§10.49.1πρώτη μὲν οὖν εἰσῆλθεν ἡ κατὰ Ῥωμιλίου δίκη.
So, first the trial against Romilius began.
καὶ παρελθὼν ὁ Σίκκιος τά τε ἄλλα κατηγόρει τοῦ ἀνδρός, ὅσα ὑπατεύων βίᾳ εἰς τοὺς δημάρχους ἔδοξε διαπράξασθαι, καὶ τελευτῶν τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν διεξῄει τὴν ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ τε καὶ τῇ σπείρᾳ γενομένην ὑπὸ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ· καὶ παρείχετο αὐτῶν μάρτυρας τοὺς ἐπιφανεστάτους τῶν συστρατευσαμένων οὐ δημοτικούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ πατρικίους·
And Siccius, coming forward, accused the man of all the other things he was thought to have committed by force against the tribunes while consul, and finally went through in detail the plot formed against himself and his cohort by the general; and he produced as witnesses of these things the most prominent of those who had served with him, not only of the plebeians but also of the patricians.
ἐν οἷς ἦν νεανίας οὐκ ἀφανὴς οὔτε κατὰ γένους ἀξίωσιν οὔτε κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ἀρετὴν καὶ τὰ πολέμια πάνυ ἀγαθός· Σπόριος Οὐεργίνιος ἦν ὄνομα αὐτῷ.
Among them was a young man not obscure either for the dignity of his family or for his own virtue, and very excellent in war; Spurius Verginius was his name.
§10.49.2οὗτος ἔφη Μάρκον Ἰκίλλιον, ἑνὸς τῶν ἐκ τῆς Σικκίου σπείρας υἱόν, ἡλικιώτην αὐτοῦ καὶ φίλον ἀπολυθῆναι τῆς ἐξόδου βουληθείς, ὡς ἐπὶ θάνατον ἐξιόντα μετὰ τοῦ πατρός, Αὖλον Οὐεργίνιον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θεῖον, πρεσβευτὴν τότε συστρατευόμενον, παρακαλέσας ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὑπάτους, §10.49.3ἀξιῶν σφίσι ταύτην δοθῆναι τὴν χάριν·
This man said that, when Marcus Icilius, the son of one of those in Siccius' cohort and his own contemporary and friend, wished to be released from the campaign, as if going out to death with his father, he had persuaded Aulus Verginius, his own uncle, who was then serving as a legate, to go to the consuls, requesting that this favor be granted to them.
ἀντιλεγόντων δὲ τῶν ὑπάτων, ἑαυτῷ μὲν ἐπελθεῖν δάκρυα τὴν συμφορὰν τὴν τοῦ ἑταίρου προανακλαιομένῳ, τὸν δὲ νεανίαν, ὑπὲρ οὗ τὰς δεήσεις ἐποιεῖτο, πεπυσμένον ταῦτα ἐλθεῖν καὶ λόγον αἰτησάμενον εἰπεῖν, ὅτι τοῖς μὲν δεομένοις πολλὴν οἶδε χάριν, αὐτὸς δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἀγαπήσειεν τυχὼν χάριτος, ἥτις αὐτὸν ἀφελεῖται τὸ πρὸς τὸ γένος εὐσεβές, οὐδʼ ἂν ἀπολειφθείη τοῦ πατρός, τοσῷδε μᾶλλον, ὅσῳ γʼ ἀποθανούμενος ἔρχεται, καὶ πάντες τοῦτο ἴσασιν· ἀλλὰ συνεξιὼν ἐπαμυνεῖτε, ὅσα δύναται, καὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ἐκείνῳ κοινωνὸς ἔσται τύχης.
But upon the consuls refusing, tears came to himself as he pre-lamented the misfortune of his companion, but the young man on whose behalf he was making the entreaties, having heard of this, came and, having asked permission to speak, said that, while he was very grateful to those who made the request, he himself would not be content to receive a favor which would rob him of his piety toward his family, nor would he be left behind by his father, all the more so since he was going to his death, as everyone knew; but rather, going out with him, he would defend him to the best of his ability and would share the same fortune with him.
§10.49.4ταῦτα τοῦ μειρακίου μαρτυρήσαντος οὐδεὶς ἦν ὃς οὐκ ἔπασχέ τι πρὸς τὴν τύχην τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
When the youth had given this testimony, there was no one who was not affected by the fortune of these men.
ὡς δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ κληθέντες ἐπὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν παρῆλθον ὅ τε πατὴρ Ἰκίλλιος καὶ τὸ μειράκιον καὶ τὸ καθʼ ἑαυτοὺς ἔλεξαν, οὐκέτι κατέχειν τὰ δάκρυα οἱ πλείους ἐδύναντο τῶν δημοτικῶν.
And when the father Icilius and the youth themselves, being called to give testimony, came forward and related their own side, most of the plebeians could no longer restrain their tears.
§10.49.5ἀπολογηθέντος δὲ τοῦ Ῥωμιλίου καὶ διελθόντος λόγον οὔτε θεραπευτικὸν οὔτε ἁρμόττοντα τοῖς καιροῖς, ἀλλʼ ὑψηλόν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ἀνυπευθύνῳ τῆς ἀρχῆς μέγα φρονοῦντα διπλασίως ἐπερρώσθησαν εἰς τὴν κατʼ αὐτοῦ ὀργὴν οἱ πολῖται.
But Romilius, having made his defense and delivered a speech that was neither courtly nor suited to the occasion, but arrogant, and taking great pride in the unaccountability of his office, the citizens were doubly strengthened in their anger against him.
καὶ γενόμενοι τῶν ψήφων κύριοι κατέγνωσαν ἀδικεῖν οὕτως, ὥστε πάσαις ταῖς ψήφοις τῶν φυλῶν ἁλῶναι τὸν ἄνδρα.
And having become masters of the votes, they condemned him for his injustice in such a manner that the man was convicted by all the votes of the tribes.
ἦν δὲ τὸ τίμημα τῆς δίκης ἀργυρικόν, §10.49.6ἀσσάρια μυρία.
The penalty of the trial was a fine of money, amounting to ten thousand assaria.
καὶ τοῦτʼ οὐκ ἄνευ προνοίας τινὸς ὁ Σίκκιος ποιῆσαί μοι δοκεῖ, ἀλλʼ ἵνα τοῖς τε πατρικίοις ἐλάττων ἡ περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς σπουδὴ γένηται, καὶ μηδὲν ἐξαμάρτωσι περὶ τὴν ψηφοφορίαν ἐνθυμηθέντες, ὅτι εἰς ἀργύριον ζημιώσεται ὁ ἁλοὺς καὶ εἰς οὐδὲν ἕτερον, καὶ τοῖς δημοτικοῖς ἡ πρὸς τὴν τιμωρίαν ὁρμὴ προθυμοτέρα μήτε ψυχῆς ἄνδρα ὑπατικὸν μήτε πατρίδος ἀποστεροῦσιν.
And this, it seems to me, Siccius did not do without some foresight, but in order that the zeal of the patricians for the man might be lessened, and that they might commit no offense in the voting, reflecting that the convicted man would be fined in money and nothing else, and that the impulse of the plebeians toward punishment might be more enthusiastic, since they were depriving a consular man of neither life nor country.
Ῥωμιλίου δὲ καταδικασθέντος οὐ πολλαῖς ὕστερον ἡμέραις καὶ Οὐετούριος ἑάλω· τίμημα δὲ καὶ ἐκείνῳ ἐπεγέγραπτο ἀργυρικόν, ἡμιόλιον θατέρου.
Romilius having been condemned, not many days later Veturius also was convicted; and for him too a fine of money was prescribed, half as much again as the other's.