Liv. 2.58.1Tum prīmum tribūtīs comitiīs creātī tribūnī sunt.Then for the first time tribunes were elected in the assembly of the tribes. Liv. 2.58.1Numerō etiam additōs trēs, perinde ac duo anteā fuerint, Pīsō auctor est.Piso is my authority that three were even added to their number, as though there had been two before. Liv. 2.58.2Nōminat quoque tribūnōs, Cn. Siccium, L. Numitōrium, M. Duillium, Sp. Icilium, L. Mecilium.He also names the tribunes: Gnaeus Siccius, Lucius Numitorius, Marcus Duillius, Spurius Icilius, Lucius Mecilius. Liv. 2.58.3Volscum Aequicumque inter sēditiōnem Rōmānam est bellum coortum.During the strife at Rome a war with the Volsci and Aequi arose. Liv. 2.58.3Vāstāverant agrōs, ut, sī qua sēcessiō plēbis fieret, ad sē receptum habēret;They had laid waste the fields so that, if there should be any secession of the plebs, it might have a refuge with them; Liv. 2.58.3conpositīs deinde rēbus castra retrō mōvēre.then, when matters had been settled, they moved their camp back. Liv. 2.58.4Ap. Claudius in Volscōs missus, Quīnctiō Aequī prōvincia ēvēnit.Appius Claudius was sent against the Volsci; to Quinctius fell the Aequi as his province.
Liv. 2.58.4Eadem in mīlitiā saevitia Appī, quae domī, esse, līberior, quod sine tribūniciīs vinculīs erat.Appius showed the same savagery on campaign as at home, only freer, because he was without the tribunes' shackles. Liv. 2.58.5Ōdisse plēbem plūs quam paternō odiō: sē victum ab eā, sē ūnicō cōnsule ēlēctō adversus tribūniciam potestātem perlātam lēgem esse, quam minōre cōnātū, nēquāquam tantā patrum spē, priōrēs inpedierint cōnsulēs.He hated the plebs with more than his father's hatred: he had been beaten by them; though he had been chosen as the one consul to stand against the tribunician power, the law had been carried, which earlier consuls had obstructed with less effort and far less hope on the part of the senators. Liv. 2.58.6Haec īra indignātiōque ferōcem animum ad vexandum saevō imperiō exercitum stimulābat.This anger and indignation goaded his fierce spirit to harass the army with savage command. Liv. 2.58.6Nec ūllā vī domārī poterat;Nor could it be tamed by any force; Liv. 2.58.6tantum certāmen animīs inbiberant.so great a spirit of contention had they imbibed. Liv. 2.58.7Segniter, ōtiōsē, neglegenter, contumāciter omnia agere;They did everything slowly, idly, carelessly, defiantly; Liv. 2.58.7nec pudor nec metus coercēbat;neither shame nor fear restrained them; Liv. 2.58.7sī citius agī vellet agmen, tardius sēdulō incēdere;if he wanted the column to move more quickly, they deliberately went more slowly; Liv. 2.58.7sī adhortātor operis adesset, omnēs suā sponte mōtam remittere industriam;if he came to urge on the work, they all slackened the industry they had shown of their own accord; Liv. 2.58.8praesentī vultūs dēmittere, tacitē praetereuntem execrārī, ut invictus ille odiō plēbēiō animus interdum movērētur.in his presence they cast down their eyes, and as he passed they silently cursed him, so that that spirit, unconquered by plebeian hatred, was sometimes shaken.
Liv. 2.58.9Omnī nēquīquam acerbitāte promptā nihil iam cum mīlitibus agere, ā centuriōnibus corruptum exercitum dīcere, tribūnōs plēbeī cavillāns interdum et Volerōnēs vocāre.When every harshness had been tried in vain, he no longer had any dealings with the soldiers, said that the army had been corrupted by the centurions, and sometimes mockingly called them tribunes of the plebs and Voleros.