Liv. 3.51.1Dīmissīs lēgātīs admonet mīlitēs Verginius in rē nōn maximā paulō ante trepidātum esse, quia sine capite multitūdō fuerit, respōnsumque quamquam nōn inūtiliter, fortuītō tamen magis cōnsēnsū quam commūnī cōnsiliō esse.When the envoys had been dismissed, Verginius reminds the soldiers that a little earlier they had been thrown into confusion over no very great matter, because the multitude had been without a head, and that their answer, though not unhelpful, had come from chance agreement rather than common counsel. Liv. 3.51.2Placēre decem creārī, quī summae reī praeessent, mīlitārīque honōre tribūnōs mīlitum appellārī.He proposed that ten men be elected to take charge of affairs, and be called military tribunes, as a title of military honour. Liv. 3.51.3Cum ad eum ipsum prīmum is honōs dēferrētur, "meliōribus meīs vestrīsque rēbus reservāte" inquit "ista dē mē iūdicia;When that honour was offered first to him himself, he said, 'Reserve those judgements of yours about me for better times, mine and yours; Liv. 3.51.4nec mihi fīlia inulta honōrem ūllum iūcundum esse patitur, nec in perturbātā rē pūblicā eōs ūtile est praeesse vōbīs, quī proximī invidiae sint.my daughter, unavenged, does not allow any honour to be pleasant to me, nor, when the state is in turmoil, is it useful for men to be in charge of you who are the most exposed to resentment.
Liv. 3.51.5Sī quis ūsus meī est, nihilō minor ex prīvātō capiētur."If I am of any use, that use will be had no less from me as a private citizen.' Liv. 3.51.6Ita decem numerō tribūnōs mīlitārēs creant.So they elect military tribunes, ten in number. Liv. 3.51.6Neque in Sabīnīs quiēvit exercitus.Nor did the army among the Sabines stay quiet. Liv. 3.51.7Ibi quoque auctōre Iciliō Numitōriōque sēcessiō ab decemvirīs facta est nōn minōre mōtū animōrum Siccī caedis memoriā renovātā, quam quem nova fāma dē virgine adeō foedē ad libīdinem petītā accenderat.There too, on the initiative of Icilius and Numitorius, a secession from the decemvirs took place, with feelings stirred no less by the revived memory of the murder of Siccius than they had been inflamed by the fresh report of the maiden so foully sought for lust. Liv. 3.51.8Icilius, ubi audīvit tribūnōs mīlitum in Aventīnō creātōs, nē comitiōrum mīlitārium praerogātīvam urbāna comitia iīsdem tribūnīs plēbis creandīs sequerentur, perītus rērum populārium inminēnsque eī potestātī et ipse, priusquam īrētur ad urbem, parī potestāte eundem numerum ab suīs creandum cūrat.Icilius, when he heard that military tribunes had been elected on the Aventine, so that the city assembly, in electing tribunes of the plebs, should not follow the lead of the military assembly by choosing the same men, being experienced in popular politics and himself aspiring to that office, sees to it, before they went to the city, that the same number with equal power should be elected by his own men.
Liv. 3.51.10Portā Collīnā urbem intrāvēre sub signīs mediāque urbe agmine in Aventīnum pergunt.They entered the city by the Colline Gate under their standards and march in column through the middle of the city to the Aventine. Liv. 3.51.10Ibi coniūnctī alterī exercituī vīgintī tribūnīs mīlitum negōtium dedērunt, ut ex suō numerō duōs creārent, quī summae rērum praeessent.There, joining the other army, they charged the twenty military tribunes with electing two from their own number to take charge of affairs. Liv. 3.51.10M. Oppium, Sex. Mānīlium creant.They elect Marcus Oppius and Sextus Manilius. Liv. 3.51.11Patrēs sollicitī dē summā rērum, cum senātus cottīdiē esset, iūrgiīs saepius terunt tempus quam cōnsiliīs.The fathers, anxious for the state as a whole, though the senate met daily, spent their time more often in quarrels than in deliberation. Liv. 3.51.11Siccī caedēs decemvirīs et Appiāna libīdō et dēdecora mīlitiae obiciēbantur.The murder of Siccius, Appius' lust and the disgraces of the campaign were thrown in the decemvirs' faces. Liv. 3.51.12Placēbat Valerium Horātiumque īre in Aventīnum.It was resolved that Valerius and Horatius should go to the Aventine. Liv. 3.51.12Illī negābant sē aliter itūrōs, quam sī decemvirī dēpōnerent īnsignia magistrātūs eius, quō annō iam ante abīssent.They refused to go unless the decemvirs laid down the insignia of that office which they had already left behind the year before.
Liv. 3.51.13Decemvirī querentēs sē in ōrdinem cōgī nōn ante quam perlātīs lēgibus, quārum causā creātī essent, dēpositūrōs imperium sē Aiēbant.The decemvirs, complaining that they were being reduced to the ranks, said they would not lay down their authority before the laws for whose sake they had been appointed had been passed.