Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor), 30.17

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multis ante diebus Laelius cum Syphace primoribusque Numidarum captivis Romam venit, quaeque in Africa gesta essent omnia ordine exposuit patribus, ingenti hominum et in praesens laetitia et in futurum spe.

[2] consulti inde patres regem in custodiam Albam mittendum censuerunt, Laelium retinendum, donec done legati Carthaginienses venirent.

[3] supplicatio in quadriduum decreta est. P. Aelius praetor senatu misso et contione inde advocata cum C. Laelio in rostra escendit.

[4] Ibi vero audientes fusos Carthaginiensium exercitus, devictum et captum ingentis nominis regem, Numidiam omnem egregia victoria peragratam,

[5] tacitum continere gaudium non poterant quin clamoribus quibusque aliis multitudo solet laetitiam inmodicam significarent.

[6] itaque praetor extemplo edixit uti aeditui aedes sacras ¹ omnes ² tota urbe aperirent, circumeundi salutandique deos agendique grates per totum diem populo potestas fieret.

[7] postero die legatos Masinissae in senatum introduxit. gratulati primum senatui sunt quod P. Scipio prospere res in Africa gessisset;

[8] deinde gratias egerunt quod Masinissam non appellasset modo regem, sed fecisset restituendo in paternum regnum, in quo post Syphacem sublatum, si ita patribus visum esset, sine metu et certamine esset regnaturus,

[9] dein conlaudatum ³ pro contione amplissimis decorasset donis, quibus ne indignus esset et dedisse ⁴ operam Masinissam et porro daturum esse.

[10] petere ut regium nomen ceteraque Scipionis beneficia et munera senatus decreto confirmaret;

[11] et, nisi molestum esset, illud quoque petere Masinissam, ut Numidas captivos qui Romae in custodia essent remitterent; id sibi amplum apud ⁵ populares futurum esse.

[12] ad ea responsum legatis rerum gestarum prospere in Africa communem sibi cum rege gratulationem esse; Scipionem recte atque ordine videri fecisse, quod eum regem appellaverit, et quidquid aliud fecerit ⁶ quod cordi ⁷ foret Masinissae, id ⁸ patres comprobare ac laudare.

[13] munera quoque ⁹ quae legati ferrent regi decreverunt, sagula purpurea ¹⁰ duo cum fibulis aureis ¹¹ singulis et lato clavo tunicis, equos duo phaleratos, bina equestria arma cum loricis, et tabernacula militaremque supellectilem qualem praeberi consuli mos esset. ¹²

[14] haec regi praetor mittere iussus. legatis in singulos dona ne minus quinum milium, comitibus eorum milium ¹³ aeris, et vestimenta bina legatis, singula comitibus Numidisque qui ex custodia emissi redderentur regi; ad hoc aedes liberae, loca, lautia legatis decreta.

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.) — 30.17 focus

[1] multis ante diebus Laelius cum Syphace primoribusque Numidarum captivis Romam venit, quaeque in Africa gesta essent, omnia ordine exposuit patribus, ingenti hominum et in praesens laetitia et in futurum spe.

[2] consulti inde patres regem in custodiam Albam mittendum censuerunt, Laelium retinendum, donec legati Carthaginienses venirent.

[3] supplicatio in quadriduum decreta est. P. Aelius praetor senatu misso et contione inde advocata cum C. Laelio in rostra escendit.

[4] ibi vero audientes fusos Carthaginiensium exercitus, devictum et captum ingentis nominis regem, Numidiam omnem egregia victoria peragratam,

[5] taciturn tacitum continere gaudium non poterant, quin clamoribus quibusque aliis multitudo solet laetitiam inmodicam significarent.

[6] itaque praetor extemplo edixit, uti aeditui aedes sacras omnes tota urbe aperirent, circumeundi salutandique deos agendique grates per totum diem populo potestas fieret.

[7] postero die legatos Masinissae in senatum introduxit. gratulati primum senatui sunt, quod P. Scipio prospere res in Africa gessisset;

[8] deinde gratias egerunt, quod Masinissam non appellasset modo regem, sed fecisset restituendo in paternum regnum, in quo post Syphacem sublatum, si ita patribus visum esset, sine metu et certamine esset regnaturus,

[9] dein conlaudatum pro contione amplissimis decorasset donis, quibus ne indignus esset, et dedisse operam Masinissam et porro daturum esse.

[10] petere, ut regium nomen ceteraque Scipionis beneficia et munera senatus decreto confirmaret;

[11] et, nisi molestum esset, illud quoque petere Masinissam, ut Numidas captivos, qui Romae in custodia essent, remitterent; id sibi amplum apud populares futurum esse.

[12] ad ea responsum legatis: rerum gestarum prospere in Africa communem sibi cum rege gratulationem esse; Scipionem recte atque ordine videri fecisse, quod eum regem appellaverit, et quidquid aliud fecerit, quod cordi foret Masinissae, ea patres comprobare ac laudare.

[13] munera, quae legati ferrent regi, decreverunt sagula purpurea duo cum fibulis aureis singulis et lato clavo tunicis, equos duo phaleratos, bina equestria arma cum loricis, et tabernacula militaremque supellectilem, qualem praeberi consuli mos esset.

[14] haec regi praetor mittere iussus. legatis in singulos dona ne minus quinum milium, comitibus eorum milium aeris, et vestimenta bina legatis, singula comitibus Numidisque, qui ex custodia emissi redderentur regi; ad hoc aedes liberae, loca, lautia legatis decreta.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 30.17 focus

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multis ante diebus Laelius cum Syphace primoribusque Numidarum captiuis Romam uenit quaeque in Africa gesta essent omnia ordine exposuit patribus ingenti hominum et in praesens laetitia et in futurum spe.

[2] consulti inde patres regem in custodiam Albam mittendum censuerunt, Laelium retinendum donec legati Carthaginienses uenirent.

[3] supplicatio in quadriduum decreta est. P. Aelius praetor senatu misso et contione inde aduocata cum C. Laelio in rostra escendit.

[4] ibi uero audientes fusos Carthaginiensium exercitus, deuictum et captum ingentis nominis regem, Numidiam omnem egregia uictoria peragratam,

[5] tacitum continere gaudium non poterant quin clamoribus quibusque aliis multitudo solet laetitiam immodicam significarent.

[6] itaque praetor extemplo edixit uti aeditui aedes sacras omnes tota urbe aperirent, circumeundi salutandique deos agendique grates per totum diem populo potestas fieret. postero die legatos Masinissae in senatum introduxit.

[7] gratulati primum senatui sunt quod P. Scipio prospere res in Africa gessisset;

[8] deinde gratias egerunt quod Masinissam non appellasset modo regem sed fecisset restituendo in paternum regnum, in quo post Syphacem sublatum si ita patribus uisum esset sine metu et certamine esset regnaturus,

[9] dein conlaudatum pro contione amplissimis decorasset donis, quibus ne indignus esset et dedisse operam Masinissam et porro daturum esse.

[10] petere ut regium nomen ceteraque Scipionis beneficia et munera senatus decreto confirmaret; et, nisi molestum esset, illud quoque petere Masinissam, ut Numidas captiuos qui Romae in custodia essent remitterent;

[11] id sibi amplum apud populares futurum esse.

[12] ad ea responsum legatis rerum gestarum prospere in Africa communem sibi cum rege gratulationem esse; Scipionem recte atque ordine uideri fecisse quod eum regem appellauerit, et quicquid aliud fecerit quod cordi foret Masinissae id patres comprobare ac laudare.

[13] munera quoque quae legati ferrent regi decreuerunt, sagula purpurea duo cum fibulis aureis singulis et lato clauo tunicis, equos duo phaleratos, bina equestria arma cum loricis, et tabernacula militaremque supellectilem qualem praeberi consuli mos esset.

[14] haec regi praetor mittere iussus: legatis in singulos dona ne minus quinum milium, comitibus eorum milium aeris, et uestimenta bina legatis, singula comitibus Numidisque, qui ex custodia emissi redderentur regi; ad hoc aedes liberae loca lautia legatis decreta.

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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)) — 30.17 focus

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Many days before this, together with Syphax and the leading Numidian captives, Laelius reached Rome and set forth to the senate in order everything that had been done in Africa, in the midst of great rejoicing for the present and high hopes for the future.

[2] Thereupon the senate after deliberation voted that the king should be sent to Alba ¹ to be interned; that Laelius should be detained until the Carthaginian embassy arrived. ²

[3] A thanksgiving for four days was decreed. Publius Aelius, the praetor, having dismissed the senate, then summoned an assembly and with Gaius Laelius mounted the Rostra.

[4] Thereupon, hearing that the Carthaginian armies had been routed, a famous king conquered and captured, all Numidia overrun in a series of extraordinary victories, they were unable to keep their joy to themselves,

[5] but expressed their unbounded delight by shouting and such other means as the multitude commonly employs.

[6] Accordingly the praetor at once gave orders that the temple wardens ³ should open all the shrines throughout the city, and that people should have all day long the opportunity to make the rounds and pay their respects to the gods and return thanks to them.

On the next day he introduced Masinissa's envoys into the senate.

[7] They began by congratulating the senate on Publius Scipio's successful campaign in Africa.

[8] They then thanked the senators because he had not only saluted Masinissa as king but had made him king in restoring him to his father's kingdom, in which he would reign without fear and without contest since the removal of Syphax, if that should be the mind of the senators;

[9] also because, after warmly praising him before an assembly, he had conferred upon him the highest decorations, of which Masinissa had striven and would continue to strive to be not unworthy.

[10] He begged the senate, they said, by a decree to confirm the kingly title and the rest of Scipio's favours and gifts; and unless objection was made, another request of Masinissa's was this, that they return the Numidian captives who were interned at Rome. That would bring him great credit, he felt, among his countrymen.

[11] The response to these words of the envoys was that the senators reciprocated the king's congratulations on successes in Africa;

[12] that Scipio in their opinion had been entirely correct in saluting him as king, and that they approved and commended all else that he had done which gave pleasure to Masinissa.

[13] In addition gifts were decreed, to be carried to the king by the envoys: two purple ⁴ military cloaks, each with a golden brooch, and tunics having the broad stripe, two horses with their trappings, two sets of arms with cuirasses for a horseman, and tents and field furniture such as were customarily furnished to a consul. These things the praetor was ordered to send to the king.

[14] For the envoys gifts were decreed, not less than five thousand asses for each of them, for their attendants one thousand each; and two garments apiece for the envoys, one each for their attendants, and for the Numidians who were ordered to be released from internment and restored to the king. In addition dwellings were ordered to be placed at the envoys' disposal, and places of honour, ⁵ and hospitable entertainment ⁶ were provided.

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 30.17 focus

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Laelius with Syphax and the principal Numidian prisoners arrived at Rome several days before, and laying before the senate all the transactions which had occurred in Africa in order, the greatest joy was felt for the present, and the most sanguine anticipations formed of the future.

[2] The sense of the senate being then taken upon the subject, they resolved that the king should be sent to Alba to be kept in custody, and that Laelius should be detained until the arrival of the Carthaginian ambassadors.

[3] A supplication for four days was decreed. The senate breaking up and an assembly of the people being then called, Publius Aelius the praetor, accompanied by Caius Laelius, mounted the rostrum.

[4] There, on hearing that the armies of the Carthaginians had been routed, that a king of the greatest renown had been vanquished and made prisoner, that all

[5] Numidia had been overrun with brilliant success, the people were unable to refrain from expressing their delight, but manifested their transports by shouts and all the other means usually resorted to by the multitude.

[6] The praetor, therefore, immediately issued orders that the keepers should open all the temples throughout the city, and that the people should be allowed during the whole day to go round and make their adoration to the gods, and return their thanks.

[7] The next day he brought the ambassadors of Masinissa before the senate. They in the first place congratulated the senate on the successes of Scipio

[8] in Africa, and then thanked them, not only for having saluted him with the title of king, but for having made him one, by reinstating him in his paternal dominions, where, now that Syphax was removed, he would reign, if it was the pleasure of the senate, without fear or opposition.

[9] Next, for having bestowed upon him the highest commendations in the assembly, and decorated him with the most magnificent presents, of which Masinissa had endeavoured, and would in future endeavour, to render himself worthy.

[10] They requested that the senate would by a decree confirm the title of king with the other favours and benefits conferred by Scipio, and, if it were not troublesome, they said, that Masinissa further requested that they would send home the Numidian captives who were de- tained at Rome;

[11] for that this boon would procure him the esteem and honour of his countrymen.

[12] On these points the senate replied to the ambassadors,

that they reciprocated the congratulations of the king on the successes in Africa. That Scipio was considered to have acted properly and regularly in saluting him with the title of king, and that the senate applauded and approved of every thing else he had done which was gratifying to Masinissa.

[13] They appointed by a decree what presents the ambassadors should carry to the king; they were, two purple cloaks, each having a golden clasp, and each accompanied with vests and broad purple borders, two horses arrayed with trappings, two suits of equestrian armour with coats of mail, together with tents and other military apparatus such as those usually provided for a consul. These the praetor was directed to send for the king.

[14] The ambassadors were severally presented with not less than five thousand asses, their attendants with one thousand. Two suits of apparel were presented to each of the ambassadors, and one to each of their attendants and to the Numidians, who were discharged from custody and given back to the king. In addition to these, dwellings, reserved by the state for such purposes, grounds, and entertainment, were assigned to the ambassadors.

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.) — 30.17 focus

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Several days previously Laelius arrived in Rome with Syphax and the Numidian prisoners. He made a report to the senate of all that had been done in Africa and there were great rejoicings at the present position of affairs and sanguine hopes for the future.

[2] After discussing the matter the senate decided that Syphax should be interned at Alba and that Laelius should stay in Rome until the Carthaginian delegates arrived. A four days' thanksgiving was ordered.

[3] On the adjournment of the House, P. Aelius, the praetor, forthwith convened a meeting of the Assembly, and mounted the rostrum, accompanied by C. Laelius.

[4] When the people heard that the armies of Carthage had been routed, a far-famed king defeated and made prisoner, and a victorious progress made throughout Numidia, they could no longer restrain their feelings and expressed their unbounded joy in shouts and other demonstrations of delight.

[5] Seeing the people in this mood the praetor at once gave orders for the sacristans to throw open the

[6] holy places throughout the City in order that the people might have the whole day for going round the shrines to offer up their adoration and thanksgivings to the gods.

The next day he introduced Masinissa's envoys to the senate.

[7] They first of all congratulated the senate upon Scipio's successes in Africa and then expressed thanks on behalf of Masinissa for Scipio's action in not only conferring upon him the title of king, but also in

[8] giving practical effect to it by restoring to him his ancestral dominion where now that Syphax was disposed of he would, if the senate so decided, reign free from all fear of opposition.

[9] He was grateful for the way in which Scipio had spoken of him before his officers and for the splendid insignia with which he had been honoured and which he had done his best to prove himself worthy of and would continue to do so.

[10] They petitioned the senate to confirm by a formal decree the royal title and the other favours and dignities which Scipio had conferred upon him. And as an additional boon, Masinissa begged, if he was not asking too much, that they would release the Numidian prisoners who were under guard in Rome; that, he considered, would increase his prestige with his subjects.

[11] The reply given to the envoys was to the effect that the senate congratulated the king as much as themselves upon the successes in Africa;

[12] Scipio had acted rightly and in perfect order in recognising Masinissa as king, and the senators warmly approved of all he had done to meet Masinissa's wishes.

[13] They passed a decree that the presents which the envoys were to take to the king should comprise two purple cloaks with a golden clasp on each and two tunics embroidered with the laticlave; two richly caparisoned horses and a set of equestrian armour with cuirasses for each; two tents and military furniture such as the consuls are usually provided with. The praetor received instructions to see that these things were sent to the king.

[14] The envoys each received presents to the value of 5000 ases, and each member of their suite to the value of 1000 ases. Besides these, two suits of apparel were given to each of the envoys, and one to each of their suite and also to each of the Numidian prisoners who were to be restored to the king. During their stay in Rome a house was placed at their disposal and they were treated as guests of the State.

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Ab urbe condita

1. A.U.C. 551

2. omnes HVJK Aldus, Froben: om. P (3) N.

3. conlaudatum ( or coll-) P (3) h Aldus, Froben: quod (cum AN ) laudatum A3 NVJK.

4. donis . . . dedisse om. P(3)N, two lines supplied by A3 N3 HVJK Aldus, Froben.

5. apud P (3) n Aldus, Froben: ad HVJK.

6. appellaverit ... fecerit P (3) n Aldus: -visset . -cisset HVJK Froben 2.

7. cordi P(3)N: honori A3 HVJK Aldus, Froben 2.

8. id c Alschefski, Eds.: ea C 2 M 2 Aldus, Froben, Luchs: eis PMB: ei DAN: eaque HJK: et V.

9. munera quoque AYHVJK Conway: munera P (3) N Aldus , Froben, Eds.

10. A.U.C. 551

11. aureis A3 N3 HVJK: om. P (3) N.

12. esset P(3)JK: estANHV Aldus, Froben.

13. milium- ( or -ll) P (3) Eds.: milli AN: mille A3 Aldus ; milibus ( or -11. ) N3 HVJK Froben 2: singulorum milium Conway .

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 30.17

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