[3] περιφόβων δὲ γενομένων ἁπάντων ἀναστὰς πάλιν ὁ Τύλλος εἶπεν: οὐδὲν ἔτι ἔξεστιν ὑμῖν νεωτερίζειν οὐδ᾽ ἐξαμαρτάνειν, ἄνδρες Ἀλβανοί. ὑμεῖς γὰρ ἂν παρακινεῖν τι τολμήσητε, πάντες [p. 336] ἀπολεῖσθε ὑπὸ τούτων: δείξας τοὺς ἔχοντας τὰ ξίφη. δέχεσθε οὖν τὰ διδόμενα καὶ γίνεσθε ἀπὸ τοῦ χρόνου τοῦδε Ῥωμαῖοι. δυεῖν γὰρ ἀνάγκη θάτερον ὑμᾶς ποιεῖν ἢ Ῥώμην κατοικεῖν ἢ μηδεμίαν ἑτέραν γῆν ἔχειν πατρίδα.
[3] And when all were terrified, Tullus rose up again and said: “It is no longer in your power, Albans, to act seditiously or even to make any false move. For if you dare attempt any disturbance, you shall all be slain by these troops (pointing to those who held their swords in their hands). Accept, then, the terms offered to you and become henceforth Romans. For you must do one of two things, either live at Rome or have no other country.
[4] οἴχεται γὰρ ἕωθεν ἐκπεμφθεὶς ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ Μάρκος Ὁράτιος ἀναιρήσων τὴν πόλιν ὑμῶν ἐκ θεμελίων καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἅπαντας εἰς Ῥώμην μετάξων. ταῦτα οὖν εἰδότες ὅσον οὔπω γενησόμενα παύσασθε θανατῶντες καὶ ποιεῖτε τὰ κελευόμενα. Μέττιον δὲ Φουφέττιον ἀφανῶς τε ἡμῖν ἐπιβουλεύσαντα καὶ οὐδὲ νῦν ὀκνήσαντα ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα τοὺς ταραχώδεις καὶ στασιαστὰς καλεῖν τιμωρήσομαι τῆς κακῆς καὶ δολίου ψυχῆς ἀξίως.
[4] For early this morning Marcus Horatius set forth, sent by me, to raze your city to the foundations and to remove all the inhabitants to Rome. Knowing, then, that these orders are as good as executed already, cease to court destruction and do as you are bidden. As for Mettius Fufetius, who has not only laid snares for us in secret but even now has not hesitated to call the turbulent and seditious to arms, I shall punish him in such manner as his wicked and deceitful heart deserves.”
[5] ταῦτα λέξαντος αὐτοῦ τὸ μὲν ἐρεθιζόμενον τῆς ἐκκλησίας μέρος ἔπτηξεν, οἷα δὴ κρατούμενον ἀνάγκῃ ἀφύκτῳ, τὸν δὲ Φουφέττιον ἀγανακτοῦντα ἔτι καὶ κεκραγότα μόνον τάς τε συνθήκας ἀνακαλούμενον, ἃς αὐτὸς ἐξηλέγχθη παρασπονδῶν, καὶ οὐδ᾽ ἐν κακοῖς τοῦ θράσους ὑφιέμενον οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι κελεύσαντος τοῦ βασιλέως Τύλλου συλλαβόντες καὶ τὴν ἐσθῆτα περικαταρρήξαντες ἔξαινον τὸ σῶμα μάστιξι πάνυ πολλαῖς.
[5] At these words, that part of the assembly which was in an irritated mood, cowered in fear, restrained by inevitable necessity. Fufetius alone still showed his resentment and cried out, appealing to the treaty which he himself was convicted of having violated, and even in his distress abated nothing of his boldness; but the lictors seized him at the command of King Tullus, and tearing off his clothes, scourged his body with many stripes.
[6] ἐπεὶ δὲ ταύτης ἅλις εἶχε τῆς τιμωρίας, προσελάσαντες δύο συνωρίδας τῇ μὲν ἑτέρᾳ προσήρτων τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτοῦ, τῇ δ᾽ ἑτέρᾳ τοὺς πόδας ῥυτῆρσι κατεχομένους μακροῖς: ἐλαυνόντων δὲ τῶν ἡνιόχων τὰς συνωρίδας ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ξαινόμενός τε περὶ τῇ γῇ καὶ ἀνθελκόμενος [p. 337] ὑφ᾽ ἑκατέρας ἐπὶ τἀναντία ὁ δείλαιος ἐν ὀλίγῳ διασπᾶται χρόνῳ.
[6] After he had been sufficiently punished in this manner, they brought up two teams of horses and with long traces fastened his arms to one of them and his feet to the other; then, as the drivers urged their teams apart, the wretch was mangled upon the ground and, being dragged by the two teams in opposite directions, was soon torn apart.
[7] Μέττιος μὲν δὴ Φουφέττιος οὕτως οἰκτρᾶς καὶ ἀσχήμονος τελευτῆς ἔτυχε, τοῖς δ᾽ ἑταίροις αὐτοῦ καὶ συνειδόσι τὴν προδοσίαν αὐτοῦ δικαστήρια ὁ βασιλεὺς καθίσας τοὺς ἁλόντας ἐξ αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸν τῶν λειποτακτῶν τε καὶ προδοτῶν νόμον ἀπέκτεινεν.
[7] This was the miserable and shameful end of Mettius Fufetius. For the trial of his friends and the accomplices of his treachery the king set up courts and put to death such of the accused as were found guilty, pursuant to the law respecting deserters and traitors.
[1] ἐν ᾧ δὲ ταῦτ᾽ ἐγίνετο χρόνῳ, Μάρκος Ὁράτιος ὁ προαπεσταλμένος μετὰ τῶν ἐπιλέκτων ἐπὶ τὴν καθαίρεσιν τῆς Ἄλβας ταχέως διανύσας τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ καταλαβὼν πύλας τε ἀκλείστους καὶ τεῖχος ἀφύλακτον εὐπετῶς γίνεται τῆς πόλεως κύριος. συναγαγὼν δὲ τὸ πλῆθος εἰς ἐκκλησίαν τά τε πραχθέντα κατὰ τὴν μάχην ἅπαντα ἐδήλωσεν αὐτοῖς καὶ
[31.1] In the meantime Marcus Horatius, who had been sent on with the picked troops to destroy Alba, having quickly made the march and finding the gates open and the walls unguarded, easily made himself master of the city. Then, assembling the people, he informed them of everything which had happened during the battle and read to them the decree of the Roman senate.
[2] το ψήφισμα τῆς Ῥωμαίων βουλῆς διεξῆλθεν. ἀντιβολούντων δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ χρόνον εἰς πρεσβείαν αἰτουμένων οὐδεμίαν ἀναβολὴν ποιησάμενος τὰς μὲν οἰκίας καὶ τὰ τείχη καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο κατασκεύασμα ἰδιωτικὸν ἢ δημόσιον ἦν κατέσκαπτε, τοὺς δὲ ἀνθρώπους μετὰ πολλῆς φροντίδος παρέπεμπεν εἰς Ῥώμην ἄγοντάς τε τὰ ἑαυτῶν χρήματα καὶ φέροντας:
[2] And though the inhabitants had recourse to supplications and begged for time in which to send an embassy, he proceeded without any delay to raze the houses and walls and every other building, both public and private; but he conducted the inhabitants to Rome with great care, permitting them to take their animals and their goods with them.
[3] οὓς ὁ Τύλλος ἀφικόμενος ἀπὸ στρατοπέδου ταῖς Ῥωμαίων φυλαῖς καὶ φράτραις ἐπιδιεῖλεν οἰκήσεις τε συγκατεσκεύασεν ἐν οἷς αὐτοὶ προῃροῦντο τῆς πόλεως τόποις καὶ τῆς δημοσίας γῆς τὴν ἀρκοῦσαν τοῖς θητεύουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀπεμέριζε ταῖς τε ἄλλαις [p. 338]
[3] And Tullus, upon arriving from the camp, distributed them among the Roman tribes and curiae, assisted them in building houses in such parts of the city as they themselves preferred, allotted a sufficient portion of the public lands to those of the labouring class, and by other acts of humanity relieved the needs of the multitude.
[4] φιλανθρωπίαις ἀνελάμβανε τὸ πλῆθος. ἡ μὲν δὴ τῶν Ἀλβανῶν πόλις, ἣν ἔκτισεν Ἀσκάνιος ὁ ἐξ Αἰνείου τοῦ Ἀγχίσου καὶ Κρεούσης τῆς Πριάμου θυγατρός, ἔτη διαμείνασα μετὰ τὸν οἰκισμὸν πεντακόσια τριῶν ἐπὶ τοῖς δέκα δέ
οντα, ἐν οἷς πολλὴν ἔσχεν ἐπίδοσιν εἰς εὐανδρίαν τε καὶ πλοῦτον καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ἅπασαν εὐδαιμονίαν ἡ τὰς τριάκοντα Λατίνων ἀποικίσασα πόλεις καὶ πάντα τὸν χρόνον ἡγησαμένη τοῦ ἔθνους, ὑπὸ τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀποικήσεως καθαιρεθεῖσα ἔρημος εἰς τόδε χρόνου διαμένει.
[4] Thus the city of Alba, which had been built by Ascanius, the son whom Aeneas, Anchises’ son, had by Creusa, the daughter of Priam, after having stood for four hundred and eighty-seven years from its founding, during which time it had greatly increased in population, wealth and every form of prosperity, and after having colonized the thirty cities of the Latins and during all this time held the leadership of that nation, was destroyed by the last colony it had planted, and remains uninhabited to this day.
[5] βασιλεὺς δὲ Τύλλος τὸν ἐπιόντα χειμῶνα διαλιπὼν ἔαρος ἀρχομένου στρατὸν ἐπὶ Φιδηναίους πάλιν ἐξάγει. τοῖς δὲ Φιδηναίοις κοινῇ μὲν οὐδ᾽ ἡτισοῦν βοήθεια ἐξ οὐδεμιᾶς τῶν συμμαχίδων ἀφίκετο πόλεων, μισθοφόροι δέ τινες ἐκ πολλῶν συνερρύησαν τόπων, οἷς πιστεύσαντες ἐθάρρησαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως προελθεῖν: παραταξάμενοι δὲ καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν ἀποκτείναντες ἐν τῇ μάχῃ, πολλῷ δ᾽ ἔτι πλείους ἀποβαλόντες
[5] King Tullus, after letting the following winter pass, led out his army once more against the Fidenates at the beginning of spring. These had publicly received no assistance whatever from any of the cities in alliance with them, but some mercenaries had resorted to them from many places, and relying upon these, they were emboldened to come out from their city; then, after arraying themselves for battle and slaying many in the struggle that ensued and losing even more of their own men, they were again shut up inside the town.
[6] κατεκλείσθησαν πάλιν εἰς τὸ ἄστυ. ὡς δὲ περιχαρακώσας αὐτῶν τὴν πόλιν ὁ Τύλλος καὶ περιταφρεύσας εἰς τὴν ἐσχάτην κατέκλεισε τοὺς ἔνδον ἀπορίαν, ἠναγκάσθησαν τῷ βασιλεῖ παραδοῦναι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐφ᾽ οἷς αὐτὸς ἐβούλετο. γενόμενος δὲ τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς πόλεως κύριος τοὺς αἰτίους τῆς ἀποστάσεως ἀποκτείνας, τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς ἅπαντας ἀπολύσας καὶ τὰ σφέτερα πάντα καρποῦσθαι [p. 339] τὸν αὐτὸν ἐάσας τρόπον τήν τε πολιτείαν, ἣν πρότερον εἶχον, ἀποδοὺς αὐτοῖς διέλυσε τὴν στρατιὰν καὶ παραγενόμενος εἰς Ῥώμην τὴν τροπαιοφόρον ἀπεδίδου τοῖς θεοῖς πομπήν τε καὶ θυσίαν δεύτερον ἐκεῖνον κατάγων θρίαμβον.
[6] And when Tullus had surrounded the city with palisades and ditches and reduced those within to the last extremity, they were obliged to surrender themselves to the king upon his own terms. Having in this manner become master of the city, Tullus put to death the authors of the revolt, but released all the rest, leaving them in the enjoyment of all their possessions in the same manner as before and restoring to them their previous form of government. He then disbanded his army, and returning to Rome, rendered to the gods the trophy-bearing procession and sacrifices of thanksgiving, this being the second triumph he celebrated.
[1] μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν πόλεμον ἕτερος ἀνέστη Ῥωμαίοις ἐκ τοῦ Σαβίνων ἔθνους, ἀρχὴ δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ πρόφασις ἐγένετο τοιάδε: ἱερόν ἐστι κοινῇ τιμώμενον ὑπὸ Σαβίνων τε καὶ Λατίνων ἅγιον ἐν τοῖς πάνυ θεᾶς Φερωνείας ὀνομαζομένης, ἣν οἱ μεταφράζοντες εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν οἱ μὲν Ἀνθοφόρον, οἱ δὲ Φιλοστέφανον, οἱ δὲ Φερσεφόνην καλοῦσιν: εἰς δὴ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦτο συνῄεσαν ἐκ τῶν περιοίκων πόλεων κατὰ τὰς ἀποδεδειγμένας ἑορτὰς πολλοὶ μὲν εὐχὰς ἀποδιδόντες καὶ θυσίας τῇ θεῷ, πολλοὶ δὲ χρηματιούμενοι διὰ τὴν πανήγυριν ἔμποροί τε καὶ χειροτέχναι καὶ γεωργοί, ἀγοραί τε αὐτόθι λαμπρόταται τῶν ἐν ἄλλοις τισὶ τόποις τῆς Ἰταλίας ἀγομένων ἐγίνοντο.
[32.1] After this war another arose against the Romans on the part of the Sabine nation, the beginning and occasion of which was this. There is a sanctuary, honoured in common by the Sabines and the Latins, that is held in the greatest reverence and is dedicated to a goddess named Feronia; some of those who translate the name into Greek call her Anthophoros or “Flower Bearer,” others Philostephanos or “Lover of Garlands,” and still others Persephonê. To this sanctuary people used to resort from the neighbouring cities on the appointed days of festival, many of them performing vows and offering sacrifice to the goddess and many with the purpose of trafficking during the festive gathering as merchants, artisans and husbandmen; and here were held fairs more celebrated than in any other places in Italy.
[2] εἰς ταύτην δὲ τὴν πανήγυριν ἐλθόντας ποτὲ Ῥωμαίων ἄνδρας οὐκ ἀφανεῖς Σαβῖνοί τινες ἄνδρες συναρπάσαντες ἔδησαν καὶ τὰ χρήματα ἀφείλοντο, πρεσβείας τε περὶ αὐτῶν ἀφικομένης οὐδὲν ἐβούλοντο τῶν δικαίων ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ σώματα καὶ τὰ χρήματα τῶν συλληφθέντων κατεῖχον ἐγκαλοῦντες καὶ αὐτοὶ Ῥωμαίοις, ὅτι τοὺς Σαβίνων φυγάδας ὑπεδέχοντο κατασκευάσαντες ἄσυλον ἱερόν, ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐν [p. 340]
[2] At this festival some Romans of considerable importance happened to be present on a certain occasion and were seized by some of the Sabines, who imprisoned them and robbed them of their money. And when an embassy was sent concerning them, the Sabines refused to give any satisfaction, but retained both the persons and the money of the men whom they had seized, and in their turn accused the Romans of having received the fugitives of the Sabines by establishing a sacred asylum (of which I gave an account in the preceding Book).
[3] τῷ πρὸ τούτου λόγῳ δεδήλωταί μοι. ἐκ τούτων δὴ τῶν ἐγκλημάτων εἰς πόλεμον καταστάντες ἐξῄεσαν εἰς ὕπαιθρον ἀμφότεροι δυνάμεσι πολλαῖς, γίνεταί τε αὐτῶν ἐκ παρατάξεως ἀγών: διέμενον γὰρ ἀγχωμάλως ἀγωνιζόμενοι καὶ διελύθησαν ὑπὸ τῆς νυκτὸς ἀμφίλογον καταλιπόντες τὸ νίκημα. ταῖς δ᾽ ἑξῆς ἡμέραις μαθόντες ἀμφότεροι τῶν τε ἀπολωλότων καὶ τῶν τραυματιῶν τὸ πλῆθος οὐκέτι πεῖραν ἐβούλοντο ἑτέρου λαβεῖν ἀγῶνος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκλιπόντες τοὺς χάρακας ἀπῄεσαν:
[3] As a result of these accusations the two nations became involved in war, and when both had taken the field with large forces a pitched battle occurred between them; and both sides continued to fight with equal fortunes until night parted them, leaving the victory in doubt. During the following days both of them, upon learning the number of the slain and wounded, were unwilling to hazard another battle but left their camps and retired.
[4] καὶ διαλιπόντες τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἐκεῖνον πάλιν ἐξῄεσαν ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλους μείζονας παρασκευασάμενοι δυνάμεις, γίνεταί τε αὐτῶν περὶ πόλιν Ἠρητὸν ἀπὸ σταδίων ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν τῆς Ῥώμης ἀγών, ἐν ᾧ πολλοὺς μὲν ἀμφοτέρων συνέβη πεσεῖν: ἰσορρόπου δὲ κἀκείνης τῆς μάχης ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον διαμενούσης ἀνατείνας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν τὰς χεῖρας ὁ Τύλλος εὔξατο τοῖς θεοῖς, ἐὰν νικήσῃ τῇ τόθ᾽ ἡμέρᾳ Σαβίνους, Κρόνου τε καὶ Ῥέας καταστήσεσθαι δημοτελεῖς ἑορτάς, ἃς ἄγουσι Ῥωμαῖοι καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν ὅταν ἅπαντας τοὺς ἐκ γῆς συγκομίσωσι καρπούς, καὶ τὸν τῶν Σαλίων καλουμένων διπλασιάσειν ἀριθμόν. οὗτοι δ᾽ εἰσὶ πατέρων εὐγενῶν ἐνοπλίους ὀρχήσεις κινούμενοι πρὸς αὐλὸν ἐν τοῖς καθήκουσι χρόνοις καὶ ὕμνους τινὰς ᾄδοντες πατρίους, ὡς ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ
[4] They let that year pass without further action, and then, having increased their forces, they again marched out against one another and near the city of Eretum, distant one hundred and sixty stades from Rome, engaged in a battle in which many fell on both sides. And when that battle also continued doubtful for a long time, Tullus, lifting his hands to heaven, made a vow to the gods that if he conquered the Sabines that day he would institute public festivals in honour of Saturn and Ops (the Romans celebrate them every year after they have gathered in all the fruits of the earth) and would double the number of the Salii, as they are called. These are youths of noble families who at appointed times dance, fully armed, to the sound of the flute and sing certain traditional hymns, as I have explained in the preceding Book.
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