Liv. 2.6.1Hīs, sīcut ācta erant, nūntiātīs incēnsus Tarquinius nōn dolōre sōlum tantae ad inritum cadentis speī sed etiam odiō īrāque, postquam dolō viam obsaeptam vīdit, bellum apertē mōliendum ratus circumīre supplex Etrūriae urbēs;When these things were reported as they had happened, Tarquinius, inflamed not only by grief at so great a hope coming to nothing but also by hatred and anger, seeing that the path of trickery was blocked, thought that war must be set in motion openly and went round the cities of Etruria as a suppliant; Liv. 2.6.2ōrāre māxumē Veientēs Tarquiniēnsēsque, nē sē ortum ē Tuscīs, eiusdem sanguinis, extorrem egentem ex tantō modo regnō cum līberīs adulēscentibus ante oculōs suōs perīre sinerent.above all he begged the Veientes and the Tarquinienses not to let him, who was sprung from the Etruscans and of the same blood, an exile and destitute, cast out of so great a kingdom only lately, perish before their eyes along with his young sons. Liv. 2.6.2Aliōs peregrē in regnum Rōmam accītōs, sē rēgem, augentem bellō Rōmānum imperium ā proximīs scelerātā coniūrātiōne pulsum.Others had been summoned from abroad to Rome to reign; he, the king, while he was enlarging the Roman empire by war, had been driven out by a criminal conspiracy of those closest to him.
Liv. 2.6.3Eōs inter sē, quia nēmō ūnus satis dignus regnō vīsus sit, partēs regnī rapuisse;They had seized parts of the kingdom among themselves, because no single man seemed worthy enough of the throne; Liv. 2.6.3bona sua dīripienda populō dedisse, nē quis expers sceleris esset.they had given his property to the people to plunder, so that no one should be free of the crime. Liv. 2.6.3Patriam sē regnumque suum repetere et persequī ingrātōs cīvēs velle.He wanted to recover his country and his kingdom and to punish his ungrateful citizens. Liv. 2.6.3Ferrent opem, adiuvārent;Let them bring help, let them support him; Liv. 2.6.3suās quoque veterēs iniūriās ultum īrent, totiēns caesās legiōnēs, agrum adēmptum.let them go and avenge their own old wrongs too, their legions so often slaughtered, their land taken away. Liv. 2.6.4Haec mōvērunt Veientēs, ac prō sē quisque Rōmānō saltem duce ignōminiās dēmendās bellōque āmissa repetenda mināciter fremunt.These words moved the Veientes, and each of them for himself roars menacingly that their disgraces must be wiped away and what was lost in war won back, under a Roman leader at least.
Liv. 2.6.4Tarquiniēnsēs nōmen ac cognātiō movet;The Tarquinienses are moved by the name and the kinship; Liv. 2.6.4pulchrum vidēbātur suōs Rōmae regnāre.it seemed a fine thing that their own people should reign at Rome. Liv. 2.6.5Ita duo duārum cīvitātium exercitūs ad repetendum regnum bellōque persequendōs Rōmānōs secūtī Tarquinium.So two armies of two states followed Tarquinius to recover the kingdom and to make war on the Romans. Liv. 2.6.5Postquam in agrum Rōmānum ventum est, obviam hostī cōnsulēs eunt: Valerius quadrātō agmine peditem dūcit;When they had reached Roman territory, the consuls go to meet the enemy: Valerius leads the infantry in square formation; Liv. 2.6.6Brūtus ad explōrandum cum equitātū antecessit.Brutus went ahead with the cavalry to reconnoitre. Liv. 2.6.6Eōdem modō prīmus eques hostium agminis fuit;In the same way the enemy's cavalry was at the head of their column; Liv. 2.6.6praeerat Arrūns Tarquinius, fīlius rēgis;Arruns Tarquinius, the king's son, was in command; Liv. 2.6.6rēx ipse cum legiōnibus sequēbātur.the king himself was following with the legions. Liv. 2.6.7Arrūns ubi ex līctōribus procul cōnsulem esse, deinde iam propius ac certius faciē quoque Brūtum cognōvit, īnflammātus īrā "ille est vir" inquit, "quī nōs extorrēs expulit patriā.When Arruns recognised from the lictors, at a distance, that it was a consul, and then, nearer and more clearly, by his face too that it was Brutus, blazing with anger he said, 'That is the man who drove us out of our country as exiles.
Liv. 2.6.7Ipse ēn ille nostrīs decorātus īnsignibus magnificē incēdit.Look, there he is himself, proudly advancing, decked in our insignia. Liv. 2.6.7Dī rēgum ultōrēs adeste."Gods, avengers of kings, stand by me.' Liv. 2.6.8Concitat calcāribus equum atque in ipsum īnfestum cōnsulem dērigit.He spurs on his horse and drives it straight at the consul himself. Liv. 2.6.8Sēnsit in sē īrī Brūtus.Brutus sensed that he was being attacked. Liv. 2.6.8Decōrum erat tum ipsīs capessere pugnam ducibus;It was then a mark of honour for the leaders themselves to join battle; Liv. 2.6.8avidē itaque sē certāminī offert, adeōque īnfestīs animīs concurrērunt, neuter, dum hostem vulnerāret, suī prōtegendī corporis memor, ut contrāriō ictū per parmam uterque trānsfīxus, duābus haerentēs hastīs moribundī ex equīs lapsī sint.so he eagerly offers himself for the fight, and they charged with such hostile spirit, neither thinking of protecting his own body so long as he could wound his enemy, that each, pierced through his shield by the other's blow, slid dying from his horse, held fast by the two spears. Liv. 2.6.10Simul et cētera equestris pugna coepit, neque ita multō post et peditēs superveniunt.At the same time the rest of the cavalry battle began as well, and not much later the infantry too arrive.
Liv. 2.6.10Ibi variā victōriā et velut aequō Mārte pugnātum est: dextera utrimque cornua vīcēre, laeva superāta.There they fought with shifting success and, as it were, on equal terms: the right wings won on both sides, the left were beaten. Liv. 2.6.11Veientēs, vincī ab Rōmānō mīlite adsuētī, fūsī fugātīque;The Veientes, used to being beaten by the Roman soldier, were routed and put to flight; Liv. 2.6.11Tarquiniēnsis, novus hostis, nōn stetit sōlum, sed etiam ab suā parte Rōmānum pepulit.the Tarquinienses, a new enemy, not only stood their ground but even drove back the Romans on their side.