§2.22.1cum Volscorum gente Latino bello neque pax neque bellum fuerat; nam et Volsci conparaverant auxilia, quae mitterent Latinis, ni maturatum ab dictatore Romano esset, et maturavit Romanus, ne proelio uno cum Latino Volscoque contenderet.
With the Volscian nation during the Latin war there had been neither peace nor war; for both the Volscians had prepared auxiliary troops to send to the Latins, had not haste been made by the Roman dictator, and the Roman made haste, lest he should contend in a single battle with both Latin and Volscian.
§2.22.2hac ira consules in Volscum agrum legiones duxere.
In this anger, the consuls led the legions into the Volscian territory.
Volscos consilii poenam non metuentes necopinata res perculit; armorum inmemores obsides dant trecentos principum a Cora atque Pometia liberos: ita sine certamine inde abductae legiones.
An unexpected thing struck the Volscians, who were not fearing punishment for their design; unmindful of arms, they gave three hundred children of the leading men from Cora and Pometia as hostages: thus without a contest the legions were led away from there.
§2.22.3nec ita multo post Volscis levatis metu suum rediit ingenium; rursus occultum parant bellum Hernicis in societatem armorum adsumptis.
And not so much later, when the Volscians were relieved of fear, their own character returned; they again prepare a secret war, having taken the Hernici into an alliance of arms.
§2.22.4legatos quoque ad sollicitandum Latium passim dimittunt; sed recens ad Regillum lacum accepta cladis Latinos ira odioque eius, quicumque arma suaderet, ne ab legatis quidem violandis abstinuit: conprehensos Volscos Romam duxere.
They also send ambassadors in all directions to stir up Latium; but the recently received defeat at Lake Regillus filled the Latins with anger and hatred of anyone who should advise arms, so that they did not even abstain from violating the ambassadors: they seized the Volscians and led them to Rome.
ibi traditi consulibus, indicatumque est Volscos Hernicosque parare bellum Romanis.
There they were handed over to the consuls, and it was disclosed that the Volscians and Hernici were preparing war against the Romans.
§2.22.5relata re ad senatum adeo fuit gratum patribus, ut et captivorum sex milia Latinis remitterent et de foedere, quod prope in perpetuum negatum fuerat, rem ad novos magistratus reicerent.
When the matter was reported to the senate, it was so pleasing to the fathers that they both restored six thousand captives to the Latins and referred the matter of the treaty, which had been denied almost forever, to the new magistrates.
enimvero tum Latini gaudere facto; §2.22.6pacis auctores in ingenti gloria esse.
Truly then the Latins rejoiced at the act; the authors of peace were in great glory.
coronam auream Iovi donum in Capitolium mittunt.
They send a golden crown as a gift to Jupiter on the Capitol.
cum legatis donoque, qui captivorum remissi ad suos fuerant, magna circumfusa multitudo venit.
Along with the ambassadors and the gift came a great surrounding multitude of those captives who had been sent back to their people.
§2.22.7pergunt domos eorum, apud quem quisque servierant; gratias agunt liberaliter habiti cultique in calamitate sua; inde hospitia iungunt.
They go to the homes of those under whom each of them had served; they return thanks for having been treated and cared for generously in their misfortune; thence they join in guest-friendships.
numquam alias ante publice privatimque Latinum nomen Romano imperio coniunctius fuit.
Never at any other time before, publicly and privately, was the Latin name more closely joined to the Roman power.