[19] ἐλεύθεροι γὰρ ἐξ ἐλευθέρων ἔφυμεν καὶ ἄρχειν τῶν προσοίκων παρέδοσαν ἡμῖν οἱ πατέρες ὁμοῦ τι πεντακόσια ἔτη τοῦτο τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ βίου διαφυλάξαντες, οὗ μὴ ἀποστερήσωμεν ἡμεῖς τοὺς ἐκγόνους. παραστῇ δὲ μηδενὶ ὑμῶν δέος ἂν ταῦτα ἐθέλῃ πράττειν μὴ συνθήκας τε λύσῃ καὶ ὅρκους τοὺς ἐπ᾽ αὐταῖς γενομένους παραβῇ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοείσθω διότι τὰς ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων λελυμένας εἰς τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἀποκαταστήσει καὶ οὐ τάς γε ἐλαχίστου ἀξίας, ἀλλ᾽ ἃς ἥ τε φύσις ἡ ἀνθρωπεία κατεστήσατο καὶ ὁ πάντων κοινὸς Ἑλλήνων τε καὶ βαρβάρων βεβαιοῖ νόμος, ἄρχειν καὶ τὰ δίκαια τάττειν τοὺς πατέρας τοῖς ἐκγόνοις καὶ τὰς μητροπόλεις ταῖς ἀποικίαις.
[19] For we are freemen descended from freemen, and to us our ancestors have handed down the tradition of holding sway over our neighbours as a mode of life preserved by them for someone five hundred years; of which let us not deprive our posterity. And let none of you entertain the fear that by showing a will to do this he will be breaking a compact and violating the oaths by which it was confirmed; on the contrary, let him consider that he will be restoring to its original force the compact which the Romans have violated, a compact far from unimportant, but one which human nature has established and the universal law of both Greeks and barbarians confirms, namely, that fathers shall rule over and give just commands to their children, and mother-cities to their colonies.
[20] ταύτας δὴ τὰς συνθήκας οὐδέποτε ἀναιρεθησομένας ἐκ τῆς ἀνθρωπείας φύσεως οὐχ ἡμεῖς οἱ κυρίας ἀξιοῦντες αἰεὶ διαμένειν παρασπονδοῦμεν, οὐδ᾽ ἄν τις ἡμῖν θεῶν ἢ δαιμόνων νεμεσήσειεν ὡς ἀνόσια πράττουσιν εἰ δουλεύειν τοῖς ἰδίοις ἐκγόνοις δυσανασχετοῦμεν, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ καταλύσαντες αὐτὰς ἀρχῆθεν καὶ ἔργῳ ἐπιχειρήσαντες ἀθεμίτῳ κρείττω ποιῆσαι τοῦ θείου νόμου τὸν ἀνθρώπινον: καὶ ὅ τε δαιμόνιος χόλος οὐχ ἡμῖν, ἀλλὰ τούτοις ἐναντιώσεται κατὰ τὸ εἰκός, καὶ ἡ παρ᾽ ἀνθρώπων νέμεσις εἰς τούτους ἀνθ᾽ ἡμῶν κατασκήψει.
[20] This compact, which is forever inseparable from human nature, is not being violated by us, who demand that it shall always remain in force, and none of the gods or lesser divinities will be wroth with us, as guilty of an impious action, if we resent being slaves to our own posterity; but it is being violated by those who have broken it from the beginning and have attempted by an impious act to set up the law of man above that of Heaven. And it is reasonable to expect that the anger of the gods will be directed against them rather than against us, and that the indignation of men will fall upon them rather than upon us.
[21] εἰ μὲν οὖν [p. 322] ταῦτα κράτιστα πᾶσιν ὑμῖν ἔσεσθαι δοκεῖ, πράττωμεν αὐτὰ θεοὺς καὶ δαίμονας ἀρωγοὺς ἐπικαλεσάμενοι, εἰ δέ τις ὑμῶν τἀναντία ἔγνωκε καὶ δυεῖν θάτερον ἢ μηδέποτε ἀνασώσασθαι τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἀξίωμα τῆς πόλεως οἴεται δεῖν, ἢ καιρὸν ἕτερόν τινα τοῦ παρόντος ἐπιτηδειότερον περιμένων ἀναβάλλεται τὸν παρόντα, μὴ κατοκνείτω φέρειν εἰς μέσον ἃ φρονεῖ: ὅ τι γὰρ ἂν ἅπασιν ὑμῖν κράτιστον φανῇ βούλευμα τούτῳ χρησόμεθα.
[21] If, therefore, you all believe that these plans will be the most advantageous, let us pursue them, calling the gods and other divinities to our assistance. But if any one of you is minded to the contrary and either believes that we ought never to recover the ancient dignity of our city, or, while awaiting a more favourable opportunity, favours deferring our undertaking for the present, let him not hesitate to propose his thoughts to the assembly. For we shall follow whatever plan meets with your unanimous approval.”
[1] ἐπαινεσάντων δὲ τὴν γνώμην τῶν παρόντων καὶ πάντα ὑποσχομένων ποιήσειν ὅρκοις ἕκαστον αὐτῶν καταλαβὼν διέλυσε τὸν σύλλογον. τῇ δ᾽ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ προῄεσαν μὲν ἐκ τοῦ χάρακος αἱ Φιδηναίων τε καὶ συμμάχων δυνάμεις ἅμα τῷ τὸν ἥλιον ἀνασχεῖν καὶ παρετάσσοντο ὡς εἰς μάχην, ἀντεπεξῄεσαν δὲ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ καθίσταντο εἰς τάξιν.
[24.1] Those who were present having approved of this advice and promised to carry out all his orders, he bound each of them by an oath and then dismissed the assembly. The next day the armies both of the Fidenates and of their allies marched out of their camp at sunrise and drew up in order of battle; and on the other side the Romans came out against them and took their positions.
[2] τὸ μὲν οὖν ἀριστερὸν κέρας αὐτὸς ὁ Τύλλος καὶ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι κατεῖχον ἐναντίοι Οὐιεντανοῖς ῾οὗτοι γὰρ τὸ δεξιὸν τῶν πολεμίων κατεῖχον κέρασ᾽, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ δεξιοῦ τῶν Ῥωμαίων κέρατος ὁ Μέττιος καὶ οἱ Ἀλβανοὶ κατὰ Φιδηναίους παρὰ τὴν λαγόνα τοῦ ὄρους ἐτάξαντο.
[2] Tullus himself and the Romans formed the left wing, which was opposite to the Veientes (for these occupied the enemy’s right), while Mettius Fufetius and the Albans drew up on the right wing of the Roman army, over against the Fidenates, beside the flank of the hill.
[3] ἐπεὶ δὲ σύνεγγυς ἀλλήλων ἐγίνοντο, πρὶν ἐντὸς βέλους γενέσθαι οἱ Ἀλβανοὶ σχισθέντες ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄλλου στρατοῦ συντεταγμένους ἦγον τοὺς λόχους ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος. οἱ μὲν οὖν Φιδηναῖοι μαθόντες τοῦτο καὶ πιστεύσαντες ἀληθεύειν σφίσι τὰς περὶ τῆς προδοσίας [p. 323] ὑποσχέσεις τῶν Ἀλβανῶν θρασύτερον ἤδη τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις προσεφέροντο, καὶ τὸ μὲν δεξιον κέρας τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἐψιλωμένον τῆς συμμαχίας παρερρήγνυτό τε καὶ σφόδρα ἐπόνει, τὸ δ᾽ εὐώνυμον ἀνὰ κράτος ἠγωνίζετο, ἔνθα καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ Τύλλος ἐν τοῖς ἐπιλέκτοις τῶν ἱππέων μαχόμενος.
[3] When the armies drew near one another and before they came within range of each other’s missiles, the Albans, separating themselves from the rest of the army, began to lead their companies up the hill in good order. The Fidenates, learning of this and feeling confident that the Albans’ promises to betray the Romans were coming true before their eyes, now fell to attacking the Romans with greater boldness, and the right wing of the Romans, left unprotected by their allies, was being broken and was suffering severely; but the left, where Tullus himself fought among the flower of the cavalry, carried on the struggle vigorously.
[4] ἐν δὲ τούτῳ προσελάσας τις ἱππεὺς τοῖς ἅμα τῷ βασιλεῖ μαχομένοις, κάμνει τὸ δεξιὸν ἡμῖν κέρας, ἔφησεν, ὦ Τύλλε. Ἀλβανοί τε γὰρ ἐκλιπόντες τὴν τάξιν ἐπὶ τὰ μετέωρα ἐπείγοντα
ι, Φιδηναῖοί τε καθ᾽ οὓς ἐκεῖνοι ἐτάχθησαν ὑπὲρ κέρατος ὄντες τοῦ ἐψιλωμένου κυκλοῦσθαι μέλλουσιν ἡμᾶς. ταῦτα ἀκούσαντας τοὺς Ῥωμαίους καὶ ἰδόντας τὴν ὁρμὴν τῶν Ἀλβανῶν τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος δεῖμα ὡς κυκλωσομένους ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων καταλαμβάνει, ὥστε οὔτε μάχεσθαι οὔτε μένειν αὐτοῖς ἐπῄει.
[4] In the meantime a horseman rode up to those who were fighting under the king and said: “Our right wing is suffering, Tullus. For the Albans have deserted their posts and are hastening up to the heights, and the Fidenates, opposite to whom they were stationed, extend beyond our wing that is now left unprotected, and are going to surround us.” The Romans, upon hearing this and seeing the haste with which the Albans were rushing up the hill, were seized with such fear of being surrounded by the enemy that it did not occur to them either to fight or to stand their ground.
[5] ἔνθα δὴ σοφίᾳ λέγεται χρήσασθαι ὁ Τύλλος οὐδὲν ἐπιταραχθεὶς τὴν διάνοιαν ὑπὸ τοσούτου τε καὶ οὕτως ἀπροσδοκήτου φανέντος κακοῦ, δι᾽ ἣν οὐ μόνον ἔσωσε τὴν Ῥωμαίων στρατιὰν εἰς προὖπτον κατακεκλειμένην ὄλεθρον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ τῶν πολεμίων πράγματα σύμπαντα συνέτριψέ τε καὶ διέφθειρεν. ὡς γὰρ ἤκουσε τοῦ ἀγγέλου μεγάλῃ φωνῇ χρώμενος, ὥστε καὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἀκούειν,
[5] Thereupon Tullus, they say, not at all disturbed in mind by so great and so unexpected a misfortune, made use of a stratagem by which he not only saved the Roman army, which was threatened with manifest ruin, but also shattered and brought to nought all the plans of the enemy. For, as soon as he had heard the messenger, he raised his voice, so as to be heard even by the enemy, and cried:
[6] κρατοῦμεν, εἶπεν, ἄνδρες Ῥωμαῖοι, τῶν ἐχθρῶν. Ἀλβανοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἡμῖν τὸ πλησίον [p. 324] ὄρος τοῦτο κατειλήφασιν, ὥσπερ ὁρᾶτε, κατὰ τὰς ἐμὰς ἐντολάς, ἵνα κατὰ νώτου γενόμενοι τῶν πολεμίων ἐπίωσιν αὐτοῖς. ἐνθυμηθέντες οὖν ὅτι ἐν καλῷ τοὺς ἐχθίστους ἡμῖν ἔχομεν, οἱ μὲν ἄντικρυς ἐπιόντες, οἱ δὲ κατόπιν, ἔνθα οὔτε πρόσω χωρεῖν οὔτ᾽ ὀπίσω ἐπιστρέφειν δυνάμενοι ποταμῷ τε καὶ ὄρει ἐκ τῶν πλαγίων ἀποκλειόμενοι καλὴν δώσουσιν ἡμῖν δίκην, ἴτε σὺν πολλῇ καταφρονήσει ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς.
[6] “Romans, we are victorious over the enemy. For the Albans have occupied for us this hill hard by, as you see, by my orders, so as to get behind the enemy and fall upon them. Consider, therefore, that we have our greatest foes where we want them, some of us attacking them in front and others in the rear, in a position where, being unable either to advance or to retire, hemmed in as they are on the flanks by the river and by the hill, they will make handsome atonement to us. Forward, then, and show your utter contempt of them.”
[1] ταῦτα παρὰ τὰς τάξεις ἁπάσας παρεξιὼν ἔλεγε, καὶ αὐτίκα τοὺς μὲν Φιδηναίους δέος εἰσέρχεται παλινπροδοσίας ὡς κατεστρατηγημένους ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀλβανοῦ, ἐπεὶ οὔτε ἀντιμεταταξάμενον αὐτὸν εἶδον οὔτ᾽ ἐπὶ τοὺς Ῥωμαίους εὐθὺς αὐτὸν ἐλαύνοντα, ὥσπερ ὑπέσχετο αὐτοῖς, τοὺς δὲ Ῥωμαίους ἐπῆρεν εἰς εὐτολμίαν καὶ θάρσους ἐνέπλησεν ὁ λόγος: καὶ μέγα ἐμβοήσαντες ὁρμῶσιν ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἀθρόοι. τροπὴ δὲ γίνεται μετὰ τοῦτο τῶν Φιδηναίων καὶ φυγὴ
[25.1] These words he repeated as he rode past all the ranks. And immediately the Fidenates became afraid of counter-treachery, suspecting that the Alban had deceived them by a stratagem, since they did not see either that he had changed his battle order so as to face the other way or that he was promptly charging the Romans, according to his promise; but the Romans, on their side, were emboldened by the words of Tullus and filled with confidence, and giving a great shout, they rushed in a body against the enemy. Upon this, the Fidenates gave way and fled toward their city in disorder.
[2] πρὸς τὴν πόλιν ἄκοσμος. ὁ δὲ τῶν Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς ἐπιρράξας αὐτοῖς τὴν ἵππον περιφόβοις οὖσι καὶ τεταραγμένοις καὶ μέχρι τινὸς διώξας, ὡς ἔμαθεν ἐσκεδασμένους ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων καὶ οὔτε λογισμὸν ἔτι τοῦ συστῆναι ληψομένους οὔτε δύναμιν ἔχοντας, ἀφεὶς τοὺς φεύγοντας ἐπὶ τὸ συνεστηκὸς ἔτι καὶ διαμένον τῶν πολεμίων ἐχώρει μέρος. καὶ γίνεται καλὸς μὲν καὶ ὁ τῶν πεζῶν ἀγών, ἔτι δὲ καλλίων ὁ τῶν ἱππέων.
[2] The Roman king hurled his cavalry against them while they were in this fear and confusion, and pursued them for some distance; but when he learned that they were dispersed and separated from one another and neither likely to take thought for getting together again nor in fact able to do so, he gave over the pursuit and marched against those of the enemy whose ranks were still unbroken and standing their ground.
[3] οὐ γὰρ ἐνέκλινον οἱ τῇδε τεταγμένοι Οὐιεντανοὶ τὴν [p. 325] ἔφοδον ὑπὸ τῆς Ῥωμαῖκῆς ἵππου καταπλαγέντες, ἀλλ᾽ ἀντεῖχον ἄχρι πολλοῦ. ἔπειτα μαθόντες ὅτι τὸ εὐώνυμον σφῶν ἥττηται καὶ πᾶσα ἡ Φιδηναίων τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων συμμάχων στρατιὰ φεύγει προτροπάδην, δείσαντες μὴ κυκλωθῶσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀναστραφέντων ἐκ τοῦ διωγμοῦ τρέπονται καὶ αὐτοὶ λύσαντες τὰς τάξεις καὶ διὰ τοῦ ποταμοῦ σώζειν ἑαυτοὺς ἐπειρῶντο.
[3] And now there took place a brilliant engagement of the infantry and a still more brilliant one on the part of the cavalry. For the Veientes, who were posted at this point, did not give way in terror at the charge of the Roman horse, but maintained the fight for a considerable time. Then, learning that their left wing was beaten and that the whole army of the Fidenates and of their other allies was in headlong flight, and fearing to be surrounded by the troops that had returned from the pursuit, they also broke their ranks and fled, endeavouring to save themselves by crossing the river.
[4] ὅσοι μὲν οὖν ἐρρωμενέστατοί τε αὐτῶν ἦσαν καὶ ἥκιστα ὑπὸ τραυμάτων βαρυνόμενοι νεῖν τε οὐκ ἀδύνατοι δίχα τῶν ὅπλων τὸ ῥεῖθρον διεπεραιοῦντο, ὅσοι δὲ τούτων τινὸς ἐνέλιπον ἐν ταῖς δίναις ἀπέθνησκον: ὀξὺ γὰρ τοῦ Τεβέριος περὶ τὴν Φιδήνην καὶ σκολιὸν τὸ ῥεῦμα.
[4] Accordingly, those among them who were strongest, least disabled by their wounds, and had some ability to swim, got across the river, without their arms, while all who lacked any of these advantages perished in the eddies; for the stream of the Tiber near Fidenae is rapid and has many windings.
[5] ὁ δὲ Τύλλος μοίρᾳ τινὶ τῶν ἱππέων κελεύσας τοὺς ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν ὠθουμένους κτείνειν, α�
��τὸς ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον τῶν Οὐιεντανῶν τὴν ἄλλην δύναμιν ἄγων ἐξ ἐφόδου γίνεται κύριος αὐτοῦ: καὶ τὰ μὲν Ῥωμαίων πράγματα παραδόξου τυχόντα σωτηρίας ἐν τούτοις ἦν.
[5] Tullus ordered a detachment of the horse to cut down those of the enemy who were pressing toward the river, while he himself led the rest of the army to the camp of the Veientes and captured it by storm. This was the situation of the Romans after they had been unexpectedly preserved from destruction.
[1] ὁ δὲ Ἀλβανὸς ἐπειδὴ λαμπρῶς ἤδη νικῶντας ἐθεάσατο τοὺς ἀμφὶ τὸν Τύλλον, καταβιβάσας καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ τῶν ὑψηλῶν τὴν οἰκείαν δύναμιν ἐπὶ τοὺς φεύγοντας τῶν Φιδηναίων ἐχώρει, ἵνα δὴ τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις γένοιτο πᾶσι φανερὸς ἔργον τι ποιῶν συμμάχου καὶ συχνοὺς τῶν διεσκεδασμένων ἐν τῇ φυγῇ
[26.1] When the Alban observed that Tullus had already won a brilliant victory, he also marched down from the heights with his own troops and pursued those of the Fidenates who were fleeing, in order that he might be seen by all the Romans performing some part of the duty of an ally; and he destroyed many of the enemy who had become dispersed in the left.
[2] διέφθειρε. συνεὶς δὲ τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτοῦ καὶ μισήσας τὴν παλινπροδοσίαν ὁ Τύλλος οὐδὲν ἐξελέγχειν ᾤετο [p. 326] δεῖν κατὰ τὸ παρόν, ἕως ἂν ὑφ᾽ ἑαυτῷ ποιήσηται τὸν ἄνδρα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπαινεῖν τε τὴν ἀναχώρησιν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐπὶ τὰ μετέωρα πρὸς πολλοὺς τῶν παρόντων ὡς ἀπὸ παντὸς τοῦ βελτίστου γενομένην ἐσκήπτετο καὶ τῶν ἱππέων μοῖράν τινα πέμψας ὡς αὐτὸν ἠξίου τελείαν ἀποδείξασθαι τὴν προθυμίαν, τοὺς μὴ δυνηθέντας εἰς τὰ τείχη τῶν Φιδηναίων καταφεύγειν ἀλλ᾽ ἐσκεδασμένους ἀνὰ τὴν χώραν συχνοὺς ὄντας κελεύων διερευνώμενον ἀποκτείνειν.
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