§5.19.1iam ludi Latinaeque instauratae erant, iam ex lacu Albano aqua emissa in agros, Veiosque fata adpetebant.
Already the games and the Latin festival had been renewed, already the water from the Alban lake had been discharged into the fields, and the fates were pressing upon Veii.
§5.19.2igitur fatalis dux ad excidium illius urbis servandaeque patriae M. Furius Camillus dictator dictus magistrum equitum P. Cornelium Scipionem dixit.
Therefore, Marcus Furius Camillus, the general destined by fate for the destruction of that city and the preservation of his country, was named dictator, and he named Publius Cornelius Scipio as master of the horse.
omnia repente mutaverat imperator mutatus: §5.19.3alia spes, alius animus hominum, fortuna quoque alia urbis videri.
The change of commander had suddenly changed everything: a different hope, a different spirit among the men, and even a different fortune of the city seemed to appear.
§5.19.4omnium primum in eos, qui a Veis in illo pavore fugerant, more militari animadvertit effecitque, ne hostis maxime timendus militi esset.
First of all, he punished according to military law those who had fled from Veii in that panic, and he made sure that the enemy should not be the most dreaded thing by the soldier.
§5.19.5deinde indicto dilectu in diem certam ipse interim Veios ad confirmandos militum animos intercurrit; inde Romam ad scribendum novum exercitum redit nullo detractante militiam.
Then, having proclaimed a levy for a certain day, he himself meanwhile hastened to Veii to strengthen the spirits of the soldiers; from there he returned to Rome to enroll a new army, with no one declining military service.
peregrina etiam iuventus, Latini Hernicique, operam suam pollicentes ad id bellum venere; §5.19.6quibus cum gratias in senatu egisset dictator, satis iam omnibus ad id bellum paratis ludos magnos ex senatus consulto vovit Veis captis se facturum aedemque Matutae matris refectam dedicaturum iam ante ab rege Ser. Tullio dedicatam.
Foreign youth also, Latins and Hernicians, came offering their assistance for this war; and when the dictator had thanked them in the senate, since all things were now sufficiently prepared for that war, he vowed, in accordance with a decree of the senate, that upon the capture of Veii he would celebrate the great games and dedicate the restored temple of Mother Matuta, which had formerly been dedicated by King Servius Tullius.
§5.19.7profectus cum exercitu ab urbe expectatione hominum maiore quam spe in agro primum Nepesino cum Faliscis et Capenatibus signa confert.
Having set out from the city with the army, with the expectations of the citizens greater than their hopes, he first engaged in battle with the Faliscans and Capenates in the district of Nepete.
§5.19.8omnia ibi summa ratione consilioque acta fortuna etiam, ut fit, secuta est.
There, everything was conducted with the greatest reason and counsel, and fortune also, as usually happens, followed.
non proelio tantum fudit hostes, sed castris quoque exuit ingentique praeda est potitus; cuius pars maxima ad quaestorem redacta est, haud ita multum militi datum.
He not only routed the enemy in battle but also stripped them of their camp and gained immense booty; the greatest part of this was delivered to the quaestor, and not very much was given to the soldier.
§5.19.9inde ad Veios exercitus ductus, densioraque castella facta et a procursationibus, quae multae temere inter murum ac vallum fiebant, edicto, ne quis iniussu pugnaret, ad opus milites traducti.
Then the army was led to Veii, and more closely spaced redoubts were constructed; and in order to stop the skirmishes which frequently and rashly took place between the wall and the rampart, an edict was issued that no one should fight without orders, and the soldiers were turned to labor.
§5.19.10operum fuit omnium longe maximum ac laboriosissimum cuniculus in arcem hostium agi coeptus.
By far the greatest and most laborious of all the works was a tunnel which they began to drive into the enemy's citadel.
§5.19.11quod ne intermitteretur opus neu sub terra continuus labor eosdem conficeret, in partes sex munitorum numerum divisit; senae horae in orbem operi attributae sunt; nocte ac die numquam ante omissum, quam in arcem viam facerent.
In order that this work might not be interrupted, and lest continuous labor underground should exhaust the same men, he divided the number of pioneers into six parties; six hours at a time were assigned to the work in rotation; and the work was never intermitted by night or day until they made a way into the citadel.