§10.45.1litterae consulum ingenti laetitia et in curia et in contione auditae, et quadridui supplicatione publicum gaudium privatis studiis celebratum est.
The letters of the consuls were heard with immense joy both in the senate-house and in the assembly, and the public gladness was celebrated with private enthusiasm during a four days' thanksgiving.
§10.45.2nec populo Romano magna solum sed peropportuna etiam ea victoria fuit, quia per idem forte tempus rebellasse Etruscos adlatum est.
And this victory was not only great but also highly opportune for the Roman people, because it was reported that about the same time, by chance, the Etruscans had revolted.
§10.45.3subibat cogitatio animum, quonam modo tolerabilis futura Etruria fuisset, si quid in Samnio adversi evenisset, quae coniuratione Samnitium erecta, quoniam ambo consules omnisque Romana vis aversa in Samnium esset, occupationem populi Romani pro occasione rebellandi habuisset.
The thought entered their minds, in what way Etruria would have been tolerable, if any disaster had occurred in Samnium; for Etruria, excited by the conspiracy of the Samnites, had regarded the preoccupation of the Roman people as an opportunity for rebellion, since both consuls and the entire Roman force were turned away into Samnium.
§10.45.4legationes sociorum, a M. Atilio praetore in senatum introductae, querebantur uri ac vastari agros a finitimis Etruscis, quod desciscere a populo Romano nollent, §10.45.5obtestabanturque patres conscriptos, ut se a vi atque iniuria communium hostium tutarentur.
The embassies of the allies, introduced into the senate by the praetor Marcus Atilius, complained that their lands were being burned and devastated by their neighboring Etruscans, because they refused to revolt from the Roman people, and they implored the conscript fathers to protect them from the violence and injustice of their common enemies.
responsum legatis curae senatui futurum, ne socios fidei suae paeniteret; Etruscorum prope diem eandem fortunam quam Samnitium fore.
The answer given to the envoys was that the senate would take care that the allies should not regret their loyalty, and that the fortune of the Etruscans would soon be the same as that of the Samnites.
§10.45.6segnius tamen, quod ad Etruriam adtinebat, acta res esset, ni Faliscos quoque, qui per multos annos in amicitia fuerant, adlatum foret arma Etruscis iunxisse.
Nevertheless, action would have been taken more sluggishly in regard to Etruria, had it not been reported that the Falisci also, who had been in friendship for many years, had joined their arms with the Etruscans.
huius propinquitas populi acuit curam patribus, §10.45.7ut fetiales mittendos ad res repetendas censerent.
The proximity of this people sharpened the concern of the fathers, so that they decreed that fetials should be sent to demand redress.
quibus non redditis ex auctoritate patrum iussu populi bellum Faliscis indictum est iussique consules sortiri, uter ex Samnio in Etruriam cum exercitu transiret.
When these things were not restored, war was declared against the Falisci by the authority of the fathers and by order of the people, and the consuls were ordered to cast lots as to which of them should cross over with an army from Samnium into Etruria.
§10.45.8iam Carvilius Veliam et Palumbinum et Herculaneum ex Samnitibus ceperat, §10.45.9Veliam intra paucos dies, Palumbinum eodem, quo ad muros accessit.
By now Carvilius had taken Velia, Palumbinum, and Herculaneum from the Samnites: Velia within a few days, Palumbinum on the very day he approached its walls.
§10.45.10ad Herculaneum etiam signis conlatis ancipiti proelio et cum maiore sua quam hostium iactura dimicavit; castris deinde positis moenibus hostem inclusit; §10.45.11oppugnatum oppidum captumque.
At Herculaneum he fought even in a pitched battle with doubtful issue and with greater loss to his own men than to the enemy; then, having pitched camp, he shut the enemy within their walls; the besieged town was taken.
in his tribus urbibus capta aut caesa ad decem milia hominum, ita ut parvo admodum plures caperentur.
In these three cities about ten thousand men were captured or slain, so that only a very few more were captured.
sortientibus provincias consulibus Etruria Carvilio evenit secundum vota militum, qui vim frigoris iam in Samnio non patiebantur.
When the consuls cast lots for their provinces, Etruria fell to Carvilius, according to the wishes of the soldiers, who could no longer endure the severity of the cold in Samnium.
Papirio ad Saepinum maior vis hostium restitit.
Against Papirius at Saepinum, a larger force of the enemy resisted.
§10.45.12saepe in acie, saepe in agmine, saepe circa ipsam urbem adversus eruptiones hostium pugnatum.
Often they fought in the line of battle, often on the march, often around the city itself against the sallies of the enemy.
nec obsidio, sed bellum ex aequo erat; non enim muris magis se Samnites quam armis ac viris moenia tutabantur.
It was not a siege, but an equal war; for the Samnites did not protect themselves by their walls more than the walls were protected by their arms and men.
§10.45.13tandem pugnando in obsidionem iustam coegit hostes obsidendoque vi atque operibus urbem expugnavit.
At last, by fighting, he forced the enemy into a regular siege, and by besieging he took the city by force and siege works.
itaque ab ira plus caedis editum capta urbe: §10.45.14septem milia quadringenti caesi, capta minus tria milia hominum.
Therefore, more slaughter was caused by anger when the city was taken: seven thousand four hundred were slain, and fewer than three thousand men were captured.
praeda, quae plurima fuit congestis Samnitium rebus in urbes paucas, militi concessa est.
The booty, which was very abundant since the property of the Samnites had been gathered into a few cities, was granted to the soldiers.