ProQuest Dissertations - Historia Antigua

Spain or in Africa, and the decemviri managed the allotment. Commissionerswere also appointed to fill up the number of colonists at Venusia, as the strengthof that colony had been diminished in the war with Hannibal. C. Terentius Varro,T. Quinctius Flamininus and P. Cornelius, the son of Cnaeus Scipio, were thecommissioners who undertook the task. (Trans. Roberts)810 KCU TTEUTrouevcov dTroiKcov E'IS 5UO TTOXEIS, NdpvEidv TE KOU Kcbvaccv,dpxcov ripEBr) KCCI oiKioTrjs. TOUTO 8' aCrrov ETifjpE udAicrra Tag Sid psoou KCUauvrj0Eis TOTS VEOIS dpxds uTTEpPdvTa, 8rmapxiav Kal crrpaTnyiav Kaidyopavoniav, EU0U$ avrrov uTraTEias crrpaTTiyiav KOU dyopavoniav, EUBUSOCUTOV uTraTEiag d^iouv, Kal KaTrjEi, T01/5 diro TCOV KAnpouxicov E'XCOVTrpo6uuous. Plutarch Flam. 1.4[Administration of justice and military skill] obtained him the office of leader andfounder of two colonies which were sent into the cities of Narnia and Consa;which filled him with loftier hopes, and made him aspire to step over thoseprevious honors which it was usual first to pass through, the offices of tribune ofthe people, praetor and aedile, and to level his aim immediately at the consulship.Having these colonies, and all their interest ready at his service, he offeredhimself as candidate... (Trans. Dry den)Narnia (suppl): (Livy 32.2.6-7)Et Narniensium legatis querentibus ad numerum sibi colonos non esse etimmixtos quosdam non sui generis pro colonis se gerere, earum rerum causatresuiros creare L. Cornelius consul iussus. Creati P. et Sex. Aelii—Paetisfuitambobus cognomen—et Cn. Cornelius Lentulus. Quod Narniensibus datum erat,ut colonorum numerus augeretur, id Cosani petentes non impetrauerunt. Livy32.2.6-7Delegates also came from Narnia who stated that their colony was short of itsproper number and that some of inferior status had found their way amongst them,and were giving themselves out to be colonists. The consul L. Cornelius wasinstructed to appoint three commissioners to deal with the case. Those appointedwere the two Aelii - Publius and Sextus, both of whom had the cognomen ofPaetus - and Cn. Cornelius Lentulus. The colonists at Cosa also requested anaugmentation of their number, but their request was refused. (Trans. Roberts)Volturnum, Liternum, Puteoli, Salernum, Buxentum: (Livy 32.29.3-4, 34.45.1-2)C. Atinius tribunus plebis tulit ut quinque coloniae in oram maritimamdeducerentur, duae ad ostia fluminum Uolturni Liternique, una Puteolos, una adCastrum Salerni: his Buxentum adiectum; trecenae familiae in singulas coloniasiubebantur mitti. Tresuiri deducendis Us, qui per triennium magistratum haberent,creati M. Seruilius Geminus Q. Minucius Thermus 77. Sempronius Longus. Livy32.29.3-4256