§3.65.1τοῦτον δὲ τὸν τρόπον αὐτοῦ χρωμένου τῷ πολέμῳ πολλαὶ μὲν συμπλοκαὶ κατʼ ὀλίγους ψιλῶν τε καὶ ἱππέων ἐγίνοντο, μάχη δὲ ὁλοσχερὴς ἁπάντων οὐδεμία.
As he conducted the war in this manner, many skirmishes in small numbers of light-armed troops and cavalry took place, but there was no general battle of all the forces.
ἑλκομένου δὲ τοῦ χρόνου διʼ ὀργῆς φέρων τὴν διατριβὴν ὁ Ταρκύνιος ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν πολεμίων τὰς δυνάμεις ἔκρινεν ἄγειν καὶ πολλὰς ἐποιήσατο προσβολάς.
As time dragged on, Tarquinius, bearing the delay with resentment, decided to lead his forces against the camp of the enemy, and made many assaults.
§3.65.2ἔπειτα καταμαθὼν τῷ βιαίῳ τῶν τρόπων οὐ ῥᾳδίαν οὖσαν αὐτὴν ἁλῶναι διὰ τὴν ἐχυρότητα τῇ σπάνει τῶν ἐπιτηδείων πολεμεῖν τοῖς ἐν αὐτῇ διέγνω, καὶ παρὰ πάσας τὰς φερούσας· ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ὁδοὺς φρούρια κατασκευαζόμενος, ξυλίζεσθαί τε αὐτοὺς καὶ χιλὸν ἵπποις συναγαγεῖν καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ ἐπιτήδεια λαμβάνειν ἐκ τῆς χώρας οὐκ ἐῶν εἰς πολλὴν κατέστησεν ἁπάντων ἀπορίαν·
Then, learning that it was not easy to take the camp by force on account of its strength, he resolved to wage war against those in it by a scarcity of provisions; and constructing forts along all the roads leading to it, and not permitting them to gather wood, to collect fodder for their horses, or to secure many other provisions from the country, he reduced them to a great scarcity of all things.
ὥστʼ ἠναγκάσθησαν φυλάξαντες νύκτα χειμέριον ὕδασι καὶ ἀνέμῳ φυγεῖν αἰσχρῶς ἐκ τοῦ χάρακος καταλιπόντες ἐν αὐτῷ τά τε ὑποζύγια καὶ τὰς σκηνὰς καὶ τοὺς τραυματίας καὶ τὴν εἰς τὸν πόλεμον παρασκευὴν ἅπασαν.
Consequently, they were forced, watching for a stormy night with rain and wind, to flee shamefully from the camp, leaving in it both the beasts of burden, the tents, the wounded, and all their war preparations.
§3.65.3τῇ δʼ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ μαθόντες οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι τὴν ἄπαρσιν αὐτῶν καὶ γενόμενοι τοῦ χάρακος ἀμαχητὶ κύριοι σκηνὰς μὲν καὶ ὑποζύγια καὶ χρήματα διήρπασαν, τοὺς δὲ αἰχμαλώτους ἀπάγοντες εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἀνέστρεψαν.
On the following day, the Romans, learning of their departure and becoming masters of the camp without a fight, plundered the tents, the beasts of burden, and the property, and returned to Rome, bringing away the prisoners.
οὗτος ὁ πόλεμος ἔτη πέντε διέμεινε συνεχῶς πολεμούμενος, ἐν ᾧ γῆν ἀμφότεροι τὴν ἀλλήλων πορθοῦντες καὶ μάχας πολλὰς ἐλάττους τε καὶ μείζους μαχόμενοι διετέλεσαν, ὀλίγα μέν τινα καὶ τῶν Σαβίνων εὐτυχούντων ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα Ῥωμαίων· ἐν δὲ τῇ τελευταίᾳ μάχῃ τέλος ἔλαβεν ὁλοσχερές.
This war continued for five years, being waged incessantly, during which both sides persisted in ravaging each other's land and fighting many battles, both smaller and greater, with the Sabines being successful in some few of the contests, but the Romans in most of them; and in the last battle it received its final decision.
§3.65.4Σαβῖνοι γὰρ οὐχ ὡς πρότερον ἐκ διαδοχῆς, ἀλλʼ ἅμα πάντες οἱ στρατεύσιμον ἔχοντες ἡλικίαν ἐξῆλθον ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον, Ῥωμαῖοί τε σύμπαντες τὰς Λατίνων καὶ Τυρρηνῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων συμμάχων δυνάμεις παραλαβόντες ἐχώρουν ὁμόσε τοῖς πολεμίοις.
For the Sabines went out to the war, not in turn as before, but all together, as many as were of military age; and the Romans, taking with them all the forces of the Latins, Tyrrhenians, and their other allies, marched to meet the enemy.
§3.65.5ὁ μὲν οὖν τῶν Σαβίνων στρατηγὸς διχῇ μερίσας τὰς δυνάμεις δύο ποιεῖται στρατόπεδα, ὁ δὲ τῶν Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς τρία ποιήσας τάγματα καὶ τρεῖς παρεμβολὰς οὐ μακρὰν ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων θέμενος αὐτὸς μὲν τῆς Ῥωμαϊκῆς ἡγεῖτο δυνάμεως, Ἀρρόντα δὲ τὸν ἀδελφιδοῦν τῆς Τυρρηνικῆς συμμαχίας ἀπέδειξε στρατηγόν·
The general of the Sabines, having divided his forces into two parts, made two camps; while the king of the Romans, having formed three divisions and pitched three camps not far from one another, himself led the Roman force, and appointed Arruns, his nephew, general of the Tyrrhenian alliance.
§3.65.6Λατίνων δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων συμμάχων ἔταξεν ἄρχειν ἄνδρα γενναῖον μὲν τὰ πολέμια καὶ φρονεῖν τὰ δέοντα ἱκανώτατον, ξένον δὲ καὶ ἄπολιν· Σερούϊος αὐτῷ προσηγορικον ὄνομα ἦν, Τύλλιος δὲ τὸ συγγενικόν· ᾧ Ῥωμαῖοι μετὰ τὴν Λευκίου Ταρκυνίου τελευτὴν βασιλεύειν τῆς πόλεως ἐπέτρεψαν οὐκ οὔσης Ταρκυνίῳ γενεᾶς ἄρρενος, ἀγάμενοι τὸν ἄνδρα τῆς τε περὶ τὰ πολιτικὰ καὶ τῆς περὶ τὰ πολέμια ἀρετῆς.
And over the Latins and the other allies, he appointed to command a man brave in war and most capable of judging what was necessary, but a foreigner and without a city; Servius was his personal name, and Tullius his family name; whom the Romans, after the death of Lucius Tarquinius, permitted to rule the city, as Tarquinius had no male issue, admiring the man for his virtue both in civil and in military affairs.
γένος δὲ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε καὶ τροφὰς καὶ τύχας καὶ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ θείου γενομένην περὶ αὐτὸν ἐπιφάνειαν, ὅταν κατὰ τοῦτο γένωμαι τὸ μέρος τοῦ λόγου, διηγήσομαι.
Now, the birth of this man, his education, his fortunes, and the manifestation of divine favor that occurred concerning him, I shall relate when I come to that part of my history.