[1] ὁ δὲ Μάρκιος ὁ πρῶτος καὶ πρὸ πολλῶν ὑποστὰς τοὺς πολεμίους καὶ λαμπρότατος ἁπάντων γενόμενος Ῥωμαίων ἔν τε τῇ τειχομαχίᾳ καὶ τοῖς ἐντὸς τείχους ἀγῶσι, λαμπρότερος ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ ἀγῶνι τῷ πρὸς τοὺς Ἀντιάτας συστάντι ἐφάνη. οὐδὲ γὰρ ταύτης ἐδικαίωσεν ἀπολειφθῆναι τῆς μάχης, ἀλλ᾽ ἅμα τῷ κρατηθῆναι τὴν πόλιν ὀλίγους τοὺς ἀκολουθῆσαι δυνηθέντας ἐπαγόμενος ἐχώρει δρόμῳ, καὶ καταλαβὼν παρατεταγμένας ἤδη τὰς δυνάμεις καὶ μελλούσας εἰς χεῖρας ἰέναι, τήν τε ἅλωσιν τῆς πόλεως πρῶτος ἀναγγέλλει τοῖς σφετέροις, τεκμήριον αὐτῆς ἀποδεικνὺς τὸν καπνόν, ὃς ἀπὸ τῶν ἐμπρησθεισῶν οἰκιῶν πολὺς ἐφέρετο, καὶ δεηθεὶς τοῦ ὑπάτου κατὰ τὸ καρτερώτατον τῶν πολεμίων εἱλεῖτο.
[93.1] But Marcius, who had been the first and only man to sustain the shock of the enemy and had distinguished himself above all the Romans both in the storming of the city and in the struggles which took place inside the walls, gained greater distinction in the second battle, which was fought against the Antiates. For he resolved not to be absent from this action either, but as soon as the city was captured, he took with him the small number of men who were able to follow him, and advancing at a run, found the two armies already drawn up and on the point of engaging. He was the first to inform the Romans of the capture of the city, and as a proof of it showed them the smoke which was rising in great volume from the houses that had been set on fire. And having obtained leave of the consul, he drew up his men in a compact body opposite the strongest force of the enemy.
[2] καὶ ἐπειδὴ τὰ σημεῖα ἤρθη τῆς μάχης, πρῶτος ὁμόσε τοῖς ἐναντίοις ἐχώρει καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν εἰς χεῖρας ἐλθόντων ἀποκτείνας εἰς μέσην αὐτῶν τὴν φάλαγγα ὠθεῖται. οἱ δ᾽ Ἀντιάται συστάδην μὲν οὐκέτι μάχεσθαι πρὸς αὐτὸν ὑπέμενον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐξέλειπον τὰς τάξεις καθ᾽ οὓς γένοιτο ἐπιών, κύκλῳ δὲ περιίσταντο ἀθρόοι καὶ ἔβαλλον ὑποχωροῦντες ἐπιόντα τε καὶ ἑπόμενον. ὁ δὲ Πόστουμος ὡς ἔγνω [p. 403] τοῦτο, δείσας μή τι μονωθεὶς ὁ ἀνὴρ πάθῃ, τοὺς κρατίστους τῶν νέων ἀρωγοὺς αὐτῷ πέμπει: κἀκεῖνοι ποιήσαντες πυκνοὺς τοὺς λόχους ἐμβάλλουσι τοῖς πολεμίοις. οὐ δεξαμένων δ᾽ αὐτοὺς τῶν κατὰ μέτωπον, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς φυγὴν τραπέντων, προσωτέρω προχωροῦντες εὑρίσκουσι τὸν Μάρκιον τραυμάτων μεστὸν καὶ περὶ αὐτὸν ὁρῶσι νεκρούς τε κειμένους πολλοὺς καὶ ἡμιθανεῖς.
[2] As soon as the battle signals were raised, he was the first to come to grips with his opponents, and having killed many of those he encountered, he forced his way into the midst of their ranks. The Antiates no longer ventured to engaged him hand to hand, but leaving their ranks where he attacked, they surrounded him in a body, and retreating as he advanced and pursued them, they assailed him with their missiles. Postumus, being informed of this and fearing lest the man, thus isolated, might meet with some disaster, sent the bravest of the youth to his relief. These, doubling their files, charged the enemy; and when the first line failed to sustain their charge, but turned to flight, they pressed forward and found Marcius covered with wounds and saw many lying round him, some dead and others dying.
[3] μετὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἤδη κοινῶς ἐχώρουν ἡγεμόνα τὸν Μάρκιον ἔχοντες ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔτι διαμένοντας ἐν τάξει, κτείνοντες τοὺς ὑφισταμένους καὶ ὥσπερ ἀνδραπόδοις παραχρώμενοι. ἄξιοι μὲν δὴ λόγου καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι Ῥωμαῖοι ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ μάχῃ ἐγένοντο, κράτιστοι δ᾽ αὐτῶν οἱ προασπίσαντες τὸν Μάρκιον: ὑπὲρ ἅπαντας δ᾽ αὐτὸς ὁ Μάρκιος, ὃς καὶ τῆς νίκης ἀναμφιλόγως αἰτιώτατος ἦν. ἐπεὶ δὲ συνεσκόταζεν ἤδη, οἱ μὲν Ῥωμαῖοι ἀνεχώρουν ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον μέγα ἐπὶ τῇ νίκῃ φρονοῦντες καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν ἀνῃρηκότες τῶν Ἀντιατῶν, πολλοὺς δ᾽ αἰχμαλώτους ἄγοντες.
[3] Thereupon they advanced together under Marcius as leader against those of the enemy who still kept their ranks, killing all who made any resistance and treating them like slaves. Though all the Romans displayed notable valour in this action, and the bravest of them were those who defended Marcius, yet brave beyond all the rest was Marcius himself, who was without any doubt the chief cause of the victory. When at last it grew dark, the Romans retired to their camp greatly exulting in their victory, having killed many of the Antiates and carrying with them a great number of prisoners.
[1] τῇ δ᾽ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ συγκαλέσας ὁ Πόστουμος εἰς ἐκκλησίαν τὸν στρατὸν ἔπαινον τοῦ Μαρκίου διεξῆλθε πολὺν καὶ στεφάνοις αὐτὸν ἀριστείοις ἀνέδησεν ἀμφοτέρων χαριστήρια τῶν ἀγώνων ἀποδιδούς. ἐδωρήσατο δ᾽ αὐτὸν ἵππῳ πολεμιστῇ στρατηγικοῖς ἐπισήμοις κεκοσμημένῳ καὶ δέκα σώμασιν αἰχμαλώτοις, ἐπ᾽ ἐκείνῳ ποιήσας, οὕς βούλοιτο λαβεῖν, ἀργυρίῳ τε, [p. 404] ὅσον ἂν ἐξενέγκασθαι δύναιτο αὐτός, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἄλλης λείας πολλαῖς καὶ καλαῖς ἀπαρχαῖς.
[94.1] The next day Postumus, having assembled the army, spoke at length in praise of Marcius and crowned him with the crowns of valour, as rewards for his behaviour in both the actions. He also presented him with a war-horse adorned with the trappings belonging to that of a general, together with ten captives, leaving it to him to take such as he wished, and also as much silver as he could carry away himself, and many other fine first-fruits of the booty.
[2] βοῆς δὲ γενομένης ἐξ ἁπάντων μεγάλης, ὡς ἂν ἐπαινούντων τε καὶ συνηδομένων, προσελθὼν ὁ Μάρκιος τῷ τε ὑπάτῳ χάριν εἰδέναι μεγάλην ἔφη καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν ἐπὶ ταῖς τιμαῖς, ὧν αὐτὸν ἠξίουν: οὐ μέντοι καταχρήσεσθαί γ᾽ αὐταῖς, ἀρκεσθήσεσθαι δὲ τῷ θ᾽ ἵππῳ τῆς λαμπρότητος τῶν σημείων ἕνεκεν καὶ ἑνὶ αἰχμαλώτῳ, ὃς ἔτυχεν αὐτῷ ξένος ὤν. οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται καὶ πρότερον ἀγάμενοι τὸν ἄνδρα τῆς γενναιότητος, ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐθαύμασαν τῆς ὑπεροψίας τοῦ πλούτου καὶ ὅτι μετρίως ἤνεγκε τὴν τοσαύτην εὐτυχίαν. ἐκ τούτου Κοριολανὸς ἐπεκλήθη τοῦ ἔργου, καὶ πάντων ἐγεγόνει τῶν κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἡλικίαν ἐπιφανέστατος.
[2] When all raised a great shout in token of their approval and congratulation, Marcius came forward and said that he was very grateful both to the consul and to all the others for the honours of which they held him worthy; however, he would not avail himself of th
em all, but would be content with the horse, for the sake of the splendid trappings, and with one captive, who chanced to be a personal friend of his. The soldiers, who even before this had admired the man for his valour, now marvelled at him still more for his contempt of riches and for his moderation in such good fortune. From this action he was surnamed Coriolanus and became the most illustrious man of his age.
[3] τῆς δὲ πρὸς τοὺς Ἀντιάτας μάχης τοῦτο λαβούσης τὸ τέλος αἱ λοιπαὶ τῶν Οὐολούσκων πόλεις διελύοντο τὴν πρὸς τοὺς Ῥωμαίους ἔχθραν, καὶ ὅσοι τὰ ὅμοια ἐκείνοις ἐφρόνουν, οἵ τ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις ἤδη ὄντες, καὶ οἱ παρασκευαζόμενοι τὸν πόλεμον ἐπέπαυντο. οἷς ἅπασιν ὁ Πόστουμος ἐπιεικῶς χρησάμενος, ἀνέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα, καὶ διαφῆκε τὴν στρατιάν. Κάσσιος δ᾽ ὁ ἕτερος τῶν ὑπάτων ὁ καταλειφθεὶς ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ τὸν νεὼν τῆς τε Δήμητρος καὶ Διονύσου καὶ Κόρης ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ χρόνῳ καθιέρωσεν, ὅς ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῖς τέρμασι τοῦ μεγίστου τῶν ἱπποδρόμων ὑπὲρ αὐτὰς ἱδρυμένος τὰς ἀφέσεις, εὐξαμένου μὲν αὐτὸν Αὔλου Ποστουμίου τοῦ [p. 405] δικτάτορος ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ἀναθήσειν τοῖς θεοῖς, καθ᾽ ὃν χρόνον ἔμελλεν ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς τὴν Λατίνων στρατιάν, τῆς τε βουλῆς μετὰ τὸ νίκημα τὴν κατασκευὴν αὐτοῦ ψηφισαμένης ἐκ τῶν λαφύρων ποιήσασθαι πᾶσαν, τότε δὲ τοῦ ἔργου λαβόντος τὴν συντέλειαν.
[3] Such having been the outcome of the battle with the Antiates, the rest of the Volscian cities proceeded to give up their hostility to the Romans; and all who had sympathized with them, both those already in arms and those making their preparations for war, refrained. Postumus treated them all with moderation, and then, returning home, disbanded the army.
Cassius, the other consul, who had been left at Rome, in the mean time consecrated the temple of Ceres, Liber and Libera, which stands at the end of the Circus Maximus, being erected directly above the starting-places. Aulus Postumius the dictator had made a vow, when he was on the point of engaging the army of the Latins, to dedicate it to the gods in the name of the commonwealth, and the senate after the victory having decreed that this temple should be built entirely out of the spoils, the work was now completed.
[1] ἐγένοντο δ᾽ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ καὶ πρὸς τὰς τῶν Λατίνων πόλεις ἁπάσας συνθῆκαι καιναὶ μεθ᾽ ὅρκων ὑπὲρ εἰρήνης καὶ φιλίας, ἐπειδὴ παρακινῆσαί τ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐπεχείρησαν ἐν τῇ στάσει, καὶ συνηδόμενοι τῇ καθόδῳ τοῦ δήμου φανεροὶ ἦσαν, τοῦ τε πολέμου τοῦ πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστάντας ἑτοίμως ἐδόκουν συνάρασθαι.
[95.1] At the same time, a new treaty of peace and friendship was made with all the Latin cities, and confirmed by oaths, inasmuch as they had not attempted to create any disturbance during the sedition, had openly rejoiced at the return of the populace, and seemed to have been prompt in assisting the Romans against those who had revolted from them.
[2] ἦν δὲ τὰ γραφέντα ἐν ταῖς συνθήκαις τοιάδε: Ῥωμαίοις καὶ ταῖς Λατίνων πόλεσιν ἁπάσαις εἰρήνη πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἔστω, μέχρις ἂν οὐρανός τε καὶ γῆ τὴν αὐτὴν στάσιν ἔχωσι: καὶ μήτ᾽ αὐτοὶ πολεμείτωσαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους μήτ᾽ ἄλλοθεν πολέμους ἐπαγέτωσαν, μήτε τοῖς ἐπιφέρουσι πόλεμον ὁδοὺς παρεχέτωσαν ἀσφαλεῖς βοηθείτωσάν τε τοῖς πολεμουμένοις ἁπάσῃ δυνάμει, λαφύρων τε καὶ λείας τῆς ἐκ πολέμων κοινῶν τὸ ἴσον λαγχανέτωσαν μέρος ἑκάτεροι: τῶν τ᾽ ἰδιωτικῶν συμβολαίων αἱ κρίσεις ἐν ἡμέραις γιγνέσθωσαν δέκα, παρ᾽ οἷς ἂν γένηται τὸ συμβόλαιον. ταῖς δὲ συνθήκαις ταύταις μηδὲν ἐξέστω προσθεῖναι μηδ᾽ ἀφελεῖν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν, ὅ τι ἂν μὴ Ῥωμαίοις τε καὶ Λατίνοις ἅπασι δοκῇ.
[2] The provisions of the treaty were as follows: “Let there be peace between the Romans and all the Latin cities as long as the heavens and the earth shall remain where they are. Let them neither make war upon another themselves nor bring in foreign enemies nor grant a safe passage to those who shall make war upon either. Let them assist one another, when warred upon, with all their forces, and let each have an equal share of the spoils and booty taken in their common wars. Let suits relating to private contracts be determined within ten days, and in the nation where the contract was made. And let it not be permitted to add anything to, or take anything away from these treaties except by the consent both of the Romans and of all the Latins.”
[3] ταῦτα μὲν δὴ Ῥωμαῖοί τε καὶ Λατῖνοι [p. 406] συνέθηκαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὀμόσαντες καθ᾽ ἱερῶν. ἐψηφίσατο δὲ καὶ θυσίας ἀποδοῦναι τοῖς θεοῖς ἡ βουλὴ χαριστηρίους ἐπὶ ταῖς πρὸς τὸν δῆμον διαλλαγαῖς, προσθεῖσα μίαν ἡμέραν ταῖς καλουμέναις Λατίναις ἑορταῖς δυσὶν οὔσαις, τὴν μὲν πρώτην ἀνιερώσαντος βασιλέως Ταρκυνίου, καθ᾽ ὃν χρόνον ἐνίκησε Τυρρηνούς: τὴν δ᾽ ἑτέραν τοῦ δήμου προσθέντος, ὅτε τοὺς βασιλεῖς ἐκβαλὼν ἐλευθέραν ἐποίησε τὴν πόλιν: αἷς ἡ τρίτη τότε προσενεμήθη τῆς καθόδου τῶν ἀποστάντων 14 ἕνεκα.
[3] This was the treaty entered into by the Romans and the Latins and confirmed by their oaths sworn over the sacrificial victims. The senate also voted to offer sacrifices to the gods in thanksgiving for their reconciliation with the populace, and added one day to the Latin festival, as it was called, which previously had been celebrated for two days. The first day had been set apart as holy by Tarquinius when he conquered the Tyrrhenians; the second the people added after they had freed the commonwealth by the expulsion of the kings; and to these the third was now added because of the return of the seceders.
[4] τὴν δὲ προστασίαν καὶ τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν τῶν ἐν αὐταῖς γινομένων θυσιῶν τε καὶ ἀγώνων οἱ τῶν δημάρχων ὑπηρέται παρέλαβον, οἱ τὴν νῦν ἀγορανομικὴν ἔχοντες ἐξουσίαν, ὥσπερ ἔφην, κοσμηθέντες ὑπὸ τῆς βουλῆς πορφύρᾳ καὶ θρόνῳ ἐλεφαντίνῳ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπισήμοις, οἷς εἶχον οἱ βασιλεῖς.
[4] The superintendence and oversight of the sacrifices and games performed during this festival was committed to the tribunes’ assistants, who held, as I said, the magistracy now called the aedileship; and they were honoured by the senate with a purple robe, an ivory chair, and the other insignia that the kings had had.
[1] οὐ πολλῷ δ᾽ ὕστερον χρόνῳ τῆς ἑορτῆς τῶν ὑπατικῶν εἷς Μενήνιος Ἀγρίππας ἐτελεύτησε τὸν βίον, ὁ νικήσας Σαβίνους καὶ τὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν θρίαμβον ἐπιφανέστατον καταγαγών, ᾧ πεισθεῖσα ἡ
βουλὴ τὴν κάθοδον ἐπέτρεψε τοῖς φυγάσι, καὶ ὁ δῆμος πιστεύσας ἀπέστη τῶν ὅπλων: καὶ αὐτὸν ἔθαψεν ἡ πόλις δημοσίᾳ καὶ καλλίστῃ πάντων ἀνθρώπων καὶ λαμπροτάτῃ ταφῇ. οὐσία γὰρ οὐκ ἦν τῷ ἀνδρὶ εἰς μεγαλοπρέπειαν ἐκκομιδῆς καὶ ταφῆς ἀποχρῶσα: ὥστε [p. 407] καὶ τοῖς ἐπιτρόποις αὐτοῦ τῶν παίδων βουλευομένοις ἔδοξεν ὡς ἕνα τῶν πολλῶν εὐτελῶς ἐκκομίσαι τε καὶ
[96.1] Not long after this festival Menenius Agrippa, one of the ex-consuls, died. It was he who had overcome the Sabines and had celebrated a most notable triumph for that victory; and it was through his persuasion that the senate had allowed the seceders to return and that the populace, because of their confidence in him, had given up their arms. He was buried at the expense of the public and his funeral was the most honourable and the most splendid that has fallen to any man. His estate, it seems, was not sufficient to defray the expense of a magnificent funeral and burial, so that even the guardians of his children resolved after consultation to carry him out of the city and bury him like any ordinary person at little expense.
[2] θάψαι. οὐ μέντοι γε ὁ δῆμος εἴασεν, ἀλλὰ συναγαγόντες οἱ δήμαρχοι τὸ πλῆθος εἰς ἐκκλησίαν καὶ πολλὰ διελθόντες ἐγκώμια τῶν τε κατὰ πόλεμον ἔργων τοῦ ἀνδρὸς καὶ τῶν πολιτικῶν, τήν τε σωφροσύνην αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν λιτότητα τοῦ βίου, μάλιστα δὲ τὴν εἰς χρηματισμὸν ἐγκράτειαν ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἄραντες τοῖς ἐπαίνοις, αἴσχιστον ἔφησαν εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων ἄνδρα τηλικοῦτον ἀσήμου καὶ ταπεινῆς κηδείας τυχεῖν διὰ πενίαν: παρῄνεσάν τε τῷ δήμῳ τὴν δαπάνην ἀναδέξασθαι, καὶ συνεισενεγκεῖν κατ᾽ ἄνδρα, ὅσον ἂν αὐτοὶ
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