Livy, Periochae 41-45

Titus Livius or Livy (59 BCE - 17 CE): Roman historian, author of the authorized version of the history of the Roman republic.

A large part of Livy's History of Rome since the Foundation is now lost, but fortunately we have an excerpt, called the Periochae, which helps us reconstruct the general scope. This translation was made by Jona Lendering.

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From Book 41

[41.1] The fire in the temple of Vesta was extinguished.

[41.2] [179 BCE] Proconsul Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus accepted the surrender of the defeated Celtiberians, and to commemorate his successes, he founded the town of Gracchuris in Hispania.

[41.3] And by proconsul Postumius Albinus, the Vaccaeans and Lusitanians were subdued.

[41.4] Both men celebrated a triumph.

[41.5] [175] Antiochus [IV Epiphanes], the son who had been given by Antiochus [III the Great] as hostage to the Romans, was sent to the kingdom of Syria at the death of his brother Seleucus [IV Philopator], to whom his father had left the kingdom. 

[41.6] He turned out to be a very bad king, except for religion, because he built many splendid temples in the countries of his allies, like that of the Olympian Jupiter in Athens and the Capitoline Jupiter in Antioch.

[41.7] The censors performed the lustrum ceremony.

[41.8] 258,294 citizens were registered.

[41.9] Tribune of the plebs Quintus Voconius Saxa carried a law that forbade women to inherit.

[41.10] Marcus [Porcius] Cato pleaded for this law.

[41.11] (His speech still exists.)

[41.12] Itnote also contains accounts of successful wars by several leaders against the Ligurians, Histrians, Sardinians and Celtiberans, and the beginning of the Macedonian war, which was provoked by [king] Perseus, the son of Philip.

[41.13] He sent an embassy to the Carthaginians that was received during the night,

[41.14] but he also solicited help from Greek cities.