Liv. 2.40.1Tum mātronae ad Veturiam, mātrem Coriolānī, Volumniamque uxōrem frequentēs coeunt.Then the matrons gather in great numbers at the house of Veturia, Coriolanus' mother, and of Volumnia his wife. Liv. 2.40.1Id pūblicum cōnsilium an muliebris timor fuerit, parum convenit;Whether that was a public decision or the women's own fear, there is little agreement; Liv. 2.40.2pervīcēre certē, ut et Veturia, magnō nātū mulier, et Volumnia duōs parvōs ex Mārciō ferēns fīliōs sēcum in castra hostium īrent, et, quoniam armīs virī dēfendere urbem nōn possent, mulierēs precibus lacrimīsque dēfenderent.at any rate they prevailed on Veturia, a woman of great age, and Volumnia, carrying her two little sons by Marcius, to go with them to the enemy's camp, so that, since the men could not defend the city with arms, the women might defend it with prayers and tears. Liv. 2.40.3Ubi ad castra ventum est nūntiātumque Coriolānō est adesse ingēns mulierum agmen, prīmō, ut quī nec pūblicā maiestāte in lēgātīs nec in sacerdōtibus tantā offūsā oculīs animōque religiōne mōtus esset, multō obstinātior adversus lacrimās muliebrēs erat.When they reached the camp and it was announced to Coriolanus that a huge column of women was there, at first he, as one who had been moved neither by the majesty of the state in its envoys nor by the religious awe that poured so strongly over eyes and mind in its priests, was much more obstinate against women's tears.
Liv. 2.40.4Dein familiārium quīdam, quī īnsignem maestitiā inter cēterās cognōverat Veturiam inter nurum nepōtēsque stantem, "nisi mē frūstrantur" inquit "oculī, māter tibi coniūnxque et līberī adsunt."Then one of his friends, who had recognised Veturia, conspicuous for her grief among the rest, standing between her daughter-in-law and her grandchildren, said, 'Unless my eyes deceive me, your mother is here, and your wife and children.' Liv. 2.40.5Coriolānus prope ut āmēns cōnsternātus ab sēde suā cum ferret mātrī obviae complexum , mulier in īram ex precibus versa "sine, priusquam complexum accipiō, sciam" inquit, "ad hostem an ad fīlium vēnerim, captīva māterne in castrīs tuīs sim.Coriolanus, almost beside himself, rushed from his seat in dismay and was offering to embrace his mother as she met him, when the woman, turning from prayers to anger, said, 'Before I accept your embrace, let me know whether I have come to an enemy or to a son, whether I am a captive or a mother in your camp. Liv. 2.40.6In hoc mē longa vīta et īnfēlīx senecta trāxit, ut exulem tē, deinde hostem vidērem?Is it for this that long life and an unhappy old age have dragged me on, that I should see you an exile and then an enemy?
Liv. 2.40.6Potuistī populārī hanc terram, quae tē genuit atque aluit?Could you lay waste this land, which bore you and nourished you? Liv. 2.40.7Nōn tibi quamvīs īnfestō animō et minācī ingredientī fīnēs īra cecidit?Did your anger not fall away as you entered its borders, however hostile and threatening the spirit in which you came? Liv. 2.40.7Nōn, cum in cōnspectū Rōma fuit, succurrit "intrā illa moenia domus ac penātēs meī sunt, māter, coniūnx līberīque?"When Rome was in sight, did it not occur to you, "Within those walls are my home and my household gods, my mother, wife and children"? Liv. 2.40.8Ergō ego nisi peperissem, Rōma nōn oppugnārētur;So, if I had not given birth, Rome would not be under attack; Liv. 2.40.8nisi fīlium habērem, lībera in līberā patriā mortua essem.if I had no son, I should have died free in a free country. Liv. 2.40.8Sed ego nihil iam patī nec tibi turpius nec mihi miserius possum nec, ut sim miserrima, diū futūra sum;But I can now suffer nothing that would be more shameful to you or more wretched for me, nor, most wretched as I shall be, shall I live long; Liv. 2.40.9dē hīs vīderīs, quōs, sī pergis, aut inmātūra mors aut longa servitūs manet."look to these, for whom, if you go on, either an untimely death or long slavery waits.' Liv. 2.40.9Uxor deinde ac līberī amplexī, flētusque ab omnī turbā mulierum ortus et conplōrātiō suī patriaeque frēgēre tandem virum.Then his wife and children embraced him, and the weeping that arose from the whole crowd of women and their lamentation for themselves and their country at last broke the man.
Liv. 2.40.10Complexus inde suōs dīmittit;Then, having embraced his family, he sends them away; Liv. 2.40.10ipse retrō ab urbe castra mōvit.he himself moved his camp back from the city. Liv. 2.40.10Abductīs deinde legiōnibus ex agrō Rōmānō invidiā reī oppressum perīsse trādunt aliī aliō lētō.Then, when he had led his legions away from Roman territory, he perished, they relate, overwhelmed by the odium of the deed, though some give one manner of death and some another. Liv. 2.40.10Apud Fabium, longē antīquissimum auctōrem, ūsque ad senectūtem vīxisse eundem inveniō;In Fabius, by far the most ancient authority, I find that he lived on to old age; Liv. 2.40.11refert certē hanc saepe eum exāctā aetāte ūsurpāsse vōcem, multō miserius senī exilium esse.he at any rate records that, when far advanced in years, he often used this saying, that exile is much more wretched for an old man. Liv. 2.40.11Nōn invīdērunt laude suā mulieribus virī Rōmānī — adeō sine obtrectātiōne glōriae aliēnae vīvēbātur — , monumentōque quod esset, templum Fortūnae muliebrī aedificātum dēdicātumque est.The men of Rome did not grudge the women their glory — so free from detraction of another's fame did people live then — and to serve as a monument, a temple was built and dedicated to Fortuna Muliebris.
Liv. 2.40.12Rediēre deinde Volscī adiūnctīs Aequīs in agrum Rōmānum, sed Aequī Attium Tullium haud ultrā tulēre ducem.Then the Volsci, joined by the Aequi, returned into Roman territory, but the Aequi would no longer put up with Attius Tullius as leader. Liv. 2.40.13Hinc ex certāmine, Volscī Aequīne imperātōrem coniūnctō exercituī darent, sēditiō, deinde atrōx proelium ortum.From this, out of a dispute whether the Volsci or the Aequi should give a general to the combined army, arose a quarrel and then a savage battle. Liv. 2.40.13Ibi fortūna populī Rōmānī duōs hostium exercitūs haud minus perniciōsō quam pertinācī certāmine cōnfēcit.There the good fortune of the Roman people destroyed two armies of the enemy in a contest no less ruinous than stubborn. Liv. 2.40.14Cōnsulēs T. Sicinius et C. Aquīlius.The consuls were Titus Sicinius and Gaius Aquilius. Liv. 2.40.14Siciniō Volscī, Aquīliō Hernicī — nam iī quoque in armīs erant — prōvincia ēvēnit.To Sicinius the Volsci, to Aquilius the Hernici — for they too were in arms — fell as their command. Liv. 2.40.14Eō annō Hernicī dēvictī;That year the Hernici were defeated; Liv. 2.40.14cum Volscīs aequō Mārte discessum est.with the Volsci the fighting ended even.