Liv. 3.18.1Eādem nocte et Tusculum dē arce captā Capitōliōque occupātō et aliō turbātae urbis statū nūntiī veniunt.That same night messengers come to Tusculum too with news that the citadel had been taken, the Capitol occupied, and the city in other respects thrown into disorder. Liv. 3.18.2L. Mamilius Tusculī tum dictātor erat.Lucius Mamilius was dictator at Tusculum at that time. Liv. 3.18.2Is cōnfestim convocātō senātū atque intrōductīs nūntiīs magnō opere cēnset, nē expectent, dum ab Rōmā lēgātī auxilium petentēs veniant;He at once called the senate together, brought in the messengers, and urged strongly that they should not wait until envoys came from Rome seeking help; Liv. 3.18.3perīculum ipsum discrīmenque ac sociālēs deōs fidemque foederum id poscere.the danger itself and the crisis, the gods of the alliance and the good faith of treaties demanded it. Liv. 3.18.3Dēmerendī beneficiō tam potentem, tam propinquam cīvitātem numquam parem occāsiōnem datūrōs deōs.Never would the gods give them an equal opportunity of earning the gratitude of so powerful and so near a state by a service. Liv. 3.18.3Placet ferrī auxilium;It is decided to send help; Liv. 3.18.4iuventūs cōnscrībitur, arma dantur.the young men are enrolled, arms are given out.
Liv. 3.18.4Rōmam prīmā lūce venientēs procul speciem hostium praebuēre;Approaching Rome at first light, from a distance they gave the appearance of enemies; Liv. 3.18.4Aequī aut Volscī venīre vīsī sunt;they seemed to be Aequi or Volsci coming; Liv. 3.18.4deinde, ubi vānus terror abiit, acceptī in urbem agmine in forum dēscendunt.then, when the groundless alarm had passed, they were received into the city and march down in column into the Forum. Liv. 3.18.5Ibi iam P. Valerius relictō ad portārum praesidia collēgā īnstruēbat aciem.There Publius Valerius, having left his colleague in charge of the guards at the gates, was already drawing up his line of battle. Liv. 3.18.6Auctōritās virī mōverat adfirmantis Capitōliō recuperātō et urbe pācātā sī ēdocērī sē sīssent, quae fraus ab tribūnīs occulta in lēge ferrētur, memorem sē maiōrum suōrum, memorem cognōminis, quō populī colendī velut hērēditāria cūra sibi ā maiōribus trādita esset, concilium plēbis nōn inpedītūrum.The authority of the man had prevailed, as he declared that, once the Capitol was recovered and the city pacified, if they allowed themselves to be shown what trickery the tribunes were concealing in the law, he, mindful of his ancestors, mindful of his surname, by which care for the people had been handed down to him by his ancestors as a kind of inheritance, would not obstruct the assembly of the plebs.
Liv. 3.18.7Hunc ducem secūtī nēquīquam reclāmantibus tribūnīs in clīvum Capitōlīnum ērigunt aciem.Following him as their leader, while the tribunes protested in vain, they lead their line up the Capitoline slope. Liv. 3.18.7Adiungitur et Tusculāna legiō.The Tusculan legion joins them too. Liv. 3.18.7Certāre sociī cīvēsque, utrī recuperātae arcis suum decus facerent;Allies and citizens vied as to which of them should win for themselves the honour of recovering the citadel; Liv. 3.18.7dux uterque suōs adhortātur.each leader encourages his own men. Liv. 3.18.8Trepidāre tum hostēs, nec ūllī satis reī praeterquam locō fīdere;Then the enemy were alarmed, and trusted nothing enough except their position; Liv. 3.18.8trepidantibus īnferunt signa Rōmānī sociīque, iam in vestibulum perrūperant templī, cum P. Valerius inter prīmōrēs pugnam ciēns interficitur.as they wavered, the Romans and allies advance their standards; they had already burst into the forecourt of the temple when Publius Valerius, rousing the fight among the foremost, is killed. Liv. 3.18.8P. Volumnius cōnsulāris vīdit cadentem.Publius Volumnius, an ex-consul, saw him fall. Liv. 3.18.9Is datō negōtiō suīs, ut corpus obtegerent, ipse in locum vicemque cōnsulis prōvolat.He, after charging his men to cover the body, himself rushes forward into the consul's place and role.
Liv. 3.18.9Prae ardōre impetūque tantae reī sēnsus nōn pervēnit ad mīlitem;Such was the ardour and impetus of so great an enterprise that the soldiers did not become aware of it; Liv. 3.18.9prius vīcit, quam sē pugnāre sine duce sentīret.they won before they realised that they were fighting without a leader. Liv. 3.18.10Multī exulum caede suā foedāvēre templum, multī vīvī captī, Herdōnius interfectus.Many of the exiles defiled the temple with their blood, many were taken alive, Herdonius was killed. Liv. 3.18.10Ita Capitōlium recuperātum.Thus the Capitol was recovered. Liv. 3.18.10Dē captīvīs, ut quisque līber aut servus esset, suae fortūnae ā quōque sūmptum supplicium est;On the prisoners punishment was inflicted according to whether each was free or slave, suited to his condition; Liv. 3.18.10Tusculānīs grātiae āctae;thanks were given to the Tusculans; Liv. 3.18.10Capitōlium pūrgātum atque lūstrātum.the Capitol was cleansed and purified. Liv. 3.18.10In cōnsulis domum plēbēs quadrantēs, ut fūnere ampliōre efferrētur, iactāsse fertur.The plebs is said to have thrown quarter-asses into the consul's house, so that he might be carried out with a more splendid funeral.