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44. ver sacrum factum erat priore anno, M. Porcio et L. Valerio consulibus. [2] id cum P. Licinius pontifex non esse recte factum collegio primum, deinde ex auctoritate collegii patribus renuntiasset, de integro faciendum arbitratu pontificum censuerunt ludosque magnos, qui una voti essent, tanta pecunia quanta adsoleret faciendos; [3] ver sacrum videri pecus quod natum esset inter kal. martias et pridie kal. maias P. Cornelio et Ti. Sempronio consulibus.

[4] censorum inde comitia sunt habita. creati censores Sex. Aelius Paetus et C. Cornelius Cethegus. principem senatus1 P. Scipionem consulem, quem et priores censores legerant, legerunt. tres omnino senatores, neminem curuli honore usum, [p. 532] praeterierunt. [5] gratiam quoque ingentem apud eum2 ordinem pepererunt, quod ludis Romanis aedilibus curulibus imperarunt ut loca senatoria secernerent a populo; nam antea in promiscuo spectabant. equitibus quoque perpaucis adempti equi, nec in ullum ordinem saevitum. atrium Libertatis et villa publica ab iisdem refecta amplificataque.

[6] ver sacrum ludique Romani votivi, quos voverat Ser. Sulpicius Galba consul, facti. cum spectaculo eorum occupati animi hominum essent, [7?] Q. Pleminius, qui propter multa in deos hominesque scelera Locris admissa in carcerem coniectus fuerat, comparaverat homines qui pluribus simul locis urbis nocte incendia facerent, ut in consternata nocturno tumultu civitate refringi carcer posset. [8] ea res indicio consciorum3 palam facta delataque ad senatum est. Pleminius in inferiorem demissus carcerem est necatusque.

1 senatus ed. mediolanensis 1505: senatum b M.

2 A.U.C. 560

3 consciorum ς: consociorum B: sociorum M.

Livy. Books XXXI-XXXIV with an English Translation. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935: no copyright notice.

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