§9.49.1ὡς δʼ οὐδὲν ἐγίνετο πέρας, χωρὶς ἑκάστους ἀπολαμβάνων ὁ Κοίντιος, τούς τε δημάρχους καὶ τὸν Ἄππιον, ἐδεῖτο καὶ ἐλιπάρει καὶ τὰ κοινὰ τῶν ἰδίων ἀναγκαιότερα ἡγεῖσθαι ἠξίου.
But when no end was reached, Quinctius, taking each party aside—both the tribunes and Appius—entreated and besought them, and deemed it right that they should consider public interests more necessary than private ones.
ὁρῶν δὲ τοὺς μὲν ἤδη πεπειροτέρους γεγονότας, τὸν δὲ συνάρχοντα ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς αὐθαδείας μένοντα πείθει τοὺς ἀμφὶ Λαιτώριον, ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων τῶν τʼ ἰδίων ἐγκλημάτων καὶ §9.49.2τῶν δημοσίων τὴν βουλὴν ποιῆσαι κυρίαν.
And seeing that the former had already become more compliant, while his colleague remained in the same obstinacy, he persuaded those around Laetorius to make the senate the arbiter concerning all accusations, both private and public.
ἐπεὶ δὲ τοῦτο διεπράξατο, συνεκάλει τὴν βουλὴν καὶ τοὺς δημάρχους πολλὰ ἐπαινέσας καὶ τοῦ συνάρχοντος δεηθεὶς μὴ ἀντιπράττειν τῇ σωτηρίᾳ τῆς πόλεως ἐκάλει τοὺς εἰωθότας ἀποφαίνεσθαι γνώμας.
And when he had accomplished this, he called together the senate and, having praised the tribunes highly and having entreated his colleague not to oppose the safety of the city, he called upon those who were accustomed to deliver their opinions.
§9.49.3πρῶτος δὲ κληθεὶς Πόπλιος Οὐαλέριος Ποπλικόλας γνώμην ἀπεφήνατο τήνδε· ὅσα μὲν ἀλλήλοις ἐγκαλοῦσιν οἵ τε δήμαρχοι καὶ ὁ ὕπατος, ὑπὲρ ὧν ἔπαθον ἢ ἔδρασαν ἐν τῇ ταραχῇ, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς οὐδʼ οἰκείας πλεονεξίας ἕνεκεν εἰς αὐτὰ κατέστησαν, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ τῆς εἰς τὰ κοινὰ φιλοτιμίας, ἀφεῖσθαι δημοσίᾳ καὶ μηδεμίαν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν εἶναι δίκην· περὶ δὲ τοῦ νόμου, ἐπειδὴ ὁ ὕπατος οὐκ ἐᾷ νόμον ἀπροβούλευτον εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἐκφέρειν, προβουλεῦσαι μὲν περὶ τούτου τὸ συνέδριον· τοὺς δὲ δημάρχους ἅμα τοῖς ὑπάτοις ἐπιμέλειαν ποιήσασθαι τῆς θʼ ὁμονοίας τῶν πολιτῶν, ὅταν ἡ ψῆφος περὶ αὐτοῦ διαφέρηται, καὶ τῆς εὐκοσμίας.
And Publius Valerius Publicola, being called first, expressed the following opinion: that as for all the accusations that the tribunes and the consul made against one another concerning what they suffered or did during the disturbance, since they had not come to this out of malice or personal greed, but out of zeal for the public good, these should be dismissed publicly and there should be no trial concerning them; and as for the law, since the consul did not allow a law that had not been previously considered by the senate to be brought before the assembly, the senate should make a preliminary decree concerning it; and that the tribunes, together with the consuls, should take care both for the harmony of the citizens when the vote concerning it is taken, and for good order.
§9.49.4ἐπαινεσάντων δὲ τὴν γνώμην ἁπάντων εὐθὺς ἀνέδωκε τὴν ὑπὲρ τοῦ νόμου ψῆφον ὁ Κοίντιος τῷ συνεδρίῳ, καὶ πολλὰ μὲν Ἀππίου κατηγορήσαντος, πολλὰ δὲ τῶν δημάρχων ἀντιλεξάντων, ἐνίκα παρὰ πολλὰς ψήφους ἡ τὸν νόμον εἰσφέρειν ἀξιοῦσα γνώμη.
And when everyone praised this opinion, Quinctius immediately put the vote concerning the law to the senate; and though Appius spoke much in accusation, and the tribunes spoke much in opposition, the opinion which deemed it right to introduce the law won by many votes.
ἐπικυρωθέντος δὲ τοῦ προβουλεύματος αἵ τε ἴδιαι τῶν ἀρχόντων διαφοραὶ διελύθησαν, καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἀγαπητῶς δεξάμενος τὸ συγχώρημα τῆς βουλῆς ἐπεψήφισε τὸν νόμον.
And when the preliminary decree was ratified, the private differences of the magistrates were dissolved, and the people, gladly receiving the concession of the senate, passed the law.
ἀπʼ ἐκείνου τοῦ χρόνου τὰ τῶν δημάρχων καὶ ἀγορανόμων ἀρχαιρέσια μέχρι τοῦ καθʼ ἡμᾶς χρόνου δίχα οἰωνῶν τε καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ὀττείας ἀπάσης αἱ φυλετικαὶ ψηφοφοροῦσιν ἐκκλησίαι.
From that time on, the elections of the tribunes and the aediles have been voted on by the tribal assemblies without auspices or any other augury down to our own time.
αὕτη λύσις ἐγένετο τῆς τότε κατασχούσης ταραχῆς τὴν πόλιν.
This was the resolution of the disturbance that then possessed the city.