Mil. 10.1Interim cum scīret Clōdius—neque enim erat id difficile scīre ā Lānuvīnīs —iter sollemne, lēgitimum, necessārium ante diem xiii Kalendās Februāriās Milōnī esse Lānuvium ad flāminem prōdendum, quod erat dictātor Lānuvī Milō, Rōmā subitō ipse profectus prīdiē est ut ante suum fundum, quod rē intellēctum est, Milōnī īnsidiās conlocāret;Meanwhile, since Clodius knew — for it was not difficult to learn it from the people of Lanuvium — that Milo had a customary, legally required and necessary journey to make to Lanuvium on the thirteenth day before the Kalends of February to appoint a flamen, because Milo was dictator of Lanuvium, he himself suddenly set out from Rome the day before, in order, as was understood from the event, to lay an ambush for Milo in front of his own estate; Mil. 10.1atque ita profectus est ut contiōnem turbulentam in quā eius furor dēsīderātus est, quae illō ipsō diē habita est, relinqueret, quam, nisi obīre facinoris locum tempusque voluisset, numquam relīquisset.and he set out in such a way that he abandoned a turbulent assembly, held on that very day, in which his madness was missed, an assembly which he would never have abandoned had he not wished to be at the place and time of the crime.
Mil. 10.28Milō autem cum in senātū fuisset eō diē quoad senātus est dīmissus, domum vēnit, calceōs et vestīmenta mūtāvit, paulisper, dum sē uxor, ut fit, comparat, commorātus est, Dein profectus id temporis cum iam Clōdius, sī quidem eō diē Rōmam ventūrus erat, redīre potuisset.Milo, on the other hand, having been in the senate that day until the senate was dismissed, came home, changed his shoes and clothes, waited a little while his wife, as happens, got herself ready, and then set out at a time when Clodius, if indeed he had been going to come to Rome that day, could already have returned. Mil. 10.28Obviam fit eī Clōdius, expedītus, in equō, nūllā raedā, nūllīs impedīmentīs, nūllīs Graecīs comitibus, ut solēbat, sine uxōre, quod numquam ferē: cum hic īnsidiātor, quī iter illud ad caedem faciendam apparāsset, cum uxōre veherētur in raedā, paenulātus, magnō et impedītō et muliebrī ac dēlicātō ancillārum puerōrumque comitātū.Clodius meets him, travelling light, on horseback, with no carriage, no baggage, no Greek companions, as he usually had, without his wife, which was almost never the case: while this waylayer, who had arranged that journey to commit murder, was riding in a carriage with his wife, wrapped in a travelling cloak, with a large, cumbersome, womanish and dainty retinue of maids and boys.
Mil. 10.29Fit obviam Clōdiō ante fundum eius hōrā ferē ūndecimā aut nōn multō secus.He meets Clodius in front of Clodius's estate at about the eleventh hour, or not far off it. Mil. 10.29Statim complūrēs cum tēlīs in hunc faciunt dē locō superiōre impetum;At once a number of men with weapons make an attack on him from higher ground; Mil. 10.29adversī raedārium occīdunt.those in front kill the driver. Mil. 10.29Cum autem hic dē raedā rēiectā paenulā dēsiluisset sēque ācrī animō dēfenderet, illī quī erant cum Clōdiō gladiīs ēductīs, partim recurrere ad raedam ut ā tergō Milōnem adorīrentur, partim, quod hunc iam interfectum putārent, caedere incipiunt eius servōs quī post erant;But when Milo had thrown back his cloak, leapt down from the carriage and was defending himself with a keen spirit, those who were with Clodius drew their swords, and some began to run back to the carriage to attack Milo from behind, while others, because they thought he was already killed, began to cut down his slaves who were behind; Mil. 10.29ex quibus quī animō fidēlī in dominum et praesentī fuērunt, partim occīsī sunt, partim, cum ad raedam pugnārī vidērent, dominō succurrere prohibērentur, Milōnem occīsum et ex ipsō Clōdiō audīrent et rē vērā putārent, fēcērunt id servī Milōnis—dīcam enim apertē nōn dērīvandī crīminis causā, sed ut factum est—nec imperante nec sciente nec praesente dominō, quod suōs quisque servōs in tālī rē facere voluisset.of these, those who were loyal and resolute in spirit towards their master were partly killed; and partly, since they saw that there was fighting at the carriage, were prevented from helping their master, and heard from Clodius himself that Milo had been killed and really believed it, those slaves of Milo did — I shall say it openly, not to divert the charge, but as it happened — without their master ordering it, or knowing it, or being present, what each man would have wished his own slaves to do in such a situation.