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- Titi Livi ab urbe condita libri editionem priman, Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.
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The Volscians attempted to oppose Rome during the Latin war but were swiftly suppressed; when they subsequently conspired with the Hernici, the Latins seized their envoys and delivered them to Rome, prompting a grateful Rome to return captives and solidify their alliance to an unprecedented degree.
cum Volscorum gente Latino bello neque pax neque bellum fuerat; nam et Volsci conparaverant auxilia, quae mitterent Latinis, ni maturatum ab dictatore Romano esset,1 et maturavit Romanus, ne proelio uno cum Latino Volscoque contenderet.
With the Volscian nation during the Latin war there had been neither peace nor war; for both the Volscians had prepared auxiliary troops to send to the Latins, had not haste been made by the Roman dictator, and the Roman made haste, lest he should contend in a single battle with both Latin and Volscian.
hac ira consules in Volscum agrum legiones duxere. Volscos consilii poenam non metuentes necopinata res perculit; armorum inmemores obsides dant trecentos principum a Cora atque Pometia liberos: ita sine certamine inde abductae legiones.
In this anger, the consuls led the legions into the Volscian territory. An unexpected thing struck the Volscians, who were not fearing punishment for their design; unmindful of arms, they gave three hundred children of the leading men from Cora and Pometia as hostages: thus without a contest the legions were led away from there.
nec ita multo post Volscis levatis metu suum rediit ingenium; rursus occultum parant bellum Hernicis in societatem armorum adsumptis.
And not so much later, when the Volscians were relieved of fear, their own character returned; they again prepare a secret war, having taken the Hernici into an alliance of arms.
legatos quoque ad sollicitandum Latium passim dimittunt; sed recens ad Regillum lacum accepta cladis2 Latinos ira odioque eius, quicumque arma suaderet, ne ab legatis quidem violandis abstinuit: conprehensos Volscos Romam duxere. ibi traditi consulibus, indicatumque est Volscos Hernicosque parare bellum Romanis.
They also send ambassadors in all directions to stir up Latium; but the recently received defeat at Lake Regillus filled the Latins with anger and hatred of anyone who should advise arms, so that they did not even abstain from violating the ambassadors: they seized the Volscians and led them to Rome. There they were handed over to the consuls, and it was disclosed that the Volscians and Hernici were preparing war against the Romans.
relata re ad senatum adeo fuit gratum patribus, ut et captivorum sex milia Latinis remitterent et de foedere, quod prope in perpetuum negatum fuerat, rem ad novos magistratus reicerent. enimvero tum Latini gaudere3 facto;
When the matter was reported to the senate, it was so pleasing to the fathers that they both restored six thousand captives to the Latins and referred the matter of the treaty, which had been denied almost forever, to the new magistrates. Truly then the Latins rejoiced at the act;
pacis auctores in ingenti gloria esse. coronam auream Iovi donum in Capitolium mittunt. cum legatis donoque, qui captivorum remissi ad suos fuerant, magna circumfusa multitudo venit.
the authors of peace were in great glory. They send a golden crown as a gift to Jupiter on the Capitol. Along with the ambassadors and the gift came a great surrounding multitude of those captives who had been sent back to their people.
pergunt domos eorum, apud quem quisque servierant;4 gratias agunt liberaliter habiti cultique in calamitate sua; inde hospitia iungunt. numquam alias ante publice privatimque Latinum nomen Romano imperio coniunctius fuit.
They go to the homes of those under whom each of them had served; they return thanks for having been treated and cared for generously in their misfortune; thence they join in guest-friendships. Never at any other time before, publicly and privately, was the Latin name more closely joined to the Roman power.
- 2.22.1ni maturatum ab dictatore Romano esset
A pluperfect subjunctive condition using the impersonal passive maturatum esset ('haste had been made'). The main verb conparaverant is in the indicative, indicating the actual historical fact that the Volscians had already prepared the auxiliary troops.
- 2.22.4recens ad Regillum lacum accepta cladis
cladis is the genitive singular of the third-declension noun clades (defeat). The phrase functions as an objective genitive modifying ira odioque (by anger and hatred of the recently received defeat).
- 2.22.5gaudere
gaudere and the subsequent esse are historical infinitives used to vividify the narrative, equivalent in meaning to the imperfect indicative (gaudebant, erant).
- 2.22.7apud quem quisque servierant
Although quisque is a singular pronoun, it is paired with the plural verb servierant. This is an instance of constructio ad sensum (synesis), where the verb agrees with the plural idea implied by 'each of them'.