§6.39.1ταῦτʼ εἰπόντος Ἀππίου καὶ τῶν νέων ἐπιθορυβησάντων ὡς τὰ δέοντα εἰσηγουμένου, Σερουίλιός τʼ ἀντιλέξων ἀνέστη καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς τῶν πρεσβυτέρων· ἡττῶντο δʼ ὑπὸ τῶν νεωτέρων ἐκ παρασκευῆς τʼ ἀφικνουμένων καὶ βίᾳ πολλῇ χρωμένων, §6.39.2καὶ πέρας ἐνίκησεν ἡ Ἀππίου γνώμη.
When Appius had said this and the young men had raised a clamor, approving of him as proposing what was necessary, Servilius rose to speak against him, as did some others of the elders; but they were overpowered by the younger men, who had come prepared and acted with great violence, and in the end, the opinion of Appius prevailed.
καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα οἱ ὕπατοι κοινῇ γνώμῃ χρησάμενοι τῶν πλείστων οἰομένων τὸν Ἄππιον ἀποδειχθήσεσθαι δικτάτορα, ὡς μόνον ἐπικρατῆσαι τῆς προστασίας δυνησόμενον, ἐκεῖνον μὲν ἀπήλασαν, Μάνιον δʼ Οὐαλέριον ἀδελφὸν Ποπλίου Οὐαλερίου τοῦ πρώτου ὑπατεύσαντος καὶ δημοτικώτατον δοκοῦντα ἔσεσθαι καὶ ἄνδρα γηραιὸν ἀπέδειξαν, αὐτὸ τὸ φοβερὸν οἰόμενοι τῆς ἐξουσίας ἀποχρῆναι, ἀνδρὸς δὲ τὰ πάντα ἐπιεικοῦς τοῖς πράγμασι δεῖν, ἵνα μηδὲν ἐξεργάσηται νεώτερον.
After this, the consuls, acting by common consent, while most people expected that Appius would be appointed dictator, as being the only one who would be able to hold the leadership, rejected him and appointed Manius Valerius, the brother of Publius Valerius who had been the first consul, a man who seemed likely to be most favorable to the people, and who was already advanced in years. For they thought that the mere dread of the office was sufficient, but that the state required a man who was in all respects mild, so that he might attempt no revolutionary measures.