Liv. 2.31.1Dum haec in Volscīs geruntur, dictātor Sabīnōs, ubi longē plūrimum bellī fuerat, fundit fugatque, exuit castrīs.While this was going on among the Volsci, the dictator routs and puts to flight the Sabines, where by far the greatest part of the war had been, and strips them of their camp. Liv. 2.31.2Equitātū inmissō mediam turbāverat hostium aciem, quam, dum sē cornua lātius pandunt, parum aptē īnstrūctīs intrōrsum ōrdinibus firmāverant;By sending in his cavalry he had thrown into confusion the enemy's centre, which, while the wings spread out too widely, they had not strengthened by placing ranks in depth with enough skill; Liv. 2.31.2turbātōs pedēs invāsit.his infantry fell upon them in their disorder. Liv. 2.31.2Eōdem impetū castra capta dēbellātumque est.In the same charge the camp was taken and the war finished. Liv. 2.31.3Post pugnam ad Rēgillum lacum nōn alia illīs annīs pugna clārior fuit.After the battle at Lake Regillus there was no more famous battle in those years. Liv. 2.31.3Dictātor triumphāns urbem invehitur.The dictator rides into the city in triumph.
Liv. 2.31.3Super solitōs honōrēs locus in circō ipsī posterīsque ad spectāculum datus, sella eō locō curūlis posita.Beyond the usual honours, a place in the Circus was given to him and his descendants for watching the games, and a curule chair was set in that place. Liv. 2.31.3Volscīs dēvictīs Veliternus ager adēmptus;With the Volsci defeated, the territory of Velitrae was taken from them; Liv. 2.31.4Velitrās colōnī ab urbe missī;colonists were sent to Velitrae from the city; Liv. 2.31.4et * colōnia dēducta.and a colony was founded. Liv. 2.31.4Cum Aequīs post aliquandō pugnātum est invītō quidem cōnsule, quia locō inīquō subeundum erat ad hostēs;Some time later there was fighting with the Aequi, against the consul's wishes indeed, because they had to approach the enemy over unfavourable ground; Liv. 2.31.5sed mīlitēs extrahī rem crīminantēs, ut dictātor, priusquam ipsī redīrent in urbem, magistrātū abīret, inrītaque, sīcut ante cōnsulis, prōmissa eius caderent, perpulēre, ut forte temerē in adversōs montēs agmen ērigeret.but the soldiers, complaining that the business was being dragged out so that the dictator should leave office before they themselves returned to the city, and his promises, like the consul's before, should fall to nothing, drove him to lead his column, at random and rashly, up the mountains facing them.
Liv. 2.31.6Id male commissum ignāviā hostium in bonum vertit, quī, priusquam ad coniectum tēlī venīrētur, obstupefactī audāciā Rōmānōrum relictīs castrīs, quae mūnītissimīs tenuerant locīs, in āversās vallēs dēsiluēre;This ill-advised move was turned to good by the cowardice of the enemy, who, before they came within a weapon's throw, stunned by the Romans' daring, abandoned the camp they had held in a very strongly fortified position and leapt down into the valleys behind them; Liv. 2.31.6ubi satis praedae et victōria incruenta fuit.there was plenty of booty there, and a bloodless victory. Liv. 2.31.7Ita trifāriam rē bellō bene gestā, dē domesticārum rērum ēventū nec patribus nec plēbī cūra dēcesserat;Though the war had thus been successfully waged on three fronts, neither the senators nor the plebs had lost their anxiety about the outcome of affairs at home; Liv. 2.31.7tantā cum grātiā tum arte praeparāverant faenerātōrēs, quae nōn modo plēbem, sed ipsum etiam dictātōrem frūstrārentur.with such influence, and such cunning too, had the moneylenders made their preparations, to thwart not only the plebs but even the dictator himself. Liv. 2.31.8Namque Valerius post Vetusī cōnsulis reditum omnium āctiōnum in senātū prīmam habuit prō victōre populō rettulitque, quid dē nexīs fierī placēret.For Valerius, after the return of the consul Vetusius, made it the first of all his business in the senate to act for the victorious people, and put the question what they wished to be done about the bondsmen.
Liv. 2.31.9Quae cum rēiecta relātiō esset, "nōn placeō" inquit "concordiae auctor;When the motion had been rejected, he said, 'I do not please you as a promoter of harmony; Liv. 2.31.9optābitis, mediusfidius, propediem, ut meī similēs Rōmāna plēbēs patrōnōs habeat.you will wish, by heaven, before long, that the Roman plebs had patrons like me. Liv. 2.31.9Quod ad mē attinet, neque frūstrābor ultrā cīvēs meōs neque ipse frūstrā dictātor erō.As far as I am concerned, I shall neither disappoint my fellow citizens any longer nor be dictator to no purpose myself. Liv. 2.31.10Discordiae intestīnae, bellum externum fēcēre, ut hōc magistrātū egēret rēs pūblica;Strife at home and war abroad made the state need this office; Liv. 2.31.10pāx forīs parta est, domī inpedītur;peace has been won abroad, at home it is being blocked; Liv. 2.31.10prīvātus potius quam dictātor sēditiōnī intererō."I shall take part in the sedition as a private citizen rather than as dictator.' Liv. 2.31.10Ita cūriā ēgressus dictātūrā sē abdicāvit.So, leaving the senate house, he resigned his dictatorship. Liv. 2.31.11Appāruit causa plēbī, suam vicem indignantem magistrātū abīsse: itaque velut persolūtā fidē, quoniam per eum nōn stetisset, quīn praestārētur, dēcēdentem domum cum favōre ac laudibus prōsecūtī sunt.It was plain to the plebs that he had left office out of indignation at their treatment: and so, as though he had kept his word in full, since it had not been his fault that it was not fulfilled, as he went home they escorted him with goodwill and praise.