§3.18.1eadem nocte et Tusculum de arce capta Capitolioque occupato et alio turbatae urbis statu nuntii veniunt.
On the same night, messengers came also to Tusculum with news of the capture of the citadel, the occupation of the Capitol, and the otherwise disturbed state of the city.
§3.18.2L. Mamilius Tusculi tum dictator erat.
Lucius Mamilius was then the dictator of Tusculum.
is confestim convocato senatu atque introductis nuntiis magno opere censet, §3.18.3ne expectent, dum ab Roma legati auxilium petentes veniant; periculum ipsum discrimenque ac sociales deos fidemque foederum id poscere.
Having immediately summoned the senate and introduced the messengers, he strongly advised that they should not wait until ambassadors seeking aid should come from Rome; the danger itself, the crisis, the gods of alliance, and the loyalty to treaties demanded this.
demerendi beneficio tam potentem, tam propinquam civitatem numquam parem occasionem daturos deos.
The gods would never give a peerless opportunity of binding so powerful and so neighboring a state by a benefit.
placet ferri auxilium; §3.18.4iuventus conscribitur, arma dantur.
It was resolved that aid should be brought; the youth were enlisted, and arms were distributed.
Romam prima luce venientes procul speciem hostium praebuere; Aequi aut Volsci venire visi sunt; deinde, ubi vanus terror abiit, accepti in urbem agmine in forum descendunt.
Arriving at Rome at dawn, they presented from afar the appearance of enemies; they seemed to be the Aequi or the Volsci coming; then, when the groundless terror departed, received into the city, they marched down in a column into the forum.
§3.18.5ibi iam P. Valerius relicto ad portarum praesidia collega instruebat aciem.
There Publius Valerius, having left his colleague for the defense of the gates, was already drawing up his battle line.
§3.18.6auctoritas viri moverat adfirmantis Capitolio recuperate et urbe pacata si edoceri se sissent, quae fraus ab tribunis occulta in lege ferretur, memorem se maiorum suorum, memorem cognominis, quo populi colendi velut hereditaria cura sibi a maioribus tradita esset, concilium plebis non inpediturum.
The authority of the man had moved them as he affirmed that, once the Capitol was recovered and the city pacified, if they would allow themselves to be informed of what hidden deceit was being proposed in the law by the tribunes, he, mindful of his ancestors and mindful of his cognomen, by which an almost hereditary care of cultivating the people had been handed down to him by his ancestors, would not impede the assembly of the plebs.
§3.18.7hunc ducem secuti nequiquam reclamantibus tribunis in clivum Capitolinum erigunt aciem.
Following this leader, while the tribunes protested in vain, they marched their line up the Capitoline slope.
adiungitur et Tusculana legio.
The Tusculan legion was also joined to them.
certare socii civesque, utri recuperatae arcis suum decus facerent; dux uterque suos adhortatur.
Allies and citizens strove which of the two should make the glory of the recovered citadel their own; each leader encouraged his men.
§3.18.8trepidare tum hostes, nec ulli satis rei praeterquam loco fidere; trepidantibus inferunt signa Romani sociique, iam in vestibulum perruperant templi, cum P. Valerius inter primores pugnam ciens interficitur.
Then the enemy was thrown into confusion, nor did they trust sufficiently in any resource except the place; against the panic-stricken foe the Romans and allies advanced their standards, and had already burst into the vestibule of the temple, when Publius Valerius was killed while encouraging the fight among the foremost.
P. Volumnius consularis vidit cadentem.
Publius Volumnius, a man of consular rank, saw him falling.
§3.18.9is dato negotio suis, ut corpus obtegerent, ipse in locum vicemque consulis provolat.
Having given orders to his men to cover the body, he himself rushed forward into the post and place of the consul.
prae ardore impetuque tantae rei sensus non pervenit ad militem; prius vicit, quam se pugnare sine duce sentiret.
On account of the heat and impetus of so great an action, the sense of this loss did not reach the soldier; they conquered before they perceived that they were fighting without a leader.
§3.18.10multi exulum caede sua foedavere templum, multi vivi capti, Herdonius interfectus.
Many of the exiles defiled the temple with their slaughter, many were taken alive, and Herdonius was slain.
ita Capitolium recuperatum.
Thus the Capitol was recovered.
de captivis, ut quisque liber aut servus esset, suae fortunae a quoque sumptum supplicium est; Tusculanis gratiae actae; Capitolium purgatum atque lustratum.
Regarding the captives, according as each was free or a slave, punishment was exacted from each in accordance with his condition; thanks were returned to the Tusculans; the Capitol was cleansed and purified.
in consulis domum plebes quadrantes, §3.18.11ut funere ampliore efferretur, iactasse fertur.
Into the house of the consul, the plebeians threw farthings, so that he might be carried forth with a more splendid funeral, as it is reported.