Liv. 2.7.1Ita cum pugnātum esset, tantus terror Tarquinium atque Etrūscōs incessit, ut omissā inritā rē nocte ambō exercitūs, Vēiēns Tarquiniēnsisque , suās quisque abīrent domōs.After the battle had gone this way, such terror came upon Tarquinius and the Etruscans that, giving up the attempt as fruitless, both armies, Veientine and Tarquinian, went off by night, each to their own homes. Liv. 2.7.2Adiciunt mīrācula huic pugnae: silentiō proximae noctis ex silvā Arsiā ingentem ēditam vōcem;They add marvels to this battle: that in the silence of the following night a mighty voice issued from the Arsian wood; Liv. 2.7.2Silvānī vōcem eam crēditam;that the voice was believed to be that of Silvanus; Liv. 2.7.2haec dicta: ūnō plūs Tuscōrum cecidisse in aciē;that these were its words: one more of the Etruscans had fallen in the battle; Liv. 2.7.2vincere bellō Rōmānum.the Roman was winning the war. Liv. 2.7.2Ita certē inde abiēre Rōmānī ut victōrēs, Etrūscī prō victīs.Certainly the Romans left that place as victors, the Etruscans as vanquished. Liv. 2.7.3Nam postquam inlūxit, nec quisquam hostium in cōnspectū erat, P. Valerius cōnsul spolia lēgit triumphānsque inde Rōmam rediit.For when day dawned and none of the enemy was in sight, the consul Publius Valerius gathered the spoils and returned from there in triumph to Rome.
Liv. 2.7.4Collēgae fūnus quantō tum potuit apparātū fēcit;He held his colleague's funeral with all the pomp possible at that time; Liv. 2.7.4sed multō maius mortī decus pūblica fuit maestitia, eō ante omnia īnsignis, quia mātronae annum ut parentem eum lūxērunt, quod tam ācer ultor violātae pudīcitiae fuisset.but a far greater honour to his death was the public mourning, remarkable above all because the matrons mourned him for a year as they would a father, since he had been so fierce an avenger of outraged chastity. Liv. 2.7.5Cōnsulī deinde, quī superfuerat, ut sunt mūtābilēs volgī animī, ex favōre nōn invidia modo sed suspīciō etiam cum atrōcī crīmine orta.Then towards the consul who had survived, so changeable are the feelings of the mob, there arose out of favour not only ill will but even suspicion, with a dreadful charge. Liv. 2.7.6Regnum eum adfectāre fāma ferēbat, quia nec collēgam subrogāverat in locum Brūtī et aedificābat in summā Veliā: altō atque mūnītō locō arcem inexpugnābilem fore.Rumour had it that he was aiming at kingship, because he had not had a colleague chosen in Brutus' place and was building on the top of the Velia: there, on a high and fortified site, there would be an impregnable citadel.
Liv. 2.7.7Haec dicta vulgō crēditaque cum indignitāte angerent cōnsulis animum, vocātō ad concilium populō summissīs fascibus in contiōnem ēscendit.Since these things, widely said and believed, troubled the consul's mind with their indignity, he called the people to an assembly and mounted the platform with the fasces lowered. Liv. 2.7.7Grātum id multitūdinī spectāculum fuit , submissa sibi esse imperiī īnsignia cōnfessiōnemque factam populī quam cōnsulis maiestātem vimque maiōrem esse.That sight was welcome to the crowd: that the emblems of power had been lowered to them, and an admission made that the majesty and strength of the people were greater than the consul's. Liv. 2.7.8Ibi audīre iussīs cōnsul laudāre fortūnam collēgae, quod līberātā patriā, in summō honōre, prō rē pūblicā dīmicāns, mātūrā glōriā necdum sē vertente in invidiam mortem occubuisset;There, when they had been bidden to listen, the consul praised his colleague's good fortune, because he had met his death after freeing his country, holding the highest office, fighting for the state, his glory ripe and not yet turning to ill will; Liv. 2.7.8sē superstitem glōriae suae ad crīmen atque invidiam superesse, ex līberātōre patriae ad Aquīliōs sē Vitelliōsque recīdisse.he himself, outliving his glory, survived to face accusation and ill will, and from liberator of his country had sunk to the level of the Aquilii and Vitellii.
Liv. 2.7.8"Numquamnē ergō" inquit "ūlla adeō vōbīs spectāta virtūs erit, ut suspīciōne violārī nequeat?'Will no merit, then,' he said, 'ever be so proved in your eyes that it cannot be tainted by suspicion? Liv. 2.7.9Ego mē, illum ācerrimum rēgum hostem, ipsum cupiditātis regnī crīmen subitūrum timērem?Was I to fear that I, the bitterest enemy of kings, would myself face the charge of desiring kingship? Liv. 2.7.10Ego sī in ipsā arce Capitōliōque habitārem, metuī mē crēderem posse ā cīvibus meīs?Even if I lived on the citadel itself and the Capitol, was I to believe that I could be feared by my fellow citizens? Liv. 2.7.10Tam levī mōmentō mea apud vōs fāma pendet?Does my reputation among you hang on so slight a thing? Liv. 2.7.10Adeonē est fundāta leviter fidēs, ut, ubi sim, quam quī sim, magis referat?Is your trust so lightly founded that where I am matters more than who I am? Liv. 2.7.11Nōn obstābunt P. Valerī aedēs lībertātī vestrae, Quirītēs;The house of Publius Valerius will not stand in the way of your liberty, citizens; Liv. 2.7.11tūta erit vōbīs Velia.the Velia will be safe for you.
Liv. 2.7.11Dēferam nōn in plānum modo aedēs, sed collī etiam subiciam, ut vōs suprā suspectum mē cīvem habitētis;I shall not only bring my house down onto the level ground but even place it beneath the hill, so that you may live above me, the citizen you suspect; Liv. 2.7.11in Veliā aedificent, quibus melius quam P. Valeriō crēditur lībertās."let those build on the Velia who are trusted with liberty more than Publius Valerius.' Liv. 2.7.11Dēlāta cōnfestim māteria omnis īnfrā Veliam, et, ubi nunc Vicae Potae aedēs est, domus in īnfimō clīvō aedificāta.At once all the timber was brought down below the Velia, and the house was built at the very foot of the slope, where the temple of Vica Pota now stands.