§3.51.1dimissis legatis admonet milites Verginius in re non maxima paulo ante trepidatum esse, quia sine capite multitudo fuerit, responsumque quamquam non inutiliter, fortuito tamen magis consensu quam communi consilio esse.
After the envoys were dismissed, Verginius warned the soldiers that a short while ago there had been panic in a matter of no great importance because the multitude had been without a leader, and that their answer, although not useless, had nevertheless been made more by accidental consensus than by common counsel.
§3.51.2placere decem creari, qui summae rei praeessent, militarique honore tribunos militum appellari.
He proposed that ten men should be elected to take charge of the state, and that they should be called military tribunes with military honor.
§3.51.3cum ad eum ipsum primum is honos deferretur, “melioribus meis vestrisque rebus reservate” inquit “ista de me iudicia; §3.51.4nec mihi filia inulta honorem ullum iucundum esse patitur, nec in perturbata re publica eos utile est praeesse vobis, qui proximi invidiae sint. §3.51.5si quis usus mei est, nihilo minor ex privato capietur.
When this honor was offered first to him, he said, 'Reserve those judgments about me for better times, both for myself and for you; neither does my unavenged daughter allow any honor to be pleasant to me, nor, in a disturbed republic, is it useful for those who are closest to unpopularity to command you.
” §3.51.6ita decem numero tribunos militares creant.
If there is any need for my service, it will be rendered no less as a private citizen.' Thus they elected military tribunes, ten in number.
neque in Sabinis quievit exercitus.
Nor did the army among the Sabines remain quiet.
§3.51.7ibi quoque auctore Icilio Numitorioque secessio ab decemviris facta est non minore motu animorum Sicci caedis memoria renovata, quam quem nova fama de virgine adeo foede ad libidinem petita accenderat.
There too, at the instigation of Icilius and Numitorius, a secession from the decemvirs took place, with no less excitement of minds, as the memory of the murder of Siccius was revived, than that which the recent news of the maiden so foully sought for lust had kindled.
§3.51.8Icilius, ubi audivit tribunos militum in Aventino creatos, ne comitiorum militarium praerogativam urbana comitia iisdem tribunis plebis creandis sequerentur, §3.51.9peritus rerum popularium inminensque ei potestati et ipse, priusquam iretur ad urbem, pari potestate eundem numerum ab suis creandum curat.
Icilius, when he heard that military tribunes had been created on the Aventine, lest the urban elections, by choosing the same men as tribunes of the plebs, should follow the precedent of the military elections, being himself skilled in popular politics and aspiring to that power, took care, before marching to the city, that the same number with equal power should be elected by his own men.
§3.51.10porta Collina urbem intravere sub signis mediaque urbe agmine in Aventinum pergunt.
They entered the city under standards through the Colline Gate, and marched in column through the middle of the city to the Aventine.
ibi coniuncti alteri exercitui viginti tribunis militum negotium dederunt, ut ex suo numero duos crearent, qui summae rerum praeessent.
There, having joined the other army, they gave the task to the twenty military tribunes to elect two from their number to take supreme charge of affairs.
M. Oppium, Sex. Manilium creant.
They elected Marcus Oppius and Sextus Manilius.
§3.51.11patres solliciti de summa rerum, cum senatus cottidie esset, iurgiis saepius terunt tempus quam consiliis.
The senators, anxious about the state of affairs, although the senate met daily, wasted time more often in altercations than in deliberations.
Sicci caedes decemviris §3.51.12et Appiana libido et dedecora militiae obiciebantur.
Against the decemvirs, the murder of Siccius, Appius's lust, and the disgraces of the military campaign were cast up.
placebat Valerium Horatiumque ire in Aventinum.
It was resolved that Valerius and Horatius should go to the Aventine.
illi negabant se aliter ituros, quam si decemviri deponerent insignia magistratus eius, quo anno iam ante abissent.
They, however, declared that they would not go unless the decemvirs laid down the insignia of that magistracy, from which their term of office had already expired the previous year.
§3.51.13decemviri querentes se in ordinem cogi non ante quam perlatis legibus, quarum causa creati essent, deposituros imperium se aiebant.
The decemvirs, complaining that they were being reduced to the ranks, declared that they would not lay down their authority before the laws, for the sake of which they had been created, had been fully carried through.