§3.50.1τὰ δʼ αὐτὰ καὶ Νωμεντανοῖς διανοηθεῖσι τῶν αὐτῶν τυχεῖν ἐξεγένετο.
And it lay in the power of the Nomentans, who had formed the same intention, to meet with the same fortune.
καὶ γὰρ οὗτοι λῃστήρια πέμποντες ἐπὶ τοὺς Ῥωμαίων ἀγροὺς πολέμιοι κατέστησαν αὐτοῖς ἐκ τοῦ προφανοῦς ταῖς Λατίνων πεποιθότες συμμαχίαις· στρατεύσαντος δʼ ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς Ταρκυνίου καὶ τῆς Λατίνων ἐπικουρίας ὑστεριζούσης οὐχ οἷοί τε ὄντες αὐτοὶ πρὸς τοσαύτην δύναμιν ἀντέχειν, ἱκετηρίας ἀναλαβόντες ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ παρέδοσαν ἑαυτούς.
For they too, by sending raiding parties into the fields of the Romans, had openly set themselves as enemies to them, relying on the alliances of the Latins; but when Tarquinius marched against them and the Latin reinforcement was delayed, being unable themselves to withstand so great a force, they came out of the city carrying olive branches of supplication and surrendered themselves.
§3.50.2οἱ δὲ τὴν καλουμένην Κολλατίαν κατοικοῦντες ἐπειράθησαν μὲν ἐλθεῖν διὰ μάχης πρὸς τὰς Ῥωμαίων δυνάμεις καὶ προῆλθον ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, ἐν ἁπάσαις δὲ ταῖς συμπλοκαῖς ἐλαττούμενοι καὶ πληγὰς πολλὰς λαμβάνοντες ἠναγκάσθησαν πάλιν εἰς τὸ τεῖχος καταφυγεῖν καὶ διεπέμποντο πρὸς τὰς Λατίνων πόλεις αἰτούμενοι συμμαχίαν.
But those who inhabited the city called Collatia attempted to try the fortune of battle against the Roman forces and advanced outside the city; but being worsted in all the encounters and receiving many blows, they were forced to flee back within the walls, and sent messengers to the Latin cities asking for an alliance.
ὡς δὲ βραδύτερα τὰ παρʼ ἐκείνων ἦν, καὶ κατὰ πολλὰ μέρη τοῦ τείχους οἱ πολέμιοι τὰς προσβολὰς ἐποιοῦντο, παραδοῦναι τὴν πόλιν ἠναγκάσθησαν σὺν χρόνῳ.
As the aid from the latter was too slow in coming, and the enemy was making attacks on many parts of the wall, they were forced in time to surrender the city.
§3.50.3οὐ μέντοι τῆς αὐτῆς μετριότητος ἔτυχον, ἧς Νωμεντανοί τε καὶ Κρουστομερῖνοι, ἀλλʼ ὅπλά τε ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀφείλετο καὶ εἰς χρήματα ἐζημίωσε καὶ φρουρὰν κατέλιπεν ἐν τῇ πόλει τὴν ἱκανὴν ἄρχειν τε αὐτῶν ἔταξε τὴν ἀνυπεύθυνον ἀρχὴν διὰ βίου Ταρκύνιον Ἄρροντα τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφιδοῦν, ὃς μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν τοῦ τε πατρὸς Ἄρροντος καὶ τοῦ πάππου Δημαράτου γενόμενος οὔτε τῶν πατρῴων οὔτε τῶν τοῦ πάππου χρημάτων τὴν προσήκουσαν ἐκληρονόμησε μοῖραν καὶ διὰ ταύτην τὴν αἰτίαν Ἠγέριος ἐπωνομάσθη. τοὺς γὰρ ἀπόρους καὶ πτωχοὺς οὕτως ὀνομάζουσι Ῥωμαῖοι.
They did not, however, meet with the same clemency as the Nomentans and the Crustomerini; but the king took away their arms, imposed a fine of money upon them, and left a sufficient garrison in the city, and appointed Tarquinius Arruns, his own nephew, to rule over them for life with irresponsible power. He, having been born after the death of both his father Arruns and his grandfather Demaratus, had inherited no share of either his father's or his grandfather's wealth, and for this reason was surnamed Egerius; for the Romans call those who are destitute and poor by this name.
ἐξ οὗ δὲ παρέλαβε τὴν ἐκείνης τῆς πόλεως ἐπιμέλειαν αὐτός τε Κολλατῖνος ἐπεκλήθη καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου γενόμενοι.
After he took over the care of that city, he himself was surnamed Collatinus, as were all his descendants.
§3.50.4μετὰ δὲ τὴν Κολλατίας παράδοσιν ἐπὶ τὸν καλούμενον Κορνίκολον ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐστράτευσεν· ἦν δὲ κἀκείνη τοῦ Λατίνων ἔθνους ἡ πόλις.
After the surrender of Collatia, the king marched against the city called Corniculum; that too was a city of the Latin nation.
λεηλατήσας δὲ τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν κατὰ πολλὴν ἄδειαν οὐδενὸς ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς ἀμυνομένου πρὸς αὐτὴν στρατεύεται τὴν πόλιν προκαλούμενος τοὺς ἄνδρας εἰς φιλίαν· οὐ βουλομένων δὲ αὐτῶν εἰς διαλλαγὰς ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ τείχους τῇ ἐχυρότητι πεποιθότων καὶ συμμαχίας πολλαχόθεν ἥξειν οἰομένων, περὶ πάντα τὸν κύκλον τῆς πόλεως τὴν δύναμιν περιστήσας ἐτειχομάχει.
Having plundered their land in great security since no one defended it, he marched against the city itself, inviting the men to friendship; but as they did not wish to come to terms, but relied on the strength of their wall and expected that alliances would come from many quarters, he surrounded the city with his forces on every side and attacked the walls.
§3.50.5οἱ δὲ Κορνικολανοὶ πολὺν μὲν χρόνον ἀνδρείως ἀπομαχόμενοι πολλὰς τοῖς προσβαλοῦσι πληγὰς ἔδωκαν, κάμνοντες δὲ τῇ συνεχείᾳ τῶν πόνων καὶ οὐδὲ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔτι γνώμην ἅπαντες φυλάττοντες ʽτοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἐδόκει παραδιδόναι τὴν πόλιν, τοῖς δὲ μέχρι παντὸς ἀντέχεινʼ διʼ αὐτὸ τὸ στασιάζειν μάλιστα καταπονούμενοι κατὰ κράτος ἑάλωσαν.
The Corniculani for a long time fought back bravely and dealt many blows to the attackers, but growing weary from the continuous toil and no longer keeping the same opinion (for it seemed good to some to surrender the city, and to others to hold out to the end), they were captured by storm, being especially worn down by this very dissension.
§3.50.6τὸ μὲν οὖν κράτιστον αὐτῶν μέρος ἐν τῇ καταλήψει τῆς πόλεως μαχόμενον διεφθάρη, τὸ δὲ ἀγεννὲς καὶ διὰ τοῦτο σωθὲν ἐν ἀνδραπόδων ἐπράθη λόγῳ γυναιξὶν ὁμοῦ καὶ τέκνοις, ἡ δὲ πόλις αὐτῶν διαρπασθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῶν κεκρατηκότων ἐνεπρήσθη.
Consequently, the best part of them was destroyed fighting in the capture of the city, while the ignoble part, and for this reason saved, was sold in the status of slaves, along with their wives and children, and their city, after being plundered, was burned by the conquerors.
§3.50.7ἐφʼ οἷς οἱ Λατῖνοι χαλεπῶς φέροντες ἐψηφίσαντο κοινῇ στρατιὰν ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους ἐξαγαγεῖν καὶ παρασκευασάμενοι πολλὴν δύναμιν εἰς τὴν κρατίστην χώραν αὐτῶν ἐνέβαλον, ἐξ ἧς αἰχμαλώτους τε πολλοὺς ἀπήγαγον καὶ λείας ἐγένοντο μεγάλης κύριοι.
The Latins, bearing these things with resentment, voted in common to lead out an army against the Romans, and having prepared a large force, they invaded their most fertile land, from which they carried off many captives and became masters of a great booty.
βασιλεὺς δὲ Ταρκύνιος ἐξῆλθε μὲν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τὴν εὔζωνόν τε καὶ ἐν ἑτοίμῳ δύναμιν ἐπαγόμενος, οὐκέτι δὲ καταλαβεῖν αὐτοὺς φθάσας εἰς τὴν ἐκείνων χώραν ἐνέβαλε καὶ τὰ ὅμοια διέθηκε.
King Tarquinius marched out against them, bringing his light-armed and ready force, but failing to catch up with them in time, he invaded their land and did the same to them.
§3.50.8τοιαῦτα συνέβαινε πολλὰ παραλλὰξ ἑκατέροις ἐπὶ τὰς ὁμόρους χώρας ἐκστρατευομένοις ἐλαττώματά τε καὶ πλεονεκτήματα, μία δὲ αὐτῶν ἐκ παρατάξεως ἐγένετο μάχη Φιδήνης πόλεως πλησίον ἁπάσαις συμβαλόντων ταῖς δυνάμεσιν, ἐν ᾗ πολλοὶ μὲν ἔπεσον ἀμφοτέρων, ἐνίκησαν δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ τοὺς Λατίνους ἠνάγκασαν λιπόντας τὸν χάρακα νύκτωρ εἰς τὰς ἑαυτῶν πόλεις ἀπελθεῖν.
Many such losses and advantages occurred alternately to each side as they marched into the neighboring territories, but there was one battle fought in regular formation near the city of Fidenae, with all their forces engaging, in which many fell on both sides, but the Romans conquered and forced the Latins to leave their camp by night and retreat to their own cities.