Vērum dīgnitās tribūnōrum mīlitārium nōn diū persevērāvit. Nam post aliquantum nūllōs placuit fierī et quadriennium in urbe ita fluxit, ut potestātēs ibi māiōrēs nōn essent. Praesūmpsērunt tamen tribūnī mīlitārēs cōnsulārī potestāte iterum dīgnitātem et trienniō persevērāvērunt. Rūrsus cōnsulēs factī.
notes
dīgnitās: "political office, magistracy"
tribūnōrum mīlitārium: military tribunes
placuit: "it was pleasing" = "they determined" (Hazzard), with an indirect discourse construction following (AG 577)
quadriennium: from 375-372 BCE the tribunes of the plebs, Licinius and Sextius, refused to allow military tribunes or consuls to be elected. From 370–367 BCE military tribunes were again elected. In 367 BCE the Licinian-Sextian rogations allowed for one of the consuls to be plebeians, and in 366 BCE L. Sextius was the first plebeian to be elected consul, a fact omitted by Eutropius, but stressed by Livy (Bird).
ita fluxit: lit., "it flowed so" = "there was such a disturbance" (Hazzard). ita anticipates the following result clause signaled by ut (AG 537).
potestātēs... māiōrēs: "chief magistrates" (LS potestās II.B)
factī: "were elected", supply sunt
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
| vērum [vērus, true], adv. | truly, certainly; but |
| mīlitāris, e [mīles], adj. |
military; as subst., a soldier; rēs mīlitāris, the art of war, military operations |
| persevērō, āre, āvī, ātus | to persist, persevere |
| aliquantus, a, um, adj. | some, considerable |
| quadriennium, adv. | for a period of four years |
| praesūmō, ere, ūmpsī, ūmptum | to resume, take up |
| cōnsulāris, e [cōnsul], adj. |
of a consul, of consular rank; as subst., an ex—consul |
| triennium, ī [trēs + annus], n. | the space of three years, three years |