§5.40.1παρὰ δὲ τούτων ἐκδέχονται τῶν ἀνδρῶν τὴν ὕπατον ἀρχὴν Πόπλιος Οὐαλέριος ὁ κληθεὶς Ποπλικόλας τὸ τέταρτον ἄρχειν αἱρεθεὶς καὶ Τῖτος Λουκρήτιος τὸ δεύτερον τῷ Οὐαλερίῳ συνάρχων.
From these men, Publius Valerius, called Poplicola, elected to govern for the fourth time, and Titus Lucretius, serving as colleague to Valerius for the second time, succeeded to the consular power.
ἐφʼ ὧν ἅπαντες οἱ Σαβῖνοι κοινὴν ποιησάμενοι τῶν πόλεων ἀγορὰν ἐψηφίσαντο Ῥωμαίοις πολεμεῖν, ὡς λελυμένων σφίσι τῶν σπονδῶν, ἐπειδὴ βασιλεὺς Ταρκύνιος ἐξέπεσε τῆς ἀρχῆς, πρὸς ὃν ἐποιήσαντο τοὺς ὅρκους·
In their consulship, all the Sabines, having held a common assembly of their cities, voted to make war on the Romans, on the ground that the treaty with them had been dissolved since King Tarquinius, with whom they had sworn their oaths, had fallen from power.
§5.40.2πεισθέντες ὑπὸ Σέξτου θατέρου τῶν Ταρκυνίου παίδων, ὃς αὐτοὺς ἰδίᾳ θεραπεύων καὶ λιπαρῶν τοὺς δυνατοὺς ἐξ ἑκάστης πόλεως ἐξεπολέμωσε κοινῇ πρὸς πάντας καὶ προσηγάγετο δύο πόλεις, Φιδήνην καὶ Καμερίαν, Ῥωμαίων μὲν ἀποστήσας, ἐκείνοις δὲ συμμαχεῖν πείσας· ἀνθʼ ὧν αὐτὸν αἱροῦνται στρατηγὸν αὐτοκράτορα καὶ δυνάμεις ἐπιτρέπουσιν ἐξ ἁπάσης πόλεως καταγράφειν, ὡς ἐν τῇ προτέρᾳ μάχῃ διʼ ἀσθένειαν δυνάμεως καὶ στρατηγοῦ μωρίαν σφαλέντες.
being persuaded by Sextus, one of the sons of Tarquinius, who, by privately courting and imploring the influential men of each city, incited them all to a common war and won over two cities, Fidenae and Cameria, by revolting them from the Romans and persuading them to ally with the Sabines; in return for which they elected him commander-in-chief and permitted him to enlist forces from every city, believing that their defeat in the former battle had been due to the weakness of their forces and the folly of their general.
§5.40.3οἱ μὲν δὴ περὶ ταῦτʼ ἦσαν· τύχη δέ τις ἐξισῶσαι βουλομένη ταῖς βλάβαις τῶν Ῥωμαίων τὰς ὠφελείας ἀντὶ τῶν καταλιπόντων αὐτοὺς συμμάχων ἑτέραν οὐκ ἠλπισμένην ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων βοήθειαν προσέθηκε τοιάνδε.
While they were thus occupied, a certain fortune, wishing to balance the benefits of the Romans with their losses, added in place of the allies who had deserted them another unexpected aid from the enemy, which was as follows.
ἀνήρ τις ἐκ τοῦ Σαβίνων ἔθνους πόλιν οἰκῶν Ῥήγιλλον εὐγενὴς καὶ χρήμασι δυνατὸς Τῖτος Κλαύδιος, αὐτομολεῖ πρὸς αὐτοὺς συγγένειάν τε μεγάλην ἐπαγόμενος καὶ φίλους καὶ πελάτας συχνοὺς αὐτοῖς μεταναστάντας ἐφεστίοις, οὐκ ἐλάττους πεντακισχιλίων τοὺς ὅπλα φέρειν δυναμένους.
A certain man of the Sabine nation, residing in the city of Regillum, noble and powerful in wealth, Titus Claudius, deserted to them, bringing with him a large body of kinsmen, and numerous friends and clients who migrated with them with all their households, numbering no fewer than five thousand men able to bear arms.
ἡ δὲ καταλαβοῦσα αὐτὸν ἀνάγκη μετενέγκασθαι τὴν οἴκησιν εἰς Ῥώμην τοιαύτη λέγεται γενέσθαι.
The necessity that compelled him to transfer his residence to Rome is said to have been as follows.
§5.40.4οἱ δυναστεύοντες ἐν ταῖς ἐπιφανεστάταις πόλεσιν ἀλλοτρίως ἔχοντες πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα τῆς εἰς τὰ κοινὰ φιλοτιμίας, εἰς δίκην αὐτὸν ὑπῆγον αἰτιασάμενοι προδοσίαν, ὅτι τὸν κατὰ Ῥωμαίων πόλεμον ἐκφέρειν οὐκ ἦν πρόθυμος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῷ κοινῷ μόνος ἀντέλεγε τοῖς ἀξιοῦσι τὰς σπονδὰς λελύσθαι, καὶ τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ πολίτας οὐκ εἴα κύρια εἶναι τὰ δόξαντα τοῖς ἄλλοις ἡγεῖσθαι.
The ruling men in the most illustrious cities, being hostile to him because of his ambition for public affairs, brought him to trial, accusing him of treason because he was not eager to wage war against the Romans, but on the contrary, was the only one in the common assembly to oppose those who demanded that the treaty be dissolved, and because he would not allow his own fellow citizens to accept as binding what had been decided by the others.
ταύτην ὀρρωδῶν τὴν δίκην· §5.40.5ἔδει γὰρ αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων δικασθῆναι πόλεων· ἀναλαβὼν τὰ χρήματα καὶ τοὺς φίλους τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις προστίθεται ῥοπήν τʼ οὐ μικρὰν εἰς τὰ πράγματα παρέσχε καὶ τοῦ κατορθωθῆναι τόνδε τὸν πόλεμον ἁπάντων ἔδοξεν αἰτιώτατος γενέσθαι·
Dreading this trial— for it had to be judged by the other cities—he took his money and his friends and joined the Romans, and he brought no small weight to their affairs and was considered to have been the chief cause of all in bringing this war to a successful conclusion.
ἀνθʼ ὧν ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος εἴς τε τοὺς πατρικίους αὐτὸν ἐνέγραψε καὶ τῆς πόλεως μοῖραν εἴασεν ὅσην ἐβούλετο λαβεῖν εἰς κατασκευὴν οἰκιῶν χώραν τʼ αὐτῷ προσέθηκεν ἐκ τῆς δημοσίας τὴν μεταξὺ Φιδήνης καὶ Πικετίας, ὡς ἔχοι διανεῖμαι κλήρους ἅπασι τοῖς περὶ αὐτόν, ἀφʼ·
In return for this, the senate and the people enrolled him among the patricians and permitted him to take as much of the land in the city as he wished for building houses, and added for him from the public land the territory between Fidenae and Picetia, so that he might distribute allotments to all those who accompanied him.
ὧν καὶ φυλή τις ἐγένετο σὺν χρόνῳ Κλαυδία καλουμένη καὶ μέχρις ἐμοῦ διέμεινε τὸ αὐτὸ φυλάττουσα ὄνομα.
From them, in course of time, a tribe was formed called the Claudia, which has remained down to my day, preserving the same name.