§3.23.1dum ad Antium haec geruntur, interim Aequi robore iuventutis praemisso arcem Tusculanam inproviso nocte capiunt; §3.23.2reliquo exercitu haud procul moenibus Tusculi considunt, ut distenderent hostium copias.
While these things were being done at Antium, in the meantime the Aequi, having sent ahead the flower of their youth, captured the citadel of Tusculum by surprise at night; with the rest of their army they took up a position not far from the walls of Tusculum, in order to distract the enemy's forces.
haec celeriter Romam, ab Roma in castra Antium perlata movent Romanos haud secus, quam si Capitolium captum nuntiaretur; adeo et recens erat Tusculanorum meritum, et similitudo ipsa periculi reposcere latum auxilium videbatur. §3.23.3Fabius omissis omnibus praedam ex castris raptim Antium convehit; ibi modico praesidio relicto citatum agmen Tusculum rapit.
These tidings, quickly carried to Rome, and from Rome to the camp at Antium, moved the Romans no differently than if it were announced that the Capitol had been captured; so recent was the service of the Tusculans, and the very similarity of the danger seemed to demand that the aid they had previously rendered should be repaid. Fabius, putting aside all other matters, hurriedly conveyed the booty from the camp to Antium; leaving a moderate garrison there, he hurried his army at a rapid march to Tusculum.
nihil praeter arma et quod cocti ad manum fuit cibi ferre militi licuit; §3.23.4commeatum ab Roma consul Cornelius subvehit.
The soldiers were allowed to carry nothing except their arms and whatever cooked food happened to be at hand; Consul Cornelius brought up provisions from Rome.
aliquot menses Tusculi bellatum.
For several months the war was waged at Tusculum.
parte exercitus consul castra Aequorum oppugnabat, partem Tusculanis dederat ad arcem recuperandam.
With a part of the army, the consul was besieging the camp of the Aequi; a part he had given to the Tusculans for recovering the citadel.
vi numquam eo subiri potuit; fames postremo inde detraxit hostem. §3.23.5qua postquam ventum ad extremum est, inermes nudique omnes sub iugum ab Tusculanis missi.
It was never possible to ascend there by force; in the end, hunger forced the enemy down from it. When matters had come to the last extremity there, they were all sent under the yoke, unarmed and despoiled, by the Tusculans.
hos ignominiosa fuga domum se recipientis Romanus consul in Algido consecutus ad unum omnes occidit.
As they were making their way home in ignominious flight, the Roman consul overtook them on Mount Algidus and slaughtered them all to a man.
victor ad Columen — §3.23.6id loco nomen est — exercitu reducto castra locat.
Returning victorious to Columen — which is the name of the place — he pitched his camp after leading back his army.
et alter consul, postquam moenibus iam Romanis pulso hoste periculum esse desierat, et ipse ab Roma profectus. §3.23.7ita bifariam consules ingressi hostium fines ingenti certamine hinc Volscos, hinc Aequos populantur.
The other consul also, after the enemy had been driven off and the danger to the Roman walls had ceased to exist, himself set out from Rome. Thus, entering the enemy's territory in two divisions, the consuls, with great rivalry, devastated the Volsci on one side and the Aequi on the other.
eodem anno descisse Antiates apud plerosque auctores invenio; L. Cornelium consulem id bellum gessisse oppidumque cepisse.
In the same year, I find in most authors that the Antiates revolted, and that the consul Lucius Cornelius conducted that war and captured the town.
certum adfirmare, quia nulla apud vetustiores scriptores eius rei mentio est, non ausim.
I would not venture to affirm this as certain, because there is no mention of this matter among the older writers.