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9. ceterum transportati milites in Siciliam—et erant1 maior pars Latini nominis sociorumque—prope magni motus causa fuere; adeo ex parvis saepe magnarum momenta rerum pendent. [2] fremitus enim inter Latinos sociosque in conciliis ortus, decimum annum dilectibus, stipendiis se2 exhaustos esse; quotannis ferme clade magna pugnare; [3] alios in acie occidi, alios morbo absumi; magis perire sibi civem qui ab Romano miles lectus sit quam qui ab Poeno captus: quippe ab hoste gratis remitti in patriam, ab Romanis extra Italiam in exsilium verius quam in militiam ablegari. [4] octavum iam ibi annum senescere Cannensem militem, moriturum ante quam Italia hostis, quippe nunc cum maxime florens viribus, excedat. [5] si veteres milites non redeant in patriam, novi legantur, brevi neminem superfuturum. Itaque, quod propediem res ipsa negatura sit, priusquam ad ultimam solitudinem atque egestatem perveniant,3 negandum populo Romano esse. [6] si consentientes in hoc socios videant Romani, profecto de pace cum Carthaginiensibus iungenda cogitaturos; aliter numquam vivo Hannibale sine bello Italiam fore. haec acta in conciliis.

[p. 242] [7] triginta tum coloniae populi Romani erant; ex4 iis duodecim, cum omnium legationes Romae essent, negaverunt consulibus esse unde milites pecuniamque darent. eae fuere Ardea, Nepete, Sutrium, Alba, Carseoli, Sora,5 Suessa, Circeii, Setia, Cales, Narnia, Interamna. [8] Nova re consules icti cum absterrere eos a tam detestabili consilio vellent, castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo profecturos rati, [9?] eos ausos esse consulibus dicere aiebant quod consules ut in senatu pronuntiarent in animum inducere non possent; non enim detrectationem eam munerum militiae, sed apertam defectionem a populo Romano esse. [10] redirent itaque propere in colonias et tamquam integra re, locuti magis quam ausi tantum nefas, cum suis consulerent. admonerent non Campanos neque Tarentinos esse eos sed Romanos, [11?] inde oriundos, inde in colonias atque in agrum bello captum stirpis6 augendae causa missos. quae liberi parentibus deberent, ea illos Romanis debere, si ulla pietas, si memoria antiquae patriae esset. [12] consulerent igitur de integro; nam tum quidem quae temere agitassent, ea prodendi imperii Romani, tradendae Hannibali victoriae esse. [13] cum alternis haec consules diu iactassent, nihil moti legati neque se quod7 domum [p. 244] renuntiarent habere dixerunt neque senatum suum8 quod9 novi consuleret, ubi nec miles qui legeretur, nec pecunia quae daretur in stipendium esset. [14] cum obstinatos eos viderent consules, rem ad senatum detulerunt, ubi tantus pavor animis hominum est iniectus ut magna pars actum de imperio diceret:10 idem alias colonias facturas,11 idem socios; consensisse omnes ad prodendam Hannibali urbem Romanam.

1 erant PCR: erat the rest.

2 se ruperti: s P: om. P2(1)JK Aldus.

3 perveniant PCJK Aldus, Froben: -iat RBDA: -iatur N.

4 A.U.C. 545

5 Sora M5 Froben 1: co P(3)N: om. CA3JK Aldus; cf. XXIX. xv. 5, where P(1)n omit this name.

6 stirpis A3JK Aldus: urbis P(1)N.

7 quod P(3)C3A3NJK Aldus: quid Conway.

8 A.U.C. 545

9 quod Madvig, Emend.: quid P(1)NJK Aldus, Froben, Madvig, 1872.

10 diceret P(1)n Aldus: -rent JK.

11 facturas, here ended the long lacuna in the Spirensis; cf. p. 232, n. 3.

Livy. Books XXVI-XXVII With An English Translation. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1943: no copyright notice.

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