Liv. 3.41.1In hanc sententiam ut discēderētur, iūniōrēs patrum ēvincēbant.The younger senators were carrying the day for a division in favour of this motion. Liv. 3.41.1Ferōciōrēsque iterum coortī Valerius Horātiusque vōciferārī, ut dē rē pūblicā licēret dīcere;And Valerius and Horatius, rising again more fiercely, shouted that they should be allowed to speak about the state; Liv. 3.41.1dictūrōs ad populum, sī in senātū per factiōnem nōn liceat;they would speak to the people if a faction did not permit it in the senate; Liv. 3.41.1neque enim sibi prīvātōs aut in cūriā aut in contiōne posse obstāre neque sē imāgināriīs fascibus eōrum cessūrōs esse.for private citizens could not hinder them either in the senate house or in an assembly, nor would they give way to their imaginary fasces. Liv. 3.41.2Tum Appius, iam prope esse ratus, ut, nī violentiae eōrum parī resisterētur audācia, victum imperium esset, "nōn erit melius" inquit, "nisi dē quō cōnsulimus vōcem mīsisse" et ad Valerium, negantem sē prīvātō reticēre, līctōrem accēdere iussit.Then Appius, thinking that matters were now close to the point where, unless their violence was resisted with equal boldness, his power would be overcome, said, 'It will be better not to have uttered a word except on the matter we are consulting about,' and when Valerius said he would not be silent at a private citizen's bidding, he ordered a lictor to approach him.
Liv. 3.41.3Iam Quirītium fidem inplōrante Valeriō ā cūriae līmine, L. Cornēlius complexus Appium nōn cui simulābat cōnsulendō dirēmit certāmen;Valerius was already appealing to the good faith of the Quirites from the threshold of the senate house when Lucius Cornelius threw his arms round Appius and broke off the struggle, serving the interests not of the man he pretended to serve. Liv. 3.41.4factaque per Cornēlium Valeriō dīcendī grātia, quae vellet, cum lībertās nōn ultrā vōcem excessisset, decemvirī prōpositum tenuēre.And when, through Cornelius, leave had been granted to Valerius to say what he wished, and liberty had gone no further than words, the decemvirs held to their purpose. Liv. 3.41.5Cōnsulārēs quoque ac seniōrēs ab residuō tribūniciae potestātis odiō, cuius dēsīderium plēbī multō ācrius quam cōnsulāris imperiī rēbantur esse, prope mālēbant postmodo ipsōs decemvirōs voluntāte abīre magistrātū quam invidiā eōrum exsurgere rūrsus plēbem;The former consuls too and the elders, out of a lingering hatred of the tribunes' power, for which they thought the plebs longed much more keenly than for the power of the consuls, almost preferred that the decemvirs themselves should later leave office of their own accord than that the plebs should rise again through resentment against them; Liv. 3.41.6sī lēniter ducta rēs sine populārī strepitū ad cōnsulēs redīsset, aut bellīs interpositīs aut moderātiōne cōnsulum in imperiīs exercendīs posse in oblīviōnem tribūnōrum plēbem addūcī.if the matter were handled gently and returned to the consuls without popular uproar, the plebs could be brought to forget the tribunes, either by wars intervening or by the consuls' moderation in exercising their authority.
Liv. 3.41.6Silentiō patrum ēdīcitur dīlēctus.Amid the senators' silence a levy is proclaimed. Liv. 3.41.7Iūniōrēs, cum sine prōvocātiōne imperium esset, ad nōmina respondent.The younger men, since the authority was without appeal, answer to their names. Liv. 3.41.7Legiōnibus scrīptīs inter sē decemvirī conparant, quōs īre ad bellum, quōs praeesse exercitibus oportēret.When the legions had been enrolled, the decemvirs arrange among themselves who should go to the war and who should command the armies. Liv. 3.41.7Prīncipēs inter decemvirōs erant Q. Fabius et Ap. Claudius.The leading men among the decemvirs were Quintus Fabius and Appius Claudius. Liv. 3.41.8Bellum domī maius quam forīs appārēbat.The war at home looked greater than the war abroad. Liv. 3.41.8Appī violentiam aptiōrem ratī ad conprimendōs urbānōs mōtūs.They thought Appius' violence better suited to suppressing disturbances in the city. Liv. 3.41.8In Fabiō magis in bonō nōn cōnstāns quam nāvum in malitiā ingenium esse.Fabius, they thought, had a character not so much energetic in wickedness as lacking steadfastness in good. Liv. 3.41.9Hunc enim virum, ēgregium ōlim domī mīlitiaeque, decemvirātus collēgaeque ita mūtāverant, ut Appī quam suī similis māllet esse.For this man, once outstanding at home and in the field, had been so changed by the decemvirate and his colleagues that he preferred to be like Appius rather than like himself.
Liv. 3.41.9Huic bellum in Sabīnīs M'. Rabuleiō et Q. Poeteliō additīs collēgīs mandātum.To him the war among the Sabines was entrusted, with Manius Rabuleius and Quintus Poetelius added as his colleagues. Liv. 3.41.10M. Cornēlius in Algidum missus cum L. Minuciō et T. Antōniō et K. Duilliō et M. Sergiō.Marcus Cornelius was sent to Algidus with Lucius Minucius, Titus Antonius, Kaeso Duillius and Marcus Sergius. Liv. 3.41.10Sp. Oppium Ap. Claudiō adiūtōrem ad urbem tuendam aequō omnium Decemvirōrum imperiō dēcernunt.They assign Spurius Oppius to Appius Claudius as his helper in guarding the city, all the decemvirs having equal authority.