§12.4.1τῶν δὲ δημοτικῶν οἱ 〈μὲν οὐ〉 συμβουλεύσαντες τῇ καταλύσει τῆς πολιτείας ἠγανάκτουν καὶ διʼ ὀργῆς τὴν ἐπιχείρησιν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἐλάμβανον, οἱ δὲ κοινωνήσαντες τῆς συνωμοσίας ἀφειμένοι τοῦ φόβου χαίρειν τε προσεποιοῦντο καὶ τὸ συνέδριον τῶν βουλευμάτων ἐπῄνουν·
Of the plebeians, those who 〈had not〉 conspired for the overthrow of the constitution were indignant and received the man's attempt with anger, while those who had shared in the conspiracy, being released from their fear, pretended to rejoice and praised the designs of the senate.
ὀλίγοι δέ τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν οἱ πονηρότατοι λογοποιεῖν ἐτόλμων ἐν ταῖς ἑξῆς ἡμέραις ὡς ἀνηρπασμένου πρὸς τῶν δυνατῶν τοῦ Μαιλίου καὶ διαστασιάζειν τὸν δῆμον ἐπεχείρουν·
But a certain few among them, the most wicked, dared during the following days to spread a report that Maelius had been snatched away by the powerful, and they attempted to throw the common people into faction.
οὓς ἀφανεῖ θανάτῳ διαχρησάμενος ὁ δικτάτωρ, ἐπειδὴ κατέπαυσε τοῦ θορύβου, τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀποτίθεται.
The dictator, having put them to death by a secret execution, laid down his office once he had put an end to the disturbance.
§12.4.2οἱ μὲν δὴ τὰ πιθανώτατά μοι δοκοῦντες γράφειν περὶ τῆς Μαιλίου τελευτῆς οὕτω παραδεδώκασι· λεγέσθω δὲ καὶ ὁ δοκῶν ἧττον εἶναί μοι πιθανὸς λόγος, ᾧ κέχρηται Κίγκιος καὶ Καλπούρνιος, ἐπιχώριοι συγγραφεῖς·
Those who seem to me to write the most credible accounts concerning the death of Maelius have handed it down in this way; but let the account which seems to me less credible also be told, which Cincius and Calpurnius, indigenous writers, have used.
οἵ φασιν οὔτε δικτάτορα ὑπὸ τῆς βουλῆς ἀποδειχθῆναι τὸν Κοίντιον οὔτε ἱππάρχην ὑπὸ τοῦ §12.4.3κοιντίου τὸν Σερουίλιον.
These say that neither was Quintius appointed dictator by the senate, nor Servilius master of the horse by Quintius.
γενομένης δὲ μηνύσεως ὑπὸ τοῦ Μηνυκίου τοὺς παρόντας ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ πιστεύσαντας ἀληθῆ τὰ λεγόμενα εἶναι, γνώμην ἀποδειξαμένου τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τινὸς ἄκριτον ἦ μὴν ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἄνδρα παραχρῆμα πεισθέντας, οὕτω τὸν Σερουίλιον ἐπὶ τοῦτο τάξαι τὸ ἔργον, νέον ὄντα καὶ κατὰ χεῖρα γενναῖον.
But when information was given by Minucius, those present in the senate, believing what was said to be true, and being persuaded when one of the elders expressed the opinion that they should indeed kill the man immediately without trial, thus assigned Servilius to this task, as he was young and noble in hand-to-hand combat.
§12.4.4τοῦτον δέ φασι λαβόντα τὸ ξιφίδιον ὑπὸ μάλης ἐλθεῖν πρὸς τὸν Μαίλιον πορευόμενον ἐκ τῆς ἀγορᾶς καὶ προσελθόντα εἰπεῖν, ὅτι βούλεται περὶ πράγματος ἀπορρήτου καὶ μεγάλου διαλεχθῆναι πρὸς αὐτόν.
And they say that he, taking a dagger under his armpit, came to Maelius as he was walking from the forum, and approaching him, said that he wished to speak with him about a secret and important matter.
κελεύσαντος δὲ τοῦ Μαιλίου μικρὸν ἀποχωρῆσαι τοὺς ἐγγὺς αὐτῷ παρόντας, ἐπειδὴ μονωθέντα τῆς φυλακῆς ἔλαβε, γυμνώσαντα τὸ ξίφος βάψαι κατὰ τῆς σφαγῆς· τοῦτο δὲ πράξαντα δρόμῳ χωρεῖν εἰς τὸ βουλευτήριον ἔτι συγκαθημένων τῶν συνέδρων, ἔχοντα τὸ ξίφος ᾑμαγμένον κεκραγότα πρὸς τοὺς διώκοντας, ὅτι κελευσθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς βουλῆς ἀνῄρηκε τὸν τύραννον.
When Maelius ordered those standing near him to withdraw a little, since he caught him isolated from his guard, he drew his sword and plunged it into his throat; and having done this, he ran to the senate-house while the senators were still sitting together, holding the bloodstained sword and crying out to his pursuers that he had slain the tyrant by order of the senate.
§12.4.5ἀκούσαντας δὲ τὸ τῆς βουλῆς ὄνομα τοὺς ὡρμηκότας παίειν τε καὶ βάλλειν αὐτὸν ἀποτραπέσθαι καὶ μηδὲν εἰς αὐτὸν παρανομῆσαι.
On hearing the name of the senate, those who had rushed to strike and pelt him turned away and committed no unlawful act against him.
ἐκ τούτου καὶ τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν τὸν Ἄλαν αὐτῷ τεθῆναι λέγουσιν, ὅτι τὸ ξίφος ἔχων ὑπὸ μάλης ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἄνδρα· ἄλας γὰρ καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι τὰς μάλας. §12.4.6ἀναιρεθέντος δὲ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς καθʼ ἕτερον τρόπον συνελθοῦσα ἡ βουλὴ τήν τε οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ εἶναι δημοσίαν ἐψηφίσατο καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν ἕως ἐδάφους κατασκαφῆναι.
From this, they say, the surname Ahala was given to him, because he came to the man with his sword under his armpit; for the Romans call armpits "alae." The man having been slain in this alternative way, the senate, having assembled, voted that his property should be confiscated and his house razed to the ground.
οὗτος ὁ τόπος ἔτι καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ ἦν ἐν πολλαῖς ταῖς πέριξ οἰκίαις μόνος ἀνειμένος ἔρημος, καλούμενος ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων Αἰκυμήλιον· ὡς ἂν ἡμεῖς εἴποιμεν ἰσόπεδον Μήλιον. αἶκον γὰρ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων τὸ μηδεμίαν ἔχον ἐξοχὴν καλεῖται·
This place, even down to my time, was the only one left empty and desolate among the many surrounding houses, being called by the Romans Aequimelium; as we might say, "level Melium." For what has no projection is called "aequum" by the Romans.
τόπον οὖν τινα Αἶκον Μήλιον ἐξ ἀρχῆς κληθέντα, ὕστερον συμφθαρέντων ἀλλήλοις κατὰ τὴν μίαν ἐκφορὰν τῶν ὀνομάτων Αἰκυμήλιον ἐκάλεσαν.
A certain place, therefore, which was originally called "Aequum Melium," they later called Aequimelium, after the names had been blended together into a single pronunciation.
τῷ δὲ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ Μαιλίου μήνυσιν ἀποδόντι Μηνυκίῳ στάσιν ἀνδριάντος ἐψηφίσατο ἡ βουλή. Esc. et pag. 223, 18—22 Ambr.
And to Minucius, who had given the information against Maelius, the senate voted the erection of a statue.