[6] 14 ἥκει. ταῦτα δ᾽ οὐκ εἰκάζων, ἀλλ᾽ ἀκριβῶς ἐπιστάμενος λέγω μηνύσεώς μοι γενομένης ἐν τῇ παρελθούσῃ νυκτὶ ὑπό τινος τῶν μετεσχηκότων τῆς συνωμοσίας. τεκμήριον δ᾽ ὑμῖν παρέξομαι τῶν λόγων ἔργον ἀναμφίλεκτον, ἐὰν ἐθελήσητε ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν κατάλυσιν αὐτοῦ, τὰ κεκρυμμένα ἐν αὐτῇ δείξας ὅπλα.
[6] I do not say this from conjecture but from my certain knowledge, having last night received information of it from one of the accomplices in the conspiracy. And I will give you an incontestible proof of what I say, if you will go to his lodging, by showing you the arms that are concealed there.”
[1] ὡς δὲ ταῦτ᾽ εἶπεν, ἀνεβόησάν τε πάντες καὶ περὶ τοῖς ἀνδράσι δεδιότες ἐλέγχειν τὸ πρᾶγμα καὶ μὴ φενακίζειν ἠξίουν. καὶ ὁ Τύρνος, οἷα δὴ τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν οὐ προεγνωκώς, ἄσμενος τὴν ἐξέτασιν ἔφη δέχεσθαι καὶ τοὺς προέδρους ἐπὶ τὴν ἔρευναν τῆς καταλύσεως ἐκάλει καὶ δυεῖν γενέσθαι θάτερον ἔφη δεῖν, ἢ αὐτὸς ἀποθανεῖν, ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ παρεσκευασμένος ὅπλα ἔξω τῶν ἐνοδίων, ἢ τὸν καταψευσάμενον αὐτοῦ
[48.1] After he had thus spoken they all cried out, and fearing for the men’s safety, demanded that he prove the matter and not impose upon them. And Turnus, since he was unaware of the treachery, cheerfully offered to submit to the investigation and invited the presiding officers to search his lodging, saying that one of two things ought to come of it — either that he himself should be put to death, if he were found to have provided more arms than were necessary for his journey, or that the person who had accused him falsely should be punished.
[2] δίκην ὑποσχεῖν. ἐδόκει ταῦτα: καὶ οἱ πορευθέντες ἐπὶ τὴν κατάλυσιν αὐτοῦ καταλαμβάνουσιν ἐν τοῖς σκευοφόροις τὰ κατακρυφθέντα ὑπὸ τῶν θεραπόντων ξίφη. μετὰ τοῦτο τὸν μὲν Τύρνον οὐκέτι λόγου τυχεῖν ἐάσαντες εἰς βάραθρόν τι καταβάλλουσι καὶ ἐπικατασκάψαντες ἔτι ζῶντος τὴν γῆν διαφθείρουσι παραχρῆμα.
[2] This offer was accepted; and those who went to his lodging found the swords which had been hidden in the baggage-chests by the servants. After this they would not permit Turnus to say anything more in his defence, but cast him into a pit and promptly dispatched him by burying him alive.
[3] 15 τὸν δὲ Ταρκύνιον ἐπαινέσαντες ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ὡς κοινὸν εὐεργέτην τῶν πόλεων ἐπὶ τῷ σεσωκέναι τοὺς [p. 85] ἀρίστους ἄνδρας, ἡγεμόνα ποιοῦνται τοῦ ἔθνους ἐπὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς τοῖς δικαίοις, ἐφ᾽ οἷς Ταρκύνιόν τε τὸν πάππον αὐτοῦ πρότερον ἐποιήσαντο καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα Τύλλιον: συνθήκας τε γράψαντες ἐν στήλαις καὶ περὶ φυλακῆς τῶν συγκειμένων ὅρκια τεμόντες διέλυσαν τὸν σύλλογον.
[3] As for Tarquinius, they praised him in the assembly as the common benefactor of all their cities for having saved the lives of their chief citizens, and they appointed him leader of their nation upon the same terms as they had appointed Tarquinius, his grandfather, and, after him, Tullius; and having engraved the treaty on pillars and confirmed it by oaths, they dismissed the assembly.
[1] τυχὼν δὲ τῆς Λατίνων ἡγεμονίας ὁ Ταρκύνιος ἐπρεσβεύσατο καὶ πρὸς τὰς Ἑρνίκων πόλεις καὶ πρὸς τὰς Οὐολούσκων προκαλούμενος κἀκείνους εἰς φιλίαν τε καὶ συμμαχίαν. Ἕρνικες μὲν οὖν ἅπαντες ἐψηφίσαντο ποιεῖν τὴν συμμαχίαν, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Οὐολούσκων ἔθνους δύο πόλεις ἐδέξαντο μόναι τὰς προκλήσεις, Ἐχετρανοί τε καὶ Ἀντιᾶται. τοῦ δὲ μένειν εἰς ἅπαντα χρόνον τὰ συγκείμενα ταῖς πόλεσι πρόνοιαν ὁ Ταρκύνιος λαμβάνων ἱερὸν ἔγνω κοινὸν ἀποδεῖξαι Ῥωμαίων τε καὶ Λατίνων καὶ Ἑρνίκων καὶ Οὐολούσκων τῶν ἐγγραψαμένων εἰς τὴν συμμαχίαν, ἵνα συνερχόμενοι καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν εἰς τὸν ἀποδειχθέντα τόπον πανηγυρίζωσι καὶ συνεστιῶνται καὶ κοινῶν ἱερῶν μεταλαμβάνωσιν.
[49.1] After Tarquinius had obtained the supremacy over the Latins, he sent ambassadors to the cities of the Hernicans and to those of the Volscians to invite them also to enter into a treaty of friendship and alliance with him. The Hernicans unanimously voted in favour of the alliance, but of the Volscians only two cities, Ecetra and Antium, accepted the invitation. And as a means of providing that the treaties made with those cities might endure forever, Tarquinius resolved to designate a temple for the joint use of the Romans, the Latins, the Hernicans and such of the Volscians as had entered into the alliance, in order that, coming together each year at the appointed place, they might celebrate a general festival, feast together and share in common sacrifices.
[2] ἀγαπητῶς δὲ πάντων τὸ πρᾶγμα δεξαμένων τόπον μὲν ἀπέδειξεν, ἔνθα ποιήσονται τὴν σύνοδον ἐν μέσῳ μάλιστα τῶν ἐθνῶν κείμενον ὄρος ὑψηλόν, ὃ τῆς Ἀλβανῶν ὑπέρκειται πόλεως, ἐν ᾧ πανηγύρεις τ᾽ ἀνὰ πᾶν ἔτος ἄγεσθαι καὶ ἐκεχειρίας εἶναι πᾶσι πρὸς πάντας ἐνομοθέτησε θυσίας τε συντελεῖσθαι κοινὰς τῷ καλουμένῳ Λατιαρίῳ Διὶ καὶ συνεστιάσεις, τάξας ἃ δεῖ παρέχειν ἑκάστην πόλιν εἰς τὰ [p. 86] ἱερά, καὶ μοῖραν, ἣν ἑκάστην δεήσει λαμβάνειν. αἱ δὲ μετασχοῦσαι τῆς ἑορτῆς τε καὶ τῆς θυσίας πόλεις τριῶν δέουσαι πεντήκοντα ἐγένοντο.
[2] This proposal being cheerfully accepted by all of them, he appointed for their place of assembly a high mountain situated almost at the centre of these nations and commanding the city of the Albans; and he made a law that upon this mountain an annual festival should be celebrated, during which they should all abstain from acts of hostility against any of the others and should perform common sacrifices to Jupiter Latiaris, as he is called, and feast together, and he appointed the share each city was to contribute towards these sacrifices and the portion each of them was to receive. The cities that shared in this festival and sacrifice were forty-seven.
[3] ταύτας τὰς ἑορτάς τε καὶ τὰς θυσίας μέχρι τῶν καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς χρόνων ἐπιτελοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι Λατίνας καλοῦντες, καὶ φέρουσιν εἰς αὐτὰς αἱ μετέχουσαι τῶν ἱερῶν πόλεις αἱ μὲν ἄρνας, αἱ δὲ τυρούς, αἱ δὲ γάλακτός τι μέτρον, αἱ δὲ ὅμοιόν τι τούτοις πελάνου γένος: ἑνὸς δὲ ταύρου κοινῶς ὑπὸ πασῶν θυομένου μέρος ἑκάστη τὸ τεταγμένον λαμβάνει. θύουσι δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων καὶ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν τῶν ἱερῶν ἔχουσι Ῥωμαῖοι.
[3] These festivals and sacrifices the Romans celebr
ate to this day, calling them the “Latin Festivals”; and some of the cities that take part in them bring lambs, some cheeses, others a certain measure of milk, and others something of like nature. And one bull is sacrificed in common by all of them, each city receiving its appointed share of the meat. The sacrifices they offer are on behalf of all and the Romans have the superintendence of them.
[1] ὡς δὲ καὶ ταύταις ἐκρατύνατο τὴν ἀρχὴν ταῖς συμμαχίαις, στρατὸν ἐξάγειν ἐπὶ Σαβίνους ἔγνω Ῥωμαίων τ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐπιλέξας οὓς ἥκιστα ὑπώπτευεν, εἰ κύριοι τῶν ὅπλων γένοιντο, ἐλευθερίας μεταποιήσεσθαι, καὶ τὴν παρὰ τῶν συμμάχων ἀφιγμένην δύναμιν προσλαβὼν πολλῷ πλείονα τῆς πολιτικῆς ὑπάρχουσαν.
[50.1] When he had strengthened his power by these alliances also, he resolved to lead an army against the Sabines, choosing such of the Romans as he least suspected of being apt to assert their liberty if they became possessed of arms, and adding to them the auxiliary forces that had come from his allies, which were much more numerous than those of the Romans.
[2] δῃώσας δ᾽ αὐτῶν τοὺς ἀγροὺς καὶ τοὺς ὁμόσε χωρήσαντας μάχῃ νικήσας ἐπὶ τοὺς καλουμένους Πωμεντίνους ἦγε τὴν δύναμιν, οἳ πόλιν μὲν Σύεσσαν ᾤκουν, εὐδαιμονέστατοι δ᾽ ἐδόκουν ἁπάντων εἶναι τῶν πλησιοχώρων καὶ διὰ τὴν πολλὴν εὐτυχίαν ἅπασι λυπηροὶ καὶ βαρεῖς, ἐγκαλῶν αὐτοῖς ἁρπαγάς τινας καὶ λῃστείας, ὑπὲρ [p. 87] ὧν αἰτούμενοι δίκας αὐθάδεις ἔδωκαν ἀποκρίσεις. οἱ δ᾽ ἦσαν ἕτοιμοι προσδεχόμενοι τὸν πόλεμον καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις.
[2] And having laid waste the enemy’s country and defeated in battle those who came to close quarters with him, he led his forces against the people called the Pometini, who lived in the city of Suessa and had the reputation of both more prosperous than any of their neighbours and, because of their great good fortune, of being troublesome and oppressive to them all. He accused them of certain acts of brigandage and robbery and of giving haughty answers when asked for satisfaction therefor. But they were expecting war and were ready and in arms.
[3] συνάψας δ᾽ αὐτοῖς μάχην περὶ τὰ μεθόρια καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν ἀποκτείνας, τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς τρεψάμενος καὶ κατακλείσας εἰς τὸ τεῖχος, ὡς οὐκέτι προῄεσαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, παραστρατοπεδεύσας αὐτοῖς ἀπετάφρευέ τε καὶ περιεχαράκου καὶ προσβολὰς ἐποιεῖτο τοῖς τείχεσι συνεχεῖς. οἱ δ᾽ ἔνδον τέως μὲν ἀπεμάχοντο καὶ πολὺν ἀντέσχον τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ χρόνον: ὡς δ᾽ ὑπέλειπεν αὐτοὺς τἀπιτήδεια, ἐξασθενοῦντες τὰ σώματα καὶ οὔτ᾽ ἐπικουρίαν οὐδεμίαν προσλαβόντες οὐδ᾽ ἀναπαύσεως τυγχάνοντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτωρ αὐτοὶ ταλαιπωροῦντες ἁλίσκονται κατὰ κράτος.
[3] Tarquinius engaged them in battle upon the frontiers, and after killing many of them and putting the rest to flight, he shut them up within their walls; and when they no longer ventured out of the city, he encamped near by, and surrounding it with a ditch and palisades, made continuous assaults upon the walls. The inhabitants defended themselves and withstood the hardships of the siege for a considerable time; but when their provisions began to fail and their strength was spent, since they neither received any assistance nor even obtained any respite, but the same men had to toil both night and day, they were taken by storm.
[4] γενόμενος δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἐγκρατὴς τοὺς μὲν ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις διέφθειρε, γυναῖκας δ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ τέκνα καὶ τοὺς ὑπομείναντας αἰχμαλώτους γενέσθαι καὶ τὸ τῶν θεραπόντων πλῆθος οὐδ᾽ ἀριθμηθῆναι ῥᾴδιον τοῖς στρατιώταις ἐπέτρεψεν ἀπάγεσθαι τήν τ᾽ ἄλλην κτῆσιν τῆς πόλεως ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν, εἴ τις ἐπιτύχοι, τήν τ᾽ ἐντὸς τείχους καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν ἀγρῶν ἐφῆκεν: ἄργυρον δὲ καὶ χρυσόν, ὅσος εὑρέθη, συναγαγὼν εἰς ἓν χωρίον καὶ τὴν δεκάτην ἐξελόμενος εἰς κατασκευὴν ἱεροῦ τὰ
[4] Tarquinius, being now master of the city, put to death all he found in arms and permitted the soldiers to carry off the women and children and such others as allowed themselves to be made prisoners, together with a multitude of slaves not easy to be numbered; and he also gave them leave to carry away all the plunder of the city that they found both inside the walls and in the country. As to the silver and gold that was found there, he ordered it all to be brought to one place, and having reserved a tenth part of it to build a temple, he distributed the rest among the soldiers.
[5] λοιπὰ χρήματα τοῖς στρατιώταις διεῖλεν. οὕτω δ᾽ ἄρα πολὺς ὁ καταληφθεὶς ἄργυρός τε καὶ χρυσὸς ἦν, ὥστε τῶν μὲν στρατιωτῶν ἕκαστον πέντε μνᾶς ἀργυρίου [p. 88] λαβεῖν, τὸ δὲ τοῖς θεοῖς δεκατευθὲν ἀργύριον τετρακοσίων οὐ μεῖον γενέσθαι ταλάντων.
[5] The quantity of silver and gold taken upon this occasion was so considerable that every one of the soldiers received for his share five minae of silver, and the tenth part reserved for the gods amounted to no less than four hundred talents.
[1] ἔτι δ᾽ ἐν τῇ Συέσσῃ διατρίβοντος αὐτοῦ παρῆν τις ἀγγέλλων, ὅτι Σαβίνων ἡ κρατίστη νεότης ἐξελήλυθε καὶ δυσὶ μεγάλοις στρατεύμασιν εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἐμβαλοῦσα λεηλατεῖ τοὺς ἀγρούς, ἡ μὲν Ἠρήτου πλησίον θεμένη τὸν χάρακα, ἡ δὲ περὶ Φιδήνην: καὶ εἰ μή τις αὐτοῖς δύναμις ἐναντιωθήσεται, πάντα οἰχήσεται τἀκεῖ.
[51.1] While he was still tarrying at Suessa a messenger brought the news that the flower of the Sabine youth had set out and made an irruption into the territory of the Romans in two large armies and were laying waste the country, one of them being encamped near Eretum and the other near Fidenae, and that unless a strong force should oppose them everything there would be lost.
[2] ὡς δὲ ταῦτ᾽ ἤκουσεν, ἐν μὲν τῇ Συέσσῃ βραχύ τι καταλείπει μέρος τῆς στρατιᾶς τά τε λάφυρα καὶ τὴν ἀποσκευὴν φυλάττειν παρακελευσάμενος, τὴν δ᾽ ἄλλην δύναμιν εὔζωνον ἀναλαβὼν ἦγεν ἐπὶ τοὺς πρὸς Ἠρήτῳ κατεστρατοπεδευκότας καὶ τίθεται τὸν χάρακα μετέωρον ὀλίγον τὸ μεταξὺ χωρίον καταλιπών. δόξαν δὲ τοῖς ἡγεμόσι τῶν Σαβίνων μάχην ἕωθεν τίθεσθαι μεταπεμψαμένοις τὸ ἐν Φιδήνῃ στράτευμα, μαθὼν τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν ὁ Ταρκύνιος: ἑάλω γὰρ ὁ τὰ γράμματα κομίζων παρὰ τῶν αὐτόθεν ἡγεμόνων πρὸς τοὺς ἐκεῖ: σοφίᾳ πρὸς τὸ συμβὰν ἀπὸ τύχης ἐχρήσατο τοιᾷδε.
[2] When Tarquinius heard this he left a small par
t of his army at Suessa, ordering them to guard the spoils and the baggage, and leading the rest of his forces in light marching order against that body of the Sabines which was encamped near Eretum, he pitched camp upon an eminence within a short distance of the enemy. And the generals of the Sabines having resolved to send for the army that was at Fidenae and to give battle at daybreak, Tarquinius learned of their intention (for the bearer of the letter from these generals to the others had been captured) and availed himself of this fortunate incident by employing the following stratagem:
[3] 16 νείμας τὴν δύναμιν διχῇ τὴν μὲν ἑτέραν ὑπὸ νύκτα πέμπει λαθὼν τοὺς πολεμίους ἐπὶ τὴν φέρουσαν ἀπὸ Φιδήνης ὁδόν, τὴν δ᾽ ἑτέραν ἅμα τῷ λαμπρὰν ἡμέραν γενέσθαι συντάξας προῆγεν ἐκ τοῦ χάρακος ὡς εἰς μάχην: καὶ οἱ Σαβῖνοι τεθαρρηκότες ἀντεπεξῄεσαν τούς τε πολεμίους οὐ πολλοὺς ὁρῶντες καὶ τὴν ἑαυτῶν [p. 89] δύναμιν τὴν ἀπὸ Φιδήνης ὅσον οὔπω παρέσεσθαι νομίζοντες. οὗτοι μὲν δὴ καταστάντες ἐμάχοντο, καὶ ἦν ἰσόρροπος αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον ὁ ἀγών: οἱ δὲ προαποσταλέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Ταρκυνίου νύκτωρ ὑποστρέψαντες ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ γενόμενοι κατὰ νώτου τῶν Σαβίνων ἐπῄεσαν.
[3] He divided his army into two bodies and sent one of them in the night without the enemy’s knowledge to occupy the road that led from Fidenae; and drawing up the other division as soon as it was fully day, he marched out of his camp as if to give battle. The Sabines, seeing the small number of the enemy and believing that their other army from Fidenae would come up at any moment, boldly marched out against them. These armies, therefore, engaged and the battle was for a long time doubtful; then the troops which had been sent out in advance by Tarquinius during the night turned back in their march and prepared to attack the Sabines in the rear.
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