§11.43.1ὁ δὲ Οὐεργίνιος ὑπό τʼ ὀργῆς καὶ ἐκ τοῦ μηδὲν ἔτι δεδοικέναι τοὺς ἡγεμόνας αὐθαδέστερον αὐτῶν καθήπτετο λυμεῶνας τε καὶ ὀλέθρους τῆς πατρίδος ἀποκαλῶν καὶ παραινῶν τοῖς λοχαγοῖς ἅπασιν ἀραμένους τὰ σημεῖα οἴκαδε ἀπάγειν τὴν στρατιάν.
But Virginius, out of anger and because he no longer feared the commanders at all, attacked them more boldly, calling them pests and destroyers of their country, and urging all the captains to raise the standards and lead the army back home.
§11.43.2ὀρρωδούντων δʼ ἔτι τῶν πολλῶν τὰ ἱερὰ σημεῖα κινεῖν, ἔπειτα τοὺς ἡγεμόνας καὶ τοὺς στρατηγοὺς καταλιπεῖν οὔτε ὅσιον οὔτʼ ἀσφαλὲς εἶναι πᾶσι νομιζόντων· ὅ τε γὰρ ὅρκος ὁ στρατιωτικός, ὃν ἁπάντων μάλιστα ἐμπεδοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι, τοῖς στρατηγοῖς ἀκολουθεῖν κελεύει τοὺς στρατευομένους, ὅποι ποτʼ ἂν ἄγωσιν, ὅ τε νόμος ἀποκτείνειν ἔδωκε τοῖς ἡγεμόσιν ἐξουσίαν τοὺς ἀπειθοῦντας· §11.43.3ἢ τὰ σημεῖα καταλιπόντας ἀκρίτως·
But the majority still dreaded to move the sacred standards, thinking that to desert their commanders and generals was neither pious nor safe for all; for the military oath, which the Romans observe most strictly of all, commands those who go to war to follow the generals wherever they may lead, and the law gave the commanders authority to put to death those who disobeyed, or those who deserted the standards without a trial.
ταῦτα δὴ διʼ εὐλαβείας αὐτοὺς ἔχοντας ὁρῶν Οὐεργίνιος ἐδίδασκεν, ὅτι λέλυκεν αὐτῶν τὸν ὅρκον ὁ νόμος, ἐπειδὴ νόμῳ μὲν ἀποδειχθέντα δεῖ τὸν στρατηγὸν ἄρχειν τῶν δυνάμεων, ἡ δὲ τῶν δέκα ἀνδρῶν ἐξουσία παράνομος ἦν ὑπερβαλοῦσα τὸν ἐνιαύσιον χρόνον, εἰς ὃν ἀπεδείχθη.
Seeing them, indeed, holding back because of these cautions, Virginius showed them that the law had released them from their oath, since a general ought to rule the forces after being appointed according to law, whereas the power of the decemvirs was illegal, having exceeded the one-year term for which they had been appointed.
τὸ δὲ τοῖς μὴ κατὰ νόμον ἄρχουσι ποιεῖν τὸ κελευόμενον οὐκ εὐπείθειαν εἶναι καὶ εὐσέβειαν, ἀλλʼ §11.43.4ἄνοιαν καὶ μανίαν.
And to do what was commanded by those who did not rule according to law was not obedience and piety, but folly and madness.
ταῦτʼ ἀκούσαντες ὀρθῶς λέγεσθαι ἡγούμενοι καὶ παρακελευόμενοί τε ἀλλήλοις καί τι καὶ θάρσος ἐκ τοῦ δαιμονίου λαβόντες αἴρονται τὰ σημεῖα καὶ προῆγον ἐκ τοῦ χάρακος.
Hearing this and believing it to be rightly said, and encouraging one another and also receiving some courage from the divinity, they raised the standards and marched out of the camp.
ἔμελλον δʼ, ὅπερ εἰκὸς ἐν ποικίλοις τʼ ἤθεσι καὶ οὐχ ἅπασι τὰ κράτιστα διανοουμένοις, ἔσεσθαί τινες οἱ μένοντες ἅμα τοῖς ὀλιγάρχαις καὶ στρατιῶται καὶ λοχαγοί, πλὴν οὐ τοσοῦτοι τὸ §11.43.5πλῆθος, ἀλλʼ ἐλάττους παρὰ πολὺ τῶν ἑτέρων.
And there were bound to be, as is natural in a variety of characters when not all have the best intentions, some soldiers and captains who remained with the oligarchs, though these were not many in number, but far fewer than the others.
οἱ δʼ ἐξελθόντες ἐκ τοῦ στρατοπέδου διʼ ὅλης ἡμέρας ἐπιπορευθέντες ἑσπέρας καταλαβούσης παρῆσαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν οὐδενὸς ἐξαγγείλαντος αὐτῶν τὴν ἔφοδον, καὶ συνετάραξαν τοὺς ἔνδον οὐ μετρίως πολέμιον οἰομένους στρατὸν εἰσεληλυθέναι· κραυγή τε καὶ δρόμος ἄτακτος ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν ἦν.
But those who had marched out of the camp, having journeyed through the whole day, arrived at the city as evening fell, without anyone having announced their approach beforehand, and they threw those inside into no small confusion, for they thought a hostile army had entered; and there was shouting and disorderly running throughout the city.
οὐ μὴν ἐπὶ πολύν γε διέμεινεν ἡ ταραχὴ χρόνον, ὥστε κακόν τι γενέσθαι διʼ αὐτήν.
However, the tumult did not last for a long time, so that any harm should come of it.
διεξιόντες γὰρ τοὺς στενωποὺς ἐβόων, ὅτι φίλοι τʼ εἰσὶ καὶ ἐπʼ ἀγαθῷ τῆς πόλεως εἰσεληλύθασι, καὶ τὰ ἔργα ὅμοια παρείχοντο τοῖς λόγοις ἀδικοῦντες οὐδένα.
For as they passed through the narrow streets, they cried out that they were friends and had entered for the good of the city, and they showed their deeds to be in agreement with their words, doing harm to no one.
§11.43.6ἀφικόμενοι δʼ εἰς τὸν καλούμενον Ἀουεντῖνον — ἔστι δὲ τῶν ἐμπεριεχομένων ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ λόφων οὗτος ἐπιτηδειότατος ἐνστρατοπεδεύεσθαι — περί τε τὸ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν τίθενται τὰ ὅπλα, τῇ δʼ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ κρατυνάμενοι τὸν χάρακα καὶ χιλιάρχους δέκα τῶν κοινῶν ἀποδείξαντες κυρίους, ὧν ἡγεμὼν ἦν Μάρκος Ὄππιος, ἔμενον ἐφʼ ἡσυχίας.
And having arrived at the hill called the Aventine — which is the most suitable of the hills enclosed within Rome for pitching a camp — they grounded their arms around the temple of Diana, and on the following day, having fortified their camp and appointed ten tribunes as directors of their common affairs, of whom Marcus Oppius was the leader, they remained in quiet.