Liv. 3.49.1Concitātur multitūdō partim atrōcitāte sceleris, partim spē per occāsiōnem repetendae lībertātis.The multitude is roused, partly by the atrocity of the crime, partly by the hope of seizing the opportunity to regain liberty. Liv. 3.49.2Appius nunc vocārī Icilium, nunc retractantem arripī, postrēmō, cum locus adeundī appāritōribus nōn darētur, ipse cum agmine patriciōrum iuvenum per turbam vādēns in vincula dūcī iubet.Appius orders Icilius first to be summoned, then, when he held back, to be seized, and at last, when his attendants were given no chance of getting at him, he himself, making his way through the crowd with a column of young patricians, orders him to be led off to prison. Liv. 3.49.3Iam circā Icilium nōn sōlum multitūdō, sed ducēs quoque multitūdinis erant, L. Valerius et M. Horātius, quī repulsō līctōre, sī iūre ageret, vindicāre sē ā prīvātō Icilium Aiēbant;By now there were around Icilius not only the multitude but also the multitude's leaders, Lucius Valerius and Marcus Horatius, who thrust back the lictor and said that if he was proceeding by law, they were defending Icilius against a private citizen; Liv. 3.49.3sī vim adferre cōnārētur, ibi quoque haud inparēs fore.if he tried to use force, there too they would be no unequal match.
Liv. 3.49.3Hinc atrōx rixa orītur.From this a fierce brawl arises. Liv. 3.49.4Valerium Horātiumque līctor decemvirī invādit;The decemvir's lictor attacks Valerius and Horatius; Liv. 3.49.4franguntur ā multitūdine fascēs.the fasces are broken by the multitude. Liv. 3.49.4In contiōnem Appius ēscendit;Appius mounts the platform to address the people; Liv. 3.49.4secuntur Horātius Valeriusque.Horatius and Valerius follow. Liv. 3.49.4Eōs cōntiō audit;The assembly listens to them; Liv. 3.49.5decemvirō obstrepitur.the decemvir is shouted down. Liv. 3.49.5Iam prō imperiō Valerius discēdere ā prīvātō līctōrēs iubēbat, cum frāctīs animīs Appius vītae metuēns in domum sē propinquam forō īnsciīs adversāriīs capite obvolūtō recipit.Valerius was already ordering the lictors, as though he held authority, to leave a private citizen, when Appius, his spirit broken and fearing for his life, takes refuge with his head covered in a house near the Forum, unseen by his opponents. Liv. 3.49.6Sp. Oppius, ut auxiliō collēgae esset, in forum ex alterā parte inrumpit.Spurius Oppius bursts into the Forum from the other side to help his colleague. Liv. 3.49.6Videt imperium vī victum.He sees authority overcome by force. Liv. 3.49.6Agitātus deinde cōnsiliīs, ad quae ex omnī parte adsentiendō multīs auctōribus trepidāverat, senātum postrēmō vocārī iussit.Then, tossed among plans, having wavered as he agreed with many advisers on every side, he at last ordered the senate to be summoned.
Liv. 3.49.7Ea rēs, quod magnae partī patrum displicēre ācta Decemvirōrum vidēbantur, spē per senātum fīniendae potestātis eius multitūdinem sēdāvit.This step, because the acts of the decemvirs seemed to displease a large part of the fathers, calmed the multitude with the hope that their power would be ended through the senate. Liv. 3.49.7Senātus nec plēbem inrītandam cēnsuit et multō magis prōvidendum, nē quid Verginiī adventus in exercitū mōtūs faceret.The senate decided that the plebs should not be provoked, and that much more care must be taken that Verginius' arrival should not cause any upheaval in the army.