§5.50.1ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ἑβδομηκοστῆς ὀλυμπιάδος, ἣν ἐνίκα στάδιον Νικέας Λοκρὸς ἐξ Ὀποῦντος, ἄρχοντος Ἀθήνησι Σμύρου, παραλαμβάνουσι τὴν ὕπατον ἀρχὴν Πόστομος Κομίνιος καὶ Τῖτος Λάρκιος·
In the seventieth Olympiad (in which Niceas, a Locrian from Opus, won the stadion), when Smyrus was archon at Athens, Postumus Cominius and Titus Lartius assumed the consular power.
ἐφʼ ὧν ἀπέστησαν αἱ Λατίνων πόλεις ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥωμαίων φιλίας, Ὀκταουΐου Μαμιλίου τοῦ κηδεύσαντος Ταρκυνίῳ τοὺς ἐπιφανεστάτους ἐξ ἑκάστης πόλεως, τοὺς μὲν ὑποσχέσεσι δώρων, τοὺς δὲ δεήσεσι πείσαντος συμπρᾶξαι τοῖς §5.50.2φυγάσι τὴν κάθοδον.
During their term, the Latin cities revolted from their friendship with the Romans, as Octavius Mamilius, who had married Tarquin's daughter, had persuaded the most prominent men of each city—some with promises of gifts, others with entreaties—to cooperate with the exiles for their return.
καὶ γίνεται κοινὴ τῶν συναγομένων εἰς Φερεντῖνον ἀγορὰ πλὴν μιᾶς τῆς Ῥωμαίων πόλεως· ταύτῃ γὰρ οὐκ ἐπήγγειλαν μόνῃ παρεῖναι, καθάπερ εἰώθεσαν·
And a general assembly of those gathering at Ferentinum was held, except for one city, that of the Romans; for they did not summon this city alone to be present, as they were accustomed to do.
ἐν ᾗ ψῆφον ἐνεγκεῖν ἔδει τὰς πόλεις περὶ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ στρατηγοὺς ἀποδεῖξαι καὶ §5.50.3περὶ τῶν ἄλλων βουλεύσασθαι παρασκευῶν.
In this assembly, the cities were to cast their votes concerning the war, appoint generals, and deliberate on the other preparations.
ἐτύγχανε δὲ κατὰ τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον ἀπεσταλμένος ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων πρεσβευτὴς Μάρκος Οὐαλέριος ἀνὴρ ὑπατικὸς εἰς τὰς ὁμόρους πόλεις δεησόμενος αὐτῶν μηδὲν νεωτερίζειν· ἐλῄστευον γὰρ ἐξ αὐτῶν τινες τοὺς ὁμοτέρμονας ἀγροὺς ὑπὸ τῶν δυνατῶν ἀποστελλόμενοι καὶ πολλὰ τοὺς γεωργοὺς τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἔβλπτον·
At this time, it happened that Marcus Valerius, a man of consular rank, had been sent as an ambassador by the Romans to the neighboring cities to request them to make no innovations; for some of their people, sent out by the influential men, were plundering the neighboring fields and causing much damage to the Roman farmers.
ὃς ἐπειδὴ τὴν κοινὴν σύνοδον ἔγνω τῶν πόλεων γιγνομένην ἐπὶ τῷ διενεγκεῖν ἁπάσας τὴν περὶ τοῦ πολέμου ψῆφον, ἐλθὼν ἐπὶ τὸν σύλλογον καὶ λόγον αἰτησάμενος παρὰ τῶν προέδρων ἔλεξεν, ὅτι πεμφθείη μὲν ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως πρεσβευτὴς πρὸς τὰς ἀποστελλούσας τὰ λῃστήρια πόλεις δεησόμενος αὐτῶν τοὺς ἐνόχους τοῖς ἀδικήμασιν ἐξευρούσας ἐκδοῦναι σφίσι τιμωρίας ὑφέξοντας κατὰ τὸν νόμον, ὃν ἐν ταῖς συνθήκαις ὥρισαν, ὅτε συνετίθεντο τὴν φιλίαν, καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν ἀξιώσων φυλάττειν, ἵνα μηδὲν ἁμάρτημα γένηται κοινόν, ὃ διαστήσει τήν τε φιλίαν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν συγγένειαν.
When he learned that the general assembly of the cities was being held so that all of them might cast their votes concerning the war, he went to the meeting, and having asked the presidents for permission to speak, he said that he had been sent as an ambassador by Rome to the cities that sent out the raiding parties, to request them to find the persons guilty of these misdeeds and surrender them to suffer punishment according to the law which they had established in the treaty when they made friendship, and for the future to ask them to be on their guard so that no common offense might occur to disrupt their friendship and kinship.
§5.50.4ὁρῶν δʼ ἁπάσας συνεληλυθυίας τὰς πόλεις ἐπὶ τῷ κατὰ Ῥωμαίων πολέμῳ καὶ τοῦτʼ ἐκ πολλῶν μὲν καὶ ἄλλων καταλαμβανόμενος, μάλιστα δʼ ὅτι Ῥωμαίοις μόνοις οὐ παρήγγειλαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀγορὰν παρεῖναι, γεγραμμένον ἐν ταῖς συνθήκαις ἁπάσας παρεῖναι τὰς πόλεις ταῖς κοιναῖς ἀγοραῖς, ὅσαι τοῦ Λατίνων εἰσὶ γένους, παραγγειλάντων αὐταῖς τῶν προέδρων, θαυμάζειν, τί δήποτε παθόντες ἢ τί κατηγορεῖν ἔχοντες τῆς πόλεως οἱ σύνεδροι μόνην οὐ παρέλαβον ἐκείνην ἐπὶ τὸν σύλλογον, ἣν πρώτην τε πασῶν ἔδει παρεῖναι καὶ πρώτην ἐρωτᾶσθαι γνώμην ἡγεμονίαν ἔχουσαν τοῦ ἔθνους, ἧς ἔτυχε παρʼ αὐτῶν ἑκόντων ἀντὶ πολλῶν καὶ μεγάλων εὐεργεσιῶν.
But seeing that all the cities had assembled for war against the Romans, and perceiving this from many other signs, but especially because they had not summoned the Romans alone to attend the assembly—although it was written in the treaty that all the cities of the Latin race should attend the general assemblies whenever the presidents summoned them—he said he wondered what on earth had happened to them or what accusation they had against Rome that the councilors did not admit her alone to the assembly, which ought to have been the first of all to be present and the first to be asked her opinion, since she held the leadership of the nation, which she had obtained from them with their consent in return for many great benefits.