Liv. 2.32.1Timor inde patrēs incessit, nē, sī dīmissus exercitus foret, rūrsus coetūs occultī coniūrātiōnēsque fierent.Then fear came over the senators that, if the army were disbanded, there would again be secret meetings and conspiracies. Liv. 2.32.1Itaque, quamquam per dictātōrem dīlēctus habitus esset, tamen, quoniam in cōnsulum verba iūrāssent, sacrāmentō tenērī mīlitem ratī, per causam renovātī ab Aequīs bellī ēdūcī ex urbe legiōnēs iussēre.And so, although the levy had been held by the dictator, yet, thinking that since the men had sworn their oath to the consuls the soldiers were bound by it, they ordered the legions to be led out of the city on the pretext that war had been renewed by the Aequi. Liv. 2.32.1Quō factō mātūrāta est sēditiō.This action brought the sedition to a head. Liv. 2.32.2Et prīmō agitātum dīcitur dē cōnsulum caede, ut solverentur sacrāmentō;And at first, it is said, there was talk of killing the consuls, so as to be released from their oath; Liv. 2.32.2doctōs deinde nūllam scelere religiōnem exsolvī, Siciniō quōdam auctōre iniussū cōnsulum in Sacrum montem sēcessisse — trāns Aniēnem amnem est, tria ab urbe mīlia passuum;then, having been taught that no religious obligation is dissolved by a crime, they withdrew, at the prompting of one Sicinius and without the consuls' orders, to the Sacred Mount — it is across the river Anio, three miles from the city; Liv. 2.32.3ea frequentior fāma est quam, cuius Pīsō auctor est, in Aventīnum sēcessiōnem factam esse — ;this account is more widespread than the one, of which Piso is the authority, that the secession was made to the Aventine — ; Liv. 2.32.4ibi sine ūllō duce vallō fossāque commūnītīs castrīs quiētī, rem nūllam nisi necessāriam ad vīctum sūmendō, per aliquot diēs neque lacessītī neque lacessentēs sēsē tenuēre.there, without any leader, having fortified a camp with rampart and ditch, they kept quiet for some days, taking nothing but what they needed for food, neither provoked nor provoking.
Liv. 2.32.5Pavor ingēns in urbe, metūque mūtuō suspēnsa erant omnia.There was great panic in the city, and everything was held in suspense by mutual fear. Liv. 2.32.5Timēre relicta ab suīs plēbēs violentiam patrum;The plebs, left behind by their own people, feared the violence of the senators; Liv. 2.32.5timēre patrēs residem in urbe plēbem, incertī, manēre eam an abīre māllent.the senators feared the plebs remaining in the city, unsure whether they would rather it stayed or went. Liv. 2.32.6Quamdiū autem tranquillam, quae sēcesserit, multitūdinem fore?And how long would the multitude that had seceded stay peaceful? Liv. 2.32.7Quid futūrum deinde, sī quod externum interim bellum existat?What would happen then, if some foreign war should break out meanwhile? Liv. 2.32.7Nūllam profectō nisi in concordiā cīvium spem reliquam dūcere;Surely they thought no hope remained except in the harmony of the citizens; Liv. 2.32.8eam per aequa, per inīqua reconciliandam cīvitātī esse.this must be restored to the state by fair means or foul. Liv. 2.32.8Placuit igitur ōrātōrem ad plēbem mittī Menēnium Agrippam, fācundum virum et, quod inde oriundus erat, plēbī cārum.It was decided therefore to send to the plebs as spokesman Menenius Agrippa, an eloquent man and, because he was by origin one of them, dear to the plebs.
Liv. 2.32.8Is intrōmissus in castra prīscō illō dīcendī et horridō modo nihil aliud quam hoc narrāsse fertur: tempore, quō in homine nōn, ut nunc, omnia in ūnum cōnsentientia, sed singulīs membrīs suum cuique cōnsilium, suus sermō fuerit, indignātās reliquās partēs suā cūrā, suō labōre ac ministeriō ventrī omnia quaerī, ventrem in mediō quiētum nihil aliud quam datīs voluptātibus fruī;Admitted into the camp, he is said to have told them, in that old-fashioned and rough manner of speaking, nothing but this: that at the time when in a man the parts did not, as now, all agree together as one, but each member had its own counsel and its own speech, the other parts were indignant that everything was got for the belly by their care, their toil and service, while the belly, quiet in the middle, did nothing but enjoy the pleasures given to it; Liv. 2.32.10cōnspīrāsse inde, nē manūs ad ōs cibum ferrent, nec ōs acciperet datum, nec dentēs cōnficerent.they then conspired that the hands should not carry food to the mouth, nor the mouth take what was given, nor the teeth chew it.
Liv. 2.32.10Hāc īrā dum ventrem fame domāre vellent, ipsa ūna membra tōtumque corpus ad extrēmam tābem vēnisse.While in this anger they sought to tame the belly by hunger, the members themselves and the whole body came to the last stage of wasting. Liv. 2.32.11Inde appāruisse ventris quoque haud segne ministerium esse, nec magis alīquam alere eum, reddentem in omnīs corporis partēs hunc, quō vīvimus vigēmusque, dīvīsum pariter in vēnās, mātūrum cōnfectō cibō sanguinem.From this it became plain that the belly too performed no idle service, and that it was nourished no more than it nourished, sending out to all parts of the body this blood, by which we live and thrive, distributed equally through the veins and enriched by the digested food. Liv. 2.32.11Conparandō hinc, quam intestīna corporis sēditiō similis esset īrae plēbis in patrēs, flexisse mentēs hominum.By comparing in this way how like the internal sedition of the body was to the anger of the plebs against the senators, he changed the men's minds.