Nam aliquot adversis proeliis secundo Punico bello exhausta militari iuventute Romana, senatus auctore Ti. Graccho consule censuit uti publice servi ad usum <belli et ad> propulsandum hostium impetum emerentur, eaque de re per tribunos plebis ad populum lata rogatione tres creati sunt viri, qui quattuor et viginti milia servorum comparaverunt, adactosque iure iurando strenuam se fortemque operam daturos, <et> quoad Poeni essent in Italia laturos arma, in castra miserunt.
In the Second Punic War, when Romes manpower was exhausted by several adverse battles, the senate on the motion of Consul Ti. Gracchus decreed that slaves be purchased publicly for use in war and to repel the onset of the enemy. Concerning this matter three commissioners were appointed by a bill introduced by the Tribunes of the Plebs in the popular assembly; they collected 24,000 slaves. Bound by an oath to give strenuous and brave service and to bear arms as long as the Carthaginians were in Italy, they were sent to camp.
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