with Quintus Metellus, one of the deputies, by whom he was forcibly conveyed back to Rhegium.

[2] Others say, that Scipio himself sent a lieutenant-general with thirty of the most distinguished of the cavalry to throw Quintus Pleminius into chains, and with him the principal movers of the mutiny. All these, whether by the orders of Scipio before, or of the praetor now, were delivered over to the Rhegians to be kept in custody.

[3] The praetor and the deputies, going to Locri, gave their attention first to the affair relating to religion, agreeably to their instructions;

[4] for, collecting all the sacred money, whether in the possession of Pleminius or the soldiers, they replaced it in the treasury, together with that which they had brought with them, and performed an expiatory sacred rite.

[5] The praetor then, summoning the soldiers to an assembly, ordered them to march out of the city, and pitched a camp in the plain, issuing an edict which threatened severe punishment to any soldier who either had remained behind in the city, or had carried out with him what did not belong to him. He gave permission to the Locrians to seize whatever each of them identified as his property, and demand restitution to be made of any thing which was concealed. Above all, he was resolved that the free persons should be restored to the Locrians without delay.

[6] That the man who did not restore them should be visited with no light punishment.

[7] He then held an assembly of the Locrians, and told them, that

the people and senate of Rome restored to them their liberty and their laws. That if any one was desirous of bringing charges against Pleminius, or any one else, he should follow them to Rhegium.

[8]

If they were desirous of complaining, in the name of their state, of Publius Scipio, as having ordered and approved of the nefarious acts which had been committed at Locri against gods and men, that they should send deputies to Messana, where, with the assistance of his council, he would hear them.

The Locrians returned thanks to the praetor and deputies, and to the senate and people of Rome, and said that they would go and bring their charge against Pleminius.

[9] That Scipio, though he had evinced too little sympathy in the injuries inflicted on their state, was such a man as they would rather have their friend than their enemy;

[10] that they were convinced that the many and horrid acts which had been committed were done neither by the orders nor with the approval of Publius Scipio; that he had either placed too much confidence in Pleminius, or too little in them;

[11] that the natural disposition of some men was such, that they rather were unwilling that crimes should be committed, than had sufficient resolution to punish them when committed. Both the praetor and his council were relieved from a burden of no ordinary weight in not having to take cognizance of charges against Scipio.

[12] Pleminius, and as many as thirty-two persons with him, they condemned and sent in chains to Rome.

[13] They then proceeded to Scipio, that they might carry to Rome a statement attested by their own observation relative to the facts which had been so generally talked of, concerning the dress and indolent habits of the general, and the relaxation of military discipline.

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.) — 29.21 focus

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As to Pleminius two stories are current. One is to the effect that when he heard of the decision arrived at in Rome he started to go into exile at Naples, and on his way was met by Q. Metellus, one of the ten senators, who arrested him and brought him back to Regium.

[2] According to the other account Scipio himself sent an officer with thirty men of highest rank amongst his cavalry and threw Pleminius and the prime movers of the outbreak into chains.

[3] They were all handed over by Scipio's orders or those of the officer to the people of Regium for safe keeping. The praetor and the rest of the commission, on their arrival at Locri, made the religious question their first care, in accordance with their instructions.

[4] All the sacred money in the possession of Pleminius and his soldiers was collected together, and together with what they had brought with them was placed in the temple, and then expiatory sacrifices were offered.

[5] After this the praetor summoned the troops to assembly, and issued an order of the day threatening severe punishment to any soldier who stayed behind in the city or carried away anything that did not belong to him. He then ordered the standards to be borne outside the city, and fixed his camp in the open country. The Locrians were given full liberty to take whatever they recognised as their own property, and make a claim for whatever could not be found.

[6] Above all he insisted upon the immediate restoration of all free persons to their homes, any one who neglected to restore them would be very severely punished.

[7] The praetor's next business was to convene an assembly of the Locrians, and here he announced that the senate and people of Rome gave them back their constitution and their laws.

[8] Whoever wished to prosecute Pleminius or any one else was to follow the praetor to Regium. If their government wished to charge Scipio with either ordering or approving of the crimes against gods and men which had been perpetrated in Locri they were to send representatives to Messana, where, with the aid of his assessors, he should hold an enquiry. The Locrians expressed their gratitude to the praetor and the other members of the commission, and to the senate and people of Rome.

[9] They announced their intention of prosecuting Pleminius, but as to Scipio, "though he had not been much troubled about the injuries inflicted on their city, they would rather have him their friend than their enemy.

[10] They were quite convinced that it was neither by the orders nor with the approval of P. Scipio that such infamous crimes were committed; his fault was that he either reposed too much confidence in Pleminius or felt too much distrust in the Locrians.

[11] Some men are so constituted that whilst they would not have crimes committed they lack the resolution to inflict punishment when they have been committed."

[12] The praetor and his council were greatly relieved at not having to call Scipio to account; Pleminius and thirty-two others they found guilty and sent them in chains to Rome.

[13] The commission then went to Scipio to find out by personal observation whether there was any truth in the common rumours about Scipio's style of dress and love of pleasure, in order to be able to report to Rome.

Notes on the current edition

Ab urbe condita

1. sunt A3 HJK Aldus, Froben: om. P (1) N.

2. Pleminium . apud A3 N3 JK Eds.: om. P (1) N.

3. cum ea quam A3 N3 HJK Eds.: om. P (1) N.

4. quod . esset A3 N3 HJK Aldus, Froben: om. P (1) N.

5. A.U.C. 550

6. Sui P (3) C 1 N: suum A3 ?JK Aldus, Froben ( h after quisque).

7. repeteret ta 2 A3 N3 HJK Eds.: unde P (1) N: repetundum Gronovius : unde vellet, repeteret Madvig .

8. senatui, before this HJK Aldus, Froben have et ( retained by Luchs, Biemann ).

9. sibi forchhammer : aut sibi P (1) NHJK.

10. A.U.C. 550

11. referrent ( or -erent) P (1) n Aldus: per- Sp ?HK: prae- J.

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 29.21

Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor)

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