Liv. 3.58.1C. Claudius, quī perōsus Decemvirōrum scelera et ante omnēs frātris fīliī superbiae īnfestus Regillum antīquam in patriam sē contulerat, is magnō iam nātū, cum ad perīcula eius dēprecanda redīsset, cuius vitia fūgerat, sordidātus cum gentīlibus clientibusque in forō prēnsābat singulōs ōrābatque, nē Claudiae gentī eam inūstam maculam vellent, ut carcere et vinculīs vidērentur dignī.Gaius Claudius, who out of loathing for the crimes of the decemvirs, and hostile above all to the arrogance of his brother's son, had withdrawn to Regillum, his ancestral home, now a man of great age, having returned to plead against the dangers facing the man whose vices he had fled, went about the Forum in mourning dress with his kinsmen and clients, taking men one by one by the hand and begging them not to wish to brand the Claudian clan with such a stain that they should seem to deserve prison and chains. Liv. 3.58.2Virum honōrātissimae imāginis futūrum ad posterōs, lēgum lātōrem conditōremque Rōmānī iūris, iacēre vinctum inter fūrēs nocturnōs ac latrōnēs.A man whose portrait mask would be held in the highest honour by posterity, the proposer of the laws and founder of Roman jurisprudence, was lying in chains among night thieves and robbers.
Liv. 3.58.3Āverterent ab īrā parumper ad cognitiōnem cōgitātiōnemque animōs et potius ūnum tot Claudiīs dēprecantibus condōnārent, quam propter ūnīus odium multōrum precēs aspernārentur.Let them turn their minds for a little while from anger to inquiry and reflection, and rather pardon one man at the plea of so many Claudii than spurn the prayers of many out of hatred of one. Liv. 3.58.4Sē quoque id generī ac nōminī dare nec cum eō in grātiam redīsse, cuius adversae fortūnae velit succursum.He himself too was doing this for the sake of his family and name, and he had not been reconciled with the man whose misfortune he wished to relieve. Liv. 3.58.4Virtūte lībertātem recuperātam esse;By courage their liberty had been recovered; Liv. 3.58.4clēmentiā concordiam ōrdinum stabilīrī posse.by clemency the harmony of the orders could be made firm. Liv. 3.58.5Erant, quōs movēret suā magis pietāte quam eius, prō quō agēbat, causā;There were some whom he moved, more by his own devotion than by the cause of the man for whom he pleaded; Liv. 3.58.5sed Verginius suī potius ut miserērentur ōrābat fīliaeque nec gentis Claudiae regnum in plēbem sortītae, sed necessāriōrum Verginiae, trium tribūnōrum, precēs audīrent, quī ad auxilium plēbis creātī ipsī plēbis fidem atque auxilium inplōrārent.but Verginius begged them rather to pity him and his daughter, and to listen to the prayers not of the Claudian clan, which had obtained by lot a kingship over the plebs, but of Verginia's kinsmen, the three tribunes, who, though created to help the plebs, were themselves imploring the protection and help of the plebs.
Liv. 3.58.6Iūstiōrēs hae lacrimae vidēbantur.These tears seemed more just. Liv. 3.58.6Itaque spē incīsā, priusquam prōdicta diēs adesset, Appius mortem sibi cōnscīvit.And so, his hope cut off, before the appointed day arrived Appius took his own life. Liv. 3.58.7Subinde arreptus ā P. Numitōriō Sp. Oppius, proximus invidiae, quod in urbe fuerat, cum iniūstae vindiciae ā collēgā dīcerentur.Soon afterwards Spurius Oppius was seized by Publius Numitorius; he stood next in odium, because he had been in the city when the unjust award of custody was pronounced by his colleague. Liv. 3.58.8Plūs tamen facta iniūria Oppiō quam nōn prohibita invidiae fēcit.Yet an injury he had committed brought Oppius more odium than the one he had not prevented. Liv. 3.58.8Testis prōductus, quī septem et vīgintī ēnumerātīs stīpendiīs octiēns extrā ōrdinem dōnātus dōnaque ea gerēns in cōnspectū populī, scissā veste tergum lacerātum virgīs ostendit nihilum dēprecāns, quīn, sī quam suam noxam reus dīcere posset, prīvātus iterum in sē saevīret.A witness was brought forward who, having counted up twenty-seven campaigns and been decorated eight times for special distinction, and wearing those decorations in sight of the people, tore open his garment and showed his back mangled by rods, making no objection, if the defendant could name any offence of his, to his raging against him a second time as a private citizen.
Liv. 3.58.9Op.Oppius Liv. 3.58.9Pius quoque ductus in vincula est et ante iūdiciī diem fīnem ibi vītae fēcit.too was led off to prison, and before the day of his trial he ended his life there. Liv. 3.58.9Bona Claudiī Oppiīque tribūnī pūblicāvēre.The tribunes confiscated the property of Claudius and Oppius. Liv. 3.58.9Collēgae eōrum exiliī causā sōlum vertērunt: bona pūblicāta sunt.Their colleagues left their native soil to go into exile: their property was confiscated. Liv. 3.58.10Et M. Claudius adsertor Verginiae, diē dictā damnātus ipsō remittente Verginiō ultimam poenam dīmissus Tībur exulātum abiit, mānēsque Verginiae, mortuae quam vīvae fēlīciōris, per tot domōs ad petendās poenās vagātī nūllō relictō sonte tandem quiēvērunt.Marcus Claudius too, the claimant of Verginia, was condemned on the day appointed, but, since Verginius himself remitted the extreme penalty, he was released and went off to Tibur in exile; and the shade of Verginia, happier in death than in life, having wandered through so many houses in quest of vengeance, at last found rest, with no guilty man left.