Liv. 22.61.1Postquam Mānlius dīxit, quamquam patrum quoque plērōsque captīvī cognātiōne attingēbant, praeter exemplum cīvitātis minimē in captīvōs iam inde antīquitus indulgentis, pecūniae quoque summa hominēs mōvit, quia nec aerārium exhaurīrī, magnā iam summā ērogātā in servōs ad mīlitiam emendōs armandōsque, nec Hannibalem maximē huiusce reī, ut fāma erat, egentem locuplētārī volēbant.After Manlius had spoken, although most of the senators too were connected with the captives by kinship, besides the precedent of a state which from ancient times had shown little indulgence towards captives, the sum of money also influenced them, since they wished neither to drain the treasury, a large sum having already been paid out for buying and arming slaves for service, nor to enrich Hannibal, who, as rumour had it, was in great need of precisely this. Liv. 22.61.3Cum trīste respōnsum, nōn redimī captīvōs, redditum esset, novusque super veterem lūctus tot iactūrā cīvium adiectus esset, cum magnīs flētibus questibusque lēgātōs ad portam prōsecūtī sunt.When the grim answer had been given, that the captives would not be ransomed, and a new grief had been added to the old by the loss of so many citizens, they escorted the envoys to the gate with much weeping and lamentation.
Liv. 22.61.4Ūnus ex iīs domum abiit, quod fallācī reditū in castra iūre iūrandō sē exsolvisset.One of them went off home, on the ground that he had freed himself from his oath by his deceitful return to the camp. Liv. 22.61.4Quod ubi innōtuit relātumque ad senātum est, omnēs cēnsuērunt conprehendendum et custōdibus pūblicē datīs dēdūcendum ad Hannibalem esse.When this became known and was reported to the senate, all voted that he should be arrested and taken back to Hannibal under guards provided by the state. Liv. 22.61.4Est et alia dē captīvīs fāma: decem prīmō vēnisse;There is also another account of the captives: that ten came first; Liv. 22.61.5dē eīs cum dubitātum in senātū esset, admitterentur in urbem necne, ita admissōs esse, nē tamen iīs senātus darētur;that when there had been doubt in the senate whether they should be admitted into the city or not, they were admitted on the condition, however, that they should not be granted an audience of the senate; Liv. 22.61.6morantibus deinde longius omnium spē aliōs trīs īnsuper lēgātōs vēnisse, L. Scrībōnium et C. Calpurnium et L. Mānlium;that then, as they stayed longer than anyone expected, three more envoys came besides, Lucius Scribonius, Gaius Calpurnius and Lucius Manlius; Liv. 22.61.7tum dēmum ab cognātō Scrībōniī tribūnō plēbis dē redimendīs captīvīs relātum esse, nec cēnsuisse redimendōs senātum;that only then was the ransoming of the captives brought before the senate by a tribune of the plebs, a kinsman of Scribonius, and the senate did not vote for their ransom; Liv. 22.61.7et novōs lēgātōs trīs ad Hannibalem revertisse, decem veterēs remānsisse, quod per causam recognōscendī nōmina captīvōrum ad Hannibalem ex itinere regressī religiōne sēsē exsolvissent;that the three new envoys returned to Hannibal, while the ten old ones stayed behind, because, having gone back to Hannibal from their journey on the pretext of checking the names of the captives, they had released themselves from their oath; Liv. 22.61.8dē iīs dēdendīs magnā contentiōne āctum in senātū esse, victōsque paucīs sententiīs, quī dēdendōs cēnsuerint;that the question of surrendering them was debated in the senate with great contention, and those who proposed surrendering them were defeated by a few votes; Liv. 22.61.9cēterum proxumīs cēnsōribus adeō omnibus notīs ignōminiīsque cōnfectōs esse, ut quīdam eōrum mortem sibi ipsī extemplō cōnscīverint, cēterī nōn forō sōlum omnī deinde vītā sed prope lūce ac pūblicō caruerint.but that under the next censors they were so overwhelmed with every mark of censure and disgrace that some of them at once took their own lives, while the rest for the remainder of their lives shunned not only the forum but almost daylight and public view.
Liv. 22.61.10Mīrārī magis adeō discrepāre inter auctōrēs quam, quid vērī sit, discernere queās.You could more easily wonder that the authorities disagree so much than determine what is true. Liv. 22.61.10Quantō autem maior ea clādēs superiōribus clādibus fuerit, vel ea rēs indiciō est, quod fidēs sociōrum, quae ad eam diem firma steterat, tum labāre coepit, nūllā profectō aliā dē rē, quam quod dēspērāverant dē imperiō.How much greater this disaster was than earlier disasters is shown by this fact alone, that the loyalty of the allies, which had stood firm until that day, then began to waver, for no other reason, surely, than that they had despaired of the empire. Liv. 22.61.11Dēfēcēre autem ad Poenōs hī populī: Campānī, Atellānī, Calatīnī, Hirpīnī, Āpulōrum pars, Samnītēs praeter Pentrōs, Bruttiī omnēs, Lūcānī, praeter hōs Uzentīnī et Graecōrum omnis ferme ōra, Tarentīnī, Metapontīnī, Crotōniēnsēs Locrīque, et Cisalpīnī omnēs Gallī.These are the peoples that revolted to the Carthaginians: the Campanians, Atellani, Calatini, Hirpini, part of the Apulians, the Samnites except the Pentri, all the Bruttii, the Lucanians, and besides these the Uzentini and almost all the Greek coast, the Tarentines, Metapontines, Crotonians and Locrians, and all the Cisalpine Gauls.
Liv. 22.61.13Nec tamen eae clādēs dēfectiōnēsque sociōrum mōvērunt, ut pācis usquam mentiō apud Rōmānōs fieret, neque ante cōnsulis Rōmam adventum nec postquam is rediit renovāvitque memoriam acceptae clādis;Yet these disasters and defections of the allies did not move the Romans to make any mention of peace anywhere, neither before the consul's arrival at Rome nor after he returned and renewed the memory of the disaster they had suffered; Liv. 22.61.14quō in tempore ipsō adeō magnō animō cīvitās fuit, ut cōnsulī ex tantā clāde, cuius ipse causa maxima fuisset, redeuntī et obviam itum frequenter ab omnibus ōrdinibus sit et grātiae āctae, quod dē rē pūblicā nōn dēspērāsset;and at that very time the state showed such greatness of spirit that, as the consul returned from so great a disaster, of which he himself had been the chief cause, people of all orders went out in crowds to meet him, and thanks were given him because he had not despaired of the state; Liv. 22.61.15quī sī Carthāginiēnsium ductor fuisset, nihil recūsandum suppliciī foret.had he been a commander of the Carthaginians, there is no punishment he would not have had to suffer.