§10.1.1L. Genucio Ser.
During the consulship of L. Genucius and Ser.
Cornelio consulibus ab externis ferme bellis otium fuit.
Cornelius, there was peace from foreign wars for the most part.
Soram atque Albam coloniae deductae.
Colonies were led out to Sora and Alba.
Albam in Aequos sex milia colonorum scripta.
At Alba, in the territory of the Aequi, six thousand colonists were enrolled.
Sora agri Volsci fuerat, sed possederant Samnites; §10.1.2eo quattuor milia hominum missa. §10.1.3eodem anno Arpinatibus Trebulanisque civitas data.
Sora had belonged to the Volscian territory, but the Samnites had occupied it; four thousand men were sent there. In the same year, citizenship was granted to the Arpinates and the Trebulani.
Frusinates tertia parte agri damnati, quod Hernicos ab eis sollicitatos conpertum, capitaque coniurationis eius quaestione ab consulibus ex senatus consulto habita virgis caesi ac securi percussi. §10.1.4tamen ne prorsus inbellem agerent annum, parva expeditio in Umbria facta est, quod nuntiabatur ex spelunca quadam excursiones armatorum in agros fieri. §10.1.5in eam speluncam penetratum cum signis est, et ex loco obscuro multa vulnera accepta maximeque lapidum ictu, donec altero specus eius ore — nam pervius erat — invento utraeque fauces congestis lignis accensae. §10.1.6ita intus fumo ac vapore ad duo milia armatorum, ruentia novissime in ipsas flammas, dum evadere tendunt, absumpta.
The Frusinates were condemned to the loss of a third part of their land, because it was discovered that the Hernici had been stirred up by them, and after an investigation had been held by the consuls in accordance with a decree of the senate, the ringleaders of that conspiracy were beaten with rods and beheaded with the axe. Nevertheless, so that they might not pass an entirely warless year, a small expedition was made into Umbria, because it was reported that excursions of armed men were being made from a certain cave into the fields. An entry into that cave was made with the standards, and many wounds were received from the dark place, especially from the impact of stones, until the other mouth of the cave — for it was passable through — having been found, both entrances were set on fire with piled-up wood. Thus, inside, by smoke and heat, about two thousand armed men, rushing at the very last into the flames themselves while they strove to escape, were destroyed. M.
§10.1.7M. Livio Dentre iM. Aemilio consulibus redintegratum Aequicum bellum.
Livio Denter and M. Aemilius being consuls, the war with the Aequi was renewed.
coloniam aegre patientes velut arcem suis finibus inpositam summa vi expugnare adorti ab ipsis colonis pelluntur. §10.1.8ceterum tantum Romae terrorem fecere, quia vix credibile erat tam adfectis rebus solos per se Aequos ad bellum coortos, ut tumultus eius causa dictator diceretur C. Iunius Bubulcus. §10.1.9is cum M. Titinio magistro equitum profectus primo congressu Aequos subegit ac, die octavo triumphans in urbem cum redisset, aedem Salutis, quam consul voverat, censor locaverat, dictator dedicavit.
Feeling aggrieved at the colony, which was placed in their territory like a citadel, they attempted with all their might to storm it, but were repulsed by the colonists themselves. However, they caused so great a terror in Rome, because it was scarcely credible that the Aequi by themselves alone, in such an afflicted state of their affairs, should have risen up for war, that because of this disturbance C. Iunius Bubulcus was named dictator. He, having set out with M. Titinius, the master of the horse, subdued the Aequi at the first encounter, and when he had returned to the city in triumph on the eighth day, he dedicated, as dictator, the temple of Salus, which he had vowed when consul and contracted for when censor.