Liv. 3.42.1Nihilō mīlitiae quam domī melius rēs pūblica administrāta est.The state was administered no better in the field than at home. Liv. 3.42.2Illa modo in ducibus culpa, quod, ut odiō essent cīvibus, fēcerant;The only fault in the generals was that they had made themselves hated by the citizens; Liv. 3.42.2alia omnis penes mīlitēs noxia erat, quī, nē quid ductū atque auspiciō Decemvirōrum prosperē usquam gererētur, vincī sē per suum atque illōrum dēdecus patiēbantur.all the rest of the guilt lay with the soldiers, who, so that nothing should succeed anywhere under the leadership and auspices of the decemvirs, let themselves be beaten, to their own disgrace and that of their commanders. Liv. 3.42.3Fūsī et ab Sabīnīs ad Ērētum et in Algidō ab Aequīs exercitūs erant.The armies had been routed both by the Sabines at Eretum and by the Aequi on Algidus. Liv. 3.42.3Ab Ērētō per silentium noctis profugī propius urbem inter Fīdēnās Crustumeriamque locō ēditō castra commūnierant;Fleeing from Eretum in the silence of the night, they had fortified a camp nearer the city, on high ground between Fidenae and Crustumeria; Liv. 3.42.4persecūtīs hostibus nūsquam sē aequō certāmine committentēs nātūrā locī ac vallō, nōn virtūte aut armīs tūtābantur.when the enemy pursued them, they never committed themselves to a fair fight, but protected themselves by the nature of the ground and a rampart, not by courage or arms.
Liv. 3.42.5Maius flāgitium in Algidō, maior etiam clādēs accepta;On Algidus the disgrace was greater, and an even greater disaster was suffered; Liv. 3.42.5castra quoque āmissa erant, exūtusque omnibus ūtēnsilibus mīles Tusculum sē, fidē misericordiāque vīctūrus hospitum, quae tamen nōn fefellērunt, contulerat.the camp too had been lost, and the soldiers, stripped of all their equipment, had betaken themselves to Tusculum, meaning to live on the good faith and pity of their hosts, which for all that did not fail them. Liv. 3.42.6Rōmam tantī erant terrōrēs allātī, ut positō iam decemvirālī odiō patrēs vigiliās in urbe habendās cēnsērent, omnēs, quī per aetātem arma ferre possent, custōdīre moenia ac prō portīs statiōnēs agere iubērent, arma Tusculum ac supplēmentum dēcernerent decemvirōsque ab arce Tusculī dēgressōs in castrīs mīlitem habēre;Such alarming reports had been brought to Rome that the senators, now laying aside their hatred of the decemvirs, voted that watches should be kept in the city, ordered all who were of age to bear arms to guard the walls and to mount posts before the gates, and decreed arms and reinforcements for Tusculum, and that the decemvirs should come down from the citadel of Tusculum and keep their soldiers in camp; Liv. 3.42.7castra alia ā Fīdēnīs in Sabīnum agrum trānsferrī bellōque ultrō īnferendō dēterrērī hostēs ā cōnsiliō urbis oppugnandae.that the other camp should be moved from Fidenae into Sabine territory, and that by carrying the war to them unprovoked the enemy should be deterred from their plan of attacking the city.