39. Sed ubi ea Romae comperta sunt, metus atque maeror civitatem invasere. Pars dolere pro gloria imperii, pars insolita rerum bellicarum timere libertati,[234] Aulo omnes infesti, ac maxime, qui bello saepe praeclari fuerant, quod armatus dedecore potius quam manu salutem quaesiverat. Ob ea consul Albinus ex delicto fratris invidiam ac deinde periculum timens, senatum de foedere consulebat, et tamen interim exercitui supplementum scribere, ab sociis et nomine Latino[235] auxilia accersere, denique omnibus modis festinare. Senatus ita, uti par fuerat, decernit, suo atque populi injussu nullum potuisse foedus fieri. Consul impeditus a tribunis plebis, ne, quas paraverat copias, secum portaret, paucis diebus in Africam proficiscitur; nam omnis exercitus, uti convenerat, Numidia deductus, in provincia hiemabat. Postquam eo venit, quamquam persequi Jugurtham et mederi fraternae invidiae animo ardebat, cognitis militibus, quos praeter fugam, soluto imperio, licentia atque lascivia corruperat, ex copia rerum[236] statuit sibi nihil agitandum. [234] _Dolere pro gloria_, 'to be grieved for reputation;' that is, as they were interested in the glory of their country, they were grieved at the disgrace (_dedecore_ or _propter dedecus_) they had suffered. _Timere libertati_, 'to be afraid of losing one's freedom,' it appearing to be in danger. See Zumpt, S 414. [235] _Nomen Latinum_ is the same as _socii Latini_, or _Latini_ alone. The expression properly signifies those who are called Latins; for this class of people comprised not only those who really belonged to the nation of the Latins--such as the inhabitants of the ancient Latin towns of Tibur and Praeneste--but those also whose towns subsequently received the same privileges. The latter were termed coloniae Latinae--such as Alba in the country of the Marsians, Beneventum in Samnium, Cremona and Placentia on the Po. [236] _Ex copia rerum_, 'according to his present resources,' 'according to the state of affairs.'