§2"ὁ μὲν πρῶτος τόμος τῶν ἑπτὰ βασιλέων, Ῥωμύλου, Νουμᾶ Πομπιλίου, Ἄγκου Ὁστιλίου καὶ Ἄγκου ἑτέρου τοῦ καὶ Μαρκίου, ἐπιγόνου Νουμᾶ, Ταρκυνίου, Σερουίου Τυλλίου, καὶ Ταρκυνίου Λευκίου τοῦ Ταρκυνίου, τούτων τῶν ἑπτὰ ἔργα τε καὶ πράξεις περιέχει.
The first book contains the deeds and achievements of the seven kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Ancus Hostilius, and the other Ancus, also called Marcius, a descendant of Numa, Tarquinius, Servius Tullius, and Tarquinius Lucius, the son of Tarquinius.
ὧν ὁ πρῶτος κτίστης τε Ῥώμης καὶ οἰκιστὴς γεγονώς, ἄρξας τε πατρικῶς μᾶλλον ἢ τυραννικῶς, ὅμως ἐσφάγη, ἢ ὡς ἄλλοι φασίν, ἠφανίσθη.
Of these, the first, having become the founder and settler of Rome, and having ruled in a fatherly rather than a tyrannical manner, was nevertheless slain, or, as others say, vanished.
ὁ δὲ δεύτερος οὐδὲν ἧττον βεβασιλευκώς, εἰ μὴ καὶ μᾶλλον, τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐτελεύτησε ζήσας ὁ δὲ τρίτος ἐκεραυνώθη.
The second, having ruled no less, if not even more, ended his life; the third was struck by lightning.
νόσῳ δὲ τὸν βίον ὁ τέταρτος ὑπεξῆλθεν.
The fourth departed from life by disease.
ὁ δὲ πέμπτος ὑπὸ ποιμένων ἐσφάγη, καὶ ὁ ἕκτος ὁμοίως σφαγῇ κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον.
The fifth was slain by shepherds, and the sixth likewise ended his life by slaughter.
ὁ δὲ ἕβδομος καὶ τῆς πόλεως καὶ τῆς βασιλείας παρανομῶν ἐξηλάθη· ἐξ οὗ τῆς βασιλείας καταλυθείσης εἰς τοὺς ὑπάτους τὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς μετετέθη. "
The seventh was driven out from both the city and the kingship because of his lawlessness; after his kingship was abolished, the power of government was transferred to the consuls.
§3"ἡ δὲ τὸν πατέρα φυλάξασα ἀποδημοῦντα ὑπισχνεῖται Τατίῳ προδώσειν τὸ φρούριον. "
And she, having watched for her father being away on a journey, promises to betray the fortress to Tatius.
§4"κελεύσαντος δὲ Τατίου τὸν χρυσὸν ἐς τὴν παῖδα ἐλίθαζον, ἔστε τιτρωσκομένη κατεχώσθη. "
At Tatius' command, they threw the gold at the maiden until, being wounded, she was buried under it.
§5"ὅτι τὸν πόλεμον τὸν πρὸς Ῥωμύλον Τατίου αἱ Ῥωμαίων γυναῖκες καὶ Σαβίνων θυγατέρες διῄ τησαν, αὐταὶ τῷ χάρακι τῶν γονέων προσελθοῦσαι, χεῖράς τε προτείνουσαι, καὶ βρέφη τὰ ἤδη σφίσιν ἐκ τῶν ἀνδρῶν γενόμενα ἐπιδεικνύουσαι, καὶ τοῖς ἀνδράσι μαρτυροῦσαι μηδὲν ὑβριστικὸν ἐς αὐτὰς ἁμαρτεῖν.
That the women of Rome, who were the daughters of the Sabines, mediated the war of Tatius against Romulus, by themselves going to the camp of their parents, stretching out their hands, and showing the infants already born to them by their husbands, and testifying for their husbands that they had committed no insolence against them.
ἐδέοντό τε λαβεῖν τινὰ οἶκτον τοὺς Σαβίνους σφῶν τε αὐτῶν καὶ κηδεστῶν καὶ ἐκγόνων καὶ θυγατέρων, καὶ φείσασθαι συγγενοῦς καὶ μιαροῦ πολέμου, ἢ πρώτας ἀνελεῖν αἳ τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχουσι τοῦ πολέμου.
They begged the Sabines to have some pity on them, their in-laws, their offspring, and their daughters, and to spare themselves from a kindred and defiling war, or else to kill first those who were the cause of the war.
οἱ δὲ τῶν τε παρόντων ἀπορίᾳ καὶ οἴκτῳ τῶν γυναικῶν, συγγιγνώσκοντες ἤδη μὴ καθʼ ὕβριν εἰργάσθαι ταῦτα Ρωμαίους ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ χρείας, ἐς τὰς διαλλαγὰς ἐνεδίδουν.
And the Sabines, from the difficulty of the present situation and out of pity for the women, recognizing now that the Romans had done these things not out of insolence but out of necessity, yielded to reconciliation.
καὶ συνελθόντες Ῥωμύλος τε καὶ Τάτιος ἐς τὴν ἐξ ἐκείνου ἱερὰν γενομένην ὁδὸν ἐπὶ τοῖσδε συνέβησαν, βασιλεύειν μὲν ἄμφω, Τάτιόν τε καὶ Ῥωμύλον, Σαβίνους δὲ τοὺς τότε τῷ Τατίῳ συστρατεύσαντας, καὶ εἴ τινες ἄλλοι τῶν Σαβίνων ἐθέλοιεν, ἐς τὸ Ῥωμαίων μετοικίζεσθαι ἐπʼ ἴσῃ καὶ ὁμοίᾳ. "
And meeting on the road which from that time became called Sacred, Romulus and Tatius agreed on these terms: that both, Tatius and Romulus, should rule, and that the Sabines who had then campaigned with Tatius, and any other Sabines who wished, should relocate to Rome on equal and identical terms.
§6"ὁ δὲ στρατηγὸς αἰσθόμενος παρʼ ἰδιοξένων ἐξήγγειλεν Ὁστιλίῳ. "
And the general, having learned of it from his guest-friends, reported it to Hostilius.
§7"οἱ δὲ ἐβλασφήμουν αὐτὸν ὡς κακῶς ἐπὶ τρισὶν ἀνδράσι τὰ πάντα θέμενον. "
And they reproached him for having badly staked everything on three men.
§8"συμβάσεις ποιεῖν ἐφʼ οἷς ἂν Γάβιοι δικαιῶσιν. "
To make an agreement on whatever terms the Gabii should deem just.
§9"ὠνεῖται τὰ τρία βιβλία τῆς τιμῆς τῶν ἐννέα. "
He buys the three books for the price of the nine.
§10"ὁ δὲ Ὁράτιος λελωβημένος ἦν τὰ σκέλη, ὑπατείας τε οὐκ ἔτυχεν οὔτε ἐν πολέμῳ οὔτε ἐν εἰρήνῃ διὰ τὴν ἀχρηστίαν τῶν ποδῶν. "
Horatius had been maimed in his legs, and did not obtain the consulship either in war or in peace because of the uselessness of his feet.
§11"οἱ ὕπατοι τὰ ὅρκια προύτεινον, καὶ ἐς πάντα ἔφασαν ἐνδώσειν μᾶλλον ἢ Ταρκύνιον προσήσεσθαι. "
The consuls offered the oaths, and declared they would yield to anything rather than admit Tarquinius.
§12"ὅτι Ταρκύνιος Σαβίνους κατὰ Ῥωμαίων ἠρέθιζε.
That Tarquinius was stirring up the Sabines against the Romans.
Κλαύδιος δέ, ἀνὴρ Σαβῖνος ἐκ Ῥηγίλλου πόλεως δυνατός, οὐκ εἴα τοὺς Σαβίνους παρασπονδεῖν, ἕως κρινόμενος ἐπὶ τῷδε ἔφυγεν ἐς Ῥώμην μετὰ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων καὶ δούλων πεντακισχιλίων.
But Claudius, an influential Sabine man from the city of Regillum, would not allow the Sabines to break the treaty, until, being brought to trial on this account, he fled to Rome with his relatives, friends, and five thousand slaves.
οἷς πᾶσι Ῥωμαῖοι χώραν ἐς οἰκίας ἔδοσαν καὶ γῆν ἐς γεωργίαν, καὶ πολίτας ἔθεντο.
To all of these the Romans gave land for houses and fields for farming, and made them citizens.
τὸν δὲ Κλαύδιον καὶ ἐς τὸ βουλευτήριον κατέλεξαν, ἀποδεικνύμενον ἔργα λαμπρὰ κατὰ τῶν Σαβίνων· καὶ φυλὴν ἐπώνυμον αὐτοῦ κατέστησαν. "
They also enrolled Claudius into the senate, since he displayed brilliant deeds against the Sabines; and they established a tribe named after him.
§13"Λατῖνοι ἔνσπονδοι Ῥωμαίοις ὄντες ἐστράτευον ἐπʼ αὐτούς οἱ δὲ Λατῖνοι ἐγκλήματα εἰς Ῥωμαίους ἐποιοῦντο τήν τε πάρεσιν αὐτῶν τὴν ἐπὶ σφᾶς ὄντας ἐνσπόνδους καὶ συγγενεῖς. "
The Latins, being in alliance with the Romans, marched against them; and the Latins made complaints against the Romans on account of their neglect of them, who were allies and kinsmen.