[3] While these things were going on another part of the Roman army came up and took the other camp of the Sabines also, which lay on the other side of the river. This detachment, having been sent on ahead by Tarquinius about the first watch, had crossed in boats and rafts the river formed by the uniting of the two streams, at a place where their passage was not likely to be discovered by the Sabines, and had got near to the other camp at the same time that they saw the bridge on fire; for this was their signal for the attack.
[4] τῆς ἐφόδου. τῶν δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς χάραξι καταληφθέντων οἱ μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν Ῥωμαίων μαχόμενοι κατεκόπησαν, οἱ δ᾽ εἰς τὴν συμβολὴν τῶν ποταμῶν ῥίψαντες ἑαυτοὺς οὐ δυνηθέντες ὑπερενεχθῆναι τὰς δίνας κατεπόθησαν: ἐφθάρη δέ τις αὐτῶν μοῖρα οὐκ ὀλίγη καὶ κατὰ τὴν βοήθειαν τῆς γεφύρας ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρός. λαβὼν δὲ ὁ Ταρκύνιος ἀμφότερα τὰ στρατόπεδα τὰ μὲν ἐν αὐτοῖς καταληφθέντα χρήματα τοῖς στρατιώταις ἐπέτρεψε διανείμασθαι, τοὺς δὲ αἰχμαλώτους πολλοὺς πάνυ ὄντας Σαβίνων τε αὐτῶν καὶ Τυρρηνῶν εἰς Ῥώμην ἀγαγὼν διὰ πολλῆς εἶχε φυλακῆς.
[4] Of those who were found in the camps some were slain by the Romans while fighting, but any others threw themselves into the confluence of the rivers, and being unable to get through the whirlpools, were swallowed up; and not a few of them perished in the flames while they were endeavouring to save the bridge. Tarquinius, having taken both camps, gave leave to the soldiers to divide among themselves the booty that was found in them; but the prisoners, who were very numerous, not only of the Sabines themselves but also of the Tyrrhenians, he carried to Rome, where he kept them under strict guard.
[1] Σαβῖνοι μὲν οὖν ἐγνωσιμάχησαν ὑπὸ τῆς τότε συμφορᾶς βιασθέντες καὶ πρεσβευτὰς ἀποστείλαντες ἀνοχὰς ἐποιήσαντο τοῦ πολέμου σπονδὰς ἑξαετεῖς, Τυρρηνοὶ δὲ ὀργῇ φέροντες ὅτι ἥττηντό τε ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων πολλάκις καὶ ὅτι τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους αὐτοῖς ὁ Ταρκύνιος οὐκ ἀπεδίδου πρεσβευσαμένοις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ὁμήρων κατεῖχε λόγῳ, ψήφισμα ποιοῦνται πάσας τὰς τῶν Τυρρηνῶν πόλεις κοινῇ τὸν κατὰ Ῥωμαίων πόλεμον ἐκφέρειν, τὴν δὲ μὴ μετέχουσαν τῆς στρατείας ἔκσπονδον εἶναι.
[57.1] The Sabines, subdued by this calamity, grew sensible of their own weakness, and sending ambassadors, concluded a truce from the war for six years. But the Tyrrhenians, angered not only because they had been often defeated by the Romans, but also because Tarquinius had refused to restore to them the prisoners he held when they sent an embassy to demand them, but retained them as hostages, passed a vote that all the Tyrrhenian cities should carry on the war jointly against the Romans and that any city refusing to take part in the expedition should be excluded from their league.
[2] ταῦτ᾽ ἐπικυρώσαντες ἐξῆγον τὰς δυνάμεις καὶ διαβάντες τὸν Τέβεριν ἀγχοῦ Φιδήνης τίθενται τὰ ὅπλα. γενόμενοι δὲ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης ἐγκρατεῖς διὰ προδοσίας στασιασάντων πρὸς ἀλλήλους τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ πολλὰ μὲν σώματα λαβόντες, πολλὴν [p. 378] δὲ λείαν ἐκ τῆς Ῥωμαίων χώρας ἐλαύνοντες ἀπῆλθον ἐπ᾽ οἴκου, φρουρὰν ἐν τῇ Φιδήνῃ καταλιπόντες ἀποχρῶσαν. αὕτη γὰρ ἡ πόλις ὁρμητήριον αὐτοῖς ἔσεσθαι κράτιστον ἐδόκει τοῦ κατὰ Ῥωμαίων πολέμου.
[2] After passing this vote they led out their forces and, crossing the Tiber, encamped near Fidenae. And having gained possession of that city by treachery, there being a sedition among the inhabitants, and having taken a great many prisoners and carried off much booty from the Roman territory, they returned home, leaving a sufficient garrison in Fidenae; for they thought this city would be an excellent base from which to carry on the war against the Romans.
[3] βασιλεὺς δὲ Ταρκύνιος εἰς τοὐπιὸν ἔτος Ῥωμαίους τε σύμπαντας καθοπλίσας καὶ παρὰ τῶν συμμάχων ὅσους ἐδύνατο πλείστους παραλαβὼν ἐξῆγεν ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἔαρος ἀρχομένου, πρὶν ἐκείνους συναχθέντας ἐξ ἁπασῶν τῶν πόλεων ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ὡς πρότερον ἐλθεῖν: καὶ διελὼν εἰς δύο μοίρας ἅπασαν τὴν δύναμιν τῆς μὲν Ῥωμαῖκῆς στρατιᾶς αὐτὸς ἡγούμενος ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις τῶν Τυρρηνῶν ἐστράτευσε, τῆς δὲ συμμαχικῆς, ἐν ᾗ τὸ πλεῖστον μέρος ἦν τῶν Λατίνων, Ἠγέριον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ συγγενῆ στρατηγὸν ἀποδείξας ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν Φιδήνῃ πολεμίους ἐκέλευσε χωρεῖν.
[3] But King Tarquinius, having for the ensuing year armed all the Romans and taken as many troops as he could get from his allies, led them out against the enemy at the beginning of spring, before the Tyrrhenians could be assembled from all their cities and march against him as they had done before. Then, having divided his whole army into two parts, he put himself at the head of the Roman troops and led them against the cities of the Tyrrhenians, while he gave the command of the allies, consisting chiefly of the Latins, to Egerius, his kinsman, and ordered him to march against the enemy in Fidenae.
[4] ἡ μὲν οὖν συμμαχικὴ πλησίον τῆς Φιδήνης τὸν χάρακα οὐκ ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ χωρίῳ θεμένη διὰ τὸ καταφρονεῖν τῶν πολεμίων ὀλίγου τινὸς ἐδέησεν πᾶσα διαφθαρῆναι: οἱ γὰρ ἐν τῇ πόλει φρουροὶ βοήθειαν ἑτέραν παρὰ Τυρρηνῶν κρύφα μεταπεμψάμενοι καὶ φυλάξαντες καιρὸν ἐπιτήδειον ἐξελθόντες ἐκ τῆς πόλεως τόν τε χάρακα τῶν πολεμίων ἔλαβον ἐξ ἐφόδου φαύλως φυλαττόμενον καὶ τῶν ἐξεληλυθότων ἐπὶ
[4] This force of allies, through contempt of the enemy, placed their camp in an unsafe position near Fidenae and barely missed being totally destroyed; for the garrison in the town, having secretly sent for fresh aid from the Tyrrhenians and watched for a suitable occasion, sallied forth from the town and captured the enemy’s camp at the first onset, as it was carelessly guarded, and slew many of those who had gone out for forage.
[5] τὰς προνομὰς πολὺν εἰργάσαντο φόνον. ἡ δὲ Ῥωμαίων δύναμις ἧς Ταρκύνιος ἡγεῖτο τὴν Οὐιεντανῶν κείρουσα καὶ λεηλατοῦσα χώραν καὶ πολλὰς ὠφελείας [p. 379] ἐξενεγκαμένη συνελθούσης ἐξ ἁπασῶν τῶν Τυρρηνίδων πόλεων μεγάλης τοῖς Οὐιεντανοῖς ἐπικουρίας εἰς μάχην καταστᾶσα νίκην ἀναμφίλογον ἀναιρεῖται: καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο διεξιοῦσα τὴν χώραν τῶν πολεμίων ἀδεῶς ἐπόρθει γενομένη τε πολλῶν μὲν σωμάτων ἐγκρατής, πολλῶν δὲ χρημάτων οἷα ἐξ εὐδαίμονος χώρας, τελευτῶντος ἤδη τοῦ θέρους οἴκαδε ἀπῄει.
[5] But the army of Romans, commanded by Tarq
uinius, laid waste and ravaged the country of the Veientes and carried off much booty, and when numerous reinforcements assembled from all the Tyrrhenian cities to aid the Veientes, the Romans engaged them in battle and gained an incontestable victory. After this they marched through the enemy’s country, plundering it with impunity; and having taken many prisoners and much booty — for it was prosperous country — they returned home when the summer was now ending.
[1] Οὐιεντανοὶ μὲν οὖν ἐξ ἐκείνης τῆς μάχης μεγάλως κακωθέντες οὐκέτι προῄεσαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, ἀλλ᾽ ἠνείχοντο κειρομένην τὴν χώραν ὁρῶντες. βασιλεὺς δὲ Ταρκύνιος τρισὶν εἰσβολαῖς χρησάμενος καὶ τριετῆ χρόνον ἀποστερήσας τοὺς Οὐιεντανοὺς τῶν ἐκ τῆς σφετέρας γῆς ἐπικαρπιῶν, ὡς ἔρημον ἐποίησε τὴν πλείστην καὶ ὡς οὐδὲν ἔτι βλάπτειν αὐτὴν εἶχεν, ἐπὶ τὴν Καιρητανῶν πόλιν ἦγε τὴν δύναμιν, ἣ πρότερον μὲν Ἄγυλλα ἐκαλεῖτο Πελασγῶν αὐτὴν κατοικούντων, ὑπὸ δὲ Τυρρηνοῖς γενομένη Καίρητα μετωνομάσθη, εὐδαίμων δ᾽ ἦν εἰ καί τις ἄλλη τῶν ἐν Τυρρηνίᾳ πόλεων καὶ πολυάνθρωπος:
[58.1] The Veientes, therefore, having suffered greatly from that battle, stirred no more out of their city but suffered their country to be laid waste before their eyes. King Tarquinius made three incursions into their territory and for a period of three years deprived them of the produce of their land; but when he had laid waste the greater part of their country and was unable to do any further damage to it, he led his army against the city of the Caeretani, which earlier had been called Agylla while it was inhabited by the Pelasgians but after falling under the power of the Tyrrhenians had been renamed Caere, and was as flourishing and populous as any city in Tyrrhenia.
[2] ἐξ ἧς στρατιὰ μεγάλη μαχησομένη περὶ τῆς χώρας ἐξῆλθε καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν διαφθείρασα τῶν πολεμίων, πολλῷ δ᾽ ἔτι πλείους ἀποβαλοῦσα τῶν σφετέρων, εἰς τὴν πόλιν κατέφυγε. τῆς δὲ χώρας αὐτῶν οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι κρατοῦντες ἄφθονα πάντα παρεχομένης συχνὰς διέτριψαν ἡμέρας, καὶ ἐπειδὴ καιρὸς ἀπάρσεως ἦν, ἄγοντες ὅσας οἷοί τε ἦσαν ὠφελείας ἀπῄεσαν ἐπ᾽ οἴκου.
[2] From this city a large army marched out to defend the country; but after destroying many of the enemy and losing still more of their own men they fled back into the city. The Romans, being masters of their country, which afforded them plenty of everything, continued there many days, and when it was time to depart they carried away all the booty they could and returned home.
[3] Ταρκύνιος δ᾽ ἐπειδὴ [p. 380] τὰ πρὸς Οὐιεντανοὺς ἐχώρησεν αὐτῷ κατὰ νοῦν, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν Φιδήνῃ πολεμίους ἐξάγει τὴν στρατιὰν ἐκβαλεῖν τε βουλόμενος τὴν ἐν αὐτῇ φρουρὰν καὶ τοὺς παραδόντας τοῖς Τυρρηνοῖς τὰ τείχη τιμωρήσασθαι προθυμούμενος. ἐγένετο μὲν οὖν καὶ ἐκ παρατάξεως μάχη τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις πρὸς τοὺς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξελθόντας καὶ ἐν ταῖς τειχομαχίαις ἀγὼν καρτερός.
[3] Tarquinius, now that his expedition against the Veientes had succeeded according to his desire, led out his army against the enemies in Fidenae, wishing to drive out the garrison that was there and at the same time being anxious to punish those who had handed over the walls to the Tyrrhenians. Accordingly, not only a pitched battle took place between the Romans and those who sallied out of the city, but also sharp fighting in the attacks that were made upon the walls.
[4] ἑάλω δ᾽ οὖν ἡ πόλις κατὰ κράτος, καὶ οἱ μὲν φρουροὶ δεθέντες ἅμα τοῖς ἄλλοις τῶν Τυρρηνῶν αἰχμαλώτοις ἦσαν ἐν φυλακῇ, Φιδηναίων δὲ οἱ δοκοῦντες αἴτιοι γεγονέναι τῆς ἀποστάσεως οἱ μὲν ὑπὸ μαστίγων αἰκισθέντες ἐν τῷ φανερῷ τοὺς αὐχένας ἀπεκόπησαν, οἱ δὲ φυγαῖς ἐζημιώθησαν ἀιδίοις: τὰς δὲ οὐσίας αὐτῶν διέλαχον οἱ καταλειφθέντες Ῥωμαίων ἔποικοί τε καὶ φρουροὶ τῆς πόλεως.
[4] At any rate, the city was taken by storm, and the garrison, together with the rest of the Tyrrhenian prisoners, were kept in chains under a guard. As for those of the Fidenates who appeared to have been the authors of the revolt, some were scourged and beheaded in public and others were condemned to perpetual banishment; and their possessions were distributed by lot among those Romans who were left both as colonists and as a garrison for the city.
[1] τελευταία δὲ μάχη Ῥωμαίων καὶ Τυρρηνῶν ἐγένετο πόλεως Ἠρήτου πλησίον ἐν τῇ Σαβίνων γῇ. δι᾽ ἐκείνης γὰρ ἐποιήσαντο τὴν ἐπὶ τοὺς Ῥωμαίους ἔλασιν οἱ Τυρρηνοὶ πεισθέντες ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ δυνατῶν, ὡς συστρατευσομένων σφίσι τῶν Σαβίνων. αἱ γὰρ ἑξαετεῖς αὐτοῖς περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης πρὸς Ταρκύνιον ἀνοχαὶ διεληλύθεσαν ἤδη, καὶ πολλοῖς τῶν Σαβίνων πόθος ἦν ἐπανορθώσασθαι τὰς προτέρας ἥττας ἐπιτεθραμμένης ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι νεότητος ἱκανῆς.
[59.1] The last battle between the Romans and Tyrrhenians was fought near the city of Eretum in the territory of the Sabines. For the Tyrrhenians had been prevailed on by the influential men there to march through that country on their expedition against the Romans, on the assurance that the Sabines would join them in the campaign; for the six-years’ truce, looking to peace, which the Sabines had made with Tarquinius, had already expired, and many of them longed to retrieve their former defeats, now that a sufficient body of youths had grown up in the meantime in their cities.
[2] οὐ μὴν ἐχώρησέ γε αὐτοῖς ἡ πεῖρα κατὰ [p. 381] νοῦν θᾶττον ἐπιφανείσης τῆς Ῥωμαίων στρατιᾶς, οὐδ᾽ ἐξεγένετο παρ᾽ οὐδεμιᾶς τῶν πόλεων κοινὴν ἀποσταλῆναι τοῖς Τυρρηνοῖς συμμαχίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐθελονταί τινες ἐπεκούρησαν αὐτοῖς ὀλίγοι μισθοῖς μεγάλοις ὑπαχθέντες.
[2] But their attempt did not succeed according to their desire, the Roman army appearing too soon, nor was it possible for aid to be sent publicly to the Tyrrhenians from any of the Sabine cities; but a few went to their assistance of their own accord, attracted by the liberal pay.
[3] ἐκ ταύτης τῆς μάχης μεγίστης τῶν προτέρων γενομένης, ὅσας πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐπολέμησαν, τὰ μὲν Ῥωμαίων πράγματα θαυμαστὴν ὅσην ἐπίδοσιν ἔλαβε νίκην ἐξενεγκαμένων καλλίστην, καὶ βασιλεῖ Ταρκυνίῳ τὴν τροπαιοφόρον πομπὴν κατάγειν ἥ τε βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐψηφίσατο, τὰ δὲ τῶν Τυρρηνῶν ἔπεσε φρονήματα πάσας μὲν ἐξαποστειλάντων εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα τὰς ἐξ ἑκάστης πόλεως δυνάμεις, ὀλίγους δέ τινας ἐκ πολλῶν τοὺς διασωθέντας ὑποδεξαμένων. οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐν �
�ῇ παρατάξει μαχόμενοι κατεκόπησαν, οἱ δ᾽ ἐν τῇ τροπῇ δυσχωρίαις ἐγκυρήσαντες ἀνεξόδοις παρέδοσαν τοῖς κεκρατηκόσιν ἑαυτούς.
[3] This battle, the greatest of any that had yet taken place between the two nations, gave a wonderful increase to the power of the Romans, who were gained a most glorious victory, for which both the senate and people decreed a triumph to King Tarquinius. But it broke the spirits of the Tyrrhenians, who, after sending out all the forces from every city to the struggle, received back in safety only a few out of all that great number. For some of them were cut down while fighting in the battle, and others, having in the route found themselves in rough country from which they could not extricate themselves, surrendered to the conquerors.
[4] τοιαύτης μέντοι συμφορᾶς πειραθέντες οἱ δυνατώτατοι τῶν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ἔργον ἐποίησαν ἀνθρώπων φρονίμων. ἑτέραν γὰρ στρατιὰν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ἐξαγαγόντος βασιλέως Ταρκυνίου συναχθέντες εἰς μίαν ἀγορὰν περὶ καταλύσεως τοῦ πολέμου διαλέγεσθαι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐψηφίσαντο καὶ πέμπουσι τοὺς πρεσβυτάτους ἄνδρας καὶ τιμιωτάτους ἐξ ἑκάστης πόλεως αὐτοκράτορας ἀποδείξαντες τῶν περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης ὁμολογιῶν.
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