Liv. 22.35.1Cum hīs ōrātiōnibus accēnsa plēbs esset, tribus patriciīs petentibus, P. .When the plebs had been inflamed by these speeches, though three patricians were standing, Publius. Liv. 22.35.1Cornēliō Merendā L. Mānliō Volsōne M. Aemiliō Lepidō, duōbus nōbilium iam familiārum plēbēīs, C. Atīliō Serrānō et Q. Aeliō Paetō, quōrum alter pontifex, alter augur erat, C. Terentius cōnsul ūnus creātur, ut in manū eius essent comitia rogandō collēgae.Cornelius Merenda, Lucius Manlius Vulso and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and two plebeians of families already noble, Gaius Atilius Serranus and Quintus Aelius Paetus, one of whom was a pontiff and the other an augur, Gaius Terentius alone is elected consul, so that the election of his colleague would be in his hands as presiding officer. Liv. 22.35.3Tum experta nōbilitās parum fuisse vīrium in competītōribus eius L. Aemilium Paulum, quī cum M. Līviō cōnsul fuerat, ex damnātiōne collēgae, ex quā prope ambūstus ēvāserat, īnfestum plēbēī, diū ac multum recūsantem ad petītiōnem conpellit.Then the nobility, having found that there had been too little strength in his rivals, drove Lucius Aemilius Paulus to stand, though he long and repeatedly refused; he had been consul with Marcus Livius and was hostile to the plebs since the conviction of his colleague, from which he himself had escaped almost scorched.
Liv. 22.35.4Is proximō comitiālī diē concēdentibus omnibus, quī cum Varrōne certāverant, pār magis in adversandō quam collēga datur cōnsulī.On the next day for assemblies, since all who had competed with Varro withdrew, he is given to the consul as an equal in opposing him rather than as a colleague. Liv. 22.35.5Inde praetōrum comitia habita: creātī M. Pompōnius Mathō et P. Fūrius Philus.Then the election of praetors was held: Marcus Pomponius Matho and Publius Furius Philus were elected. Liv. 22.35.5Philō Rōmae iūrī dīcundō urbāna sors, Pompōniō inter cīvīs Rōmānōs et peregrīnōs ēvēnit.To Philus fell the urban lot of administering justice at Rome, to Pomponius that between Roman citizens and foreigners. Liv. 22.35.6Additī duo praetōrēs, M. Claudius Mārcellus in Siciliam, L. Postumius Albīnus in Galliam.Two praetors were added, Marcus Claudius Marcellus for Sicily and Lucius Postumius Albinus for Gaul. Liv. 22.35.7Omnēs absentēs creātī sunt, nec cuiquam eōrum praeter Terentium cōnsulem mandātus honōs, quem nōn iam anteā gessisset, praeteritīs aliquot fortibus ac strēnuīs virīs, quia in tālī tempore nūllī novus magistrātus vidēbātur mandandus.All were elected in their absence, and to none of them except the consul Terentius was an office entrusted that he had not already held before, several brave and energetic men being passed over, because at such a time it seemed that no one should be entrusted with an office new to him.