§3.57.1Σαβῖνοι μὲν οὖν ἐγνωσιμάχησαν ὑπὸ τῆς τότε συμφορᾶς βιασθέντες καὶ πρεσβευτὰς ἀποστείλαντες ἀνοχὰς ἐποιήσαντο τοῦ πολέμου ἑξαετεῖς, Τυρρηνοὶ δὲ ὀργῇ φέροντες ὅτι ἥττηντό τε ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων πολλάκις καὶ ὅτι τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους αὐτοῖς ὁ Ταρκύνιος οὐκ ἀπεδίδου πρεσβευσαμένοις, ἀλλʼ ἐν ὁμήρων κατεῖχε λόγῳ, ψήφισμα ποιοῦνται πάσας τὰς τῶν Τυρρηνῶν πόλεις κοινῇ τὸν κατὰ Ῥωμαίων πόλεμον ἐκφέρειν, τὴν δὲ μὴ μετέχουσαν τῆς στρατείας ἔκσπονδον εἶναι.
Now the Sabines, forced by the disaster of that time, acknowledged their defeat, and having sent ambassadors, made a six-year truce of the war. But the Tyrrhenians, bearing it with anger both because they had been defeated by the Romans many times and because Tarquinius did not restore the prisoners to them when they sent embassies, but held them in the status of hostages, passed a decree that all the cities of the Tyrrhenians should jointly wage war against the Romans, and that any city not taking part in the expedition should be excluded from the treaty.
§3.57.2ταῦτʼ ἐπικυρώσαντες ἐξῆγον τὰς δυνάμεις καὶ διαβάντες τὸν Τέβεριν ἀγχοῦ Φιδήνης τίθενται τὰ ὅπλα.
Having ratified these measures, they led out their forces, and having crossed the Tiber, pitched their camp near Fidenae.
γενόμενοι δὲ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης ἐγκρατεῖς διὰ προδοσίας στασιασάντων πρὸς ἀλλήλους τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ πολλὰ μὲν σώματα λαβόντες, πολλὴν δὲ λείαν ἐκ τῆς Ῥωμαίων χώρας ἐλαύνοντες ἀπῆλθον ἐπʼ οἴκου, φρουρὰν ἐν τῇ Φιδήνῃ καταλιπόντες ἀποχρῶσαν. αὕτη γὰρ ἡ πόλις ὁρμητήριον αὐτοῖς ἔσεσθαι κράτιστον ἐδόκει τοῦ κατὰ Ῥωμαίων πολέμου.
Having become masters of this city through the treachery of those within it who were in conflict with one another, and having taken many captives and driving much booty from the Roman territory, they departed for home, leaving a sufficient garrison in Fidenae; for this city seemed to them likely to be the best base of operations for the war against the Romans.
§3.57.3βασιλεὺς δὲ Ταρκύνιος εἰς τοὐπιὸν ἔτος Ῥωμαίους τε σύμπαντας καθοπλίσας καὶ παρὰ τῶν συμμάχων ὅσους ἐδύνατο πλείστους παραλαβὼν ἐξῆγεν ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἔαρος ἀρχομένου, πρὶν ἐκείνους συναχθέντας ἐξ ἁπασῶν τῶν πόλεων ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὡς πρότερον ἐλθεῖν· καὶ διελὼν εἰς δύο μοίρας ἅπασαν τὴν δύναμιν τῆς μὲν Ῥωμαῖκῆς στρατιᾶς αὐτὸς ἡγούμενος ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις τῶν Τυρρηνῶν ἐστράτευσε, τῆς δὲ συμμαχικῆς, ἐν ᾗ τὸ πλεῖστον μέρος ἦν τῶν Λατίνων, Ἠγέριον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ συγγενῆ στρατηγὸν ἀποδείξας ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν Φιδήνῃ πολεμίους ἐκέλευσε χωρεῖν.
But King Tarquinius, in the following year, having armed all the Romans and having taken as many forces as he could from the allies, led them out against the enemy at the beginning of spring, before they could assemble from all the cities and march against him as before; and having divided his entire force into two parts, he himself, leading the Roman army, marched against the cities of the Tyrrhenians, while he appointed Egerius, his own kinsman, as general of the allied force, in which was the largest part of the Latins, and ordered him to go against the enemy in Fidenae.
§3.57.4ἡ μὲν οὖν συμμαχικὴ πλησίον τῆς Φιδήνης τὸν χάρακα οὐκ ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ χωρίῳ θεμένη διὰ τὸ καταφρονεῖν τῶν πολεμίων ὀλίγου τινὸς ἐδέησεν πᾶσα διαφθαρῆναι· οἱ γὰρ ἐν τῇ πόλει φρουροὶ βοήθειαν ἑτέραν παρὰ Τυρρηνῶν κρύφα μεταπεμψάμενοι καὶ φυλάξαντες καιρὸν ἐπιτήδειον ἐξελθόντες ἐκ τῆς πόλεως τόν τε χάρακα τῶν πολεμίων ἔλαβον ἐξ ἐφόδου φαύλως φυλαττόμενον καὶ τῶν ἐξεληλυθότων ἐπὶ §3.57.5τὰς προνομὰς πολὺν εἰργάσαντο φόνον.
The allied force, therefore, having pitched its camp in an unsafe place near Fidenae because of their contempt for the enemy, came within a little of being entirely destroyed; for the garrison in the city, having secretly sent for another reinforcement from the Tyrrhenians, and having watched for a favorable opportunity, sallied out of the city, captured the camp of the enemy which was poorly guarded by an assault, and made a great slaughter of those who had gone out for foraging.
ἡ δὲ Ῥωμαίων δύναμις ἧς Ταρκύνιος ἡγεῖτο τὴν Οὐιεντανῶν κείρουσα καὶ λεηλατοῦσα χώραν καὶ πολλὰς ὠφελείας ἐξενεγκαμένη συνελθούσης ἐξ ἁπασῶν τῶν Τυρρηνίδων πόλεων μεγάλης τοῖς Οὐιεντανοῖς ἐπικουρίας εἰς μάχην καταστᾶσα νίκην ἀναμφίλογον ἀναιρεῖται· καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο διεξιοῦσα τὴν χώραν τῶν πολεμίων ἀδεῶς ἐπόρθει γενομένη τε πολλῶν μὲν σωμάτων ἐγκρατής, πολλῶν δὲ χρημάτων οἷα ἐξ εὐδαίμονος χώρας, τελευτῶντος ἤδη τοῦ θέρους οἴκαδε ἀπῄει.
But the Roman force which Tarquinius led, while ravaging and plundering the territory of the Veientes, and having carried off much booty, when a large reinforcement from all the Tyrrhenian cities assembled to aid the Veientes, engaged in battle and won an undisputed victory; and after this, traversing the country of the enemy without fear, they plundered it, and having become masters of many captives and of much property, such as came from a prosperous country, they returned home as the summer was already ending.