§8.82.1ἐπεὶ δὲ κατεγράφη τὰ στρατεύματα, παραλαβόντες οἱ ὕπατοι τὰς δυνάμεις ἐξήγαγον ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους.
When the armies were levied, the consuls, taking the forces, led them out against the enemy.
Κορνήλιος μὲν οὖν εἰς τὴν Οὐιεντανῶν χώραν ἐμβαλὼν τὴν ἐγκαταληφθεῖσαν λείαν ἐν αὐτῇ ἀπήλασε, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα πρεσβευσαμένων τῶν Οὐιεντανῶν τούς τʼ αἰχμαλώτους αὐτοῖς ἀπέλυσε χρημάτων, καὶ ἀνοχὰς τοῦ πολέμου συνέθετο ἐνιαυσίους.
Cornelius, then, invading the territory of the Veientes, drove away the booty that had been left behind in it; and after this, when the Veientes sent ambassadors, he released the prisoners to them for money, and concluded a one-year truce of the war.
Φάβιος δὲ τὴν ἑτέραν δύναμιν ἔχων εἰς τὴν Αἰκανῶν γῆν ἐνέβαλεν· ἔπειτʼ ἐκεῖθεν εἰς τὴν Οὐολούσκων.
Fabius, having the other force, invaded the land of the Aequi, and then from there into that of the Volscians.
§8.82.2χρόνον μὲν οὖν τινα οὐ πολὺν ἠνέσχοντο οἱ Οὐολοῦσκοι διαρπαζομένων αὐτοῖς καὶ κειρομένων τῶν ἀγρῶν· ἔπειτα καταφρονήσαντες τῶν Ῥωμαίων ὡς οὐ πολλῇ δυνάμει παρόντων ἐξεβοήθουν ἐκ τῆς Ἀντιατῶν χώρας τὰ ὅπλα ἁρπάσαντες ἀθρόοι, ταχύτερα μᾶλλον ἢ ἀσφαλέστερα βουλευσάμενοι.
For a certain short time, indeed, the Volscians endured their fields being plundered and ravaged; then, despising the Romans as being present with no great force, they marched out to help from the territory of the Antiates, having snatched up their arms in a body, having taken counsel more quickly than safely.
εἰ μὲν οὖν ἔφθασαν ἐσκεδασμένοις τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις ἐπιφανέντες ἐκ τοῦ ἀπροσδοκήτου, μεγάλην ἂν αὐτῶν εἰργάσαντο τροπήν· νῦν δὲ προαισθόμενος τὴν ἔφοδον αὐτῶν ὁ ὕπατος διὰ τῶν ἀποσταλέντων ἐπὶ τὰς κατασκοπάς, ἀνακλήσει ταχείᾳ τοὺς ἐν ταῖς προνομαῖς ἐσκεδασμένους ἀναλαβών, τάξιν αὐτοῖς ἀπέδωκε τὴν εἰς πόλεμον ἁρμόττουσαν.
If, then, they had succeeded in appearing unexpectedly to the Romans while they were dispersed, they would have caused a great rout among them; but as it was, the consul, having perceived their approach beforehand through those sent out for scouting, and having recovered by a speedy recall those scattered in foraging, restored them to the formation suitable for war.
§8.82.3τοῖς δὲ Οὐολούσκοις σὺν καταφρονήσει καὶ θάρσει χωροῦσιν, ὡς παρὰ δόξαν ἐφάνη συνεστῶσα ἐν κόσμῳ πᾶσα ἡ τῶν πολεμίων δύναμις, δέος ἐμπίπτει πρὸς τὴν ἀδόκητον ὄψιν, καὶ τοῦ μὲν κοινοῦ τῆς ἀσφαλείας οὐδεμία φροντίς, τῆς δʼ ἰδίας ἑκάστῳ σωτηρίας πρόνοια.
And as the Volscians were advancing with contempt and confidence, when contrary to expectation the whole force of the enemy appeared standing together in order, fear fell upon them at the unexpected sight, and there was no care for the common safety, but each had forethought for his own survival.
ὑποστρέψαντες δὴ ὡς εἶχον ἕκαστοι τάχους ἔφευγον ἄλλοι κατʼ ἄλλας ὁδούς· καὶ οἱ μὲν πλείους ἀπεσώθησαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ὀλίγον δέ τι στῖφος, ὃ μάλιστα ἦν συντεταγμένον, εἰς ὄρους τινὰ κορυφὴν ἀναδραμὸν καὶ θέμενον ἐνταῦθα τὰ ὅπλα τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν νύκτα διέμενε· ταῖς δʼ ἑξῆς ἡμέραις φρουρὰν περιστήσαντος τοῦ ὑπάτου τῷ λόφῳ καὶ πάσας διακλείσαντος ὅπλοις τὰς ἐξόδους, λιμῷ βιασθὲν ὑποχείριον γίνεται καὶ §8.82.4παραδίδωσι τὰ ὅπλα.
Turning back, indeed, as fast as each could, they fled, some by one way, some by another; and the majority escaped safely into the city, but a certain small body, which was the most compact, having run up to the summit of a mountain and grounded their arms there, remained through the ensuing night; and during the following days, the consul having placed a guard around the hill and blocked all the exits with arms, being forced by hunger, they came into his hands and surrendered their arms.
ὁ δʼ ὕπατος τήν τε λείαν, ὅσῃ ἐπέτυχε, καὶ τὰ λάφυρα καὶ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους ἀποδόσθαι κελεύσας τοῖς ταμίαις, εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀπήνεγκε τὸ ἀργύριον.
And the consul, having ordered the quaestors to sell the booty, as much as he had taken, and the spoils and the prisoners, brought the money back to the city.
καὶ μετʼ οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἀναστήσας τὴν δύναμιν ἐκ τῆς πολεμίας ἀπῆγεν ἐπʼ οἴκου τελευτῶντος ἤδη τοῦ ἔτους.
And not long afterward, having broken camp, he led the force back home from the enemy's country, as the year was already coming to an end.
ἐπιστάντων δὲ τῶν ἀρχαιρεσίων ἔδοξε τοῖς πατρικίοις ἠρεθισμένον ὁρῶσι τὸν δῆμον καὶ μεταμελόμενον ἐπὶ τῇ Κασσίου καταδίκῃ, διὰ φυλακῆς αὐτὸν ἔχειν, μή τι παρακινήσειε πάλιν εἰς δεκασμῶν ἐλπίδα καὶ κλήρων διανομῆς ὑπαχθεὶς ὑπʼ ἀνδρὸς δημαγωγῆσαι δυνατοῦ τὸ τῆς ὑπατείας λαβόντος ἀξίωμα.
And when the elections were at hand, the patricians, seeing the people excited and repenting of the condemnation of Cassius, resolved to keep watch over them, lest they should make some disturbance again, being enticed by the hope of bribes and the distribution of land allotments under the influence of a man capable of demagogy who had obtained the dignity of the consulship.
ἐφαίνετο δʼ αὐτοῖς ῥᾷστα κωλυθήσεσθαι τούτων τινὸς ὀρεγόμενος, εἰ γένοιτο ὕπατος ἀνὴρ ἥκιστα δημοτικός.
And it seemed to them that anyone desiring any of these things would be most easily prevented if a man who was least popular should become consul.
§8.82.5βουλευσάμενοι δὴ τοῦτο κελεύουσι μετιέναι τὴν ὑπατείαν τὸν ἕτερον τῶν κατηγορησάντων τοῦ Κασσίου, Καίσωνα Φάβιον ἀδελφὸν ὄντα τοῦ τότε ὑπατεύοντος Κοΐντου, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων πατρικίων Λεύκιον Αἰμίλιον ἄνδρα ἀριστοκρατικόν.
Having resolved upon this, they urged Kaeso Fabius, who was one of the accusers of Cassius and brother of Quintus who was then consul, and Lucius Aemilius, an aristocratic man from among the other patricians, to sue for the consulship.
τούτων δὲ μετιόντων τὴν ἀρχὴν κωλύειν μὲν οὐχ οἷοί τʼ ἦσαν οἱ δημοτικοί, καταλιπόντες δὲ τὰς ἀρχαιρεσίας ᾤχοντο ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου.
And when these sued for the office, the plebeians, being unable to prevent them, left the elections and departed from the field.
§8.82.6τὸ γὰρ τῆς λοχίτιδος ἐκκλησίας κῦρος ἐν ταῖς ψηφοφορίαις περὶ τοὺς ἐπιφανεστάτους ἦν καὶ τὰ πρῶτα τιμήματα ἔχοντας, καὶ σπάνιόν τι ἦν, ὃ ἐπεκύρουν οἱ διὰ μέσου· ὁ δὲ τελευταῖος λόχος, ἐν ᾧ τὸ πλεῖστόν τε καὶ ἀπορώτατον τοῦ δημοτικοῦ μέρος ἐψηφοφόρει, μιᾶς, ὡς καὶ πρότερον εἴρηταί μοι, τῆς ἐσχάτης ψήφου κύριος ἦν.
For the authority of the centuriate assembly in voting lay with the most distinguished and those who had the first property ratings, and it was a rare thing that those of the middle class ratified; while the last century, in which the most numerous and poorest part of the plebeians voted, was master of only one vote, the last, as I have indeed said before.