§3.32.1μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν πόλεμον ἕτερος ἀνέστη Ῥωμαίοις ἐκ τοῦ Σαβίνων ἔθνους, ἀρχὴ δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ πρόφασις ἐγένετο τοιάδε·
After this war, another arose for the Romans from the Sabine nation, the origin and pretext of which was as follows.
ἱερόν ἐστι κοινῇ τιμώμενον ὑπὸ Σαβίνων τε καὶ Λατίνων ἅγιον ἐν τοῖς πάνυ θεᾶς Φερωνείας ὀνομαζομένης, ἣν οἱ μεταφράζοντες εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν οἱ μὲν Ἀνθοφόρον, οἱ δὲ Φιλοστέφανον, οἱ δὲ Φερσεφόνην καλοῦσιν·
There is a temple, held in common honor by both Sabines and Latins, which is extremely sacred, dedicated to a goddess named Feronia, whom those who translate her name into the Greek tongue call by some Anthophoros, by others Philostephanos, and by others Persephone.
εἰς δὴ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦτο συνῄεσαν ἐκ τῶν περιοίκων πόλεων κατὰ τὰς ἀποδεδειγμένας ἑορτὰς πολλοὶ μὲν εὐχὰς ἀποδιδόντες καὶ θυσίας τῇ θεῷ, πολλοὶ δὲ χρηματιούμενοι διὰ τὴν πανήγυριν ἔμποροί τε καὶ χειροτέχναι καὶ γεωργοί, ἀγοραί τε αὐτόθι λαμπρόταται τῶν ἐν ἄλλοις τισὶ τόποις τῆς Ἰταλίας ἀγομένων ἐγίνοντο. §3.32.2εἰς ταύτην δὲ τὴν πανήγυριν ἐλθόντας ποτὲ Ῥωμαίων ἄνδρας οὐκ ἀφανεῖς Σαβῖνοί τινες συναρπάσαντες ἔδησαν καὶ τὰ χρήματα ἀφείλοντο, πρεσβείας τε περὶ αὐτῶν ἀφικομένης οὐδὲν ἐβούλοντο τῶν δικαίων ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ σώματα καὶ τὰ χρήματα τῶν συλληφθέντων κατεῖχον ἐγκαλοῦντες καὶ αὐτοὶ Ῥωμαίοις, ὅτι τοὺς Σαβίνων φυγάδας ὑπεδέχοντο κατασκευάσαντες ἄσυλον ἱερόν, ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐν §3.32.3τῷ πρὸ τούτου λόγῳ δεδήλωταί μοι.
To this temple, during the appointed festivals, many came from the neighboring cities, some to pay vows and offer sacrifices to the goddess, and many merchants, artisans, and husbandmen to carry on trade because of the festival; and markets were held there that were more splendid than those held in any other places in Italy. Once, when some Romans of no obscure rank had come to this festival, certain Sabines seized them, bound them, and took away their money; and when an embassy arrived on their behalf, they would do nothing that was just, but detained both the persons and the property of those who had been seized, bringing accusations on their part also against the Romans, that they had received the Sabine fugitives by establishing a sacred asylum, concerning which things, I have shown in the preceding book.
ἐκ τούτων δὴ τῶν ἐγκλημάτων εἰς πόλεμον καταστάντες ἐξῄεσαν εἰς ὕπαιθρον ἀμφότεροι δυνάμεσι πολλαῖς, γίνεταί τε αὐτῶν ἐκ παρατάξεως ἀγών·
Having fallen into war because of these accusations, both sides went out into the open field with large forces, and a pitched battle took place between them.
διέμενον γὰρ ἀγχωμάλως ἀγωνιζόμενοι καὶ διελύθησαν ὑπὸ τῆς νυκτὸς ἀμφίλογον καταλιπόντες τὸ νίκημα.
For they continued fighting on equal terms and were separated by the night, leaving the victory doubtful.
ταῖς δʼ ἑξῆς ἡμέραις μαθόντες ἀμφότεροι τῶν τε ἀπολωλότων καὶ τῶν τραυματιῶν τὸ πλῆθος οὐκέτι πεῖραν ἐβούλοντο ἑτέρου λαβεῖν ἀγῶνος, ἀλλʼ ἐκλιπόντες τοὺς χάρακας ἀπῄεσαν· §3.32.4καὶ διαλιπόντες τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἐκεῖνον πάλιν ἐξῄεσαν ἐπʼ ἀλλήλους μείζονας παρασκευασάμενοι δυνάμεις, γίνεταί τε αὐτῶν περὶ πόλιν Ἠρητὸν ἀπὸ σταδίων ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν τῆς Ῥώμης ἀγών, ἐν ᾧ πολλοὺς μὲν ἀμφοτέρων συνέβη πεσεῖν·
On the following days, both sides, having learned the number of the slain and the wounded, no longer wished to make trial of another battle, but, leaving their camps, departed. And having let that year pass, they again marched out against one another, having prepared larger forces, and a battle took place between them near the city of Eretum, a hundred and sixty stades from Rome, in which it happened that many of both sides fell.
ἰσορρόπου δὲ κἀκείνης τῆς μάχης ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον διαμενούσης ἀνατείνας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν τὰς χεῖρας ὁ Τύλλος εὔξατο τοῖς θεοῖς, ἐὰν νικήσῃ τῇ τόθʼ ἡμέρᾳ Σαβίνους, Κρόνου τε καὶ Ῥέας καταστήσεσθαι δημοτελεῖς ἑορτάς, ἃς ἄγουσι Ῥωμαῖοι καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν ὅταν ἅπαντας τοὺς ἐκ γῆς συγκομίσωσι καρπούς, καὶ τὸν τῶν Σαλίων καλουμένων διπλασιάσειν ἀριθμόν.
Since that battle also remained balanced for a long time, Tullus, lifting up his hands to heaven, vowed to the gods that, if he should defeat the Sabines on that day, he would establish public festivals for Saturn and Rhea, which the Romans celebrate every year when they have gathered in all the fruits of the earth, and would double the number of those called Salii.
οὗτοι δʼ εἰσὶ πατέρων εὐγενῶν ἐνοπλίους ὀρχήσεις κινούμενοι πρὸς αὐλὸν ἐν τοῖς καθήκουσι χρόνοις καὶ ὕμνους τινὰς ᾅδοντες πατρίους, ὡς ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ §3.32.5δεδήλωκα λόγῳ. μετὰ δὲ τὴν εὐχὴν ταύτην θάρσος τι καταλαμβάνει τοὺς Ῥωμαίους καὶ ὥσπερ ἀκμῆτες εἰς κάμνοντας ὠσάμενοι διασπῶσι τὰς τάξεις αὐτῶν περὶ δείλην ὀψίαν ἤδη καὶ ἀναγκάζουσι τοὺς πρωτοστάτας ἄρξαι φυγῆς, ἀκολουθήσαντές τε αὐτοῖς φεύγουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν χάρακα καὶ περὶ τὰς τάφρους πολλῷ πλείονας καταβαλόντες, οὐδʼ οὕτως ἀπετράποντο, ἀλλὰ παραμείναντες τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν νύκτα καὶ τοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐρύματος μαχομένους ἀνείρξαντες ἐκράτησαν τῆς παρεμβολῆς. §3.32.6μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον· ὅσην ἐβούλοντο τῆς τῶν Σαβίνων λεηλατήσαντες, ὡς οὐδεὶς αὐτοῖς οὐκέτι περὶ τῆς χώρας ἐξῄει μαχησόμενος, ἀπῄεσαν ἐπʼ οἴκου.
These are men born of noble fathers who perform armed dances to the flute at the proper times and sing certain traditional hymns, as I have shown in the preceding book. After this vow, a certain courage seized the Romans, and rushing upon them like fresh men against weary ones, they broke their ranks already late in the afternoon and forced the front-rank men to begin the flight; and pursuing them as they fled to their camp, and having cut down far more around the ditches, even so they did not turn back, but remaining there the following night and driving back those who fought from the rampart, they made themselves masters of the camp. After this exploit, having plundered as much of the land of the Sabines as they wished, since no one any longer came out to fight them for the territory, they departed for home.
ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς μάχης τὸν τρίτον κατήγαγε θρίαμβον ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ μετʼ οὐ πολὺ πρεσβευσαμένοις τοῖς Σαβίνοις καταλύεται τὸν πόλεμον αἰχμαλώτους τε παρʼ αὐτῶν κομισάμενος, οὓς ἐτύγχανον εἰληφότες ἐν ταῖς προνομαῖς, καὶ αὐτομόλους βοσκημάτων τε καὶ ὑποζυγίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων χρημάτων ὅσα τοὺς γεωργοὺς ἀφείλοντο, ἣν ἔταξεν ἡ βουλὴ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ζημίαν τιμησαμένη τὰς βλάβας πρὸς ἀργύριον, ἀναπράξας.
From this battle, the king celebrated his third triumph; and not long after, when the Sabines sent an embassy, he brought the war to an end, having recovered from them the prisoners whom they happened to have taken in their raids, and the deserters, and having exacted, in place of the cattle, beasts of burden, and all other property which they had taken from the husbandmen, the fine which the Roman senate had ordered, having estimated the damage in money.