Liv. 2.48.1Igitur nōn patrum magis quam plēbis studiīs K. Fabius cum T. Verginiō cōnsul factus neque bellī neque dīlēctūs neque ūllam aliam priōrem cūram agere, quam ut iam aliquā ex parte inchoātā concordiae spē prīmō quōque tempore cum patribus coalēscerent animī plēbis.Therefore, Kaeso Fabius, made consul with Titus Verginius through the support of the senators no less than of the plebs, attended to no business of war or of levies or anything else before seeing that, now that the hope of concord had in some measure been begun, the feelings of the plebs should be united with the senators at the earliest opportunity. Liv. 2.48.2Itaque prīncipiō annī cēnsuit, priusquam quisquam agrāriae lēgis auctor tribūnus existeret, occupārent patrēs ipsī suum mūnus facere, captīvum agrum plēbī quam maximē aequāliter darent: vērum esse habēre eōs, quōrum sanguine ac sūdōre partus sit.And so at the beginning of the year he proposed that, before any tribune arose as author of an agrarian law, the senators should themselves take the lead in performing their own duty and give the captured land to the plebs as equally as possible: it was right that those should have it by whose blood and sweat it had been won.
Liv. 2.48.3Aspernātī patrēs sunt;The senators scorned the idea; Liv. 2.48.3questī quoque quīdam nimiā glōriā luxuriāre et ēvānēscere vīvidum quondam illud Caesōnis ingenium.some even complained that the once lively genius of Kaeso was running riot and fading away through excessive glory. Liv. 2.48.3Nūllae deinde urbānae factiōnēs fuēre.After that there were no factions in the city. Liv. 2.48.3Vexābantur incursiōnibus Aequōrum Latīnī.The Latins were being harassed by raids of the Aequi. Liv. 2.48.4Eō cum exercitū Caesō missus in ipsōrum Aequōrum agrum dēpopulandum trānsit.Sent there with an army, Kaeso crosses into the territory of the Aequi themselves to lay it waste. Liv. 2.48.4Aequī sē in oppida recēpērunt mūrīsque sē tenēbant.The Aequi withdrew into their towns and kept within their walls. Liv. 2.48.4Eō nūlla pugna memorābilis fuit.For that reason there was no battle worth remembering. Liv. 2.48.5At ā Vēiente hoste clādēs acceptā temeritāte alterīus cōnsulis, āctumque dē exercitū foret, nī K. Fabius in tempore subsidiō vēnisset.But a defeat was suffered at the hands of the Veientine enemy through the rashness of the other consul, and it would have been all over with the army, had not Kaeso Fabius come to its aid in time.
Liv. 2.48.5Ex eō tempore neque pāx neque bellum cum Veientibus fuit;From that time there was neither peace nor war with the Veientes; Liv. 2.48.5rēs proximē fōrmam latrōciniī vēnerat: legiōnibus Rōmānīs cēdēbant in urbem;the affair had come very close to the pattern of brigandage: before the Roman legions they would withdraw into their city; Liv. 2.48.6ubi abductās sēnserant legiōnēs, agrōs incursābant bellum quiēte, quiētem bellō in vicem ēlūdentēs.when they perceived that the legions had been led away, they would raid the fields, alternately evading war by quiet and quiet by war. Liv. 2.48.6Ita neque omittī tōta rēs nec perficī poterat.Thus the whole matter could neither be dropped nor brought to an end. Liv. 2.48.6Et alia bella aut praesentia īnstābant, ut ab Aequīs Volscīsque, nōn diūtius, quam dum recēns dolor proximae clādis trānsīret, quiēscentibus, aut mox mōtūrōs esse appārēbat Sabīnōs semper īnfestōs Etrūriamque omnem.And other wars were either pressing at present, as from the Aequi and Volsci, who stayed quiet no longer than while the fresh pain of their last defeat passed off, or it was clear that the ever hostile Sabines and all Etruria would soon be on the move.
Liv. 2.48.7Sed Vēiēns hostis, adsiduus magis quam gravis, contumēliīs saepius quam perīculō animōs agitābat, quod nūllō tempore neglegī poterat aut āvertī aliō sinēbat.But the Veientine enemy, persistent rather than dangerous, troubled their minds with insults more often than with peril, because at no time could it be disregarded or allow attention to be turned elsewhere. Liv. 2.48.7Tum Fabia gēns senātum adiit.Then the Fabian clan approached the senate. Liv. 2.48.8Cōnsul prō gente loquitur: "adsiduō magis quam magnō praesidiō, ut scītis, patrēs cōnscrīptī, bellum Vēiēns eget.The consul speaks on behalf of the clan: 'The war with Veii, as you know, Conscript Fathers, needs a persistent rather than a large garrison. Liv. 2.48.8Vōs alia bella cūrāte, Fabiōs hostīs Veientibus date.You take care of the other wars, and give the Fabii as enemies to the Veientes. Liv. 2.48.8Auctōrēs sumus tūtam ibi maiestātem Rōmānī nōminis fore.We pledge that the majesty of the Roman name will be safe there. Liv. 2.48.9Nostrum id nōbīs velut familiāre bellum prīvātō sūmptū gerere in animō est;We intend to wage that war as our own, a family war as it were, at our private expense; Liv. 2.48.9rēs pūblica et mīlite illīc et pecūniā vacet."let the state be free of the need for soldiers and money there.' Liv. 2.48.10Grātiae ingentēs āctae.Enormous thanks were given.
Liv. 2.48.10Cōnsul ē cūriā ēgressus comitante Fabiōrum agmine, quī in vestibulō cūriae senātūs cōnsultum expectantēs steterant, domum redit.The consul left the senate house and, escorted by a column of Fabii who had stood in the vestibule of the senate house waiting for the senate's decree, returns home. Liv. 2.48.10Iussī armātī posterō diē ad līmen cōnsulis adesse;They were ordered to be present, armed, at the consul's threshold the next day; Liv. 2.48.10domōs inde discēdunt.then they disperse to their homes.