Liv. 2.8.1Lātae deinde lēgēs, nōn sōlum quae regnī suspīciōne cōnsulem absolverent, sed quae adeō in contrārium verterent, ut populārem etiam facerent.Then laws were passed which not only cleared the consul of the suspicion of kingship but turned so far in the opposite direction that they even made him popular. Liv. 2.8.1Inde cognōmen factum Pūblicolae est.From this came his surname Publicola. Liv. 2.8.2Ante omnēs dē prōvocātiōne adversus magistrātūs ad populum sacrandōque cum bonīs capite eius, quī regnī occupandī cōnsilia inīsset, grātae in vulgus lēgēs fuēre.Above all, the laws on appeal to the people against the magistrates, and on consecrating the life and property of anyone who formed plans to seize the kingship, were welcome to the people. Liv. 2.8.3Quās cum sōlus pertulisset, ut sua ūnīus in hīs grātia esset, tum dēmum comitia collēgae subrogandō habuit.When he had carried these alone, so that the credit for them might be his alone, then at last he held an election to choose a colleague. Liv. 2.8.4Creātus Sp. Lucrētius cōnsul, quī magnō nātū nōn sufficientibus iam vīribus ad cōnsulāria mūnera obeunda intrā paucōs diēs moritur.Spurius Lucretius was elected consul, who, being very old and his strength no longer equal to performing the duties of a consul, dies within a few days.
Liv. 2.8.4Suffectus in Lucrētī locum M. Horātius Pulvillus.Marcus Horatius Pulvillus was chosen to replace Lucretius. Liv. 2.8.5Apud quōsdam veterēs auctōrēs nōn inveniō Lucrētium cōnsulem;In some ancient authorities I do not find Lucretius as consul; Liv. 2.8.5Brūtō statim Horātium suggerunt;they put Horatius straight after Brutus; Liv. 2.8.5crēdō, quia nūlla gesta rēs īnsignem fēcerit cōnsulātum, memoriam intercīdisse.I believe that, because no notable deed distinguished his consulship, its memory has been lost. Liv. 2.8.5Nōndum dēdicāta erat in Capitōliō Iovis aedēs.The temple of Jupiter on the Capitol had not yet been dedicated. Liv. 2.8.6Valerius Horātiusque cōnsulēs sortītī, uter dēdicāret.The consuls Valerius and Horatius drew lots to decide which of them should dedicate it. Liv. 2.8.6Horātiō sorte ēvēnit;The lot fell to Horatius; Liv. 2.8.6Pūblicola ad Veientium bellum profectus.Publicola set out for the war against the Veientes. Liv. 2.8.7Aegrius, quam dignum erat, tulēre Valerī necessāriī dēdicātiōnem tam inclitī templī Horātiō darī.Valerius' friends took it harder than was fitting that the dedication of so famous a temple should be given to Horatius. Liv. 2.8.7Id omnibus modīs inpedīre cōnātī, postquam alia frūstrā temptāta erant, postem iam tenentī cōnsulī foedum inter precātiōnem deum nūntium incutiunt mortuum eius fīlium esse, fūnestāque familiā dēdicāre eum templum nōn posse.After trying to prevent it in every way, when other attempts had failed, as the consul was already holding the doorpost during the prayer to the gods they hurl at him the dreadful news that his son was dead, and that with his family in mourning he could not dedicate the temple.
Liv. 2.8.8Nōn crēdiderit factum, an tantum animō rōboris fuerit, nec trāditur certum, nec interpretātiō est facilis;Whether he did not believe it had happened, or had such strength of mind, is neither handed down for certain nor easy to judge; Liv. 2.8.8nihil aliud ad eum nūntium ā prōpositō āversus, quam ut cadāver efferrī iubēret, tenēns postem precātiōnem peragit et dēdicat templum.turned aside from his purpose by that news only so far as to order that the body be carried out for burial, he finishes the prayer still holding the doorpost and dedicates the temple. Liv. 2.8.9Haec post exāctōs rēgēs domī mīlitiaeque gesta prīmō annō.These were the deeds done at home and in the field in the first year after the expulsion of the kings. Liv. 2.8.9Inde P. Valerius iterum T. Lucrētius cōnsulēs factī.Then Publius Valerius, for the second time, and Titus Lucretius were made consuls.