§8.62.1εἰ μὲν οὖν ἅμα τοῖς σώμασι διαλυομένοις καὶ τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς, ὁτιδήποτʼ ἐστὶν ἐκεῖνο, συνδιαλύεται, καὶ οὐδαμῇ οὐθὲν ἔτι ἐστίν, οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅπως μακαρίους ὑπολάβω τοὺς μηθὲν μὲν ἀπολαύσαντας τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀγαθόν, διʼ αὐτὴν δὲ ταύτην ἀπολομένους.
If, then, at the same time that the bodies dissolve, that of the soul also—whatever that may be—dissolves with them, and there is no longer anything anywhere, I do not know how I should regard as blessed those who have enjoyed no good from virtue, but have perished because of this very thing.
εἰ δʼ ἄφθαρτοι μέχρι τοῦ παντὸς αἱ ψυχαὶ τυγχάνουσιν ἡμῶν οὖσαι καθάπερ οἴονταί τινες, ἢ χρόνον τινὰ μετὰ τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν τῶν σωμάτων ἔτι διαμένουσι, μήκιστον μὲν αἱ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν, ἐλάχιστον δʼ αἱ τῶν κακῶν, ἀποχρῶσα τιμὴ φαίνοιτʼ ἄν, οἷς ἀρετὴν ἀσκοῦσιν ἠναντιώθη τὰ ἐκ τῆς τύχης, ἡ παρὰ τῶν ζώντων εὐλογία καὶ μνήμη μέχρι πλείστου παραμείνασα χρόνου·
But if our souls happen to be immortal forever, as some believe, or if they still remain for some time after their release from the bodies, those of good men for the longest time and those of the bad for the shortest, then the praise from the living and the memory remaining for the longest time would seem to be a sufficient honor for those who, while practicing virtue, were opposed by the fortunes of life.
§8.62.2ὃ καὶ τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἐκείνῳ συνέβη.
And this is what happened to that man.
οὐ γὰρ μόνον Οὐολοῦσκοι τὸν θάνατον ἐπένθησαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὡς τῶν ἀρίστων γενόμενον ἐν τιμῇ ἔχουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ῥωμαῖοι, ἐπειδὴ τὸ πάθος ἐγνώσθη, μεγάλην συμφορὰν ὑπολαβόντες εἶναι τῆς πόλεως, πένθος ἐποιήσαντο ἰδίᾳ καὶ δημοσίᾳ· καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν, ἃ νόμος ἐστὶν αὐταῖς ἐπὶ τοῖς ἰδίοις τε καὶ ἀναγκαίοις ποιεῖν κήδεσιν, ἀποθέμεναι χρυσόν τε καὶ πορφύραν καὶ τὸν ἄλλον ἅπαντα κόσμον μέλασιν ἀμφιασμοῖς χρώμεναι τὸν ἐνιαύσιον ἐπένθησαν χρόνον.
For not only did the Volscians mourn his death and hold him in honor as having become one of the best, but also the Romans, when the tragedy became known, regarding it as a great misfortune for the city, went into mourning both privately and publicly; and their women, as is their custom to do at the funerals of their own close relatives, putting away both gold and purple and all other adornments, and wearing black garments, mourned him for a year.
§8.62.3ἐτῶν δὲ μετὰ τὸ πάθος ὁμοῦ τι πεντακοσίων ἤδη διαγεγονότων εἰς τόνδε τὸν χρόνον οὐ γέγονεν ἐξίτηλος ἡ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς μνήμη, ἀλλʼ ᾅδεται καὶ ὑμνεῖται πρὸς πάντων ὡς εὐσεβὴς καὶ δίκαιος ἀνήρ.
And although nearly five hundred years have already passed since that tragedy up to this present time, the memory of the man has not faded, but he is celebrated and sung by all as a pious and just man.
ὁ μὲν δὴ κατασχὼν Ῥωμαίους κίνδυνος ἐκ τῆς Οὐολούσκων τε καὶ Αἰκανῶν ἐπιστρατείας Μάρκιον λαβούσης ἡγεμόνα, μέγιστος τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ γενόμενος καὶ μικρὸν ἀποσχὼν τοῦ πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν ἀνελεῖν ἐκ βάθρων, τοιούτου τέλους ἔτυχεν.
Thus, the danger that beset the Romans from the campaign of the Volscians and Aequians, which had Marcius as its leader—being the greatest of those that had occurred before it and being but a little away from destroying the entire city from its foundations—met with such an end.