§3.63.1Vadunt igitur in proelium ab sua parte omissum et locum, ex quo cesserant, repetunt; momentoque non restituta modo pugna, sed inclinatur etiam Sabinis cornu.
They advanced therefore into the battle which had been abandoned on their part, and recovered the place from which they had retreated; and in a moment, not only was the fight restored, but the wing of the Sabines was even forced to give way.
eques inter ordines peditum tectus se ad equos recipit.
The cavalry, protected between the ranks of the infantry, retired to their horses.
§3.63.2transvolat inde in partem alteram suis victoriae nuntius; simul et in hostis iam pavidos, quippe fuso suae partis validiore cornu, impetum facit.
Thence the news of the victory flew over to the other part to their comrades; at the same time, it made a charge upon the enemy, who were now alarmed because the stronger wing on their side had been routed.
non aliorum eo proelio virtus magis enituit.
The courage of no others shone forth more in that battle.
§3.63.3consul providere omnia, laudare fortis, increpare, sicubi segnior pugna esset.
The consul saw to everything, praised the brave, and rebuked them wherever the fighting was too slack.
castigati fortium statim virorum opera edebant; tantumque hos pudor, quantum alios laudes excitabant.
Those who were reprimanded immediately performed the deeds of brave men; and shame excited the former as much as praises did the others.
§3.63.4redintegrato clamore undique omnes conisi hostem avertunt, nec deinde Romana vis sustineri potuit.
The shout being renewed on all sides, all with one effort drove back the enemy, and after that, the Roman force could not be withstood.
Sabini fusi passim per agros castra hosti ad praedam relinquunt.
The Sabines, routed in all directions through the fields, left their camp as plunder for the enemy.
ibi non sociorum, sicut in Algido, res, sed suas Romanus populationibus agrorum amissas recepit.
There the Roman recovered, not the property of the allies, as on Algidus, but his own, which had been lost by the devastating of the fields.
§3.63.5gemina victoria duobus bifariam proeliis parta maligne senatus in unum diem supplicationes consulum nomine decrevit.
A double victory having been gained in two battles in different places, the senate, with ill-will, decreed supplications for only one day in the name of the consuls.
populus iniussu et altero die frequens iit supplicatum; et haec vaga popularisque supplicatio studiis prope celebratior fuit.
The people, without orders, went in great numbers on the second day also to offer thanks; and this unofficial and popular thanksgiving was, by their enthusiasm, almost more celebrated than the other.
§3.63.6consules ex composite eodem biduo ad urbem accessere senatumque in Martium campum evocavere.
The consuls, by agreement, approached the city within the same two days and summoned the senate to the Campus Martius.
ubi cum de rebus ab se gestis agerent, questi primores patrum senatum inter milites dedita opera terroris causa haberi.
There, when they were treating of the transactions performed by them, the principal men of the patricians complained that the senate was intentionally held in the midst of the soldiers for the purpose of intimidation.
§3.63.7itaque inde consules, ne criminationi locus esset, in prata Flaminia, ubi nunc aedes Apollinis est — iam tum Apollinare appellabant —, avocavere senatum.
Therefore, the consuls, that there might be no room for accusation, removed the senate thence to the Flaminian meadows, where the temple of Apollo now is—even then they called it the Apollinare.
§3.63.8ubi cum ingenti consensu patrum negaretur triumphus, L. Icilius tribunus plebis tulit ad populum de triumpho consulum multis dissuasum prodeuntibus, §3.63.9maxime C. Claudio vociferante: de patribus, non de hostibus consules triumphare velle, gratiamque pro privato merito in tribunum, non pro virtute honorem peti. numquam ante de triumpho per populum actum, semper aestimationem arbitriumque eius honoris penes senatum fuisse. §3.63.10ne reges quidem maiestatem summi ordinis inminuisse. ne ita omnia tribuni potestatis suae inplerent, ut nullum publicum consilium sinerent esse. ita demum liberam civitatem fore, ita aequatas leges, si sua quisque iura ordo, suam maiestatem teneat.
There, when a triumph was refused by a vast consensus of the patricians, L. Icilius, tribune of the plebs, proposed to the people concerning the triumph of the consuls, many coming forward to dissuade them, especially C. Claudius, who vociferated that the consuls wished to triumph over the patricians, not over the enemy, and that a reward for a private service to a tribune was sought, not an honor for courage; that never before had a triumph been acted upon by the people, but that the estimation and arbitrament of that honor had always been in the power of the senate; that not even kings had diminished the majesty of the highest order; that the tribunes should not so fill everything with their own power as to allow no public counsel to exist; for that a state would only then be free, and the laws equal, if each order maintained its own rights and its own majesty.
§3.63.11in eandem sententiam multa et a ceteris senioribus patrum cum essent dicta, omnes tribus eam rogationem acceperunt.
When many things to the same effect had been said by the other senior patricians also, all the tribes accepted the proposal.
tum primum sine auctoritate senatus populi iussu triumphatum est.
Then, for the first time, a triumph was celebrated by the order of the people, without the authority of the senate.