§10.3.1eodem anno Romae cum Vestinis petentibus amicitiam ictum est foedus.
In the same year at Rome, a treaty was concluded with the Vestinians who were seeking friendship.
multiplex deinde exortus terror.
Then, a manifold terror arose.
§10.3.2Etruriam rebellare ab Arretinorum seditionibus motu orto nuntiabatur, ubi Cilnium genus praepotens divitiarum invidia pelli armis coeptum; simul Marsos agrum vi tueri, in quem colonia Carseoli deducta erat, quattuor milibus hominum scriptis.
It was reported that Etruria was rebelling, a movement having arisen from the seditions of the Arretines, where the Cilnian family, exceedingly powerful, had begun to be expelled by arms through envy of their riches; at the same time, that the Marsi were defending by force their territory, into which the colony of Carseoli had been led, four thousand men having been enlisted.
§10.3.3itaque propter eos tumultus dictus M. Valerius Maximus dictator magistrum equitum sibi legit M. Aemilium Paulum.
Therefore, because of these tumults, Marcus Valerius Maximus, being named dictator, chose Marcus Aemilius Paulus as his master of horse.
§10.3.4id magis credo quam Q. Fabium ea aetate atque eis honoribus Valerio subiectum; ceterum ex Maximi cognomine ortum errorem haud abnuerim.
I believe this more than that Quintus Fabius, at that age and with those honors, was subordinate to Valerius; however, I would not deny that an error arose from the cognomen 'Maximus'.
§10.3.5profectus dictator cum exercitu proelio uno Marsos fundit; conpulsis deinde in urbes munitas, Milioniam, Plestinam, Fresiliam intra dies paucos cepit et parte agri multatis Marsis foedus restituit.
The dictator, having set out with the army, routed the Marsi in a single battle; then, having driven them into their fortified cities, he captured Milonia, Plestina, and Fresilia within a few days, and having fined the Marsi with a part of their land, he restored the treaty.
§10.3.6tum in Etruscos versum bellum; et cum dictator auspiciorum repetendorum causa profectus Romam esset, magister equitum pabulatum egressus ex insidiis circumvenitur signisque aliquot amissis foeda militum caede ac fuga in castra est conpulsus.
Then the war was turned against the Etruscans; and when the dictator had departed for Rome for the purpose of repeating the auspices, the master of horse, having gone out to forage, was surrounded by an ambush, and having lost several standards, was driven back to the camp with a shameful slaughter and flight of his soldiers.
§10.3.7qui terror non eo tantum a Fabio abhorret, quod, si qua alia arte, cognomen suum aequavit maxume bellicis laudibus, §10.3.8sed etiam quod memor Papirianae saevitiae numquam, ut dictatoris iniussu dimicaret, adduci potuisset.
This terrifying defeat is inconsistent with Fabius not only for the reason that he made his cognomen equal to the highest military praises, if by any other art, but also because, mindful of the Papirian severity, he could never have been induced to fight without the order of the dictator.