§9.17.1ταῖς δʼ ἑξῆς ἡμέραις ἀπειρηκότες ἤδη τοῖς κακοῖς οἱ Οὐιεντανοὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτάτους τῶν πολιτῶν ἱκετηρίας φέροντας ἀπέστειλαν ὡς τὸν ὕπατον ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης διαλεξομένους.
In the following days, the Veientes, already exhausted by their sufferings, sent the eldest of their citizens carrying suppliant branches to the consul to negotiate for peace.
καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ὀλοφυρόμενοί τε καὶ ἀντιβολοῦντες καὶ τἆλλʼ, ὅσα ἐπαγωγὰ ἦν εἰς ἔλεον, μετὰ πολλῶν δακρύων διεξιόντες πείθουσι τὸν ὕπατον ἐπιτρέψαι σφίσι τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς εἰς Ῥώμην ἀποστεῖλαι τοὺς ὑπὲρ τῆς καταλύσεως τοῦ πολέμου πρὸς τὴν βουλὴν διαλεξομένους, ἕως δʼ ἂν οἱ πρέσβεις ἀφίκωνται φέροντες τὰς ἀποκρίσεις, μηδὲν αὐτῶν κακουργεῖν τὴν χώραν.
And these men, lamenting and entreating, and recounting with many tears everything else that was calculated to move pity, persuaded the consul to permit them to send ambassadors to Rome to negotiate with the senate for the termination of the war, and, until the ambassadors should return with the answers, to do no damage to their territory.
ἵνα δʼ αὐτοῖς ἐγγένηται ταῦτα πράττειν, σῖτόν τε ὡμολόγησαν τῇ Ῥωμαίων στρατιᾷ διμήνου παρέξειν, καὶ χρήματα εἰς ὀψωνιασμὸν §9.17.2ἓξ μηνῶν, ὡς ὁ κρατῶν ἔταξε.
And in order that it might be possible for them to do these things, they agreed to supply the Roman army with provisions for two months, and money for pay for six months, as the victor commanded.
καὶ ὁ μὲν ὕπατος λαβὼν τὰ κομισθέντα καὶ διαδοὺς τῇ στρατιᾷ ποιεῖται τὰς πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἀνοχάς.
And the consul, having received what was brought and distributed it to the army, made an armistice with them.
ἡ δὲ βουλὴ τῆς πρεσβείας ἀκούσασα καὶ τὰ τοῦ ὑπάτου γράμματʼ ἀναλεξαμένη πολλὴν ποιουμένου παράκλησιν καὶ παραινοῦντος ὡς τάχιστα καταθέσθαι τὸν πρὸς τοὺς Τυρρηνοὺς πόλεμον, δόγμα ἐξήνεγκε διδόναι τὴν εἰρήνην, ὡς ᾐτοῦντο οἱ πολέμιοι· ἐφʼ οἷς δὲ δικαίοις αὕτη γενήσεται, τὸν ὕπατον καταστήσασθαι Λεύκιον Αἰμίλιον, ὡς ἂν αὐτῷ §9.17.3φανῇ κράτιστα ἕξειν.
And the senate, having heard the embassy and read the letter of the consul, who made a strong appeal and advised them to end the war against the Etruscans as quickly as possible, passed a decree to grant peace as the enemy requested; but as to the terms on which this should be made, the consul Lucius Aemilius should establish them in such a manner as should seem best to him.
ταύτας λαβὼν τὰς ἀποκρίσεις ὁ ὕπατος σπένδεται πρὸς τοὺς Οὐιεντανούς, ἐπιεικεστέραν μᾶλλον ἢ συμφορωτέραν τοῖς κεκρατηκόσι ποιησάμενος εἰρήνην, οὔτε χώραν αὐτῶν ἀποτεμόμενος οὔτε χρημάτων ἄλλων ἐπιθεὶς ζημίαν, οὔτε ὁμήρων δόσει τὸ πιστὸν ἐν τοῖς συγκειμένοις βεβαιωσάμενος.
Having received these answers, the consul made a treaty with the Veientes, concluding a peace that was rather lenient than advantageous to the victors, neither cutting off any of their territory, nor imposing any other fine of money, nor securing the good faith of the agreement by the giving of hostages.
§9.17.4τοῦτʼ αὐτῷ μέγαν ἤνεγκε φθόνον, καὶ τοῦ μὴ λαβεῖν παρὰ τῆς βουλῆς τὰς ἐπὶ τοῖς κατωρθωμένοις χάριτας αἴτιον ἐγένετο.
This brought great ill-will upon him, and became the cause of his not receiving from the senate the thanks for his successes.
ἐνέστησαν γὰρ αὐτῷ τὸν θρίαμβον αἰτουμένῳ τὴν αὐθάδειαν αἰτιώμενοι τῶν συνθηκῶν, ὅτι οὐ μετὰ κοινῆς γνώμης αὐτὰς ἔπραξεν.
For they opposed him when he requested a triumph, accusing him of arbitrariness in the treaty, because he had made it without the common consent.
ἵνα δὲ μὴ πρὸς ὕβριν ἢ πρὸς ὀργὴν λάβῃ τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἐπὶ Οὐολούσκους αὐτὸν ἐψηφίσαντο τὴν δύναμιν ἀπάγειν ἐπικουρίας τοῦ συνάρχοντος ἕνεκα, εἰ δύναιτο κατορθώσας τὸν ἐκεῖ πόλεμον — ἦν γὰρ ἐν αὐτῷ πολὺ τὸ ἀνδρεῖον — ἀφανίσαι τὰς ἐπὶ τοῖς προτέροις ἁμαρτήμασιν ὀργάς.
But lest he should take the matter as an insult or with anger, they voted that he should lead his army against the Volscians for the purpose of assisting his colleague, so that, if he could succeed in the war there—for there was a great deal of bravery in him—he might wipe out the anger felt at his former errors.
ὁ δʼ ἀνὴρ ἀγανακτῶν ἐπὶ τῇ ἀτιμίᾳ πολλὴν ἐποιήσατο τῆς βουλῆς ἐν τῷ δήμῳ κατηγορίαν, ὡς ἀχθομένης ἐπὶ τῷ λελύσθαι τὸν πρὸς τοὺς Τυρρηνοὺς πόλεμον.
But the man, being indignant at the dishonor, made a long accusation against the senate before the people, on the ground that they were vexed at the termination of the war against the Etruscans.
ἔφη δὲ τοῦτʼ αὐτοὺς ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς καὶ ὑπεροψίας τῶν πενήτων ποιεῖν, ἵνα μὴ τῶν ὑπερορίων ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων ἀπαιτῶσι τὰς περὶ τῆς κληρουχίας ὑποσχέσεις, §9.17.5πολλοστὸν ἔτος ἤδη φενακιζόμενοι πρὸς αὐτῶν.
And he said that they did this out of a conspiracy and contempt against the poor, so that, being freed from foreign wars, they might not demand the promises concerning the allotment of land, having been cheated by them now for many years.
ταῦτα καὶ πολλὰ τούτοις ὅμοια εἰπὼν καὶ διʼ ὀργῆς ἀκράτου τῶν πατρικίων ὀνείδη κατασκεδάσας, τήν τε συστρατευσαμένην αὐτῷ δύναμιν ἀπέλυσε τῶν σημείων καὶ τὴν μετὰ Φουρίου τοῦ ἀνθυπάτου διατρίβουσαν ἐν Αἰκανοῖς μεταπεμψάμενος ἀφῆκεν ἐπὶ τὰ σφέτερα· ἐξ ὧν πολλὴν πάλιν ἐποίησεν ἐξουσίαν τοῖς δημάρχοις κατηγορεῖν τῶν βουλευτῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις καὶ διιστάναι τοὺς πένητας ἀπὸ τῶν εὐπόρων.
Having said these and many other similar things, and having poured out reproaches against the patricians with unmixed anger, he dismissed the army that had campaigned with him from their standards, and having sent for the force that was staying among the Aequians with Furius the proconsul, he dismissed them to their homes; by which actions he gave great opportunity again to the tribunes to accuse the senators in the assemblies and to divide the poor from the wealthy.