§6.7.1iustitio indicto dilectuque habito Furius ac Valerius ad Satricum profecti, quo non Volscorum modo iuventutem Antiates ex nova subole lectam sed ingentem vim Latinorum Hernicorumque conciverant ex integerrimis diutina pace populis. §6.7.2itaque novus hostis veteri adiunctus commovit animos militis Romani.
A public vacation having been proclaimed and a levy held, Furius and Valerius set out for Satricum, whither the Antiates had assembled not only the youth of the Volscians, selected from the new generation, but also a huge force of the Latins and Hernicians from states entirely unimpaired by long peace. Therefore the new enemy joined with the old shook the spirits of the Roman soldiers.
quod ubi aciem iam instruenti Camillo centuriones renuntiaverunt, turbatas militum mentes esse, segniter arma capta, cunctabundosque et resistentes egressos castris esse, quin voces quoque auditas “cum centenis hostibus singulos pugnaturos, et aegre inermem tantam multitudinem, nedum armatam sustineri posse,” in equum insilit et ante signa, §6.7.3obversus in aciem, ordines interequitans: “quae tristitia, milites, haec, quae insolita cunctatio est? hostem an me an vos ignoratis? hostis est quid aliud quam perpetua materia virtutis gloriaeque vestrae? vos contra me duce,
When the centurions reported this to Camillus, who was already drawing up his battle line—that the minds of the soldiers were troubled, that arms were taken up sluggishly, and that they had left the camp hesitant and resisting; and indeed that voices were also heard, saying "each single man will fight with a hundred enemies, and such a great multitude can scarcely be withstood even when unarmed, much less when armed"—he leapt upon his horse and, in front of the standards, turning toward the battle line and riding between the ranks, said: "What sadness is this, soldiers, what unusual hesitation is this? Are you ignorant of the enemy, or of me, or of yourselves? What else is the enemy than the perpetual material of your valor and glory?
§6.7.4ut Falerios Veiosque captos et in capta patria Gallorum legiones caesas taceam, modo trigeminae victoriae triplicem triumphum ex his ipsis Volscis et ex Aequis et ex Etruria egistis. §6.7.5an me, quod non dictator vobis sed tribunus signum dedi, non agnoscitis ducem? neque ego maxima imperia in vos desidero, et vos in me nihil praeter me ipsum intueri decet;
You, on the other hand, with me as leader, to say nothing of the capture of Falerii and Veii, and the slaughter of the Gallic legions in our captured homeland, have just now celebrated a triple triumph for a threefold victory over these very Volscians, and over the Aequi, and over Etruria. Or do you not recognize me as your leader because I gave you the signal as tribune, not as dictator?
neque enim dictatura mihi umquam animos fecit, ut ne exilium quidem ademit. §6.7.6iidem igitur omnes sumus, et cum eadem omnia in hoc bellum adferamus, quae in priora attulimus, eundem eventum belli expectemus.
I do not desire the greatest authority over you, and it becomes you to look at nothing in me except myself; for indeed, the dictatorship never gave me arrogance, just as even exile did not take it away. Therefore we are all the same men, and since we bring all the same things to this war that we brought to the previous ones, let us expect the same outcome of the war.
simul concurreritis, quod quisque didicit ac consuevit, faciet: vos vincetis, illi fugient. ”
As soon as you clash, each man will do what he has learned and become accustomed to: you will conquer, and they will flee."