23. M. Porciō Catōne et Q. Mārciō Rēge cōnsulibus, sexcentēsimō trīcēsimō et tertiō annō ab urbe conditā, Narbōne in Galliā colōnia dēducta est annōque post ā L. Caeciliō Metellō et Q. Mūciō Scaevolā cōnsulibus dē Dalmatiā triumphātum est.
24. Ab urbe conditā annō sexcentēsimō trīcēsimō quīntō C. Catō cōnsul Scordiscīs intulit bellum ignōminiōsēque pūgnāvit.
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Ch. 23: Colony Founded at Narbo (118 BCE)
Velleius Paterculus, Roman History 1.15.5.
M. Porciō Catōne et Q. Mārciō Rēge cōnsulibus: ablative absolute with form of esse assumed (AG 419a). Marcus Porcius Cato and Quintus Marcius Rex were consuls in 118 BCE.
Narbōne: This was the first colony of the Romans in Gaul. Later it gave the name of Narbōnēnsis to the province. It was situated on the river Atax, and was of considerable commercial importance (Hazzard).
ā L. Caeciliō Metellō: L. Caecilius Metellus was consul in 119 BCE and celebrated his triumph in 117 BCE, receiving the cognomen Delmaticus for his successes (Livy, Epitome 62) (Bird). Lucius Aurelius Cotta was the name of his co-consul; Quintus Mucius Scaevola shared the consulship in 117 BCE with another Metellus, named Lucius Caecilius Metellus Diadematus.
triumphātum est: passive verb used impersonally (AG 208d). For more information, see triumphs
Ch. 24: Triumph over the Scordisci (114 BCE)
Livy, Epitome 63; Appian, Illyrian Wars 5.
Ab urbe conditā annō sexcentēsimō trīcēsimō quīntō: Cato was consul in 114 BCE when he was defeated by the Scordisci in Thrace. Here, as above, the a.u.c. computation is inaccurate (Bird).
Scordiscīs: dative object of the verb intulit (LS infero I.β). The Scordisci were a people of Pannonia. They were sometimes classed with the Illyrians, but they were remains of an ancient and powerful Celtic nation (Hazzard).