§9.43.1in Samnio quoque, quia decesserat inde Fabius, novi motus exorti.
In Samnium also, because Fabius had departed from there, new disturbances arose.
Calatia et Sora praesidiaque, quae in iis Romana erant, expugnata, et in captivorum corpora militum foede saevitum.
Calatia and Sora, and the Roman garrisons which were in them, were taken by storm, and cruel outrages were committed against the bodies of the captured soldiers.
§9.43.2itaque eo P. Cornelius cum exercitu missus;
Therefore P.
Marcio novi hostes — iam enim Anagninis Hernicisque aliis bellum iussum erat — decernuntur.
Cornelius was sent there with an army; to Marcius the new enemies—for war had already been declared against the Anagnians and the other Hernicians—were decreed.
§9.43.3primo ita omnia opportuna loca hostes inter consulum castra interceperunt, ut pervadere expeditus nuntius non posset §9.43.4et per aliquot dies incerti rerum omnium suspensique de statu alterius uterque consul ageret Romamque is metus manaret, adeo ut omnes iuniores sacramento adigerentur atque ad subita rerum duo iusti scriberentur exercitus.
At first, the enemy blocked all the strategic places between the camps of the consuls so effectively that an unencumbered messenger could not pass through and for several days, uncertain of all matters and anxious about each other's status, both consuls conducted themselves, and this fear spread to Rome, to such an extent that all the younger men were bound by oath and two regular armies were enrolled for sudden emergencies.
§9.43.5ceterum Hernicum bellum nequaquam pro praesenti terrore ac vetusta gentis gloria fuit.
But the Hernician war was by no means in proportion to the present terror and the ancient glory of that nation.
§9.43.6nihil usquam dictu dignum ausi, trinis castris intra paucos dies exuti, triginta dierum indutias ita, ut ad senatum Romam legatos mitterent, pacti sunt semestri stipendio frumentoque et singulis in militem tunicis.
Attempting nothing anywhere worthy of mention, stripped of three camps within a few days, they agreed upon a truce of thirty days on condition that they should send envoys to the senate at Rome, paying six months' pay and corn, and a tunic for each soldier.
§9.43.7ab senatu ad Marcium reiecti, cui senatus consulto permissum de Hernicis erat, isque eam gentem in deditionem accepit.
They were referred back by the senate to Marcius, to whom authority over the Hernicians had been granted by a decree of the senate, and he received that nation into surrender.
et in Samnio alter consul superior viribus, locis inpeditior erat.
Meanwhile in Samnium, the other consul, superior in forces, was more embarrassed by the terrain.
§9.43.8omnia itinera obsaepserant hostes saltusque pervios ceperant, ne qua subvehi commeatus possent; neque eos, cum cotidie signa in aciem consul proferret, elicere ad certamen poterat, §9.43.9satisque apparebat neque Samnitem certamen praesens nec Romanum dilationem belli laturum.
The enemy had blocked all the routes and occupied the passable passes, so that provisions could not be brought up from any quarter; nor could the consul, though he daily led out his standards into line of battle, draw them out to an engagement, and it was sufficiently clear that neither would the Samnite bear an immediate contest, nor the Roman a delay of the war.
§9.43.10Adventus Marci, qui Hernicis subactis maturavit collegae venire auxilio, moram certaminis hosti exemit.
The arrival of Marcius, who, having subdued the Hernicians, hastened to come to the assistance of his colleague, took away from the enemy the delay of the contest.
§9.43.11nam ut qui ne alteri quidem exercitui se ad certamen credidissent pares, coniungi utique passis duos consulares exercitus nihil crederent superesse spei, advenientem inconposito agmine Marcium adgrediuntur.
For, as men who had not believed themselves a match even for the other army in battle, and who believed that absolutely no hope would remain if they allowed two consular armies to join, they attacked Marcius as he arrived in an unformed column.
§9.43.12raptim conlatae sarcinae in medium, et, prout tempus patiebatur, instructa acies.
Hastily the baggage was piled in the center, and, as time permitted, the line of battle was drawn up.
clamor primum in stativa perlatus, dein conspectus procul pulvis tumultum apud alterum consulem in castris fecit; §9.43.13isque confestim arma capere iussis raptimque eductis in aciem militibus transversam hostium aciem atque alio certamine occupatam invadit clamitans summum flagitium fore, §9.43.14si alterum exercitum utriusque victoriae conpotem sinerent fieri nec ad se sui belli vindicarent decus.
The shouting first reached the permanent camp, then the sight of dust in the distance caused an alarm in the camp of the other consul; and he, having immediately ordered his soldiers to take arms and having led them out in haste into line of battle, attacked the flank of the enemy's line, which was occupied in another contest, shouting out that it would be the greatest disgrace, if they allowed the other army to become master of both victories and did not claim for themselves the glory of their own war.
qua impetum dederat, §9.43.15perrumpit aciemque per mediam in castra hostium tendit et vacua defensoribus capit atque incendit.
Where he had made his charge, he broke through and marched through the middle of the line into the enemy's camp, and took it empty of defenders and set it on fire.
§9.43.16quae ubi flagrantia Marcianus miles conspexit et hostes respexere, tum passim fuga coepta Samnitium fieri; sed omnia obtinet caedes, nec in ullam partem tutum perfugium est.
When the soldiers of Marcius saw this burning and the enemy looked back, then the flight of the Samnites began to take place in all directions; but slaughter occupied every part, nor was there safe refuge in any direction.
§9.43.17iam triginta milibus hostium caesis signum receptui consules dederant colligebantque in unum copias in vicem inter se gratantes, cum repente visae procul hostium novae cohortes, quae in supplementum scriptae fuerant, integravere caedem.
Already, thirty thousand of the enemy having been slain, the consuls had given the signal for retreat and were collecting their forces together, congratulating one another in turn, when suddenly new cohorts of the enemy, which had been enrolled as reinforcements, appeared in the distance and renewed the slaughter.
§9.43.18in quas nec iussu consulum nec signo accepto victores vadunt, malo tirocinio inbuendum Samnitem clamitantes.
Against these, neither by command of the consuls nor having received a signal, the victors advanced, shouting out that the Samnite must be initiated with a disastrous apprenticeship.
§9.43.19indulgent consules legionum ardori, ut qui probe scirent novum militem hostium inter perculsos fuga veteranos ne temptando quidem satis certamini fore.
The consuls indulged the eagerness of the legions, as men who well knew that the new soldiers of the enemy, among veterans terrified by flight, would not be equal to a contest even by attempting it.
nec eos opinio fefellit; omnes Samnitium copiae,
Nor did their opinion deceive them; all the forces of the Samnites, veteran and new, fled to the nearest mountains.
§9.43.20veteres novaeque, montes proximos fuga capiunt. eo et Romana erigitur acies, nec quicquam satis tuti loci victis est, et de iugis, quae ceperant, funduntur; iamque una voce omnes pacem petebant.
Thither also the Roman line ascended, nor was there any place safe enough for the vanquished, and they were dislodged from the ridges which they had occupied; and now with one voice all began to sue for peace.
§9.43.21tum trium mensum frumento imperato et annuo stipendio ac singulis in militem tunicis ad senatum pacis oratores missi.
Then, having demanded three months' provisions, a year's pay, and a tunic for each soldier, spokesmen for peace were sent to the senate.
Cornelius in Samnio relictus; §9.43.22Marcius de Hernicis triumphans in urbem rediit, statuaque equestris in foro decreta est, quae ante templum Castoris posita est.
Cornelius was left in Samnium; Marcius returned to the city, triumphing over the Hernicians, and an equestrian statue was decreed in the forum, which was placed before the temple of Castor.
§9.43.23Hernicorum tribus populis, Aletrinati Verulano Ferentinati, quia maluerunt quam civitatem, suae leges redditae, conubiumque inter ipsos, quod aliquamdiu soli Hernicorum habuerunt, permissum.
To the three peoples of the Hernicians, the Aletrinate, the Verulan, and the Ferentinate, because they preferred it to citizenship, their own laws were restored, and intermarriage among themselves, which for some time they alone of the Hernicians possessed, was permitted.
§9.43.24Anagninis quique alii arma Romanis intulerant civitas sine suffragii latione data, concilia conubiaque adempta et magistratibus praeterquam sacrorum curatione interdictum.
To the Anagnians and those others who had borne arms against the Romans, citizenship without the right of suffrage was given, their councils and right of intermarriage were taken away, and their magistrates were forbidden all administration except the care of sacred rites.
§9.43.25eodem anno aedes Salutis a C. Iunio Bubulco censore locata est, quam consul bello Samnitium voverat.
In the same year, the temple of Salus was contracted for by C. Junius Bubulcus, censor, which he had vowed as consul in the Samnite war.
ab eodem collegaque eius M. Valerio Maximo viae per agros publica inpensa factae.
By the same man and his colleague M. Valerius Maximus, roads were made through the country districts at public expense.
§9.43.26et cum Carthaginiensibus eodem anno foedus tertio renovatum, legatisque eorum, qui ad id venerant, comiter munera missa.
And with the Carthaginians, in the same year, the treaty was renewed for the third time, and gifts were courteously sent to their envoys, who had come for that purpose.