§7.27.1exercitibus dimissis cum et foris pax et domi concordia ordinum otium esset, ne nimis laetae res essent, pestilentia civitatem adorta coegit senatum imperare decemviris, ut libros Sibyllinos inspicerent; eorumque monitu lectisternium fuit.
When the armies had been disbanded, and there was leisure, with peace abroad and harmony of the orders at home, lest their circumstances be too joyful, a pestilence attacked the state and forced the senate to order the decemvirs to consult the Sibylline books; and by their advice, a lectisternium was held.
§7.27.2eodem anno Satricum ab Antiatibus colonia deducta restitutaque urbs, quam Latini diruerant;
In the same year Satricum was settled as a colony by the men of Antium, and the city, which the Latins had destroyed, was rebuilt.
§7.27.3et cum Carthaginiensibus legatis Romae foedus ictum, cum amicitiam ac societatem petentes venissent. idem otium domi forisque mansit T. Manlio Torquato, C. Plautio consulibus. semunciarium tantum ex unciario faenus factum, et in pensiones aequas triennii, ita ut quarta praesens esset, solutio aeris alieni dispensata est;
Also, a treaty was struck at Rome with the Carthaginian envoys, since they had come seeking friendship and alliance. The same leisure at home and abroad remained during the consulship of Titus Manlius Torquatus and Gaius Plautius. The same leisure at home and abroad remained during the consulship of Titus Manlius Torquatus and Gaius Plautius. The same quiet was maintained at home and abroad in the consulship of Titus Manlius Torquatus and Gaius Plautius. Interest was reduced from one-twelfth to one twenty-fourth, and the discharge of debt was apportioned into equal instalments over three years, with one quarter paid down at once; The same leisure at home and abroad remained during the consulship of Titus Manlius Torquatus and Gaius Plautius. Interest was reduced from one ounce to half an ounce, and the payment of debt was distributed into equal installments over three years, on the condition that a fourth part should be paid immediately.
§7.27.4et sic quoque parte plebis adfecta fides tamen publica privatis difficultatibus potior ad curam senatui fuit. levatae maxime res, quia tributo ac dilectu supersessum.
And even so, although a part of the plebeians was still affected, public credit was nevertheless of greater concern to the senate than private difficulties. The situation was greatly relieved, because the war-tax and the levy were suspended. And even so, although a part of the plebeians was still affected, public credit was nevertheless of greater concern to the senate than private difficulties. The situation was greatly relieved, because the war-tax and the levy were suspended.
§7.27.5Tertio anno post Satricum restitutum a Volscis M. Valerius Corvus iterum consul cum C. Poetelio factus, cum ex Latio nuntiatum esset legatos ab Antio circumire populos Latinorum ad concitandum bellum, priusquam plus hostium fieret, Volscis arma inferre iussus ad Satricum exercitu infesto pergit.
In the third year after Satricum was rebuilt by the Volscians, Marcus Valerius Corvus was made consul for the second time, with Gaius Poetelius; and when word was brought from Latium that envoys from Antium were going around among the Latin peoples to stir up war, before the enemy's numbers could increase, he was ordered to carry war against the Volscians, and proceeded to Satricum with a hostile army.
§7.27.6quo cum Antiates aliique Volsci praeparatis iam ante, si quid ab Roma moveretur, copiis occurrissent, nulla mora inter infensos diutino odio dimicandi facta est.
When the Antiatium and other Volscians met him there with forces already prepared beforehand in case any move should be made by Rome, no delay in fighting occurred between those who were hostile from long-standing hatred.
§7.27.7Volsci, ferocior ad rebellandum quam ad bellandum gens, certamine victi fuga effusa Satrici moenia petunt. et ne in muris quidem satis firma spe, cum corona militum cincta iam scalis caperetur urbs, ad quattuor milia militum praeter multitudinem inbellem sese dedidere.
The Volscians, a people fiercer at rebelling than at waging war, were beaten in the contest and fled in disorder to the walls of Satricum. And since even on the walls their hope was not firm enough, when the city, ringed by a cordon of soldiers, was already being stormed with scaling-ladders, about four thousand soldiers, besides the non-combatant throng, surrendered. And as there was no sufficiently firm hope even within the walls, when the city, surrounded by a circle of soldiers, was already being taken by escalade, about four thousand soldiers, besides the non-combatant crowd, surrendered themselves.
oppidum dirutum atque incensum; §7.27.8ab aede tantum matris Matutae abstinuere ignem. praeda omnis militi data. extra praedam quattuor milia deditorum habita; eos vinctos consul ante currum triumphans egit; venditis deinde magnam pecuniam in aerarium redegit.
The town was demolished and burned; they kept fire away only from the temple of Mater Matuta. All the booty was given to the soldiers. Apart from the booty, four thousand who had surrendered were counted; these the consul drove in chains before his triumphal chariot, and afterwards, by selling them, paid a large sum into the treasury. All the booty was given to the soldiers. The four thousand who had surrendered were treated separately from the booty; the consul drove them in chains before his triumphal chariot, and then, having sold them, paid a large sum of money into the treasury.
sunt, §7.27.9qui hanc multitudinem captivam servorum fuisse scribant, idque magis veri simile est quam deditos venisse.
There are some who write that this multitude was a body of captured slaves, and this is more probable than that those who had surrendered were sold.