§8.29.1eodem anno cum satis per se ipsum Samnitium bellum et defectio repens Lucanorum auctoresque defectionis Tarentini sollicitos haberent patres, accessit, ut et Vestinus populus Samnitibus sese coniungeret.
In the same year, while the Samnite war by itself and the sudden revolt of the Lucanians, together with the Tarentines, the authors of the revolt, kept the fathers sufficiently anxious, there was added the fact that the Vestinian people also joined themselves to the Samnites.
§8.29.2quae res sicut eo anno sermonibus magis passim hominum iactata quam in publico ullo concilio est, ita insequentis anni consulibus, L. Furio Camillo iterum Iunio Bruto Scaevae, nulla prior potiorque visa est, de qua ad senatum referrent.
And just as this matter in that year was tossed about more in the rumors of men everywhere than in any public assembly, so to the consuls of the following year, L. Furius Camillus for the second time and Iunius Brutus Scaeva, no business seemed more urgent or more important to refer to the senate.
§8.29.3et quamquam non nova res erat, tamen tanta cura patres incessit, ut pariter eam susceptam neglectamque timerent, ne aut inpunitas eorum lascivia superbiaque aut bello poenae expetitae metu propinquo atque ira concirent finitimos populos.
And although it was not a new matter, yet such great anxiety came upon the fathers that they feared it equally whether undertaken or neglected, lest either their impunity, through their insolence and pride, or the punishment sought by war, through immediate fear and anger, should stir up the neighboring peoples.
§8.29.4et erat genus omne abunde bello Samnitibus par, Marsi Paelignique et Marrucini: quos, si Vestinus attingeretur, omnes habendos hostes.
And the whole race—the Marsi, Paeligni, and Marrucini—was fully equal in war to the Samnites; all of whom, if the Vestini were attacked, would have to be held as enemies.
§8.29.5vicit tamen pars, quae in praesentia videri potuit maioris animi quam consilii; §8.29.6sed eventus docuit fortes fortunam iuvare.
Yet that party won which for the present might seem of greater courage than of wisdom; but the outcome showed that fortune favors the brave.
bellum ex auctoritate patrum populus adversus Vestinos iussit.
The people, on the authority of the fathers, ordered war against the Vestini.
§8.29.7provincia ea Bruto, Samnium Camillo sorte evenit.
By lot, that province fell to Brutus, Samnium to Camillus.
exercitus utroque ducti, et cura tuendorum finium hostes prohibiti coniungere arma.
Armies were led to both quarters, and by care in guarding the borders, the enemies were prevented from joining forces.
§8.29.8ceterum alterum consulem L. Furium, cui maior moles rerum inposita erat, morbo gravi inplicitum fortuna bello subtraxit; §8.29.9iussusque dictatorem dicere rei gerendae causa longe clarissimum bello ea tempestate dixit, L. Papirium Cursorem, a quo Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus magister equitum est dictus:
However, fortune withdrew from the war the other consul, L. Furius, upon whom the greater burden of affairs had been imposed, as he was afflicted by a serious disease; and having been ordered to name a dictator for the conduct of affairs, he named L. Papirius Cursor, by far the most famous in war at that time, by whom Q.
§8.29.10par nobile rebus in eo magistratu gestis, discordia tamen, qua prope ad ultimum dimicationis ventum est, nobilius. ab altero consule in Vestinis multiplex bellum
Fabius Maximus Rullianus was named master of the horse: a pair noble for the things achieved in that office, yet more famous for their discord, by which they came nearly to the extreme of conflict.
§8.29.11nec usquam vario eventu gestum est.
By the other consul, a manifold war was waged among the Vestini, nor was it carried on anywhere with varying success.
nam et pervastavit agros §8.29.12et populando atque urendo tecta hostium sataque in aciem invitos extraxit et ita proelio uno accidit Vestinorum res, haudquaquam tamen incruento milite suo, ut non in castra solum refugerent hostes sed iam ne vallo quidem ac fossis freti dilaberentur in oppida, situ urbium moenibusque se defensuri.
For he both thoroughly devastated the fields and, by pillaging and burning the dwellings and crops of the enemy, drew them unwillingly into battle; and thus, by a single battle, the fortune of the Vestini fell—though by no means with bloodless soldiers of his own—so that the enemy not only fled back to their camp, but now, not even trusting the rampart and trenches, dispersed into their towns, intending to defend themselves by the situation and walls of their cities.
§8.29.13postremo oppida quoque vi expugnare adortus primo Cutinam ingenti ardore militum a vulnerum ira, quod haud fere quisquam integer proelio excesserat, scalis cepit, deinde Cingiliam.
Finally, having set about to storm the towns also by force, he first took Cutina with ladders, thanks to the immense ardor of his soldiers arising from the anger at their wounds, because scarcely anyone had come out of the battle unhurt, and then Cingilia.
§8.29.14utriusque urbis praedam militibus, quod eos neque portae nec muri hostium arcuerant, concessit.
The plunder of both cities he granted to the soldiers, because neither gates nor walls of the enemies had kept them back.