Liv. 3.14.1Hoc iūdicium et prōmulgāta lēx exercuit cīvitātem;This trial and the proposed law kept the state busy; Liv. 3.14.1ab externīs armīs ōtium fuit.from foreign wars there was respite. Liv. 3.14.2Cum velut victōrēs tribūnī perculsīs patribus Caesōnis exiliō prope perlātam esse crēderent lēgem et, quod ad seniōrēs patrum pertinēret, cessissent possessiōne reī pūblicae, iūniōrēs, id maximē quod Caesōnis sodālicium fuit, auxēre īrās in plēbem, nōn minuērunt animōs;When the tribunes, like victors, believed that the law was all but carried now that the patricians had been shaken by Caeso's exile, and, as far as the older patricians were concerned, the senators had given up possession of the state, the younger men, above all those who had been Caeso's comrades, increased their anger against the plebs and did not lessen their spirit; Liv. 3.14.3sed ibi plūrimum prōfectum est, quod modō quōdam temperāvēre impetūs suōs.but they made most progress in this, that they moderated their attacks in a certain way. Liv. 3.14.4Cum prīmō post Caesōnis exilium lēx coepta ferrī est, īnstrūctī parātīque cum ingentī clientium exercitū sīc tribūnōs, ubi prīmum submoventēs praebuēre causam, adortī sunt, ut nēmō ūnus inde praecipuum quicquam glōriae domum invidiaeve ferret, mīlle prō ūnō Caesōnēs extitisse plēbēs quererētur.When the law first began to be brought forward after Caeso's exile, drawn up and ready, with a huge army of clients, they so attacked the tribunes, as soon as these gave them a pretext by trying to move them aside, that no single man carried home from there any special share of glory or of odium, and the plebs complained that a thousand Caesos had sprung up in place of one.
Liv. 3.14.4Mediīs diēbus, quibus tribūnī dē lēge nōn agerent, nihil eīsdem illīs placidius aut quiētius erat: benignē salūtāre, adloquī plēbis hominēs, domum invītāre, adesse in forō, tribūnōs ipsōs cētera patī sine interpellātiōne concilia habēre, numquam ūllī neque pūblicē neque prīvātim trucēs esse, nisi cum dē lēge agī coeptum esset;On the days between, when the tribunes were not pressing the law, nothing was gentler or more peaceable than those same men: they greeted plebeians kindly, talked with them, invited them home, attended them in the Forum, allowed the tribunes themselves to hold other assemblies without interruption, and were never harsh to anyone either in public or in private, except when proceedings on the law had begun; Liv. 3.14.6alibī populāris iuventūs erat.elsewhere the young men were friends of the people. Liv. 3.14.6Nec cētera modo tribūnī tranquillō perēgēre, sed refectī quoque in īnsequentem annum.And not only did the tribunes carry through their other business peacefully, but they were also re-elected for the following year. Liv. 3.14.6Nē vōce quidem incommodī, nēdum ut ūlla vīs fieret, paulātim permulcendō trāctandōque mānsuēfēcerant plēbem.Without even an offensive word, much less any violence, by gradually soothing and handling the plebs they had tamed them.
Liv. 3.14.6Hīs per tōtum annum artibus lēx ēlūsa est.By these arts the law was evaded throughout the whole year.