§5.14.1haec eo anno acta.
These things were done in that year.
et iam comitia tribunorum militum aderant, quorum prope maior patribus quam belli cura erat quippe non communicatum modo cum plebe, sed prope amissum cernentibus summum imperium.
And already the elections for military tribunes were at hand, of which the concern for the patricians was almost greater than that for the war; for they saw that the supreme power was not only shared with the plebs, but almost lost.
§5.14.2itaque clarissimis viris ex composito praeparatis ad petendum, quos praetereundi verecundiam crederent fore, nihilo minus ipsi, perinde ac si omnes candidati essent, cuncta experientes non homines modo, sed deos etiam exciebant in religionem vertentes comitia biennio habita: §5.14.3priore anno intolerandam hiemem prodigiisque divinis similem coortam, proxumo non prodigia, sed iam eventus: §5.14.4pestilentiam agris urbique inlatam haud dubia ira deum, quos pestis eius arcendae causa placandos esse in libris fatalibus inventum sit; comitiis, auspicato quae fierent, indignum dis visum honores volgari discriminaque gentium confundi.
Therefore, having prepared by agreement the most illustrious men to stand for office, whom they believed there would be a feeling of shame in passing over, they themselves nonetheless, just as if they were all candidates, tried every means, and excited not only men but even the gods, turning the elections held during the two years into a matter of religious awe: namely, that in the previous year a winter intolerable and like to divine portents had arisen, and in the next year not portents, but already the actual events: that a pestilence had been brought upon the fields and the city by the undoubted wrath of the gods, whom it was found in the books of fate that they must be appeased for the sake of averting that plague; and that to the gods it seemed an indignity, in elections which should be held with auspices, for honors to be vulgarized and the distinctions of families to be confounded.
§5.14.5praeterquam maiestate petentium, religione etiam attoniti homines patricios omnis, partem magnam honoratissimum quemque, tribunos militum consulari potestate creavere, L.. Valerium Potitum quintum, M. Valerium Maximum, M. Furium Camillum iterum, L. Furium Medullinum tertium, Q. Servilium Fidenatem iterum, Q. Sulpicium Camerinum iterum.
The people, awestruck not only by the majesty of the candidates but also by religion, elected all patricians, and for the most part the most honored men, as military tribunes with consular power: Lucius Valerius Potitus for the fifth time, Marcus Valerius Maximus, Marcus Furius Camillus for the second time, Lucius Furius Medullinus for the third time, Quintus Servilius Fidenas for the second time, and Quintus Sulpicius Camerinum for the second time.
§5.14.6his tribunis ad Veios nihil admodum memorabile actum est; §5.14.7tota vis in populationibus fuit.
Under these tribunes, nothing very memorable was done at Veii; the whole force was spent in devastations.
duo summi imperatores Potitus a Faleriis, Camillus a Capena praedas ingentes egere nulla incolumi relicta re, cui ferro aut igni noceri posset.
Two supreme commanders, Potitus from Falerii, and Camillus from Capena, carried off immense booty, leaving nothing unharmed that could be damaged by sword or fire.