§2.14.1huic tam pacatae profectioni ab urbe regis Etrusci abhorrens mos traditus ab antiquis usque ad nostram aetatem inter cetera sollemnia manet bona Porsinnae regis vendendi.
Inconsistent with this so peaceful departure of the Etruscan king from the city, a custom handed down from the ancients even to our age remains among other ceremonies, that of selling the goods of King Porsinna.
§2.14.2cuius originem moris necesse est aut inter bellum natam esse neque omissam in pace aut a mitiore crevisse principio, quam hic prae se ferat titulus bona hostiliter vendendi.
The origin of this custom must either have arisen during the war and not been dropped in peace, or have grown from a milder beginning than this title of "selling goods in a hostile manner" displays.
§2.14.3proximum vero est ex iis, quae traduntur, Porsinnam discedentem ab Ianiculo castra opulenta convecto ex propinquis ac fertilibus Etruriae arvis commeatu Romanis dono dedisse, inopi tum urbe ab longinqua obsidione; §2.14.4ea deinde, ne populo inmisso diriperentur hostiliter, venisse bonaque Porsinnae appellata, gratiam muneris magis significant titulo quam auctionem fortunae regiae, quae ne in potestate quidem populi Romani esset.
But the closest to the truth among the things handed down is that Porsinna, departing from the Janiculum, gave his rich camp, filled with provisions collected from the neighboring and fertile fields of Etruria, to the Romans as a gift, as the city was then destitute from the long blockade; those goods were then sold, lest if the people were let in they should be plundered in a hostile manner, and were called "the goods of Porsinna," signifying by this title the gratitude for the gift rather than an auction of the king's property, which indeed was not even in the power of the Roman people.
§2.14.5omisso Romano bello Porsinna, ne frustra in ea loca exercitus adductus videretur, cum parte copiarum filium Arruntem Ariciam oppugnatum mittit.
The Roman war having been abandoned, Porsinna, lest his army should seem to have been led into those parts in vain, sent his son Arruns with a part of the forces to attack Aricia.
§2.14.6primo Aricinos res necopinata perculerat; arcessita deinde auxilia et a Latinis populis et a Cumis tantum spei fecere, ut acie decernere auderent.
At first the unexpected event had terrified the Aricini; then, auxiliary forces summoned both from the Latin peoples and from Cumae inspired so much hope that they dared to decide the matter in a pitched battle.
proelio inito adeo concitato impetu se intulerant Etrusci, ut funderent ipso incursu Aricinos; §2.14.7Cumanae cohortes arte adversus vim usae declinavere paululum effuseque praelatos hostes conversis signis ab tergo adortae sunt: ita in medio prope iam victores caesi Etrusci.
When the battle was begun, the Etruscans advanced with such rapid onset that they routed the Aricini by their very charge; the Cumaean cohorts, using skill against force, gave way a little, and having wheeled around, attacked from the rear the enemy who had rushed past them in disorder; thus the Etruscans, who were already almost victors, were surrounded and cut down.
§2.14.8pars perexigua duce amisso, quia nullum propius perfugium erat, Romam inermes et fortuna et specie supplicum delati sunt.
A very small part, having lost their leader, because there was no closer refuge, made their way to Rome, unarmed, in the condition and appearance of suppliants.
§2.14.9ibi benigne excepti divisique in hospitia.
There they were kindly received and distributed among private lodgings.
curatis volneribus alii profecti domos nuntii hospitalium beneficiorum; multos Romae hospitum urbisque caritas tenuit.
Their wounds having been cared for, some set out for home, messengers of the hospitable kindnesses; affection for their hosts and for the city kept many at Rome.
his locus ad habitandum datus, quem deinde Tuscum vicum appellarunt.
To these a place to dwell was given, which they afterwards called the Tuscan Street.