§9.54.1ταῦτʼ εἰπόντος Ἀππίου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὀλίγου δεῖν πάντων τὴν αὐτὴν γνώμην ἀποφηναμένων ἡ μὲν βουλὴ διελύετο.
After Appius had spoken thus and almost all the others had expressed the same opinion, the senate adjourned.
οἱ δὲ δήμαρχοι διʼ ὀργῆς ἔχοντες τὴν ἀποτυχίαν ἀπῄεσαν καὶ μετὰ τοῦτʼ ἐσκόπουν, ὅπως τιμωρήσονται τὸν ἄνδρα·
But the tribunes, being angry at their failure, departed and after this considered how they might punish the man.
ἔδοξεν οὖν αὐτοῖς πολλὰ βουλευσαμένοις δίκῃ τὸν Ἄππιον ὑπαγαγεῖν θάνατον ἐχούσῃ τὸ τίμημα.
Therefore, after much deliberation, they resolved to bring Appius to a trial carrying the death penalty.
καὶ μετὰ ταῦτʼ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς κατηγορήσαντες παρεκάλουν ἥκειν ἅπαντας εἰς τὴν ἀποδειχθησομένην ἡμέραν ὡς διοίσοντας ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ §9.54.2ψῆφον.
And after this, having accused the man in the assembly, they summoned everyone to attend on the appointed day to cast their votes concerning him.
ἃ δὲ κατηγορεῖν ἔμελλον, ταῦτʼ ἦν· ὅτι πονηρὰς ἐτίθει κατὰ τοῦ δήμου γνώμας, καὶ στάσιν εἰσῆγεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ δημάρχῳ χεῖρας ἐπήνεγκε παρὰ τοὺς ἱεροὺς νόμους, καὶ στρατιᾶς ἡγησάμενος σὺν βλάβῃ τε καὶ αἰσχύνῃ μεγάλῃ ἀνέστρεψε.
The charges they intended to bring were these: that he had proposed harmful measures against the people, had introduced sedition into the city, had laid hands upon a tribune contrary to the sacred laws, and, having led an army, had returned with great loss and disgrace.
ταῦτα προειπόντες ἐν τῷ πλήθει, καὶ ῥητήν τινα ἀποδεἰξαντες ἡμέραν, ἐν ᾗ τέλος ἔφησαν ἐπιθήσειν τῇ δίκῃ, παρήγγειλαν αὐτῷ παρεῖναι τότʼ ἀπολογησομένῳ.
Having announced these charges beforehand in the presence of the multitude, and having appointed a certain day on which they said they would put an end to the trial, they summoned him to be present then to make his defense.
§9.54.3ἀγανακτούντων δʼ ἁπάντων τῶν πατρικίων καὶ παρεσκευασμένων ἁπάσῃ προθυμίᾳ σώζειν τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ τὸν Ἄππιον παρακαλούντων εἶξαι τῷ καιρῷ καὶ σχῆμα ταῖς παρούσαις τύχαις ἁρμόττον μεταλαβεῖν, οὐδὲν ἔφη ποιήσειν ὁ ἀνὴρ οὔτʼ ἀγεννὲς οὔτε τῶν προγεγονότων ἔργων ἀνάξιον, μυρίους δʼ ἂν ὑπομεῖναι θανάτους πρότερον ἢ γονάτων ἅψασθαί τινος· τούς θʼ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ δεῖσθαι παρεσκευασμένους διεκώλυεν εἰπών, ὡς διπλασίως ἂν αἰδεσθείη ταῦθʼ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ποιοῦντας ἑτέρους ὁρῶν, ἃ μηδʼ αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ πράττειν πρέποντα ἡγεῖται.
Although all the patricians were indignant and prepared with all zeal to save the man, and entreated Appius to yield to the occasion and assume a garb suited to his present fortunes, the man declared that he would do nothing ignoble or unworthy of his past deeds, and that he would undergo ten thousand deaths before he would touch anyone's knees; and he prevented those who had prepared to entreat for him, saying that he would feel a double shame if he saw others doing for him those things which he did not think it fitting even for himself to do for his own sake.
§9.54.4ταῦτά τε δὴ καὶ πολλὰ ὅμοια τούτοις λέγων, καὶ οὔτʼ ἐσθῆτα ἀλλάξας οὔτε τὸ τῆς ὄψεως γαῦρον ἀλλοιώσας οὔτε φρονήματός τι ὑφέμενος, ὡς εἶδεν ὀρθὴν καὶ μετέωρον ἐπὶ τῇ προσδοκίᾳ τοῦ ἀγῶνος τὴν πόλιν, ὀλίγων ἔτι λειπομένων ἡμερῶν ἑαυτὸν διεχρήσατο.
Saying these and many similar things, and neither changing his clothing nor altering the proud expression of his countenance nor abating any of his spirit, when he saw the city excited and in suspense in expectation of the trial, with only a few days remaining, he took his own life.
§9.54.5οἱ μὲν δὴ προσήκοντες αὐτῷ νόσον ἐσκήπτοντο γενέσθαι τοῦ θανάτου αἰτίαν· προενεχθέντος δὲ τοῦ σώματος εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν ὁ μὲν υἱὸς αὐτοῦ προσιὼν τοῖς δημάρχοις καὶ τοῖς ὑπάτοις ἠξίου τὴν νόμιμον ἐκκλησίαν αὐτῷ συναγαγεῖν καὶ τὸν ἐν ἔθει Ῥωμαίοις ὄντα ἐπὶ ταῖς ταφαῖς ἀγορεύεσθαι τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν λόγον ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς διελθεῖν.
His relatives, indeed, pretended that a disease had been the cause of his death; and when his body was brought into the forum, his son went to the tribunes and the consuls, requesting them to assemble the lawful assembly for him and to permit him to deliver the panegyric over his father, which is customary among the Romans at the funerals of good men.
§9.54.6οἱ δὲ δήμαρχοι καλουμένης ἔτι τῆς ἐκκλησίας ὑπὸ τῶν ὑπάτων ἐνίσταντο, καὶ παρήγγελλον τῷ μειρακίῳ τὸν νεκρὸν ἀποφέρειν.
But the tribunes, while the assembly was still being called by the consuls, opposed it, and ordered the youth to carry away the corpse.
οὐ μὴν ὁ δῆμός γʼ ἠνέσχετο οὐδὲ περιεῖδε τὴν ὕβριν, ἄτιμον ἐκβληθῆναι τὸ σῶμα, ἀλλʼ ἐπέτρεψε τῷ μειρακίῳ τὰς νομιζομένας ἀποδοῦναι τῷ πατρὶ τιμάς.
Nevertheless, the people would not tolerate nor look on such an insult, that the body should be cast out without honor, but permitted the youth to pay the customary honors to his father.
Ἄππιος μὲν οὖν τοιαύτης τελευτῆς ἔτυχεν.
Appius, then, met with such an end.