§5.22.1ταῦτα μαθόντες οἱ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ὕπατοι πρῶτον μὲν τὰ ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν χρήματά τε καὶ βοσκήματα καὶ ἀνδράποδα μετάγειν τοῖς γεωργοῖς ἐκέλευσαν εἰς τὰ πλησίον ὄρη φρούρια κατασκευάσαντες ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐρυμνοῖς ἱκανὰ σώζειν τοὺς εἰς αὐτὰ καταφυγόντας·
Upon learning of this, the Roman consuls first ordered the farmers to remove their property, cattle, and slaves from the fields to the neighboring hills, having constructed forts on the strongholds capable of protecting those who fled to them.
ἔπειτα τὸν καλούμενον Ἰανίκολον ὄχθον· ἔστι δὲ τοῦτʼ ὄρος ὑψηλὸν ἀγχοῦ τῆς Ῥώμης πέραν τοῦ Τεβέριος ποταμοῦ κείμενον· ὀχυρωτέραις ἐκρατύναντο κατασκευαῖς τε καὶ φυλακαῖς, περὶ παντὸς ποιούμενοι μὴ γενέσθαι τοῖς πολεμίοις τὸ ἐπίκαιρον χωρίον ἐπιτείχισμα κατὰ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ τὰς εἰς τὸν πόλεμον παρασκευὰς ἐνταῦθʼ ἀπέθεντο·
Next, they strengthened the hill called Janiculum—which is a high mountain lying near Rome on the other side of the Tiber river—with more secure fortifications and guards, regarding it as of paramount importance that this strategic place should not become a base of operations for the enemy against the city, and they deposited their war preparations there.
τά τʼ ἐντὸς τείχους ἐπὶ τὸ δημοτικώτερον καθίσταντο πολλὰ πολιτευόμενοι φιλάνθρωπα πρὸς τοὺς πένητας, ἵνα μὴ μεταβάλοιντο πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους ἐπὶ τοῖς ἰδίοις κέρδεσι πεισθέντες προδοῦναι τὸ κοινόν·
They also arranged affairs inside the wall in a more popular manner, enacting many benevolent measures for the poor, so that they might not, persuaded by private gains, go over to the tyrants and betray the commonwealth.
§5.22.2καὶ γὰρ ἀτελεῖς αὐτοὺς ἁπάντων ἐψηφίσαντο εἶναι τῶν κοινῶν τελῶν, ὅσα βασιλευομένης τῆς πόλεως ἐτέλουν, καὶ ἀνεισφόρους τῶν εἰς τὰ στρατιωτικὰ καὶ τοὺς πολέμους ἀναλισκομένων ἐποίησαν, μέγα κέρδος ἡγούμενοι τοῖς κοινοῖς, εἰ τὰ σώματα μόνον αὐτῶν ἕξουσι προκινδυνεύοντα τῆς πατρίδος·
For they voted that they should be exempt from all public taxes which they paid when the city was ruled by kings, and they freed them from the contributions expended on military matters and wars, considering it a great gain for the public interest if they should have only their persons risking danger on behalf of the fatherland.
τήν τε δύναμιν ἠσκημένην ἐκ πολλοῦ καὶ παρεσκευασμένην ἔχοντες ἐν τῷ προκειμένῳ τῆς πόλεως ἐστρατοπεδεύοντο πεδίῳ.
Having their force well-trained and prepared for a long time, they encamped in the plain that lay before the city.
§5.22.3βασιλεὺς δὲ Πορσίνας ἄγων τὴν στρατιὰν τὸ μὲν Ἰανίκολον ἐξ ἐφόδου καταλαμβάνεται καταπληξάμενος τοὺς φυλάττοντας αὐτὸ καὶ φρουρὰν Τυρρηνῶν ἐν αὐτῷ καθίστησιν·
And King Porsena, leading his army, captured the Janiculum by storm, having terrified its guards, and stationed a garrison of Tyrrhenians on it.
ἐπὶ δὲ τὴν πόλιν ἐλαύνων ὡς καὶ ταύτην δίχα πόνου παραστησόμενος, ἐπειδὴ πλησίον τῆς γεφύρας ἐγένετο καὶ τοὺς Ῥωμαίους ἐθεάσατο προκαθημένους τοῦ ποταμοῦ, παρεσκευάζετό τε πρὸς μάχην ὡς ἀναρπασόμενος αὐτοὺς πλήθει καὶ ἐπῆγε σὺν πολλῇ καταφρονήσει τὴν δύναμιν.
Marching against the city as if he would subdue this too without effort, when he came near the bridge and saw the Romans drawn up in front of the river, he prepared for battle with the intention of sweeping them away by numbers, and led up his army with great contempt.
§5.22.4εἶχον δὲ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν τοῦ μὲν ἀριστεροῦ κέρως οἱ Ταρκυνίου παῖδες, Σέξτος καὶ Τῖτος, Ῥωμαίων τʼ αὐτῶν τοὺς φυγάδας ἄγοντες καὶ ἐκ τῆς Γαβίων πόλεως τὸ ἀκμαιότατον ξένων τε καὶ μισθοφόρων χεῖρα οὐκ ὀλίγην·
The command of the left wing was held by the sons of Tarquinius, Sextus and Titus, who led the Roman exiles themselves and the flower of the city of Gabii, along with no small force of foreign mercenaries.
τοῦ δὲ δεξιοῦ Μαμίλιος ὁ Ταρκυνίου κηδεστής, ἐφʼ οὗ Λατίνων οἱ ἀποστάντες Ῥωμαίων ἐτάξαντο·
The right wing was commanded by Mamilius, the son-in-law of Tarquinius, under whom the Latins who had revolted from the Romans were drawn up.
βασιλεὺς δὲ Πορσίνας κατὰ μέσην τὴν φάλαγγα ἐτέτακτο.
King Porsena was stationed in the center of the phalanx.
§5.22.5Ῥωμαίων δὲ τὸ μὲν δεξιὸν κέρας Σπόριος Λάρκιος καὶ Τῖτος Ἑρμίνιος κατεῖχον ἐναντίοι Ταρκυνίοις· τὸ δʼ ἀριστερὸν Μάρκος Οὐαλέριος ἀδελφὸς θατέρου τῶν ὑπάτων Ποπλικόλα καὶ Τῖτος Λουκρήτιος ὁ τῷ πρόσθεν ὑπατεύσας ἔτει Μαμιλίῳ καὶ Λατίνοις συνοισόμενοι·
On the Roman side, Spurius Lartius and Titus Herminius held the right wing, opposed to the Tarquins; the left was held by Marcus Valerius, brother of one of the consuls, Poplicola, and Titus Lucretius, who had been consul the previous year, intending to engage with Mamilius and the Latins.
τὰ δὲ μέσα τῶν κεράτων οἱ ὕπατοι κατεῖχον ἀμφότεροι.
The center between the wings was held by both consuls.