§10.20.1Κοίντου δὲ Φαβίου Οὐιβολανοῦ παρειληφότος τὴν ὑπατείαν τὸ τρίτον καὶ Λευκίου Κορνηλίου καὶ τελούντων πατρίους ἀγῶνας Αἰκανῶν ἄνδρες ἐπίλεκτοι πλῆθος ἀμφὶ τοὺς ἑξακισχιλίους ὁπλισμῷ τʼ εὐζώνῳ συνεσταλμένοι καὶ ἐν νυκτὶ ποιησάμενοι τὴν ἔξοδον σκότους ἔτι ὄντος ἐπὶ πόλιν ἀφικνοῦνται Τυσκλάνων, ἥ ἐστι μὲν τοῦ Λατίνων ἔθνους, ἀφέστηκε δὲ τῆς Ῥώμης οὐκ ἔλαττον σταδίων ἑκατόν.
When Quintus Fabius Vibulanus assumed the consulship for the third time and Lucius Cornelius for the first, and while the Aequi were celebrating their ancestral games, some six thousand chosen men, equipped with light armor, made their departure by night while it was still dark and arrived at the city of the Tusculans, which belongs to the Latin nation and is situated not less than a hundred stades from Rome.
§10.20.2εὑρόντες δὲ ὡς ἐν εἰρήνῃ πύλας τε ἀκλείστους καὶ τεῖχος ἀφύλακτον αἱροῦσι τὴν πόλιν ἐξ ἐφόδου μνησικακοῦντες τοῖς Τυσκλάνοις, ὅτι τῇ Ῥωμαίων πόλει τά τε ἄλλα μετὰ προθυμίας συμπράττοντες διετέλουν, καὶ ἐν τῇ πολιορκίᾳ τοῦ Καπιτωλίου μόνοι συνήραντο τοῦ §10.20.3πολέμου.
Finding, as in time of peace, the gates unbarred and the walls unguarded, they captured the city at the first onset, bearing a grudge against the Tusculans because they had constantly cooperated with the Roman city with zeal in other matters, and during the siege of the Capitol, they alone had assisted in the war.
ἄνδρας μὲν οὐ πολλούς τινας ἐν τῇ καταλήψει διέφθειραν, ἀλλʼ ἔφθασαν ἤδη αὐτοὺς ὑπὸ τὴν ἅλωσιν τῆς πόλεως ὠσάμενοι διὰ τῶν πυλῶν οἱ ἔνδον, χωρὶς ἢ ὅσοι ὑπὸ νόσων ἢ γήρως φυγεῖν ἀδύνατοι ἦσαν, γύναια δὲ καὶ παιδία καὶ θεράποντας αὐτῶν ἠνδραποδίσαντο καὶ τὰ χρήματα διήρπασαν.
In the capture they did not kill very many of the men, for the inhabitants had already anticipated them by escaping through the gates just before the fall of the city, except for those who were unable to flee because of illness or old age; but they enslaved their women, children, and servants, and plundered their property.
§10.20.4ὡς δʼ ἀπηγγέλθη τὸ δεινὸν εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἐκ τῶν διαφυγόντων ἐκ τῆς ἁλώσεως, οἱ μὲν ὕπατοι βοηθεῖν ᾤοντο δεῖν τοῖς φυγάσι κατὰ τάχος καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῖς ἀποδιδόναι, ἀντέπραττον δὲ οἱ δήμαρχοι στρατιὰν οὐκ ἐῶντες καταγράφειν, ἕως ἂν ἡ περὶ τοὺς νόμους διενεχθῇ ψῆφος.
When this dreadful news was brought to Rome by those who had escaped from the capture, the consuls thought they ought to assist the fugitives with speed and restore their city to them; but the tribunes opposed them, not permitting them to levy an army until the vote concerning the laws should be taken.
ἀγανακτούσης δὲ τῆς βουλῆς καὶ διατριβὴν λαμβανούσης τῆς στρατείας ἕτεροι παρῆσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Λατίνων ἔθνους ἀποσταλέντες, οἳ τὴν Ἀντιατῶν πόλιν ἤγγελλον ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ ἀφεστηκέναι, μιᾷ χρησαμένων γνώμῃ Οὐολούσκων τε τῶν ἀρχαίων οἰκητόρων τῆς πόλεως καὶ Ῥωμαίων τῶν ἀφικομένων ὡς αὐτοὺς ἐποίκων καὶ μερισαμένων τὴν γῆν.
While the senate was indignant and the expedition was delayed, other messengers arrived, sent by the Latin nation, who reported that the city of Antium had openly revolted, the Volscians, the ancient inhabitants of the city, and the Romans who had gone to them as colonists and divided the land, having acted with one mind.
Ἑρνίκων τε ἄγγελοι κατὰ τοὺς αὐτοὺς παρῆσαν χρόνους δηλοῦντες, ὅτι Οὐολούσκων τε καὶ Αἰκανῶν δύναμις πολλὴ ἐξελήλυθε καί ἐστιν ἐν τῇ αὐτῶν ἤδη γῇ.
Messengers from the Hernici also arrived at the same time, declaring that a large force of Volscians and Aequi had taken the field and was already in their territory.
§10.20.5τούτων ἅμα προσαγγελλομένων οὐδεμίαν ἀναστροφὴν ἔτι ποιεῖσθαι τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ συνεδρίου ἐδόκει, ἀλλὰ πανστρατιᾷ βοηθεῖν καὶ τοὺς ὑπάτους ἀμφοτέρους ἐξιέναι· ἐὰν δέ τινες ἀπολειφθῶσι τῆς στρατείας Ῥωμαίων ἢ §10.20.6τῶν συμμάχων, ὡς πολεμίοις αὐτοῖς χρῆσθαι.
When these reports were brought at the same time, it seemed to the members of the senate that they should make no further delay, but should march with their whole force to assist, and that both consuls should go out; and if any of the Romans or of the allies should fail to join the army, they should be treated as enemies.
εἰξάντων δὲ καὶ τῶν δημάρχων καταγράψαντες τοὺς ἐν ἡλικίᾳ πάντας οἱ ὕπατοι καὶ τὰς παρὰ τῶν συμμάχων δυνάμεις μεταπεμψάμενοι κατὰ σπουδὴν ἐξῄεσαν ὑπολιπόμενοι φυλακὴν τῇ πόλει τρίτην μοῖραν τῆς ἐπιχωρίου στρατιᾶς.
When the tribunes also yielded, the consuls, having enrolled all those of military age and summoned the forces from the allies, set out in haste, leaving behind a third part of the local army as a guard for the city.
Φάβιος μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν τῷ Τυσκλάνων ὄντας Αἰκανοὺς τὴν στρατιὰν ἦγε διὰ §10.20.7τάχους.
Fabius, therefore, led his army with speed against the Aequi who were in Tusculum.
τῶν δʼ οἱ μὲν πλείους ἀπεληλύθεσαν ἤδη διηρπακότες τὴν πόλιν, ὀλίγοι δέ τινες ὑπέμενον φυλάττοντες τὴν ἄκραν· ἔστι δὲ σφόδρα ἐχυρὰ καὶ οὐ πολλῆς δεομένη φυλακῆς.
Most of them, indeed, had already departed after plundering the city, but a few remained guarding the citadel, which was extremely strong and did not require a large garrison.
τινὲς μὲν οὖν φασι τοὺς φρουροὺς τῆς ἄκρας ἰδόντας ἐξιοῦσαν ἐκ τῆς Ῥώμης τὴν στρατιάν — εὐσύνοπτα γάρ ἐστιν ἐκ μετεώρου τὰ μεταξὺ χωρία πάντα — ἑκόντας ἐξελθεῖν, ἕτεροι δὲ ἐκπολιορκηθέντας ὑπὸ τοῦ Φαβίου καθʼ ὁμολογίαν παραδοῦναι τὸ φρούριον, τοῖς σώμασιν αὐτοῖς ἄδειαν αἰτησαμένους καὶ ζυγὸν ὑποστάντας.
Some, therefore, say that the guards of the citadel, seeing the army setting out from Rome—for all the intervening country is easily visible from that high ground—departed of their own accord; but others say that they were besieged by Fabius and surrendered the fortress by capitulation, having asked for safety for their persons and submitted to pass under the yoke.