Tunc is moratus non est, sed statim rationibus doctissime quaesitis secundum mare mercatus est possessionem loco salubri ab senatuque populoque petit, ut liceret transferre oppidum, constituitque moenia et areas divisit nummoque sestertio singulis municipibus mancipio dedit.
Then he delayed not, but forthwith, after fully ascertaining all the conditions, bought a site in a healthy place, and obtained permission from the senate and Roman people to remove the town. He established the walls and divided the sites and gave formal possession to the individual townsmen for a sesterce each.
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