Liv. 3.50.1Itaque missī iūniōrēs patrum in castra, quae tum in monte Veciliō erant, nūntiant decemvirīs, ut omnī ope ab sēditiōne mīlitēs contineant.Accordingly younger senators were sent to the camp, which was then on Mount Vecilius, and they tell the decemvirs to keep the soldiers from mutiny by every means. Liv. 3.50.2Ibi Verginius maiōrem, quam relīquerat in urbe, mōtum excīvit.There Verginius stirred up a greater upheaval than he had left in the city. Liv. 3.50.3Nam praeterquam quod agmine prope quadringentōrum hominum veniēns, quī ab urbe indignitāte reī accēnsī comitēs eī sē dederant, cōnspectus est, strictum etiam tēlum respersusque ipse cruōre tōta in sē castra convertit.For besides being seen arriving with a column of nearly four hundred men, who, inflamed by the outrage of the affair, had joined him from the city as companions, the drawn knife and his own bloodstained person turned the whole camp towards him. Liv. 3.50.3Et togae multifāriam in castrīs vīsae maiōris aliquantō, quam erat, speciem urbānae multitūdinis fēcerant.And togas seen in many parts of the camp had given the impression of a city crowd considerably larger than it was. Liv. 3.50.4Quaerentibus, quid reī esset, flēns diū vōcem nōn mīsit;When they asked what had happened, he wept and for a long time uttered no word; Liv. 3.50.4tandem, ut iam ex trepidātiōne concurrentium turba cōnstitit ac silentium fuit, ōrdine cūncta, ut gesta erant, exposuit.at last, when the crowd running together had settled after its agitation and there was silence, he set out everything in order, as it had happened.
Liv. 3.50.5Supīnās deinde tendēns manūs commīlitōnēs appellāns ōrābat, nē, quod scelus Ap. Claudī esset, sibi attribuerent neu sē ut parricīdam līberum āversārentur.Then, stretching out his hands palms upward and appealing to his fellow soldiers, he begged them not to lay to his charge what was the crime of Appius Claudius, nor to shun him as the murderer of his child. Liv. 3.50.6Sibi vītam fīliae suā cāriōrem fuisse, sī līberae ac pudīcae vīvere licitum fuisset;His daughter's life would have been dearer to him than his own, if she had been allowed to live free and chaste; Liv. 3.50.6cum velut servam ad stuprum rapī vidēret, morte āmittī melius ratum quam contumēliā līberōs, misericordiā sē in speciem crūdēlitātis lapsum.when he saw her being carried off to rape like a slave, thinking it better for children to be lost by death than by disgrace, he had fallen through pity into the semblance of cruelty. Liv. 3.50.7Nec sē superstitem fīliae futūrum fuisse, nisi spem ulcīscendae mortis eius in auxiliō commīlitōnum habuisset.Nor would he have survived his daughter, had he not had hope of avenging her death in the help of his fellow soldiers.
Liv. 3.50.7Illīs quoque enim fīliās, sorōrēs coniugēsque esse, nec cum fīlia suā libīdinem Ap. Claudī extīnctam esse, sed quō inpūnītior sit, eō effrēnātiōrem fore.For they too had daughters, sisters and wives, and Appius Claudius' lust had not been extinguished with his daughter; rather, the more unpunished it was, the more unbridled it would be. Liv. 3.50.8Aliēnā calamitāte documentum datum illīs cavendae similis iniūriae.In another's calamity a lesson had been given them to guard against a similar wrong. Liv. 3.50.8Quod ad sē adtineat, uxōrem sibi fātō ēreptam, fīliam, quia nōn ultrā pudīca vīctūra fuerit, miseram, sed honestam mortem occubuisse;As far as he himself was concerned, his wife had been snatched from him by fate; his daughter, because she could no longer have lived chaste, had met a wretched but honourable death; Liv. 3.50.9nōn esse iam Appī libīdinī locum in domō suā;there was now no room for Appius' lust in his house; Liv. 3.50.9ab aliā violentiā eius eōdem sē animō suum corpus vindicātūrum, quō vindicāverit fīliae;from any further violence of his he would defend his own person with the same spirit with which he had defended his daughter's; Liv. 3.50.9cēterī sibi ac līberīs suīs cōnsulerent.the rest should look to themselves and their children.
Liv. 3.50.10Haec Verginiō vōciferantī succlāmābat multitūdō nec illīus dolōrī nec suae lībertātī sē dēfutūrōs.As Verginius shouted this, the multitude shouted back that they would fail neither his grief nor their own liberty. Liv. 3.50.10Et inmixtī turbae mīlitum togātī eadem illa querendō docendōque, quantō vīsa quam audīta indigniōra oportuerit vidērī, simul prōflīgātam iam rem nūntiandō Rōmae esse, īnsecūtīque, quī Appium prope interēmptum in exilium abīsse dīcerent, perpulērunt, ut ad arma conclāmārētur vellerentque signa et Rōmam proficīscerentur.And the civilians mingling with the crowd of soldiers, by making the same complaints and explaining how much more shameful these things must have seemed when seen than when heard, and at the same time by reporting that at Rome the business was already all but settled, and those who followed after, saying that Appius had been almost killed and had gone into exile, drove them to cry out 'To arms!', to pull up the standards and to set out for Rome. Liv. 3.50.12Decemvirī, simul iīs, quae vidēbant, iīsque quae ācta Rōmae audierant, perturbātī, alius in aliam partem castrōrum ad sēdandōs mōtūs discurrunt.The decemvirs, confounded both by what they saw and by what they had heard had been done at Rome, run off in different directions to different parts of the camp to quell the upheaval.
Liv. 3.50.12Et lēniter agentibus respōnsum nōn redditur;And when they acted gently, no answer is given; Liv. 3.50.12imperium sī quis inhibēret, et virōs et armātōs sē esse respondētur.if anyone tried to exert his authority, the answer is that they are men, and armed. Liv. 3.50.13Eunt agmine ad urbem et Aventīnum īnsīdunt, ut quisque occurrerat, plēbem ad repetendam lībertātem creandōsque tribūnōs plēbis adhortantēs.They go in column to the city and settle on the Aventine, urging the plebs, as each man met them, to regain their liberty and elect tribunes of the plebs. Liv. 3.50.13Alia vōx nūlla violenta audīta est.No other violent word was heard. Liv. 3.50.13Senātum Sp. Oppius habet.Spurius Oppius holds a meeting of the senate. Liv. 3.50.14Nihil placet asperē agī: quippe ab ipsīs datum locum sēditiōnī esse.It is decided that nothing should be done harshly: indeed, the occasion for sedition had been given by themselves. Liv. 3.50.15Mittuntur trēs lēgātī cōnsulārēs Sp. Tarpeius, C. Iūlius, P. Sulpicius, quī quaererent senātūs verbīs, cuius iussū castra dēseruissent, aut quid sibi vellent, quī armātī Aventīnum obsēdissent bellōque āversō ab hostibus patriam suam cēpissent.Three envoys of consular rank are sent, Spurius Tarpeius, Gaius Julius and Publius Sulpicius, to ask in the name of the senate on whose orders they had deserted the camp, or what they meant by occupying the Aventine in arms and by turning war away from the enemy and capturing their own country.
Liv. 3.50.16Nōn dēfuit, quod respondērētur;There was no lack of an answer to give; Liv. 3.50.16dēerat, quī daret respōnsum nūllōdum certō duce nec satis audentibus singulīs invidiae sē offerre.what was lacking was someone to give the answer, since there was as yet no definite leader, and individuals were not bold enough to expose themselves to resentment. Liv. 3.50.16Id modo ā multitūdine conclāmātum est ut, L Valerium. et M Horātium. ad sē mitterent iīs: sē datūrōs respōnsum responsum.Only this was shouted by the multitude, that they should send Lucius Valerius and Marcus Horatius to them: to these they would give their answer.