§9.8.1βουλόμενοι δὴ τὸ στασιάζον ἐκ τῆς στρατιᾶς ἐξελεῖν εἰς τέλος καὶ καταστῆσαι πάλιν εἰς τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὁμόνοιαν ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ εἰς ἓν τοῦτο πᾶσαν εἰσφερόμενοι βουλήν τε καὶ πρόνοιαν, ἐπειδὴ οὔτε κολάσει μέρους τινὸς σωφρονέστερον ἀποδοῦναι τὸ λοιπὸν ἦν, πολὺ καὶ αὔθαδες ὑπάρχον καὶ τὰ ὅπλα ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ἔχον, οὔτε πειθοῖ προσαγαγέσθαι λόγων τοὺς οὐδὲ πεισθῆναι βουλομένους, δύο ταύτας ὑπέλαβον ἔσεσθαι τῶν στασιαζόντων αἰτίας τῆς διαλλαγῆς, τοῖς μὲν ἐπιεικεστέρας μετειληφόσι φύσεως — ἐνῆν γάρ τι καὶ τοιοῦτον ἐν τῷ πολλῷ — τὴν ἐπὶ τοῖς ὀνειδισμοῖς τῶν πολεμίων αἰσχύνην, τοῖς δὲ δυσαγώγοις ἐπὶ τὸ καλόν, §9.8.2ἣν ἅπασα δέδοικεν ἀνθρώπου φύσις ἀνάγκην.
Desiring indeed to eliminate the mutinous element from the army completely and to restore the entire multitude once more to its original harmony, and directing all their counsel and foresight to this one end, since it was not possible to make the rest more sensible by punishing a part of them—for they were very numerous and arrogant and had their weapons in their hands—nor to win over by the persuasion of words those who did not even wish to be persuaded, they supposed that there would be these two causes for the reconciliation of the mutineers: for those who possessed a more reasonable nature (for there was indeed some such element in the multitude), the shame at the insults of the enemy; and for those who were difficult to lead to virtue, the necessity which all human nature fears.
ἵνα δὴ ταῦτα γένοιτο ἀμφότερα, ἐφῆκαν τοῖς πολεμίοις λόγῳ τʼ αἰσχύνειν κακίζοντας σφῶν ὡς ἄνανδρον τὴν ἡσυχίαν, καὶ ἔργοις ὑπεροψίας τε καὶ καταφρονήσεως πολλῆς γινομένοις ἀναγκάζειν ἀγαθοὺς γενέσθαι τοὺς ἑκουσίως εἶναι μὴ βουλομένους.
In order that both of these things might happen, they allowed the enemy to shame them in speech by reviling their quietness as cowardly, and by deeds of great arrogance and contempt to force those who did not voluntarily wish to be brave to become so.
γινομένων γὰρ τούτων πολλὰς ἐλπίδας εἶχον ἥξειν ἐπὶ τὸ στρατήγιον ἅπαντας ἀγανακτοῦντας καὶ καταβοῶντας καὶ κελεύοντας ἡγεῖσθαι σφῶν ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους· ὅπερ καὶ συνέβη.
For they had great hopes that if these things happened, all would come to the general's tent, full of indignation and clamor, and demanding that they lead them against the enemy; which is indeed what happened.
§9.8.3ὡς γὰρ ἤρξαντο τὰς ἐξόδους τοῦ χάρακος ἀποταφρεύειν τε καὶ ἀποσταυροῦν οἱ πολέμιοι, δυσανασχετήσαντες οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ἐπὶ τῷ ἔργῳ, τέως μὲν κατʼ ὀλίγους, ἔπειτʼ ἀθρόοι συντρέχοντες ἐπὶ τὰς σκηνὰς τῶν ὑπάτων ἐκεκράγεσάν τε καὶ προδοσίαν αὐτοῖς ἐνεκάλουν, καὶ εἰ μή τις ἡγήσεται σφίσι τῆς ἐξόδου, δίχα ἐκείνων αὐτοὶ τὰ ὅπλα ἔχοντες ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἔλεγον ἐξελεύσεσθαι.
For when the enemy began to ditch and palisade the exits of the rampart, the Romans, unable to tolerate the work, ran together at first in small numbers and then in a body to the tents of the consuls, shouting and accusing them of treachery, and saying that if no one would lead them out, they would march out against the enemy by themselves, carrying their arms without them.
§9.8.4ὡς δʼ ἐξ ἁπάντων ἐγίνετο τοῦτο, παρεῖναι τὸν χρόνον, ὃν περιέμενον, οἱ στρατηγοὶ νομίσαντες ἐκέλευον τοῖς ὑπηρέταις συγκαλεῖν τὸ πλῆθος εἰς ἐκκλησίαν· καὶ προελθὼν Φάβιος τοιάδε εἶπε·
When this came from all of them, the generals, thinking that the time they had been waiting for had arrived, ordered their attendants to summon the multitude to an assembly; and Fabius, coming forward, spoke as follows: