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M.C.Mar.4 Licinius nec consul nec prætor ante 13 fuerat quam censor est factus: ex ædilitate gradum ad censuram fecit. sed hi censores neque senatum legerunt nec quicquam publicæ rei egerunt: mors 14 diremit L. Veturii; inde et Licinius censura se abdicavit. ædiles curules L. Veturius et P. Licinius Varus ludos Romanos diem unum instaurârunt 15. ædiles plebis Q. Catius et L. Porcius Licinus ex multaticio argento signa ænea ad Cereris dedere, et ludos 16 pro temporis ejus copia17 magnifici apparatus fecerunt.

Arrival of
Lælius from
Spain.

Exitu anni hujus, die quarto et tricesimo" quam ab7 Tarracone profectus erat, C. Lælius legatus Scipionis Romam venit; isque cum agmine captivorum ingressus urbem magnum concursum hominum fecit. postero die in senatum introductus captam Carthaginem, caput Hi'spaniæ, uno die, receptasque aliquot urbes quæ defe'cissent, novasque in societatem adscitas' exposuit. ex 5. captivis comperta his fere congruentia quæ in litteris fuerant M. Valerii Messalla. maxime movit patres Hasdrubalis transitus in Italiam vix Hannibali atque ejus armis subsistentem. productus et in concionem Lælius eadem edisseruit. senatus ob res feliciter a P. Scipione 'gestas supplicationem in unum diem' decrevit; C. Lælium primo quoque tempore, cum quibus venerat navibus, redire in Hispaniam' jussit.

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Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum contuli multis

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• magnifice apparatos RH. 3 P. 5 L. H. L. adv. cf. Suet. i, 10. G. a quarta et trigesima ed. GT. Hau.-quarta et tricesima ed. G. C. b quæque F. H. pr. DJ, adv. D. quæquæ P. Equal to,' C. capable of withstanding.' SR, Lex. R. pl. and opt. Mss. ant. Edd. A. cf. xxii, 60; [12; ED.] i, 4; (Obs. i, 17;) Cic. Fam. xi, 10; (GB. VC.) Cæs. B. G. v, 10; Tib. iv, 1, 195; (HY.) Claud. Eut. ii, 368. G. E, C. C. R.—subsistentes 3 P.-substinentem H. cf. ix, 31, 6. D.-obsistentem ed. AS. Fis. Hau. al. cf. xxiii, 20; Cic. Sen. 13. D.—resistentem HF. but these readings are from gl. D. d ea demum 1, 2 P. F. L. N. al. Mss. ant. Edd. e em. cf. v, 4; xxxiv, 52; xliv, 41; G, on xli, 6, 5. Just. xxxi, 5; Avien. D. O. M. 68. D.—ædisseruit P.—disseruit pl. Mss. and Edd.

13 The censors were usually elected from those senators who were of consular dignity. R.

14 After the taking of Rome by the Gauls, a new censor was never elected in the room of one who died; v, 31; C. vi, 27; ix, 34; xxiv, 43. R.

15 Properly to renew' or 'celebrate over again,' sometimes simply to celebrate ;'

cf. 36; ii, 36; xxxi, 4; R. though with reference to ceremonies &c. which have been performed on previous occasions; Virg. Æ. vii, 146; non ut veterum instaurator, sed conditor, Amm. xxvii, 3.

16 From Cic. 11 Verr. v, 14, it appears that the plebeian games were held in honour of Flora. E. R.

17 xxviii, 21. R.

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auctoribus, haud nescius quosdam1 esse qui anno insequenti M.C.Mar.4 captam tradiderint, quod' mihi minus simile veri visum est, annum integrum Scipionem nihil gerundo in Hispania consumpsisse.

Y. R. 543.

Maximus 5,

Flaccus 4.

xxiv, 9;

xxv, 3.

Q. Fabio maximo quintum, Q. Fulvio Flacco quartum con- B. C. 209— sulibus, idibus Martiis, quo die magistratum inierunt, Italia Consuls, ambobus provincia decreta, regionibus tamen partitum impe- Q. Fabius rium: Fabius ad Tarentum, Fulvius in Lucanis ac Bruttiis Q. Fulvius 'rem gereret.' M. Claudio prorogatum in annum imperium. prætores sortiti provincias, C. Hostilius Tubulus urbanam, L. Veturius Philo peregrinam cum Gallia, T. Quintius Provinces Crispinus Capuam, C. Aurunculeius Sardiniam. exercitus and armies. ita per provincias divisi. Fulvio duæ legiones, quas in • Sicilia M. Valerius Lævinus haberet, Q. Fabio, quibus in 'Etruria C. Calpurnius præfuisset[,' decretæ]. ' exercitus urbanus ut in Etruriam succederet; C. Calpurnius eidem 'præesset provinciæ exercituique; Capuam exercitumque 25. quem Q. Fulvius habuisset, T. Quintius obtineret. L. Ve'turius ab C. Lætorio proprætore provinciam exercitumque' ('Arimini erat) acciperet.' M. Marcello, quibus2 consul bene rem gesserat, legiones decreta. M. Valerio cum L. Cincio (his quoque enim' prorogatum in Sicilia impe- 23; xxiii, rium) Cannensis exercitus datus ; eumque supplere ex 25; xxiv, 'militibus qui ex legionibus Cn. Fulvii superessent' jussi. 41. conquisitos eos consules in Siciliam miserunt; additaque 1. eadem militiæ ignominia sub qua Cannenses militabant, 8.

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44; xxv,

had.

f sed RH. D. pr. RH. but quod is very often redundant in this way; with ubi vi, 7; 8; xxviii, 3; xxix, 34; xxxvii, 29; xlii, 7; Var. R. R. i, 15; utinam Sal. J. 14; qui Cic. Ph. x, 4; G, on xxxviii, 9. R. ut xxxii, 37; Pliny H. N. xviii, 23; Virg. Æ. x, 631; quum xli, 10; (GR.) si ii, 29; xxxi, 37; xliv, 11; 31; 42; Cic. p. Bal. 16; Col. vi, 27 twice; CO, on S. C. 18; D. Hor. O. i, 1, 55; Juv. ii, 43. ED. As relates to which,' like for xa, di, R. and in Thucydides for whereas.' ED.-sed quod 5 L. & GT transposed these persons, adv. Mss. cf. below, with 10 and 20. PG, 544 Y. R. G. GR. on what authority? D. em. PG. cf. g; G. 22. C.-C. Abstilius N.-C. Hostilius cet. Mss. but he was the civic prætor, and had to attend to the Apollinarian games. PG. j RH. pr. RH. G. R.-qui tum jam etiam ad. 3 L. N.—qui tum jam in V 1st. 1 L.-qui tum jam al. Mss. ed. G. C. D.-qui tum 2, 3 P. 4, 5 L. B 2d. GA. L. pl. Mss of G. * RH. ef. iii, 50. DU.-est ad. cet. Mss. pl. Edd. G. C. D. 1 RH. Mss of G.—om. L. N. pl. Mss of D. ed. S.—in annum ed. CU. sqq.

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1 Among them Polybius; cf. SW, on P. x, 2. R.

2 Viz. the 1st and 2d according to 2; but the 18th and 20th according to 12 and

14; and yet his soldiers were the same, 13. How are these discrepancies to be reconciled? PZ. This is probably another instance of different authorities being followed.

xxvi, 1.

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Q.F.Max. 5 quique ex prætoris Cn. Fulvii exercitu ob similis iram Q.F.Flac.4 fugæ missi eo ab senatu fuerant. C. Aurunculeio eædem in Sardinia legiones, quibus P. Manlius Vulso eam provinciam obtinuerat, decretæ. P. Sulpicio eadem [legione1 eademque] classe Macedoniam obtinere' jusso prorogatum in annum imperium. triginta quinqueremes ex Sicilia Tarentum ad Q. Fabium consulem mitti' jussæ; cetera 'classe prædatum in Africam aut ipsum M. Valerium Lævinum trajicere, aut mittere seu L. Cincium seu M. Valerium Messallam. nec de Hispania quicquam mutatum, nisi quod non in annum Scipioni Silanoque, sed donec revocati ab senatu forent,' prorogatum imperium est. ita provinciæ exercituumque in eum annum partita imperia.

C.Mamilius Inter majorum rerum curas comitia maximi curionis 1, 8 Vitulus first plebeian cum in locum M. Æmilii sacerdos crearetur, vetus excitachief curio. verunt certamen, patriciis negantibus C. Mamilii Vituli','

qui unus ex plebe petebat, habendam rationem esse, ' quia nemo ante eum nisi ex patribus id sacerdotium habuisset.' tribuni appellati ad senatum rejecerunt3. senatus populi potestatem fecit. ita primus ex plebe creatus

m I have bracketted these words; see note 4. ED. n placere ad. D. L. N. 3—5 L. B. GA. ed. Fis. al. Edd. but und. jussum est. G. • vellet ad. D. L. N. H. 3-5 L. B. GA. ed. Fis. al. adv. G. D. PV 2d. ed. FR. CU. Fis. D. pr. C.-locum P. two PE. F. three P. V. ant. Edd. Hau. C. cf. Sall. J. 63; 72; Plaut. Cap. ii, 3, 25. G. But these instances belong to the idiom noticed in xxii, 38, 7. D. a em. cf. xli, 21; Tab. Cap. 491 Y. R. S. PG, 542, 488, 491 Y. R. SN, de U. N. x, 34. DU.-var. Mss. b fuit ad. pl. Mss. ant. Edd. pr. G. c P. F. C. ed. A.-petens pl. Mss. ant. Edd. pr. G. cf. v, 34, 6. D.-potens V. 2, 4 L. al. Edd.-petitor conj. G. cf. iii, 44; Hor. O. iii, 1, 11. ED. d rem conj. ad. G. cf. xlii, 32, 7. D. opt. Mss. ed. Rom. Parm. cf. Græci optionem Carthaginiensium faciunt, Sal. J. 79. G, on xliii, 15; and Suet. ii, 13. D.-populo cet. Mss. pr. DJ. but this would be of a different sense. D.

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3 To the instances in xxi, 16, 1 : add 28; iv, 50; 57; viii, 29; Ov. M. iv, 235; (BU.) G. D. i, 3; 6; 13; 14; 51; xxviii, 42, 7; Tíoris Oo, St Mark xi, 22; Acts iii, 16; Rom. iii, 26; Gal. ii, 16; 20; iii, 22; Eph. iii, 12; cf. POL, S. C. fides Dei," v. 4; PK, on Num. v, 6; laws TOD Kugiou, 1 Thess. i, 3; Her. i, 129, n. 56; iii, 136, n. 53; v, 92, 3; vi, 65, n. 11; ix, 19; 37, n. 20; 104, n. 6; Thuc. i, 9; 91;95; 140 twice; Xen. H. iv, 8, 24; Cyr. iii, 1, 28; Soph. E. R. 1373; E. 1042; 1103; Eur. 0.123; 714; Virg. Æ. ix, 108; xi, 4; Juv. iii, 237 n.

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4 Here Livy is inconsistent. Sulpicius was ordered, the year before, to dismiss his land forces, xxvi, 28; PG, 544 Y. R. and there is no mention of troops, but only of his fleet, in 22. PZ. cf. 26, 2.

1 Cf. BE, Obs. p. 223, in GT, F. D.
2 Cf. x, 6 sq. R.

3 To the examples in xxi, 31, 8; add iii, 13; 36; v, 20; 36; vii, 20; viii, 1; ix, 43; xxiv, 2; xxvii, 8; xxxvi, 35; xl, 17; 29; xli, 6; 16. D.

4 That the power should rest with the people, RS. of choosing the chief curio from either patricians or plebeians.' G.

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flamen of

maximus curio C. Mamilius Vitulus. et flaminem Dialem Q.F. Max.5 Q.F. Flac.4 invitum inaugurari coegit P. Licinius pontifex maximus C. Valerium Flaccum. decemvir sacris faciundis creatus C. Valerius in locum Q. Mucii Scævolæ demortui C. Lætorius. cau- compelled sam inaugurari coacti flaminis libens reticuissem, ni ex to become mala fama in bonam vertisset 5. ob adolescentiam negli- Jove, gentem luxuriosamque C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat, L. Flacco fratri germano cognatisque aliis ob eadem vitia invisus. is, ut animum ejus cura sacrorum et ceremoniarum cepit, ita repente exuit antiquos mores, ut nemo' tota juventute haberetur prior, nec probatior primoribus patrum, suis pariter alienisque, esset. hujus famæ consensu elatus ad justam fidu- and, by ciam sui rem intermissam per multos annos ob indignitatem bis office, flaminum priorum repetivit, ut in senatum introiret. ingres- takes his sum eum curiam cum † L.8 Licinius prætor inde eduxisset, senate. tribunos plebis appellavit flamen. vetustum jus sacerdotii

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' repetebat: datum id cum toga prætexta et sella curuli
'flaminio' esse.' prætor non exoletis vetustate annalium
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'usu' volebat: nec patrum nec avorum memoria Dialem
'quemquam id jus usurpâsse.' tribuni rem inertia flami-
'num oblitteratam ipsis, non sacerdotio damno fuisse'
cum æquum censuissent, ne ipso quidem contra tendente

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f Mss. pl. Edd. ed. D.-in ad. GR. CL. C. g C. Hostilius conj. R. He was the city prætor this year; next year, P. Licinius Crassus P. M. was the foreign prætor, Licinius Varus was the city prætor; and he is the person here meant. GL. But as his forename likewise is Publius, we must here read P. S. pr. PG, 545 Y. R. D. cf. 21 sq. C. MD. pr. G. C. D). R.—et ad. P. and pl. Mss: pr. L. ad. G. C. D. DJ.-C. ad. 4, 5 L. H. ed. 2 Min.-Cn. ad. 3 L. i P. V. L. the office of flamen.' L. xxvi, 23; Gell. x, 15; the wife of the flamen' was called fiaminia, Tert. Ex. ad Cast. 13; and flaminius appears to have been an adjective. The pontificate' was in like manner called pontificium, Gell. i, 13; Theod. cod. 1. 1, pr. de Mat Bon. Leg. Burg. 40. MD.-Flaminio pl. Mss. ed. 1505 Med. but this was a plebeian family; whereas the flamens of Jove were always patricians. PG, 545 Y. R. TT, L. C. xii, 23; cf. LA, S. vii, 459. H. D.

5 The order is ni fama [Valerii] vertisset [se] ex mala [fama] in bonam. R. xxi, 39, 1. 6'Being taken out of the patricians.' This word is used elsewhere in this sense, to denote the election of persons to sacerdotal offices, and of the vestals in particular. [The chief pontiff named three; of these, the people in the assembly of tribes selected one; who was then inaugurated by the chief pontiff. Tac. A. iv, 16; Cic. L. Agr. ii,

7; R.] Gell. i, 12. Licinius appears (as is intimated by what follows) to have chosen this dissolute young man, either in hopes of his reformation from having his attention directed to sacred affairs, as proved to be the case; or to console his family under their disappointment at his exclusion from all chance of obtaining any public office, owing to his irregular life. C.

7 Und. ab Numa; D. cf. i, 20. R.

Q.F. Flac.4

Q.F. Max. 5 prætore', magno assensu patrum plebisque flaminem in senatum introduxerunt, omnibus ita existimantibus, magis sanctitate vitæ quam sacerdotii jure rem eam flaminem obtinuisse.

Levies.

ments sent

Consules priusquam in provincias irent, duas urbanas legiones, in supplementum, quantum opus erat ceteris exercitibus militum, scripserunt. urbanum veterem exercitum Fulvius consul C. Fulvio Flacco legato (frater hic consulis erat) in Etruriam dedit ducendum, et legiones quæ in Etruria erant Romam deducendas. et Fabius Reinforce consul 'reliquias exercitus Fulviani conquisitas' (fuere autem ad tria' millia trecenti triginta sex) Q. Maximum filium ducere in Siciliam ad M. Valerium proconsulem' jussit, ' atque ab eo duas legiones et triginta quinqueremes acci'pere.' nihil hæ eductæ ex insula legiones minuerunt nec viribus nec specie ejus provinciæ præsidium. nam cum, præter egregie suppletas duas veteres legiones, transfugarum etiam Numidarum equitum peditumque magnam vim haberet, Siculos quoque, qui in exercitu Epicydis aut Pœnorum fuerant, belli peritos viros, milites scripsit. ea externa auxilia cum singulis Romanis legionibus adjunxisset, duorum speciem exercituum servavit : altero L. Cincium partem insulæ,' qua regnum Hieronis fuerat, 'tueri' jussit; altero ipse ceteram insulam tuebatur, divi7; xxvi, 1; sam quondam RomaniTM Punicique imperii finibus, classe quoque navium" septuaginta partita, ut omni ambitu littorum præsidia oræ maritimæ essent. ipse cum Mutinis equitatu provinciam peragrabat, ut viseret agros cultaque ab incultis notaret et proinde dominos laudaret casti

XXV,

28 sq.

41.

j prætura P. F. as agricultura for agricola, Cic. Sen. 15; D. custodia for is qui custoditur, Sen. Ep. 5. ket conj. PG. rather und. que, cf. xxiv, 44; xxvi, 28, 3. DU. 1 ∞∞∞∞ P. m regii conj. cf. xxiv. [7, 7; ED.] 44; xxv, 3; for neither of the two belligerent parties had recognized the other's claim to any portion of the island. Before the first Punic war, it was divided between the king and the Carthaginians; at the close of the war, the latter part was ceded to the Romans, and was that subsequently designated as the old Province. After the death of Hieronymus, the Carthaginians invaded his dominions, but were soon driven out of the whole island by the Romans; 5. DU. If this division ever existed, it must have been during the first Punic war. C. If we admit this alteration, divisum will refer to the whole island, not to ceteram insulam. R. n om. P. V. GA. N. F. al. pr. (and om. LXX conj.) G. em. G.-partit aut P.-var. cet. Mss.-parata vulg. 4 em. G. cf. CO, on S. C. 12, 5. D.

P præsidio B 1st. vulg. pr. DJ.

8 Und. Valerius. D.

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