§2.35.1ὡς δʼ ἀπέδωκε τοῖς θεοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰς χαριστηρίους θυσίας τε καὶ ἀπαρχάς, πρὶν ἢ τῶν ἄλλων τι διαπράξασθαι βουλὴν ἐποιεῖτο περὶ τῶν κρατηθεισῶν πόλεων, ὅντινα χρηστέον αὐταῖς τρόπον, αὐτὸς ἣν ὑπελάμβανε κρατίστην εἶναι γνώμην, πρῶτος ἀποδειξάμενος.
As soon as the king had offered the sacrifices of thanksgiving and the first-fruits to the gods, before performing any of his other business, he held a council concerning the captured cities, to decide in what manner he should treat them, having himself been the first to declare the opinion which he considered to be the best.
§2.35.2ὡς δὲ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ παροῦσιν ἥ τε ἀσφάλεια τῶν βουλευμάτων τοῦ ἡγεμόνος ἤρεσκε καὶ ἡ λαμπρότης τά τε ἄλλα ὅσα ἐξ αὐτῶν γενήσεται τῇ πόλει χρήσιμα οὐκ ἐν τῷ παραχρῆμα μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον ἐπῃνεῖτο, συνελθεῖν κελεύσας τὰς γυναῖκας ὅσαι τοῦ τε Ἀντεμνατῶν καὶ τοῦ Καινινιτῶν ἐτύγχανον οὖσαι γένους, ἡρπασμέναι δὲ ἅμα ταῖς ἄλλαις, ἐπεὶ δὲ συνῆλθον ὀλοφυρόμεναί τε καὶ προκυλιόμεναι καὶ τὰς τῶν πατρίδων ἀνακλαίουσαι τύχας, ἐπισχεῖν τῶν ὀδυρμῶν καὶ σιωπῆσαι κελεύσας ἔλεξε·
And when all those present in the council were pleased with both the safety of the leader's plans and their brilliance, and praised all the other benefits that would result from them for the city, not only for the immediate present but also for all future time, he ordered those women who happened to belong to the race of the Antemnates and the Caeninenses, and who had been carried off along with the others, to assemble.
§2.35.3τοῖς μὲν ὑμετέροις πατράσι καὶ ἀδελφοῖς καὶ ὅλαις ταῖς πόλεσιν ὑμῶν ἅπαντα τὰ δεινὰ ὀφείλεται παθεῖν, ὅτι πόλεμον ἀντὶ φιλίας οὔτε ἀναγκαῖον οὔτε καλὸν ἀνείλοντο·
And when they had come together, lamenting, prostrating themselves, and bewailing the fortunes of their native lands, he ordered them to cease their lamentations and be silent, and spoke as follows: 'To your fathers, brothers, and all your cities, it is due to suffer every extremity, because they undertook an unnecessary and inglorious war instead of friendship.
ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλῶν ἕνεκεν ἐγνώκαμεν μετρίᾳ χρήσασθαι γνώμῃ πρὸς αὐτοὺς θεῶν τε νέμεσιν ὑφορώμενοι τὴν ἅπασι τοῖς ὑπερόγκοις ἐνισταμένην καὶ ἀνθρώπων φθόνον δεδιότες ἔλεόν τε κοινῶν κακῶν οὐ μικρὸν ἔρανον εἶναι νομίζοντες, ὡς κἂν αὐτοί ποτε τοῦ παρʼ ἑτέρων δεηθέντες, ὑμῖν τε οὐ μεμπταῖς ὑπαρχούσαις μέχρι τοῦδε περὶ τοὺς ἑαυτῶν ἄνδρας οὐ μικρὰν οἰόμενοι ταύτην ἔσεσθαι τιμὴν καὶ χάριν.
But we, for many reasons, have resolved to show moderation toward them, both because we look with apprehension upon the retribution of the gods which opposes all overweening pride, and because we fear the envy of men, and consider compassion for common misfortunes to be no small contribution, as we ourselves might some day stand in need of the same from others; and also because we think this will be no small honor and favor to you, who have been blameless toward your husbands up to this time.
§2.35.4παρίεμεν οὖν αὐτοῖς τὴν ἁμαρτάδα ταύτην ἀζήμιον καὶ οὔτε ἐλευθερίαν οὔτε κτῆσιν οὔτʼ ἄλλο τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὐδὲν τοὺς πολίτας ὑμῶν ἀφαιρούμεθα.
We therefore dismiss this offense of theirs without punishment, and we do not deprive your citizens of either liberty, property, or any other good.
ἐφίεμεν δὲ τοῖς τε μένειν γλιχομένοις ἐκεῖ καὶ τοῖς μετενέγκασθαι βουλομένοις τὰς οἰκήσεις ἀκίνδυνόν τε καὶ ἀμεταμέλητον τὴν αἵρεσιν.
And we permit both those who are eager to remain there and those who wish to transfer their habitations here a choice that is safe and free from regret.
τοῦ δὲ μηδὲν ἔτι αὐτοὺς ἐπεξαμαρτεῖν μηδʼ εὑρεθῆναί τι χρῆμα, ὃ ποιήσει τὰς πόλεις διαλύσασθαι τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς φιλίαν, φάρμακον ἡγούμεθα κράτιστον εἶναι πρὸς εὐδοξίαν τε καὶ πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν τὸ αὐτὸ χρήσιμον ἀμφοτέροις, εἰ ποιήσαιμεν ἀποικίας τῆς Ῥώμης τὰς πόλεις καὶ συνοίκους αὐταῖς πέμψαιμεν αὐτόθεν τοὺς ἱκανούς.
And to prevent them from offending any further, or any circumstance from being found that will cause the cities to dissolve their friendship with us, we consider the best remedy, and one equally useful to both for reputation and safety, to be our making these cities colonies of Rome and sending from here a sufficient number of co-dwellers to them.
ἄπιτε οὖν ἀγαθὴν ἔχουσαι διάνοιαν καὶ διπλασίως ἢ πρότερον ἀσπάζεσθε καὶ τιμᾶτε τοὺς ἄνδρας, ὑφʼ ὧν γονεῖς τε ὑμῶν ἐσώθησαν καὶ ἀδελφοὶ καὶ πατρίδες ἐλεύθεραι ἀφίενται. §2.35.5αἱ μὲν δὴ γυναῖκες ὡς ταῦτʼ ἤκουσαν περιχαρεῖς γενόμεναι καὶ πολλὰ δάκρυα ὑφʼ ἡδονῆς ἀφεῖσαι μετέστησαν ἐκ τῆς ἀγορᾶς, ὁ δὲ Ῥωμύλος τριακοσίους μὲν ἄνδρας εἰς ἑκατέραν ἀποίκους ἀπέστειλεν, οἷς ἔδοσαν αἱ πόλεις τρίτην κατακληρουχῆσαι μοῖραν τῆς ἑαυτῶν γῆς.
Go, therefore, with good cheer, and cherish and honor your husbands twice as much as before, by whom your parents have been saved, and your brothers and native lands are left free.' When the women heard this, they were overjoyed, and shedding many tears of pleasure, they departed from the forum. Romulus then sent three hundred men as colonists to each of the two cities, to whom the cities granted a third part of their own land to be divided by lot.
§2.35.6Καινινιτῶν δὲ καὶ Ἀντεμνατῶν τοὺς βουλομένους μεταθέσθαι τὴν οἴκησιν εἰς Ῥώμην γυναιξὶν ἅμα καὶ τέκνοις μετήγαγον κλήρους τε τοὺς ἑοὺς ἑαυτῶν ἔχοντας καὶ χρήματα φερομένους ὅσα ἐκέκτηντο, οὓς εὐθὺς εἰς φυλὰς καὶ φράτρας ὁ βασιλεὺς κατέγραψε, τρισχιλίων οὐκ ἐλάττους ὄντας,
And those of the Caeninenses and the Antemnates who wished to transfer their habitation to Rome, they removed together with their wives and children, keeping their own allotments of land and bringing with them all the property they possessed. These the king immediately enrolled into the tribes and curiae, they being no fewer than three thousand.
§2.35.7ὥστε τοὺς σύμπαντας ἑξακισχιλίους πεζοὺς Ῥωμαίοις τότε πρῶτον ἐκ καταλόγου γενέσθαι.
So that the whole number of Roman infantry then for the first time became six thousand by enrollment.
Καινίνη μὲν δὴ καὶ Ἄντεμνα πόλεις οὐκ ἄσημοι γένος ἔχουσαι τὸ Ἑλληνικόν, Ἀβοριγῖνες γὰρ αὐτὰς ἀφελόμενοι τοὺς Σικελοὺς κατέσχον, Οἰνώτρων μοῖρα τῶν ἐξ Ἀρκαδίας ἀφικομένων, ὡς εἴρηταί μοι πρότερον, μετὰ τόνδε τὸν πόλεμον ἀποικίαι Ῥωμαίων γεγένηντο.
Thus Caenina and Antemna, cities of no small note, of Greek origin—for the Aborigines had taken them from the Sicels and held them, being a branch of the Oenotrians who had come from Arcadia, as I have said before—became colonies of the Romans after this war.