Liv. 3.32.1Ab externīs bellīs quiētus annus fuit, quiētior īnsequēns P. Curiātiō et Sex. Quīnctiliō cōnsulibus perpetuō silentiō tribūnōrum, quod prīmō lēgātōrum, quī Athēnās ierant, lēgumque peregrīnārum expectātiō praebuit, Dein duo simul mala ingentia exorta, famēs pestilentiaque, foeda hominī, foeda pecorī.The year was free from foreign wars, and the following one, in the consulship of Publius Curiatius and Sextus Quinctilius, was quieter still, the tribunes keeping an unbroken silence; this was due at first to waiting for the envoys who had gone to Athens and for the foreign laws, and then to two huge evils that arose at once, famine and pestilence, foul for man and foul for beast. Liv. 3.32.2Vāstātī agrī sunt, urbs adsiduīs exhausta fūneribus;The fields were laid waste, the city drained by constant funerals; Liv. 3.32.2multae et clārae lūgubrēs domus.many illustrious houses were in mourning. Liv. 3.32.3Flāmen Quirīnālis Ser. Cornēlius mortuus, augur C. Horātius Pulvillus;The Quirinal flamen Servius Cornelius died, and the augur Gaius Horatius Pulvillus; Liv. 3.32.3in cuius locum C. Veturium eō cupidius, quia damnātus ā plēbe erat, augurēs legere.in his place the augurs chose Gaius Veturius, all the more eagerly because he had been condemned by the plebs.
Liv. 3.32.4Mortuus cōnsul Quīnctilius, quattuor tribūnī plēbī.The consul Quinctilius died, and four tribunes of the plebs. Liv. 3.32.4Multiplicī clāde foedātus annus;The year was disfigured by disaster upon disaster; Liv. 3.32.4ab hoste ōtium fuit.from the enemy there was peace. Liv. 3.32.4Inde cōnsulēs C. Menēnius, P. Sēstius Capitōlīnus.Next the consuls were Gaius Menenius and Publius Sestius Capitolinus. Liv. 3.32.5Neque eō annō quicquam bellī externī fuit;In that year too there was no foreign war at all; Liv. 3.32.5domī mōtūs ortī.at home disturbances arose. Liv. 3.32.6Iam redierant lēgātī cum Atticīs lēgibus.The envoys had now returned with the Attic laws. Liv. 3.32.6Eō intentius īnstābant tribūnī, ut tandem scrībendārum lēgum initium fieret.So the tribunes pressed all the more urgently for a start at last to be made on writing down the laws. Liv. 3.32.6Placet creārī decemvirōs sine prōvocātiōne, et nē quis eō annō alius magistrātus esset.It is decided that decemvirs should be elected without right of appeal, and that there should be no other magistrate that year. Liv. 3.32.7Admiscērenturne plēbēī, contrōversia aliquamdiū fuit;Whether plebeians should be included among them was disputed for some time; Liv. 3.32.7postrēmō concessum patribus, modo nē lēx Icilia dē Aventīnō aliaeque sacrātae lēgēs abrogārentur.in the end the point was conceded to the senators, provided only that the Icilian law about the Aventine and the other sacred laws were not repealed.