§8.15.1τοῦτο καταμαθόντες οἱ πρεσβύτατοι τῶν Ῥωμαίων συστραφέντες ἔπειθον ἰδίᾳ τε καὶ ἐν κοινῷ τοὺς στασιωδεστάτους τῶν δημοτικῶν παύσασθαι τῶν εἰς τοὺς πατρικίους ὑποψιῶν τε καὶ κατηγοριῶν· διδάσκοντες εἰ διʼ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπιφανοῦς φυγὴν τοσοῦτος κίνδυνος κατέσχε τὴν πόλιν, τί χρὴ προσδοκᾶν, ἐὰν ἀναγκασθῶσιν οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν πατρικίων προπηλακισθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου ταὐτὸ φρονῆσαι·
When the eldest of the Romans perceived this, they gathered together and endeavored to persuade, both privately and in public, the most factious of the plebeians to cease from their suspicions and accusations against the patricians, showing them that if, through the banishment of a single illustrious man, so great a danger had beset the city, what must they expect if the majority of the patricians, being insulted by the people, should be forced to adopt the same sentiments.
καὶ κατέσχον οὗτοι τὴν ἀκοσμίαν τοῦ πλήθους.
And they suppressed the disorder of the multitude.
§8.15.2παυσαμένου δὲ τοῦ πολλοῦ θορύβου συνελθοῦσα ἡ βουλὴ τοῖς μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν Λατίνων παροῦσι ἐπὶ συμμαχίας αἴτησιν ἀπεκρίνατο, μὴ ῥᾴδιον εἶναι σφίσι βοήθειαν ἀποστέλλειν κατὰ τὸ παρόν· αὐτοῖς δʼ ἐκείνοις ἐπιτρέπειν τὴν ἑαυτῶν στρατιὰν καταγράφειν καὶ ἡγεμόνας τῆς δυνάμεως ἰδίους ἐκπέμπειν τε, ὅταν αὐτοὶ ἐκπέμψωσι δύναμιν.
When the great tumult had ceased, the senate met and replied to those who were present from the league of the Latins to ask for an alliance that it was not easy for them to send aid at the present time; but they permitted those people themselves to levy their own army and to send out their own leaders of the force whenever they themselves should send out an army.
ἐν γὰρ ταῖς συνθήκαις, αἷς ἐποιήσαντο πρὸς αὐτοὺς περὶ φιλίας, ἀπόρρητον ἦν τούτων ἑκάτερον.
For in the treaty of friendship which they had made with them, both of these things were prohibited.
§8.15.3τοῖς δʼ ὑπάτοις ἐφῆκαν στρατόν τε συναγαγεῖν ἐκ καταλόγου καὶ τὴν πόλιν διὰ φυλακῆς ἔχειν καὶ τοὺς συμμάχους παρακαλεῖν, εἰς ὕπαιθρον δὲ μήπω τὰς δυνάμεις ἐξάγειν, ἕως ἂν ἅπαντα εὐτρεπῆ γένηται.
To the consuls, they permitted both to assemble an army from the muster-roll, to keep the city under guard, and to summon the allies, but not yet to lead the forces into the field until everything should be prepared.
καὶ ὁ δῆμος ταῦτʼ ἐπεκύρωσεν.
And the people ratified these measures.
ἦν δὲ βραχὺς ὁ λειπόμενος τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῖς ὑπάτοις χρόνος, ὥστʼ οὐδὲν ἔφθασαν τῶν ἐψηφισμένων ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν, ἀλλὰ παρέδοσαν ἡμιτελῆ πάντα τοῖς μεθʼ ἑαυτοὺς ὑπάτοις.
But the time remaining to the consuls for their term of office was short, so that they did not succeed in bringing any of the decreed measures to an end, but handed over everything half-finished to the consuls who succeeded them.