§2.34.1τοῦτον δὲ τὸν τρόπον ἁλούσης τῆς πόλεως τὰ ὅπλα παραδοῦναι τοὺς ἁλόντας κελεύσας καὶ παῖδας εἰς ὁμηρείαν, οὓς ἐβούλετο, λαβὼν ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀντεμνάτας ἐχώρει.
When the city had been captured in this manner, Romulus, having ordered the captured to surrender their arms and having taken such of their children as he wished for hostages, marched against the Antemnates.
γενόμενος δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐκείνων δυνάμεως ἐσκεδασμένης ἔτι κατὰ τὰς προνομὰς τῇ παρʼ ἐλπίδας ἐφόδῳ καθάπερ καὶ τῆς προτέρας ἐγκρατὴς καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ τοὺς ἁλόντας διαθεὶς ἀπῆγεν ἐπʼ οἴκου τὴν δύναμιν, ἄγων σκῦλά τε ἀπὸ τῶν πεπτωκότων κατὰ τὴν μάχην καὶ ἀκροθίνια λαφύρων θεοῖς, καὶ §2.34.2πολλὰς ἅμα τούτοις θυσίας ἐποιήσατο.
And finding their force also still scattered for plundering, by an unexpected attack he made himself master of their city as well, just as he had of the former, and having treated the captured in the same manner, he led his army back home, bringing spoils from those who had fallen in the battle and the first-fruits of the booty for the gods; and together with these he offered many sacrifices.
τελευταῖος δὲ τῆς πομπῆς αὐτὸς ἐπορεύετο ἐσθῆτα μὲν ἠμφιεσμένος ἁλουργῆ, δάφνῃ δὲ κατεστεμμένος τὰς κόμας καὶ ἵνα τὸ βασίλειον ἀξίωμα σώζῃ τεθρίππῳ παρεμβεβηκώς.
He himself marched last in the procession, clad in a purple robe and crowned with laurel upon his hair, and, in order to maintain his royal dignity, riding in a chariot drawn by four horses.
ἡ δʼ ἄλλη δύναμις αὐτῷ παρηκολούθει πεζῶν τε καὶ ἱππέων κεκοσμημένη κατὰ τέλη θεούς τε ὑμνοῦσα πατρίοις ᾠδαῖς καὶ τὸν ἡγεμόνα κυδαίνουσα ποιήμασιν αὐτοσχεδίοις.
The rest of the army followed him, both infantry and cavalry, drawn up in their units, praising the gods with traditional songs and glorifying their leader in extemporaneous verses.
οἱ δʼ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὑπήντων αὐτοῖς ἅμα γυναιξί τε καὶ τέκνοις παρʼ ἄμφω τὰ μέρη τῆς ὁδοῦ τῇ τε νίκῃ συνηδόμενοι καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ἅπασαν ἐνδεικνύμενοι φιλοφροσύνην.
Those from the city met them, together with their wives and children, on both sides of the road, congratulating them on the victory and showing all other kinds of goodwill.
ὡς δὲ παρῆλθεν ἡ δύναμις εἰς τὴν πόλιν κρατῆρσί τε ἐπετύγχανεν οϊνῳ κεκραμένοις καὶ τραπέζαις τροφῆς παντοίας γεμούσαις, αἳ παρὰ τὰς ἐπιφανεστάτας τῶν οἰκιῶν ἔκειντο, ἵνα ἐμφορεῖσθαι τοῖς βουλομένοις ᾖ.
And when the army entered the city, they found mixing-bowls filled with blended wine and tables loaded with all kinds of food, which were set out before the most prominent houses, so that anyone who wished might partake.
§2.34.3ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐπινίκιός τε καὶ τροπαιοφόρος πομπὴ καὶ θυσία, ἣν καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι θρίαμβον, ὑπὸ Ῥωμύλου πρώτου κατασταθεῖσα τοιαύτη τις ἦν· ἐν δὲ τῷ καθʼ ἡμᾶς βίῳ πολυτελὴς γέγονε καὶ ἀλαζὼν εἰς πλούτου μᾶλλον ἐπίδειξιν ἢ δόκησιν ἀρετῆς ἐπιτραγῳδουμένη καὶ καθʼ §2.34.4ἅπασαν ἰδέαν ἐκβέβηκε τὴν ἀρχαίαν εὐτέλειαν.
Such was the triumphal procession, carrying trophies and celebrating victory, and the sacrifice, which the Romans call "triumphus," when first established by Romulus; but in our time it has become luxurious and ostentatious, being theatrically adapted rather to the display of wealth than to the estimation of virtue, and in every respect has departed from its ancient simplicity.
μετὰ δὲ τὴν πομπήν τε καὶ θυσίαν νεὼν κατασκευάσας ὁ Ῥωμύλος ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς τοῦ Καπιτωλίου Διός, ὃν ἐπικαλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι φερέτριον, οὐ μέγαν· ἔτι γὰρ αὐτοῦ σώζεται τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἴχνος ἐλάττονας ἢ πέντε ποδῶν καὶ δέκα τὰς μείζους πλευρὰς ἔχον·
After the procession and the sacrifice, Romulus built a temple on the summit of the Capitoline hill to Jupiter, whom the Romans call Feretrius—a small temple, indeed, for its ancient outline still survives, having its longer sides less than fifteen feet.
ἐν τούτῳ καθιέρωσε τὰ σκῦλα τοῦ Καινινιτῶν βασιλέως, ὃν αὐτοχειρίᾳ κατειργάσατο.
In this he dedicated the spoils of the king of the Caeninenses, whom he had slain with his own hand.
τὸν δὲ Δία τὸν φερέτριον, ᾧ τὰ ὅπλα ὁ Ῥωμύλος ἀνέθηκεν, εἴτε βούλεταί τις τροπαιοῦχον εἴτε σκυλοφόρον καλεῖν ὡς ἀξιοῦσί τινες εἴθʼ, ὅτι πάντων ὑπερέχει καὶ πᾶσαν ἐν κύκλῳ περιείληφε τὴν τῶν ὄντων φύσιν τε καὶ κίνησιν, ὑπερφερέτην οὐχ ἁμαρτήσεται τῆς ἀληθείας.
As for Jupiter Feretrius, to whom Romulus dedicated the arms, whether one wishes to call him "Tropaeouchos" (the bearer of trophies), or "Skylophoros" (the bearer of spoils) as some think, or "Hyperpheretes" (the supreme one) because he surpasses all things and embraces in a circle the whole nature and motion of existing things, one will not err from the truth.