§8.9.1τοιαῦτα μὲν ὁ Μάρκιος εἶπεν.
Marcius spoke in this manner.
οἱ δὲ Οὐολοῦσκοι λέγοντός τε τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἔτι δῆλοι ἦσαν ἀγάμενοι τοὺς λόγους, καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐπαύσατο μεγάλῃ βοῇ πάντες ἐπεσήμηναν ὡς τὰ κράτιστα ὑποθεμένῳ λόγον τʼ οὐθενὶ προθέντες ἐπικυροῦσι τὴν γνώμην.
The Volscians, while the man was still speaking, were clearly admiring his words, and when he finished, they all approved with a loud shout as having received the best advice, and without offering any opportunity for debate to anyone, they ratified his opinion.
γραφέντος δὲ τοῦ δόγματος εὐθὺς ἐξ ἑκάστης πόλεως τοὺς ἐπιφανεστάτους ἄνδρας ἑλόμενοι πρεσβευτὰς εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἀπέστειλαν· τῷ δὲ Μαρκίῳ ψηφίζονται βουλῆς τε μετουσίαν ἐν ἁπάσῃ πόλει καὶ ἀρχὰς ἐξεῖναι πανταχόσε μετιέναι καὶ τῶν ἄλλων, ὁπόσα τιμιώτατα ἦν παρʼ §8.9.2αὐτοῖς, μετέχειν.
And when the decree was drawn up, they immediately chose the most illustrious men from each city and sent them as envoys to Rome; and for Marcius, they voted him a share in the council in every city, the right to seek magistracies everywhere, and to partake of all other things that were most highly honored among them.
καὶ πρὶν ἢ τὰς Ῥωμαίων ἀποκρίσεις ἀναμεῖναι, πάντες ἔργου εἴχοντο παρασκευαζόμενοι τὰ πολέμια· ὅσοι τʼ ἦσαν αὐτῶν ἄθυμοι τέως κακωθέντες ἐν ταῖς προτέραις μάχαις, τότε πάντες ἐπερρώσθησαν ὡς τὴν Ῥωμαίων καθαιρήσοντες ἰσχύν. §8.9.3οἱ δʼ εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἀποσταλέντες ὑπʼ αὐτῶν πρέσβεις καταστάντες ἐπὶ τὴν βουλὴν ἔλεγον·
And before waiting for the replies of the Romans, they all set to work, preparing for war; and as many of them as had been disheartened until then, having been worsted in the former battles, were then all encouraged, as if they were going to overthrow the power of the Romans. And the envoys sent by them to Rome, having appeared before the senate, said: that it was of great importance to the Volscians to settle their grievances against the Romans, and for the remaining time to be friends and allies without deceit and guile.
ὅτι Οὐολούσκοις περὶ πολλοῦ ἐστι καταλύσασθαι τὰ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἐγκλήματα καὶ τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον εἶναι φίλοις καὶ συμμάχοις ἄνευ δόλου καὶ ἀπάτης. ἔσεσθαι δὲ τὸ πιστὸν αὐτοῖς τῆς φιλίας βέβαιον ἀπέφαινον, εἰ κομίσαιντο γῆν τε τὴν ἑαυτῶν καὶ πόλεις, ἃς ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἀφῃρέθησαν· ἄλλως δʼ οὔτʼ εἰρήνην οὔτε φιλότητα βεβαίαν ὑπάρξειν αὐτοῖς· τὸ γὰρ ἀδικούμενον ἀεὶ πολέμιον εἶναι τῷ πλημμελοῦντι φύσει.
And they declared that the pledge of their friendship would be secure if they should recover both their own land and the cities of which they had been deprived by the Romans; but otherwise, neither peace nor secure friendship would exist for them, for that which is wronged is by nature always an enemy to the wrongdoer.
ἠξίουν τε μὴ καταστῆσαι σφᾶς εἰς ἀνάγκην πολέμου τῶν δικαίων ἀποτυγχάνοντας.
And they demanded that they should not drive them into the necessity of war by failing to obtain justice.