§6.20.1adprobantibus cunctis diem Manlio dicunt.
With all approving, they named a day of trial for Manlius.
quod ubi est factum, primo commota plebs est, utique postquam sordidatum reum viderunt §6.20.2nec cum eo non modo patrum quemquam sed ne cognatos quidem aut adfines, postremo ne fratres quidem A. et T. Manlios, quod ad eum diem numquam usu venisset, ut in tanto discrimine non et proximi vestem mutarent: §6.20.3Ap. Claudio in vincula ducto C. Claudium inimicum Claudiamque omnem gentem sordidatam fuisse; consensu opprimi popularem virum, quod primus a patribus ad plebem defecisset.
When this was done, at first the plebs were moved, especially after they saw the accused in mourning garments and with him there was not only not any of the patricians, but not even his relations or connections, finally not even his brothers, Aulus and Titus Manlius, which up to that day had never happened, that in such great danger even the nearest kinsmen did not change their clothing: they recalled that when Appius Claudius was led into chains, Gaius Claudius, his enemy, and the whole Claudian gens had worn mourning; and that a man popular with the people was being crushed by consensus, because he was the first to defect from the patricians to the plebs.
§6.20.4cum dies venit, quae praeter coetus multitudinis seditiosasque voces et largitionem et fallax indicium pertinentia proprie ad regni crimen ab accusatoribus obiecta sint reo, apud neminem auctorem invenio; §6.20.5nec dubito haud parva fuisse, cum damnandi mora plebi non in causa, sed in loco fuerit.
When the day came, what charges, besides the gatherings of the multitude, seditious speeches, bribery, and the false disclosure, specifically pertaining to the charge of seeking kingly power, were brought against the accused by the accusers, I find in no author; nor do I doubt that they were not small, since the delay in condemning him was caused for the plebs not by the case, but by the place.
illud notandum videtur, ut sciant homines, quae et quanta decora foeda cupiditas regni non ingrata solum sed invisa etiam reddiderit: §6.20.6homines prope quadringentos produxisse dicitur, quibus sine faenore expensas pecunias tulisset, quorum bona venire, quos duci addictos prohibuisset; §6.20.7ad haec decora quoque belli non commemorasse tantum sed protulisse etiam conspicienda, spolia hostium caesorum ad triginta, dona imperatorum ad quadraginta, in quibus insignes duas murales coronas, civicas octo; ad hoc servatos ex hostibus cives, §6.20.8inter quos C. Servilium magistrum equitum absentem nominatim; et cum ea quoque, quae bello gesta essent, pro fastigio rerum oratione etiam magnifica, facta dictis aequando, memorasset, nudasse pectus insigne cicatricibus bello acceptis §6.20.9et identidem Capitolium spectans Iovem deosque alios devocasse ad auxilium fortunarum suarum precatusque ease, ut, quam mentem sibi Capitolinam arcem protegenti ad salutem populi Romani dedissent, eam populo Romano in suo discrimine darent, et orasse singulos universosque, ut Capitolium atque arcem intuentes, ut ad deos inmortales versi de se iudicarent.
This seems worthy of note, so that men may know what and how great honors the foul desire for kingly power made not only ungrateful but even hated: he is said to have brought forward nearly four hundred men, to whom he had lent money without interest, whose goods he had prevented from being sold, and whom he had prevented from being led away as bound debtors; in addition to these, he is said not only to have commemorated but also to have produced to be seen the decorations of war: spoils of slain enemies up to thirty, gifts of commanders up to forty, among which were two distinguished mural crowns and eight civic crowns; besides this, citizens saved from the enemy, among whom was Gaius Servilius, master of the horse, who was absent, mentioned by name; and when he had also commemorated those things which had been done in war in a speech magnificent in proportion to the greatness of the exploits, matching deeds with words, he bared his breast distinguished with scars received in war, and looking repeatedly at the Capitoline, he called down Jupiter and the other gods to the aid of his fortunes, and prayed that, the same mind which they had given to him when protecting the Capitoline citadel for the safety of the Roman people, they would give to the Roman people in his hour of peril, and begged them, individually and collectively, that looking at the Capitoline and the citadel, they would judge him, turned toward the immortal gods.
§6.20.10in campo Martio cum centuriatim populus citaretur et reus ad Capitolium manus tendens ab hominibus ad deos preces avertisset, apparuit tribunis, nisi oculos quoque hominum liberassent tanti memoria decoris, numquam fore in praeoccupatis beneficio animis vero crimini locum.
In the Campus Martius, when the people were summoned by centuries, and the defendant, stretching out his hands to the Capitoline, turned his prayers from men to the gods, it became clear to the tribunes that, unless they also freed the eyes of men from the memory of such great glory, there would never be room for a true charge in minds preoccupied with gratitude.
§6.20.11ita prodicta die in Petelinum lucum extra portam Flumentanam, unde conspectus in Capitolium non esset, concilium populi indictum est.
Thus, the day of trial having been adjourned, an assembly of the people was called in the Peteline Grove outside the Flumentan Gate, from where there was no view of the Capitoline.
ibi crimen valuit, et obstinatis animis triste iudicium invisumque etiam iudicibus factum.
There the charge prevailed, and with obstinate minds a grim judgment was passed, which was hated even by those who judged.
§6.20.12aunt, qui per duumviros, qui de perduellione anquirerent, creatos auctores sint damnatum.
There are those who are authorities that he was condemned by duumvirs appointed to inquire into high treason.
tribuni de saxo Tarpeio deiecerunt; locusque idem in uno homine et eximiae gloriae monumentum et poenae ultimae fuit.
The tribunes cast him down from the Tarpeian Rock; and the same place in the case of one man was both a monument of outstanding glory and of extreme punishment.
§6.20.13adiectae mortuo notae sunt: publica una, quod, cum domus eius fuisset, ubi nunc aedes atque officina Monetae est, latum ad populum est, ne quis patricius in arce aut Capitolio habitaret; §6.20.14gentilicia altera, quod gentis Manliae decreto cautum est, ne quis deinde M. Manlius vocaretur.
Marks of infamy were added to him when dead: one public, because, since his house had been where the temple and workshop of Juno Moneta now is, a proposal was carried before the people that no patrician should dwell on the citadel or the Capitoline; the other pertaining to his family, because by a decree of the Manlian gens it was provided that no one thereafter should be called Marcus Manlius.
hunc exitum habuit vir, nisi in libera civitate natus esset, memorabilia. Populum brevi,
This end had a man who, if he had not been born in a free state, would have been memorable.
§6.20.15postquam periculum ab eo nullum erat, per se ipsas recordantem virtutes desiderium eius tenuit.
Soon the people, after there was no danger from him, recalling his virtues for their own sake, were seized with regret for him.
pestilentia etiam brevi consecuta nullis occurrentibus tantae cladis causis ex Manliano supplicio magnae parti videri orta: §6.20.16violatum Capitolium esse sanguine servatoris, nec dis cordi fuisse poenam eius oblatam prope oculis suis, a quo sua templa erepta e manibus hostium essent.
A pestilence also followed shortly after, and since no causes for so great a disaster appeared, it seemed to a large part of the people to have arisen from the punishment of Manlius: namely, that the Capitoline had been polluted with the blood of its savior, and that it had not been pleasing to the gods that his punishment was presented almost before their eyes, by whom their temples had been snatched from the hands of enemies.