§10.37.1consul alter Postumius, quia in Samnitibus materia belli deerat, in Etruriam transducto exercitu primum pervastaverat Volsiniensem agrum; §10.37.2dein cum egressis ad tuendos fines haud procul moenibus ipsorum depugnat; duo milia octingenti Etruscorum caesi; §10.37.3ceteros propinquitas urbis tutata est.
The other consul, Postumius, because there was a lack of material for war among the Samnites, transferred his army into Etruria and first thoroughly devastated the Volsinian territory; then he fought a battle not far from their own walls with those who had gone out to defend their borders; two thousand eight hundred of the Etruscans were slain; the proximity of the city protected the rest.
in Rusellanum agrum exercitus traductus; ibi non agri tantum vastati sed oppidum etiam expugnatum; capta amplius duo milia hominum, minus duo milia circa muros caesa.
The army was transferred into the Rusellan territory; there not only were the fields devastated, but the town was also taken by storm; more than two thousand men were captured, and less than two thousand were slain around the walls.
§10.37.4pax tamen clarior maiorque, quam bellum in Etruria eo anno fuerat, parta est: tres validissimae urbes, Etruriae capita, Volsinii, Perusia, Arretium, pacem petiere; §10.37.5et vestimentis militum frumentoque pacti cum consule, ut mitti Romam oratores liceret, indutias in quadraginta annos impetraverunt.
Yet a peace more illustrious and greater than the war in Etruria had been in that year was secured: three very powerful cities, the capitals of Etruria—Volsinii, Perusia, and Arretium—sought peace; and having agreed with the consul on clothing and grain for the soldiers, so that they might be allowed to send envoys to Rome, they obtained a truce for forty years.
multa praesens quingentum milium aeris in singulas civitates inposita.
A present fine of five hundred thousand asses of bronze was imposed on each state.
§10.37.6ob hasce res gestas consul cum triumphum ab senatu moris magis causa quam spe inpetrandi petisset videretque alios, §10.37.7quod tardius ab urbe exisset, alios, quod iniussu senatus ex Samnio in Etruriam transisset, partim suos inimicos, partim collegae amicos, ad solacium aequatae repulsae sibi quoque negare triumphum, §10.37.8“non ita” inquit, “patres conscripti, vestrae maiestatis meminero, ut me consulem esse obliviscar.
On account of these achievements, when the consul had petitioned the senate for a triumph, more for the sake of custom than from hope of obtaining it, and saw that some, because he had gone out from the city too late, and others, because he had crossed from Samnium into Etruria without the order of the senate—partly his own enemies, partly the friends of his colleague—were denying him a triumph as well, to provide a consolation for an equal refusal, he said, "Conscript Fathers, I shall not so remember your majesty as to forget that I am consul.
eodem iure imperil, quo bella gessi, bellis feliciter gestis, Samnio atque Etruria subactis, victoria et pace parta triumphabo. ” ita senatum reliquit.
By the same right of command by which I waged wars, now that the wars have been successfully waged, Samnium and Etruria subdued, and victory and peace secured, I shall triumph." Thus he left the senate.
inde inter tribunos plebis contentio orta; §10.37.9pars intercessuros, ne novo exemplo triumpharet, aiebant, pars auxilio se adversus collegas triumphanti futuros.
Then a dispute arose among the tribunes of the plebs; some said they would interpose their veto, lest he should triumph by a novel precedent, others that they would be of assistance to him as he triumphed, against their colleagues.
§10.37.10iactata res ad populum est vocatusque eo consul cum M. Horatium L. Valerium consules, C. Marcium Rutilum nuper, patrem eius, qui tunc censor esset, non ex auctoritate senatus, §10.37.11sed iussu populi triumphasse diceret, adiciebat se quoque laturum fuisse ad populum, ni sciret mancipia nobilium tribunos plebis legem inpedituros; voluntatem sibi ac favorem consentientis populi pro omnibus iussis esse ac futura.
The matter was brought before the people, and the consul, being summoned there, when he said that the consuls Marcus Horatius and Lucius Valerius, and recently Gaius Marcius Rutilus, the father of him who was then censor, had triumphed not by the authority of the senate but by the order of the people, added that he too would have brought it before the people, did he not know that the tribunes of the plebs, the slaves of the nobles, would block the law; and that the will and favor of the agreeing people was and would be to him in place of all orders.
§10.37.12posteroque die auxilio tribunorum plebis trium adversus intercessionem septem tribunorum et consensum senatus celebrante populo diem triumphavit.
And on the following day, by the assistance of three tribunes of the plebs, against the veto of seven tribunes and the consensus of the senate, he triumphed while the people celebrated the day.
et huius anni parum constans memoria est.
And the memory of this year is not very consistent.
§10.37.13Postumium auctor est Claudius, in Samnio captis aliquot urbibus, in Apulia fusum fugatumque, saucium ipsum cum paucis Luceriam conpulsum; ab Atilio in Etruria res gestas eumque triumphasse.
Claudius is the authority that Postumius, after capturing some cities in Samnio, was routed and put to flight in Apulia, and, wounded himself, was driven with a few men to Luceria; and that the achievements in Etruria were performed by Atilius, and that he triumphed.
§10.37.14Fabius ambo consules in Samnio et ad Luceriam res gessisse scribit traductumque in Etruriam exercitum — sed ab utro consule, non adicit — §10.37.15et ad Luceriam utrimque multos occisos inque ea pugna Iovis Statoris aedem votam, ut Romulus ante voverat; sed fanum tantum, id est locus templo effatus, fuerat.
Fabius writes that both consuls performed achievements in Samnium and at Luceria, and that the army was transferred into Etruria—but by which consul, he does not add— and that at Luceria many were killed on both sides and in that battle a temple of Jupiter Stator was vowed, as Romulus had vowed before; but there had been only a sacred precinct, that is, a place designated for a temple by speech.
§10.37.16ceterum hoc demum anno, ut aedem etiam fieri senatus iuberet, bis eiusdem voti damnata re publica, in religionem venit.
But in this year at last, it became a matter of religious obligation that the senate should order the temple also to be built, the state having been twice condemned to the fulfillment of the same vow.