Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Benjamin Oliver Foster, Ph.D. (Editor), Frank Gardener Moore (Editor), Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D. (Editor), 30.43

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inclinatis omnium ad pacem animis Cn. Lentulus consul, cui classis provincia erat, senatus consulto intercessit.

[2] tum M'. Acilius et Q. Minucius tribuni plebis ad populum tulerunt vellent iuberentne senatum decernere ut cum Carthaginiensibus pax fieret; et quem eam earn pacem dare, quemque ex Africa exercitum deportare iuberent.

[3] De pace 'Uti rogas' ¹ omnes tribus iusserunt; pacem dare P. Scipionem, eundem exercitum deportare.

[4] ex hac rogatione senatus decrevit ut P. Scipio ex decem legatorum sententia pacem cum populo Carthaginiensi quibus legibus ei videretur faceret.

[5] gratias² deinde patribus egere Carthaginienses et petierunt ut sibi in urbem introire et colloqui cum civibus suis liceret qui capti in publica custodia essent;

[6] esse in iis partim propinquos amicosque suos, nobiles homines, partim ad quos mandata a propinquis haberent.

[7] quibus conventis cum rursus peterent ut sibi quos vellent ex iis redimendi potestas fieret, iussi nomina edere;

[8] et cum ducenta ³ ferme ederent, senatus consultum factum est ut legati Romani ducentos ex captivis, quos Carthaginienses vellent, ad P. Cornelium ⁴ in Africam deportarent, nuntiarentque ei ut, si pax convenisset, sine pretio eos Carthaginiensibus redderet.

[9] fetiales cum in Africam ad foedus feriundum ire iuberentur, ipsis postulantibus senatus consultum in haec verba factum est, ut privos ⁵ lapides silices privasque ⁶ verbenas secum ferrent, ut, ubi ⁷ praetor Romanus iis imperaret ut foedus ferirent, illi praetorem sagmina poscerent. herbae id genus ex arce sumptum fetialibus dari solet.

[10] ita dimissi ab Roma Carthaginienses cum in Africam venissent ad Scipionem, quibus ante dictum est legibus pacem fecerunt.

[11] naves longas, ⁸ elephantos, perfugas, fugitivos fugitives , captivorum quattuor milia tradiderunt, inter quos Q. Terentius Culleo senator fuit.

[12] naves provectas in altum incendi iussit. quingentas fuisse omnis generis quae remis agerentur quidam tradunt; quarum conspectum repente incendium tam lugubre fuisse Poenis quam si ⁹ ipsa Carthago arderet.

[13] De perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis ¹⁰ consultum; nominis Latini qui erant securi percussi, Romani in crucem sublati.

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.) — 30.43 focus

[1] inclinatis omnium ad pacem animis Cn. Lentulus consul, cui classis provincia erat, senatus consulto intercessit.

[2] tum M’. Acilius et Q. Minucius tribuni plebis ad populum tulerunt, vellent iuberentne senatum decernere, ut cum Carthaginiensibus pax fieret; et quem ear eam pacem dare, quemque ex Africa exercitum deportare iuberent.

[3] de pace “uti rogas” omnes tribus iusserunt; pacem dare P. Scipionem, eundem exercitum deportare.

[4] ex hac rogatione senatus decrevit, ut P. Scipio ex decem legatorum sententia pacem cum populo Carthaginiensi, quibus legibus ei videretur, faceret.

[5] gratias deinde patribus egere Carthaginienses et petierunt, ut sibi in urbem introire et colloqui cum civibus suis liceret, qui capti in publica custodia essent;

[6] esse in iis partim propinquos amicosque suos, nobiles homines, partim ad quos mandata a propinquis haberent.

[7] quibus conventis cum rursus peterent, ut sibi quos vellent ex iis redimendi potestas fieret, iussi nomina edere; et cum ducentos ferme ederent,

[8] senatus consultum factum est, ut legati Romani ducentos ex captivis, quos Carthaginienses vellent, ad P. Cornelium in Africam deportarent nuntiarentque ei, ut, si pax convenisset, sine pretio eos Carthaginiensibus redderet.

[9] fetiales cum in Africam ad foedus feriundum ire iuberentur, ipsis postulantibus senatus consultum in haec verba factum est, ut privos lapides silices privasque verbenas secum ferrent; ut ubi praetor Romanus iis imperaret, ut foedus ferirent, illi praetorem sagmina poscerent. herbae id genus ex arce sumptum fetialibus dari solet.

[10] ita dimissi ab Roma Carthaginienses cum in Africam venissent ad Scipionem, quibus ante dictum est legibus pacem fecerunt.

[11] naves longas, elephantos, perfugas, fugitivos, captivorum quattuor milia tradiderunt, inter quos Q. Terentius Culleo senator fuit. naves provectas in altum incendi iussit.

[12] quingentas fuisse omnis generis, quae remis agerentur, quidam tradunt; quarum conspectum repente incendium tam lugubre fuisse Poenis, quam si ipsa Carthago arderet. de perfugis gravius quam de fugitivis consultum;

[13] nominis Latini qui erant, securi percussi, Romani in crucem sublati.

Ab urbe condita Perseus (Conway, Robert Seymour; Walters, Charles Flamstead; Johnson, Stephen Keymer, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1914-1935. (Oxford Classical Texts)) — 30.43 focus

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inclinatis omnium ad pacem animis Cn. Lentulus consul, cui classis prouincia erat, senatus consulto intercessit.

[2] tum M'. Acilius et Q. Minucius tribuni plebis ad populum tulerunt uellent iuberentne senatum decernere ut cum Carthaginiensibus pax fieret; et quem eam pacem dare quemque ex Africa exercitum deportare iuberent.

[3] de pace 'uti rogas' omnes tribus iusserunt; pacem dare P. Scipionem , eundem exercitum deportare.

[4] ex hac rogatione senatus decreuit ut P. Scipio ex decem legatorum sententia pacem cum populo Carthaginiensi quibus legibus ei uideretur faceret.

[5] gratias deinde patribus egere Carthaginienses, et petierunt ut sibi in urbem introire et conloqui cum ciuibus suis liceret qui capti in publica custodia essent:

[6] esse in iis partim propinquos amicosque suos, nobiles homines, partim ad quos mandata a propinquis haberent.

[7] quibus conuentis cum rursus peterent ut sibi quos uellent ex iis redimendi potestas fieret, iussi nomina edere; et cum ducenta ferme ederent,

[8] senatus consultum factum est ut legati Romani ducentos ex captiuis quos Carthaginienses uellent ad P. Cornelium in Africam deportarent, nuntiarentque ei ut, si pax conuenisset, sine pretio eos Carthaginiensibus redderet.

[9] fetiales cum in Africam ad foedus feriundum ire iuberentur, ipsis postulantibus senatus consultum in haec uerba factum est ut priuos lapides silices priuasque uerbenas secum ferrent ut, ubi praetor Romanus imperaret ut foedus ferirent, illi praetorem sagmina poscerent.—herbae id genus ex arce sumptum fetialibus dari solet.

[10] ita dimissi ab Roma Carthaginienses cum in Africam uenissent ad Scipionem, quibus ante dictum est legibus pacem fecerunt.

[11] naues longas elephantos perfugas fugitiuos captiuorum quattuor milia tradiderunt, inter quos Q. Terentius Culleo senator fuit.

[12] naues prouectas in altum incendi iussit; quingentas fuisse omnis generis quae remis agerentur quidam tradunt; quarum conspectum repente incendium tam lugubre fuisse Poenis quam si ipsa Carthago arderet.

[13] de perfugis grauius †quam de fugitiuis† consultum: nominis Latini qui erant securi percussi, Romani in crucem sublati.

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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)) — 30.43 focus

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When all were now disposed to make peace the consul Gnaeus Lentulus, to whom the fleet had been assigned, ¹ vetoed a decree of the senate.

[2] Thereupon Manius Acilius and Quintus Minucius, tribunes of the plebs, ² brought before the people the question whether it was their will and command that the senate should decree that peace be made with the Carthaginians; and whom they should command to grant that peace, and whom to bring the army back from Africa.

[3] In regard to the peace all the tribes voted affirmatively: that Publius Scipio should grant the peace, that he also should bring back the army.

[4] In accordance with this enactment the senate decreed that Publius Scipio on the advice of ten envoys should make peace with the Carthaginian people upon such terms as he saw fit.

[5] The ³ Carthaginians thereupon thanked the senators and begged permission to enter the city and to converse with fellow-citizens who as captives were in prison, saying that among them some were their own relatives and friends,

[6] men of rank, and others men for whom they had messages from their relatives.

[7] When this was arranged and they made a further request that they might have the opportunity of ransoming such of them as they desired, they were bidden to furnish the names.

[8] And when they furnished some two hundred names a decree of the senate was passed that the Roman envoys should carry to Publius Cornelius in Africa two hundred selected by the Carthaginians from the number of the captives, and should report to him that, if the peace should be agreed to, he was to deliver the captives to the Carthaginians without ransom.

[9] When orders were being given to the fetial priests ⁴ to go to Africa in order to make the treaty, at their own request a decree of the senate was passed in these terms: that they should each take one flint knife and one tuft of foliage with them, in order that when the Roman general ⁵ ordered them to make the treaty they should demand of the general the sacred tufts.

[10] It is customary to gather foliage of this kind from the Citadel and give it to the fetials.

Under these circumstances the Carthaginians were sent away from Rome, and having presented themselves to Scipio in Africa, they made peace upon the terms above mentioned. ⁶

[11] They surrendered ⁷ warships, elephants, deserters, runaway slaves, and four thousand captives, among whom was Quintus Terentius Culleo, ⁸ a senator.

[12] The ships Scipio ordered to be put to sea and to be burned. Some historians ⁹ relate that there were five hundred of them —every type of vessel propelled by oars; ¹⁰ and that when the Carthaginians suddenly caught sight of the fire it was as doleful for them as if Carthage itself were in flames.

[13] The deserters were more severely treated than the runaway slaves, Latin citizens being beheaded, Romans crucified.

History of Rome Perseus (Spillan, D.; Edmonds, Cyrus; McDevitte, William A., translators. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-1868. (Bohn's Classical Library)) — 30.43 focus

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The minds of all being disposed to peace, Cneius Lentulus, whose province the fleet was, protested against the decree of the senate.

[2] Upon this, Manius Acilius and Quintus Minucius, tribunes of the people, put the question to the people, whether they willed and ordered that the senate should decree that peace should be made with the Carthaginians? whom they ordered to grant that peace, and whom to conduct the army out of Africa?

[3] All the tribes ordered respecting the peace according as the question had been put. That Publius Scipio should grant the peace, and that he also should conduct the army home.

[4] Agreeably to this order, the senate decreed that Publius Scipio, acting according to the opinion of the ten deputies, should make peace with the Carthaginian people on what terms he pleased.

[5] The Carthaginians then returned thanks to the senate, and requested that they might be allowed to enter the city and converse with their countrymen who had been made prisoners and were in custody of the state;

[6] observing, that some of them were their relations and friends, and men of rank, and some, persons to whom they were charged with messages from their relations.

[7] Having obtained these requests, they again asked permission to ransom such of them as they pleased; when they were desired to give in their names.

[8] Having given in a list of about two hundred, a decree of the senate was passed to the effect, that the Carthaginian ambassadors should be allowed to take away into Africa to Publius Cornelius Scipio two hundred of the Carthaginian prisoners, selecting whom they pleased; and that they should convey to him a message, that if the peace were concluded, he should restore them to the Carthaginians without ransom.

[9] The heralds being ordered to go into Africa to strike the league, at their own desire the senate passed a decree that they should take with them flint stones of their own, and vervain of their own; that the Roman praetor should command them to strike the league, and that they should demand of him herbs. The description of herb usually given to the heralds is taken from the Capitol.

[10] Thus the Carthaginians, being allowed to depart from Rome, when they had gone into Africa to Scipio concluded the peace on the terms before mentioned.

[11] They delivered up their men-of-war, their elephants, deserters, fugitives, and four thousand prisoners, among whom was Quintus Terentius Culleo, a senator. The ships he ordered to be taken out into the main and burnt.

[12] Some say there were five hundred of every description of those which are worked with oars, and that the sudden sight of these, when burning, occasioned as deep a sensation of grief to the Carthaginians as if Carthage had been in flames.

[13] The measures adopted respecting the deserters were more severe than those respecting the fugitives. Those who were of the Latin confederacy were decapitated; the Romans were crucified.

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.) — 30.43 focus

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Whilst all were in favour of peace the consul Cnaeus Lentulus, who was in command of the fleet, prevented the House from passing any resolution.

[2] Thereupon, two tribunes of the plebs, Manius Acilius and Q. Minucius, at once brought the questions before the people: Was it their will and pleasure that the senate should pass a decree for the conclusion of peace with Carthage? Who was to grant the peace?

[3] and Who was to bring away the army from Africa? On the question of peace all the tribes voted in the affirmative; they also made an order that Scipio should grant the peace and bring the army home.

[4] In pursuance of this decision the senate decreed that P. Scipio should, in agreement with the ten commissioners, make peace with the people or Carthage on such terms as he thought right.

[5] On this the Carthaginians expressed their thanks to the senators, and begged that they might be allowed to enter the City and converse with their fellow-countrymen who were detained as State-prisoners.

[6] These were members of the nobility, some of them their own friends and relations, and others there were for whom they had messages from their friends at home.

[7] When this was arranged they made a further request that they might be allowed to ransom any of the prisoners whom they wished.

[8] They were told to furnish the names, and they gave in about two hundred. The senate then passed a resolution that a commission should be appointed to take back to P. Scipio in Africa two hundred of the prisoners whom the Carthaginians had selected and to inform him that if peace were established he was to restore them to the Carthaginians without ransom.

[9] When the fetials received orders to proceed to Africa for the purpose of striking the treaty they requested the senate to define the procedure. The senate accordingly decided upon this formula: "The fetials shall take with them their own flints and their own herbs; when a Roman praetor orders them to strike the treaty they shall demand the sacred herbs from him."

[10] The herbs given to the fetials are usually taken from the Citadel. The Carthaginian envoys were at length dismissed and returned to Scipio.

[11] They concluded peace with him on the terms mentioned above, and delivered up their warships, their elephants, the deserters and refugees and 4000 prisoners including Q. Terentius Calleo, a senator.

[12] Scipio ordered the ships to be taken out to sea and burnt. Some authorities state that there were 500 vessels, comprising every class propelled by oars. The sight of all those vessels suddenly bursting into flames caused as much grief to the people as if Carthage itself were burning.

[13] The deserters were dealt with much more severely than the fugitives; those belonging to the Latin contingents were beheaded, the Romans were crucified.

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Ab urbe condita

1. rogas c Sigonius: rogatae erant b Froben 2: -asset A 5: -assent Aldus : rogant C 5 ?: the entire sentence is om. by A3N3VJK.

2. A.U.C. 553

3. ducenta hertz : -tos JK Aldus: in numerals CBA3 N3 v Froben 2.

4. Cornelium, to this A3 JK Aldus, Froben add Scipionem.

5. privos A3 j Eds.: primos A 6 N3 VJK ( alt. ): prius C 1 ? B.

6. privasque x Aldu s, Froben: -masque CBA3 N3 JK: -mas V.

7. ut, ubi Madvig : et uti C: et, ubi Riemann : uti A3 N3 BV Aldus , Froben: ubi JK apparently.

8. A.U.C. 553

9. si C 1 ?C 2 BA3 N3 VJK Froben 2: si tum cx Aldus.

10. quam de fugitivis CBA3 N3 VJK Aldus, Froben, Eds.: corrupt according to Koehler, Conway, comparing Val. max . ii. vii. 12, who imitated Livy, perhaps from a text already cor- rupted (since captured slaves could hardly fail to be mentioned here): follows a lacuna, Weissenborn: tamquam de fugitivis coni. Johnson .

Titus Livius (Livy) Ab urbe condita 30.43

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