Liv. 3.54.1Facerent ut vellent permittentibus cūnctīs mox reditūrōs sē lēgātī rēbus perfectīs adfirmant.When all allowed them to do as they wished, the envoys declare that they will soon return once matters are concluded. Liv. 3.54.2Profectī cum mandāta plēbis patribus exposuissent, aliī decemvirī, quandō quidem praeter spem ipsōrum suppliciī suī nūlla mentiō fieret, haud quicquam abnuere;When they had gone and set out the plebs' demands to the fathers, the other decemvirs, since, contrary to their own expectation, no mention was made of their punishment, objected to nothing at all; Liv. 3.54.3Appius, trucī ingeniō et invidiā praecipuā, odium in sē aliōrum suō in eōs mētiēns odiō "haud ignārō" inquit "imminet fortūna.Appius, a man of savage temper and especially hated, measuring others' hatred of him by his own hatred of them, said, 'Not unaware am I of the fortune that hangs over me. Liv. 3.54.4Videō, dōnec arma adversāriīs trādantur, differrī adversus nōs certāmen.I see that the struggle against us is being put off only until arms are handed over to our opponents. Liv. 3.54.4Dandus invidiae est sanguis.Blood must be given to hatred.
Liv. 3.54.4Nihil nē ego quidem moror, quō minus decemvirātū abeam."Not even I make any delay in leaving the decemvirate.' Liv. 3.54.5Factum senātūs cōnsultum, ut decemvirī sē prīmō quōque tempore magistrātū abdicārent, Q. Fūrius pontifex maximus tribūnōs plēbis creāret, et nē cui fraudī esset sēcessiō mīlitum plēbisque.A decree of the senate was passed that the decemvirs should resign their office at the earliest opportunity, that Quintus Furius, the pontifex maximus, should hold the election of tribunes of the plebs, and that the secession of the soldiers and plebs should not be held against anyone. Liv. 3.54.6Hīs senātūs cōnsultīs perfectīs dīmissō senātū decemvirī prōdeunt in contiōnem abdicantque sē magistrātū ingentī hominum laetitiā.When these decrees had been passed and the senate dismissed, the decemvirs come out before the assembly and resign their office, to the immense joy of the people. Liv. 3.54.6Nūntiantur haec plēbī.This is reported to the plebs. Liv. 3.54.7Lēgātōs quidquid in urbe hominum supererat prōsequitur.Whatever people remained in the city escort the envoys. Liv. 3.54.7Huic multitūdinī laeta alia turba ex castrīs occurrit.This multitude is met by another joyful crowd from the camp.
Liv. 3.54.7Congrātulantur lībertātem concordiamque cīvitātī restitūtam.They congratulate each other that liberty and harmony have been restored to the state. Liv. 3.54.8Lēgātī prō contiōne: "quod bonum, faustum fēlīxque sit vōbīs reīque pūblicae, redīte in patriam ad penātēs, coniugēs līberōsque vestrōs;The envoys spoke before the assembly: 'May it be good, fortunate and happy for you and for the republic: return to your country, to your household gods, to your wives and children; Liv. 3.54.8sed, quā hīc modestiā fuistis, ubi nūllīus ager in tot rērum ūsū necessāriō tantae multitūdinī est violātus, eam modestiam ferte in urbem!but the restraint you showed here, where no one's land was harmed despite so great a multitude's need to use so many things, bring that restraint into the city! Liv. 3.54.8In Aventīnum īte, unde profectī estis!Go to the Aventine, from where you set out! Liv. 3.54.9Ibi fēlīcī locō, ubi prīma initia inchoāstis lībertātis vestrae, tribūnōs plēbī creābitis.There, in the auspicious place where you made the first beginnings of your liberty, you will elect tribunes of the plebs. Liv. 3.54.9Praestō erit pontifex maximus, quī comitia habeat."The pontifex maximus will be at hand to hold the election.' Liv. 3.54.10Ingēns adsēnsūs alacritāsque cūncta adprobantium fuit.Great was the assent and the eagerness of all as they approved everything.
Liv. 3.54.10Convellunt inde signa profectīque Rōmam certant cum obviīs gaudiō.Then they pull up the standards and, setting out for Rome, vie in joy with those who come to meet them. Liv. 3.54.10Armātī per urbem silentiō in Aventīnum perveniunt.Under arms, they make their way through the city in silence to the Aventine. Liv. 3.54.11Ibi extemplō pontifice maximō comitia habente tribūnōs plēbis creāvērunt, omnium prīmum L. Verginium, inde L. Icilium et P. Numitōrium, avunculum Verginī, auctōrēs sēcessiōnis, tum C. Sicinium, prōgeniem eius, quem prīmum tribūnum plēbis creātum in Sacrō monte prōditum memoriae est, et M. Duillium, quī tribūnātum īnsignem ante decemvirōs creātōs gesserat nec in decemvirālibus certāminibus plēbī dēfuerat.There at once, with the pontifex maximus holding the election, they elected tribunes of the plebs: first of all Lucius Verginius, then Lucius Icilius and Publius Numitorius, Verginius' uncle, the authors of the secession, then Gaius Sicinius, offspring of the man who is recorded as the first tribune of the plebs elected on the Sacred Mount, and Marcus Duillius, who had held a distinguished tribunate before the decemvirs were appointed and had not failed the plebs in the struggles with the decemvirs.
Liv. 3.54.12Spē deinde magis quam meritīs ēlēctī M. Titinius, M. Pompōnius, C. Aprōnius, P. Villius, C. Oppius.Then, more for hope than for merit, were chosen Marcus Titinius, Marcus Pomponius, Gaius Apronius, Publius Villius and Gaius Oppius. Liv. 3.54.14Tribūnātū initō L. Icilius extemplō plēbem rogāvit, et plēbs scīvit, nē cui fraudī esset sēcessiō ab decemvirīs facta.On entering the tribunate Lucius Icilius at once proposed to the plebs, and the plebs resolved, that the secession from the decemvirs should not be held against anyone. Liv. 3.54.15Cōnfestim dē cōnsulibus creandīs cum prōvocātiōne M. Duillius rogātiōnem pertulit.Immediately Marcus Duillius carried a proposal for the election of consuls subject to appeal. Liv. 3.54.15Ea omnia in prātīs Flāminiīs conciliō plēbis ācta, quem nunc circum Flāminium appellant.All this was done in a council of the plebs in the Flaminian Meadows, which they now call the Circus Flaminius.