Liv. 3.57.1Contrā ea Verginius ūnum Ap. Claudium et lēgum expertem et cīvīlis et hūmānī foederis esse aiēbat.Against this Verginius said that Appius Claudius alone had no share in the laws or in the compact of citizens and of humankind. Liv. 3.57.1Respicerent tribūnal hominēs, castellum omnium scelerum, ubi decemvir ille perpetuus bonīs, tergō, sanguinī cīvium īnfestus, virgās secūrēsque omnibus minitāns, deōrum hominumque contemptor, carnificibus, nōn līctōribus stīpātus, iam ab rapīnīs et caedibus animō ad libīdinem versō virginem ingenuam in oculīs populī Rōmānī velut bellō captam ab complexū patris abreptam ministrō cubiculī suī clientī dōnō dederit;Let men look back at the tribunal, the stronghold of all crimes, where that perpetual decemvir, hostile to the property, backs and blood of the citizens, threatening all with rods and axes, despiser of gods and men, surrounded by executioners, not lictors, his mind now turned from plunder and murder to lust, had torn a freeborn maiden from her father's embrace before the eyes of the Roman people, as if she had been captured in war, and given her as a present to a client, the servant of his bedchamber; Liv. 3.57.4ubi crūdēlī dēcrētō nefandīsque vindiciīs dextram patris in fīliam armāverit;where by a cruel decree and an abominable award of custody he had armed a father's right hand against his daughter; Liv. 3.57.4ubi tollentīs corpus sēmianime virginis spōnsum avumque in carcerem dūcī iusserit, stuprō interpellātō magis quam caede mōtus.where he had ordered the betrothed and the grandfather, as they lifted up the maiden's half-dead body, to be led to prison, moved more by the interruption of his lust than by her death.
Liv. 3.57.4Et illī carcerem aedificātum esse, quod domicilium plēbis Rōmānae vocāre sit solitus.For him too the prison had been built which he used to call the home of the Roman plebs. Liv. 3.57.5Proinde ut ille iterum ac saepius prōvocet, sīc sē iterum ac saepius iūdicem illī ferre, nī vindiciās ab lībertāte in servitūtem dederit;Accordingly, however often he might appeal, so often would he propose a judge to him, to try whether he had not awarded custody away from liberty to slavery; Liv. 3.57.5sī ad iūdicem nōn eat, prō damnātō in vincla dūcī iubēre.if he would not go before a judge, he ordered him to be led to prison as one condemned. Liv. 3.57.6Ut haud quōquam inprobante sīc magnō mōtū animōrum, cum tantī virī suppliciō suamet plēbī iam nimia lībertās vidērētur, in carcerem est coniectus.Though no one disapproved, it was with great stirring of feeling, since the plebs itself now thought its liberty excessive when so great a man was being punished, that he was thrown into prison. Liv. 3.57.6Tribūnus eī diem prōdīxit.The tribune set a day for his trial. Liv. 3.57.6Inter haec ab Latīnīs et Hernicīs lēgātī grātulātum dē concordiā patrum ac plēbis Rōmam vēnērunt dōnumque ob eam Iovī optumō maximō corōnam auream in Capitōlium tulēre parvī ponderis, prōut rēs haud opulentae erant colēbanturque religiōnēs piē magis quam magnificē.Meanwhile envoys from the Latins and Hernici came to Rome to offer congratulations on the harmony of fathers and plebs, and as a gift for it they brought to Jupiter Best and Greatest on the Capitol a golden crown of small weight, as their resources were not rich and religious rites were practised with piety rather than magnificence.
Liv. 3.57.8Iīsdem auctōribus cognitum est Aequōs Volscōsque summā vī bellum apparāre.From the same informants it was learned that the Aequi and Volsci were preparing war with all their strength. Liv. 3.57.9Itaque partīrī prōvinciās cōnsulēs iussī.So the consuls were ordered to divide the commands between them. Liv. 3.57.9Horātiō Sabīnī, Valeriō Aequī ēvēnēre.The Sabines fell to Horatius, the Aequi to Valerius. Liv. 3.57.9Cum ad ea bella dīlēctum ēdīxissent, favōre plēbis nōn iūniōrēs modo, sed ēmeritīs etiam stīpendiīs pars magna voluntāriōrum ad nōmina danda praestō fuēre, eōque nōn cōpia modo, sed genere etiam mīlitum, veterānīs admixtīs, firmior exercitus fuit.When they had proclaimed a levy for these wars, thanks to the goodwill of the plebs not only the younger men but a large number of volunteers who had completed their service presented themselves to enlist, and so the army was stronger not only in numbers but also in the quality of its soldiers, with veterans mixed in. Liv. 3.57.9Priusquam urbe ēgrederentur, lēgēs decemvirālēs, quibus tabulīs duodecim est nōmen, in aes incīsās in pūblicō prōposuērunt.Before they left the city, they had the decemviral laws, which are called the Twelve Tables, engraved on bronze and set up in public.
Liv. 3.57.10Sunt, quī iussū tribūnōrum aedīlēs fūnctōs eō ministeriō scrībant.Some write that the aediles performed that duty on the orders of the tribunes.