§3.49.1τοιοῦτος μὲν δή τις ὁ Ταρκύνιος ἦν καὶ διὰ ταύτας τὰς αἰτίας ζῶντός τε Μαρκίου πάντων ἐγένετο Ῥωμαίων ἐπιφανέστατος καὶ τελευτήσαντος ἐκείνου τῆς βασιλείας ὑπὸ πάντων ἄξιος ἐκρίθη.
Such a man indeed was Tarquinius, and for these reasons, while Marcius was alive, he became the most illustrious of all Romans, and when the latter had died, he was judged by all to be worthy of the kingship.
ἐπειδὴ δὲ παρέλαβε τὴν ἀρχήν, πρῶτον μὲν ἐπολέμησε τοῖς καλουμένοις Ἀπιολανοῖς πόλει τοῦ §3.49.2Λατίνων ἔθνους οὐκ ἀφανεῖ.
And when he took over the government, he first made war on the so-called Apiolani, a city of the Latin nation of no small renown.
οἱ γὰρ Ἀπιολανοὶ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι σύμπαντες Λατῖνοι μετὰ τὸν Ἄγκου Μαρκίου θάνατον λελύσθαι τὰς περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης ὁμολογίας οἰόμενοι λῃστείαις τε καὶ προνομαῖς τὴν Ῥωμαίων γῆν ἐπόρθουν· ἀνθʼ ὧν τιμωρήσασθαι βουλόμενος αὐτοὺς ὁ Ταρκύνιος ἐξεστράτευσε πολλῇ δυνάμει καὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν τὴν κρατίστην ἐδῄωσεν·
For the Apiolani and all the other Latins, thinking that the peace treaties had been dissolved after the death of Ancus Marcius, plundered and ravaged the Roman territory with raids and incursions; in return for which Tarquinius, wishing to punish them, marched out with a large force and laid waste the best part of their land.
§3.49.3ἀφικομένης δʼ ἐκ τῶν πλησιοχώρων Λατίνων ἐπικουρίας μεγάλης τοῖς Ἀπιολανοῖς διττὰς τίθεται πρὸς αὐτοὺς μάχας, κρατήσας δʼ ἐν ἀμφοτέραις περὶ τὴν πολιορκίαν τῆς πόλεως ἐγίνετο καὶ προσῆγε τοῖς τείχεσι τὰς δυνάμεις ἐκ διαδοχῆς·
When a large reinforcement arrived for the Apiolani from the neighboring Latins, he engaged them in two battles, and having conquered in both, he set about the siege of the city and brought his forces against the walls in succession.
οἱ δʼ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὀλίγοι τε πρὸς πολλοὺς μαχόμενοι καὶ κατʼ οὐδένα καιρὸν ἀναπαύσεως τυγχάνοντες ἐξῃρέθησαν σὺν χρόνῳ.
Those in the city, fighting few against many and getting no time for rest, were overcome in time.
ἁλούσης δὲ κατὰ κράτος τῆς πόλεως οἱ μὲν πλείους τῶν Ἀπιολανῶν μαχόμενοι κατεσφάγησαν, ὀλίγοι δὲ τὰ ὅπλα παραδόντες ἅμα τοῖς ἄλλοις λαφύροις ἐπράθησαν, παῖδές τε αὐτῶν καὶ γυναῖκες ἀνδραποδισθέντες ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἀπήχθησαν, καὶ ἡ πόλις διαρπασθεῖσα ἐνεπρήσθη.
The city being taken by storm, most of the Apiolani were slaughtered in battle, while a few surrendered their arms and were sold together with the other booty; and their children and women were enslaved and carried off by the Romans, and the city, after being plundered, was burned.
§3.49.4ταῦτα διαπραξάμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ τὸ τεῖχος ἐκ θεμελίων κατασκάψας ἀπῆγε τὴν δύναμιν ἐπʼ οἴκου καὶ μετὰ τοῦθʼ ἑτέραν στρατιὰν ἦγεν ἐπὶ τὴν Κρουστομερίνων πόλιν.
Having accomplished these things and razed the wall to its foundations, the king led his army home, and after this led another army against the city of the Crustomerini.
αὕτη δὲ ἀποικία μὲν ἦν Λατίνων, προσεχώρησε δὲ Ῥωμαίοις ἐπὶ τῆς Ῥωμύλου δυναστείας· Ταρκυνίου δὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν παραλαβόντος τὰ Λατίνων αὖθις ἤρξατο φρονεῖν.
This city was a colony of the Latins, but had gone over to the Romans during the reign of Romulus; but when Tarquinius took over the government, it had begun again to favor the Latins.
οὐ μὴν ἐδέησέ γε καὶ ταύτην πολιορκίᾳ τε παραστήσασθαι §3.49.5καὶ πόνῳ·
However, there was no need to reduce this city too by siege and toil.
μαθόντες γὰρ οἱ Κρουστομερῖνοι τό τε πλῆθος τῆς ἡκούσης ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς δυνάμεως καὶ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀσθένειαν οὐδεμιᾶς αὐτοῖς ἐπικουρίας παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων Λατίνων ἀφικομένης ἀνέῳξαν τὰς πύλας καὶ προελθόντες οἱ πρεσβύτατοι τῶν πολιτῶν καὶ τιμιώτατοι παρέδοσαν αὐτῷ τὴν πόλιν ἀξιοῦντες ἐπιεικῶς σφισι χρήσασθαι καὶ μετρίως.
For the Crustomerini, learning both the size of the force coming against them and their own weakness, and since no aid arrived for them from the other Latins, opened their gates, and the oldest and most honored of the citizens came forward and surrendered the city to him, asking him to treat them with clemency and moderation.
§3.49.6τῷ δὲ κατʼ εὐχὴν τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐφάνη καὶ παρελθὼν εἰς τὸ τεῖχος ἀπέκτεινε μὲν οὐδένα Κρουστομερίνων, ὀλίγους δὲ πάνυ τοὺς αἰτίους τῆς ἀποστάσεως φυγαῖς ἀιδίοις ἐζημίωσε, τοῖς δʼ ἄλλοις ἅπασι τὰ σφέτερα συνεχώρησεν ἔχειν καὶ τῆς Ῥωμαίων πολιτείας μετέχειν ὡς πρότερον, τοῦ δὲ μηδὲν ἔτι παρακινῆσαι χάριν ἐποίκους αὐτοῖς κατέλιπε Ῥωμαίους.
To him the matter appeared as he could have wished; and entering within the walls, he put none of the Crustomerini to death, but punished only a very few who were responsible for the revolt with perpetual banishment, and permitted all the rest to keep their own property and to share in the Roman citizenship as before; and to prevent them from making any further trouble, he left Roman colonists among them.