§6.45.1ταῦτʼ εἰπὼν τὸ μὲν δημοτικὸν ἅπαν εἰς συμπάθειαν ὑπηγάγετο, καὶ προὔπεμψαν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς ἀγορᾶς ἀπιόντα· τὴν δὲ βουλὴν ἔτι χαλεπωτέραν αὐτῷ γενέσθαι παρεσκεύασεν.
Having said this, he brought all the common people to sympathy, and they escorted him as he departed from the forum; but he caused the senate to become still more hostile to him.
εὐθὺς δὲ μετὰ τοῦτο τάδε ἐγίνετο· οἱ μὲν πένητες οὐκέτι κρύφα οὐδὲ νύκτωρ ὡς πρότερον, ἀλλʼ ἀναφανδὸν ἤδη συνιόντες ἐβούλευον ἀπόστασιν ἐκ τῶν πατρικίων· ἡ δὲ βουλὴ κωλύειν διανοουμένη τοῖς ὑπάτοις ἐπέταξε μήπω λύειν τὰ στρατεύματα.
Immediately after this, the following things happened: the poor, no longer secretly or by night as before, but now openly gathering together, were planning a secession from the patricians; and the senate, intending to prevent this, ordered the consuls not to disband the armies yet.
τῶν γὰρ τριῶν ταγμάτων ἑκάτερος ἔτι κύριος ἦν τοῖς στρατιωτικοῖς ὅρκοις κατειργομένων καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀπολείπεσθαι τῶν σημείων ἠξίου· τοσοῦτον ἴσχυσεν ὁ τῶν ὅρκων ἐν ἑκάστῳ φόβος.
For each [of the two consuls] was still in control of the three legions, which were bound by military oaths, and no one thought it right to desert the standards; so greatly did the fear of their oaths prevail in each man.
πρόφασις δὲ κατεσκευάσθη τῆς στρατείας, ὡς Αἰκανῶν καὶ Σαβίνων συνεληλυθότων εἰς ἓν ἐπὶ τῷ κατὰ Ῥωμαίων πολέμῳ.
And a pretext for the campaign was devised, as if the Aequi and the Sabines had united for war against the Romans.
§6.45.2ὡς δὲ προῆλθον ἔξω τῆς πόλεως οἱ ὕπατοι τὰς δυνάμεις ἔχοντες καὶ τὰς παρεμβολὰς οὐ πρόσω ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων ἔθεντο, συνελθόντες οἱ στρατιῶται εἰς ἓν ἅπαντες, ὅπλων τε καὶ σημείων ὄντες κύριοι, Σικιννίου τινὸς Βελλούτου παροξύναντος αὐτοὺς ἀφίστανται τῶν ὑπάτων ἁρπάσαντες τὰ σημεῖα· τιμιώτατα γὰρ Ῥωμαίοις ταῦτʼ ἐπὶ στρατείας καὶ ὥσπερ ἱδρύματα θεῶν ἱερὰ νομίζονται· λοχαγούς τε ἑτέρους καὶ περὶ πάντων ἄρχοντα τὸν Σικίννιον ἀποδείξαντες, ὄρος τι καταλαμβάνονται πλησίον Ἀνίητος ποταμοῦ κείμενον, οὐ πρόσω τῆς Ῥώμης, ὃ νῦν ἐξ ἐκείνου Ἱερὸν ὄρος καλεῖται.
And when the consuls had marched out of the city with their forces and pitched their camps not far from one another, the soldiers, all assembling in one place, being masters of their arms and standards, and incited by a certain Sicinius Bellutus, revolted from the consuls and seized the standards; for these are considered by the Romans most sacred on a campaign, and like the holy images of the gods; and having appointed other captains, and Sicinius as commander over all, they occupied a certain mountain lying near the river Anio, not far from Rome, which from that event is now called the Sacred Mount.
§6.45.3τῶν δʼ ὑπάτων καὶ λοχαγῶν μετακαλούντων αὐτοὺς ἅμα δεήσει καὶ οἰμωγῇ καὶ πολλὰ ὑπισχνουμένων ἀπεκρίνατο ὁ Σικίννιος· τίνα γνώμην ἔχοντες, ὦ πατρίκιοι, οὓς ἀπηλάσατε ἐκ τῆς πατρίδος καὶ ἀντʼ ἐλευθέρων δούλους ἐποιήσατε, νῦν μετακαλεῖτε;
And when the consuls and captains called them back with entreaty and lamentation, and promised many things, Sicinius answered: “With what intention, O patricians, do you now call back those whom you have driven from their country and made slaves instead of free men?
ποίᾳ δὲ πίστει τὰς ὑποσχέσεις ἡμῖν ἐμπεδώσετε, ἃς πολλάκις ἤδη ψευσάμενοι ἐλέγχεσθε;
With what pledge will you make good your promises to us, when you are already convicted of having lied so often?
ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ μόνοι τὴν πόλιν ἀξιοῦτε κατέχειν, ἄπιτε μηδὲν ὑπὸ τῶν πενήτων καὶ ταπεινῶν ἐνοχλούμενοι· ἡμῖν δʼ ἀρκέσει πᾶσα γῆ, ἐν ᾗ ἂν τὸ ἐλεύθερον ἔχωμεν, ὁποία ποτʼ ἂν ᾖ, νομίζεσθαι πατρίς.
But since you think it right to hold the city alone, go on, undisturbed by the poor and lowly; and for us, any land where we may preserve our freedom, of whatever kind it may be, will suffice to be considered our country.”