§4.12.1ταῦτα λέγοντος αὐτοῦ καὶ παραχωρεῖν οἵου τε ὄντος ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος κραυγή τε παρὰ πάντων ἐξαίσιος ἐγίνετο καὶ δεήσεις μεμιγμέναι δάκρυσιν, ἵνα μένῃ τε καὶ διακατέχῃ τὰ πράγματα μηδένα δεδοικώς.
While he was saying these things and was about to withdraw from the rostrum, a tremendous shout arose from everyone, and entreaties mingled with tears, that he should remain and keep control of affairs, fearing no one.
ἔπειτʼ ἐγκέλευστοί τινες διειληφότες τὴν ἀγορὰν βασιλέα ποιεῖν αὐτὸν ἐβόων καὶ συγκαλεῖν τὰς φράτρας ἠξίουν καὶ ψῆφον ᾔτουν.
Then certain men, who had been suborned and distributed throughout the forum, cried out to make him king, and demanded that he convoke the curiae and asked for a vote.
ἀρξαμένων δὲ τούτων εὐθὺς ὁ δῆμος ἅπας ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς προαιρέσεως ἐγεγόνει.
When these had begun, immediately the entire people came to be of the same mind.
§4.12.2τοῦτο καταμαθὼν ὁ Τύλλιος οὐκέτι παρῆκε τὸν καιρόν, ἀλλὰ πολλὰς αὐτοῖς εἰδέναι φήσας χάριτας, ὅτι μέμνηνται τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν, καὶ ἔτι πλείονα ὑποσχόμενος ἀγαθὰ ποιήσειν, ἐὰν αὐτὸν ἀποδείξωσι βασιλέα, προεῖπεν ἡμέραν ἀρχαιρεσιῶν, εἰς ἣν ἐκέλευσε καὶ τοὺς ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν ἅπαντας παρεῖναι.
Tullius, having perceived this, no longer let the opportunity pass, but after expressing many thanks to them because they remembered his benefits, and promising to do still greater good things if they should declare him king, he announced a day for the elections, on which he ordered everyone from the countryside also to be present.
§4.12.3συνελθόντος δὲ τοῦ δήμου καλῶν τὰς φράτρας κατὰ μίαν ἀνεδίδου τὰς ψήφους.
When the people had assembled, he called the curiae one by one and distributed the ballots.
ἁπάσαις δὲ ταῖς φράτραις κριθεὶς τῆς βασιλείας ἄξιος παραλαμβάνει τότε τὴν ἀρχὴν παρὰ τοῦ δημοτικοῦ πλήθους πολλὰ χαίρειν τῇ βουλῇ φράσας, ἣν οὐκ ἠξίωσεν ἐπικυρῶσαι τὰ τοῦ δήμου κρίματα, ὥσπερ αὐτῇ ποιεῖν ἔθος ἦν.
Having been judged by all the curiae to be worthy of the kingship, he then received the power from the common crowd, having bidden a long farewell to the senate, which he did not deign to ask to confirm the decisions of the people, as had been its custom to do.
τοῦτον δὲ τὸν τρόπον ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν παρελθὼν πολλῶν μὲν καὶ ἄλλων πολιτευμάτων εἰσηγητὴς ἐγένετο, μέγαν δὲ καὶ λόγου ἄξιον ἐπολέμησε πρὸς Τυρρηνοὺς πόλεμον.
Having come to the kingship in this manner, he became the introducer of many other political institutions, and waged a great and noteworthy war against the Etruscans.
ποιήσομαι δὲ περὶ τῶν πολιτευμάτων αὐτοῦ πρῶτον τοὺς λόγους.
But I shall make my account concerning his political institutions first.