Liv. 3.10.1Lucrētius cum ingentī praedā, maiōre multō glōriā rediit.Lucretius returned with enormous plunder and much greater glory. Liv. 3.10.1Et auget glōriam adveniēns expositā omnī in campō Mārtiō praedā, ut suum quisque per trīduum cognitum abdūceret.And on his arrival he increased his glory by setting out all the plunder on the Campus Martius, so that for three days each man might recognise and take away his own. Liv. 3.10.1Reliqua vēndita, quibus dominī nōn extitēre.The rest, for which no owners came forward, was sold. Liv. 3.10.2Dēbēbātur omnium cōnsēnsū cōnsulī triumphus, sed dīlāta rēs est tribūnō dē lēge agente;A triumph was owed to the consul by universal consent, but the matter was put off while the tribune was pressing his law; Liv. 3.10.2id antīquius cōnsulī fuit.that was of greater importance to the consul. Liv. 3.10.3Iactāta per aliquot diēs cum in senātū rēs, tum apud populum est.For several days the matter was debated both in the senate and before the people. Liv. 3.10.4Cessit ad ultimum maiestātī cōnsulis tribūnus et dēstitit.At last the tribune gave way to the majesty of the consul and desisted.
Liv. 3.10.4Tum imperātōrī exercituīque honōs suus redditus;Then the commander and the army were given their due honour; Liv. 3.10.4triumphāvit dē Volscīs Aequīsque, triumphantem secūtae suae legiōnēs.he triumphed over the Volscians and Aequi, and his own legions followed him in his triumph. Liv. 3.10.4Alterī cōnsulī datum, ut ovāns sine mīlitibus urbem inīret.The other consul was granted the right to enter the city in an ovation without his soldiers. Liv. 3.10.5Annō deinde īnsequentī lēx Terentilia ab tōtō relāta collēgiō novōs adgressa cōnsulēs est;Then, the following year, the Terentilian law, brought forward by the whole college, assailed the new consuls; Liv. 3.10.6erant cōnsulēs P. Volumnius, Ser. Sulpicius.the consuls were Publius Volumnius and Servius Sulpicius. Liv. 3.10.6Eō annō caelum ārdēre vīsum, terra ingentī concussa mōtū est.That year the sky was seen to blaze, and the earth was shaken by a huge earthquake. Liv. 3.10.6Bovem locūtam, cui reī priōre annō fidēs nōn fuerat, crēditum.That an ox had spoken, a thing which had not been believed the year before, was now believed. Liv. 3.10.6Inter alia prōdigia et carne pluit, quem imbrem ingēns numerus avium intervolitandō rapuisse fertur;Among other prodigies it even rained flesh, and a huge number of birds is said to have snatched up this shower by flying in among it; Liv. 3.10.6quod intercīdit, sparsum ita iacuisse per aliquot diēs, ut nihil odor mūtāret.what fell to the ground lay scattered for several days in such a way that its smell did not change at all.
Liv. 3.10.7Librī per duumvirōs sacrōrum aditī;The books were consulted by the two commissioners for sacred rites; Liv. 3.10.7perīcula ā conventū aliēnigenārum praedicta, nē quī in loca summa urbis impetus caedēsque inde fierent;dangers were foretold from a gathering of foreigners, lest attacks should be made on the highest places of the city and bloodshed result; Liv. 3.10.7inter cētera monitum, ut sēditiōnibus abstinērētur.among other things a warning was given that they should refrain from sedition. Liv. 3.10.7Id factum ad inpediendam lēgem tribūnī crīminābantur, ingēnsque aderat certāmen.The tribunes charged that this had been done to obstruct the law, and a great struggle was at hand. Liv. 3.10.8Ecce, ut īdem in singulōs annōs orbis volverētur, Hernicī nūntiant Volscōs et Aequōs, etsī accīsae rēs sint, reficere exercitūs;Look: so that the same cycle might come round year after year, the Hernici reported that the Volscians and Aequi, although their strength had been cut down, were rebuilding their armies; Liv. 3.10.8Antiī summam reī positam, Ecetrae Antiātēs colōnōs palam concilia facere;that the centre of the enterprise lay at Antium, and that the colonists of Antium were openly holding councils at Ecetra; Liv. 3.10.8id caput, eās vīrēs bellī esse.that this was the head, these the strength of the war.
Liv. 3.10.9Ut haec dicta in senātū sunt, dīlēctus ēdīcitur.As soon as this was said in the senate, a levy was proclaimed. Liv. 3.10.9Cōnsulēs bellī administrātiōnem inter sē dispertīrī iussī, alterī ut Volscī, alterī ut Aequī prōvincia esset.The consuls were ordered to divide the conduct of the war between them, so that one should have the Volscians as his command, the other the Aequi. Liv. 3.10.10Tribūnī cōram in forō personāre fābulam conpositam Volscī bellī, Hernicōs ad partēs parātōs.The tribunes loudly declared to their faces in the Forum that the Volscian war was a made-up story, and that the Hernici had been prepared to play their parts. Liv. 3.10.10Iam nē virtūte quidem premī lībertātem populī Rōmānī, sed arte ēlūdī.Now the liberty of the Roman people was not even overpowered by courage, but cheated by craft. Liv. 3.10.11Quia occīdiōne prope occīsōs Volscōs et Aequōs movēre suā sponte arma posse iam fidēs abierit, novōs hostēs quaerī;Because it was no longer believable that the Volscians and Aequi, all but annihilated, could take up arms of their own accord, new enemies were being sought; Liv. 3.10.11colōniam fīdam, propinquam īnfāmem fierī.a loyal colony, a neighbouring one, was being defamed.
Liv. 3.10.12Bellum innoxiīs Antiātibus indīcī, gerī cum plēbe Rōmānā, quam onerātam armīs ex urbe praecipitī agmine āctūrī essent, exiliō et relēgātiōne cīvium ulcīscentēs tribūnōs.War was being declared on the innocent people of Antium, but waged against the Roman plebs, whom they meant to drive out of the city in headlong march, loaded with arms, taking vengeance on the tribunes by the exile and banishment of citizens. Liv. 3.10.13Sīc — nē quid aliud āctum putent — victam lēgem esse, nisi, dum in integrō rēs sit, dum domī, dum togātī sint, caveant, nē possessiōne urbis pellantur, nē iugum accipiant.Thus — let them not think anything else had been achieved — the law had been defeated, unless, while the matter was still undecided, while they were at home, while they were in their togas, they took care not to be driven from possession of the city, not to accept the yoke. Liv. 3.10.14Sī animus sit, nōn dēfore auxilium;If they had courage, help would not be lacking; Liv. 3.10.14cōnsentīre omnēs tribūnōs.all the tribunes were agreed. Liv. 3.10.14Nūllum terrōrem externum, nūllum perīculum esse;There was no foreign terror, no danger; Liv. 3.10.14cāvisse deōs priōre annō, ut tūtō lībertās dēfendī posset.the gods had seen to it the year before that liberty could be defended in safety.
Liv. 3.10.14Haec tribūnī.So spoke the tribunes.