Liv. 3.66.1T. Quīnctius Capitōlīnus quārtum et Agrippa Fūrius cōnsulēs inde factī nec sēditiōnem domī nec forīs bellum accēpērunt;Titus Quinctius Capitolinus, for the fourth time, and Agrippa Furius were then made consuls, and inherited neither sedition at home nor war abroad; Liv. 3.66.2sed inminēbat utrumque.but both were threatening. Liv. 3.66.2Iam nōn ultrā discordia cīvium reprimī poterat et tribūnīs et plēbe incitātā in patrēs, cum diēs alicui nōbilium dicta novīs semper certāminibus contiōnēs turbāret.The discord of the citizens could no longer be held back, with both tribunes and plebs roused against the senators, while the summoning of one noble or another to trial kept disturbing the assemblies with ever new struggles. Liv. 3.66.3Ad quōrum prīmum strepitum velut signō acceptō arma cēpēre Aequī ac Volscī, simul quod persuāserant iīs ducēs cupidī praedārum bienniō ante dīlēctum indictum habērī nōn potuisse abnuente iam plēbe imperium;At the first noise of these quarrels, as though they had received a signal, the Aequi and Volsci took up arms, partly because their leaders, eager for plunder, had persuaded them that two years earlier the levy proclaimed could not be held, since the plebs now refused obedience; Liv. 3.66.4eō adversus sē nōn esse missōs exercitūs.that was why armies had not been sent against them.
Liv. 3.66.4Dissolvī licentiā mīlitandī mōrem, nec prō commūnī iam patriā Rōmam esse.Military custom was being dissolved by licence, and Rome was no longer a common fatherland. Liv. 3.66.4Quidquid īrārum simultātiumque cum externīs fuerit, in ipsōs vertī.Whatever anger and quarrels they had had with foreigners were being turned against themselves. Liv. 3.66.4Occaecātōs lupōs intestīnā rabiē opprimendī occāsiōnem esse.Now was the chance to crush the wolves, blinded by their own internal frenzy. Liv. 3.66.5Coniūnctīs exercitibus Latīnum prīmum agrum perpopulātī sunt;With their armies joined they first laid waste the Latin territory; Liv. 3.66.5deinde, postquam ibi nēmō vindex occurrēbat, tum vērō exsultantibus bellī auctōribus ad moenia ipsa Rōmae populābundī regiōne portae Esquilīnae accessēre vāstātiōnem agrōrum per contumēliam urbī ostentantēs.then, when no defender confronted them there, then indeed, to the delight of the instigators of the war, they came ravaging right up to the walls of Rome in the region of the Esquiline gate, insultingly displaying to the city the devastation of its fields. Liv. 3.66.6Unde postquam inultī praedam prae sē agentēs retrō ad Corbiōnem agmine iēre, Quīnctius cōnsul ad contiōnem populum vocāvit.When they had marched back from there to Corbio unpunished, driving their plunder before them, the consul Quinctius called the people to an assembly.