§3.50.1itaque missi iuniores patrum in castra, quae tum in monte Vecilio erant, nuntiant decemviris, ut omni ope ab seditione milites contineant.
Therefore, the younger senators were sent to the camp, which was then on Mount Vecilius, to announce to the decemvirs that they should keep the soldiers from sedition with all their might.
§3.50.2ibi Verginius maiorem, quam reliquerat in urbe, motum excivit.
There, Verginius excited a greater stir than he had left behind in the city.
§3.50.3nam praeterquam quod agmine prope quadringentorum hominum veniens, qui ab urbe indignitate rei accensi comites ei se dederant, conspectus est, strictum etiam telum respersusque ipse cruore tota in se castra convertit.
For besides the fact that he was seen arriving with a band of nearly four hundred men, who, inflamed by the indignity of the affair, had joined him as companions from the city, his drawn weapon and he himself, spattered with blood, turned the attention of the entire camp toward him.
et togae multifariam in castris visae maioris aliquanto, quam erat, speciem urbanae multitudinis fecerant.
Moreover, the togas seen in many places within the camp had created an impression of a city crowd considerably larger than it actually was.
§3.50.4quaerentibus, quid rei esset, flens diu vocem non misit; tandem, ut iam ex trepidatione concurrentium turba constitit ac silentium fuit, ordine cuncta, ut gesta erant, exposuit.
To those who asked what the matter was, he wept for a long time and uttered no word; at last, when the crowd of those running together from excitement settled down and there was silence, he explained everything in order, just as it had happened.
§3.50.5supinas deinde tendens manus commilitones appellans orabat, ne, quod scelus Ap. Claudi esset, sibi attribuerent neu se ut parricidam liberum aversarentur.
Then, stretching out his hands palms upward and calling them fellow soldiers, he implored them not to attribute to him what was the crime of Appius Claudius, nor to shrink from him as the murderer of his own children.
§3.50.6sibi vitam filiae sua cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset; cum velut servam ad stuprum rapi videret, morte amitti melius ratum quam contumelia liberos, misericordia se in speciem crudelitatis lapsum.
To him, his daughter's life had been dearer than his own, if only she had been allowed to live free and chaste; but when he saw her being dragged away like a slave for dishonour, he reckoned it better for children to be lost by death than by ignominy, and that out of pity he had fallen into the appearance of cruelty.
§3.50.7nec se superstitem filiae futurum fuisse, nisi spem ulciscendae mortis eius in auxilio commilitonum habuisset.
And he would not have survived his daughter, if he had not held the hope of avenging her death in the help of his fellow soldiers.
illis quoque enim filias, sorores coniugesque esse, nec cum filia sua libidinem Ap. Claudi extinctam esse, sed quo inpunitior sit, eo effrenatiorem fore.
For they too had daughters, sisters, and wives, and the lust of Appius Claudius had not been extinguished with his daughter, but would be all the more unrestrained the more impunitive he was.
§3.50.8aliena calamitate documentum datum illis cavendae similis iniuriae.
By the calamity of another, a lesson had been given to them to beware of similar injury.
quod ad se adtineat, uxorem sibi fato ereptam, filiam, quia non ultra pudica victura fuerit, miseram, sed honestam mortem occubuisse; §3.50.9non esse iam Appi libidini locum in domo sua; ab alia violentia eius eodem se animo suum corpus vindicaturum, quo vindicaverit filiae; ceteri sibi ac liberis suis consulerent.
As for what concerned himself, his wife had been snatched from him by fate, and his daughter, because she could no longer have lived chaste, had met a miserable but honorable death; there was no longer any room for Appius's lust in his house; from his other violence, he would defend his own body with the same spirit with which he had defended his daughter's; let the others look out for themselves and their children.
§3.50.10haec Verginio vociferanti succlamabat multitudo nec illius dolori nec suae libertati se defuturos.
To Verginius, vociferating these things, the multitude shouted in response that they would not fail either his grief or their own liberty.
et inmixti turbae militum togati eadem illa querendo docendoque, quanto visa quam audita indigniora oportuerit videri, simul profligatam iam rem nuntiando Romae esse, §3.50.11insecutique, qui Appium prope interemptum in exilium abisse dicerent, perpulerunt, ut ad arma conclamaretur vellerentque signa et Romam proficiscerentur.
And the civilians in togas, mingled with the crowd of soldiers, by complaining of those same things and showing how much more unworthy what was seen ought to be deemed than what was heard, and at the same time announcing that the business was already virtually settled at Rome, and those who followed saying that Appius, having almost been killed, had gone into exile, prevailed upon them to raise the cry to arms, pluck up the standards, and march to Rome.
§3.50.12decemviri, simul iis, quae videbant, iisque quae acta Romae audierant, perturbati, alius in aliam partem castrorum ad sedandos motus discurrunt.
The decemvirs, disturbed at once by what they saw and by what they had heard of the events at Rome, ran about to different parts of the camp to appease the movements.
et leniter agentibus responsum non redditur; imperium si quis inhiberet, et viros et armatos se esse respondetur.
To those who acted gently, no answer was returned; if anyone attempted to exercise authority, the reply was made that they were men, and armed.
§3.50.13eunt agmine ad urbem et Aventinum insidunt, ut quisque occurrerat, plebem ad repetendam libertatem creandosque tribunos plebis adhortantes.
They marched in column to the city and occupied the Aventine, exhorting the plebeians, as each met them, to recover their liberty and to create tribunes of the plebs.
alia vox nulla violenta audita est.
No other violent word was heard.
senatum Sp. Oppius habet.
Spurius Oppius held a meeting of the senate.
It was resolved that nothing should be done harshly, for the opportunity for sedition had been given by themselves.
mittuntur tres legati consulares Sp. Tarpeius, C. Iulius, P. Sulpicius, qui quaererent senatus verbis, cuius iussu castra deseruissent, aut quid sibi vellent, qui armati Aventinum obsedissent belloque averso ab hostibus patriam suam cepissent.
Three consular legates, Spurius Tarpeius, Gaius Julius, and Publius Sulpicius, were sent to ask, in the words of the senate, by whose order they had deserted the camp, or what they wanted, who in arms had occupied the Aventine and, turning the war away from the enemy, had captured their own fatherland.
§3.50.16non defuit, quod responderetur; deerat, qui daret responsum nullodum certo duce nec satis audentibus singulis invidiae se offerre.
There was no lack of what to answer; there was a lack of someone to give the answer, as there was as yet no certain leader and individuals did not dare enough to expose themselves to unpopularity.
id modo a a multitudine conclamatum est, ut L. Valerium et M. Horatium ad se mitterent: iis se daturos responsum.
Only this was shouted by the multitude: that they should send Lucius Valerius and Marcus Horatius to them; to these they would give their answer.