Liv. 3.67.1Ibi in hanc sententiam locūtum accipiō: "etsī mihi nūllīus noxae cōnscius, Quirītēs, sum, tamen cum pudōre summō in cōnspectum vestrum prōcessī.There, I find, he spoke to this effect: 'Although I am conscious of no fault, Quirites, yet it is with the greatest shame that I have come forward into your sight. Liv. 3.67.1Hoc vōs scīre, hoc posterīs memoriae trāditum īrī, Aequōs et Volscōs, vix Hernicīs modo parēs, T. Quīnctiō quārtum cōnsule ad moenia urbis Rōmae inpūne armātōs uēnisse.That you should know this, that this should be handed down to the memory of posterity — that the Aequi and Volsci, lately scarcely a match even for the Hernici, came in arms with impunity to the walls of the city of Rome when Titus Quinctius was consul for the fourth time! Liv. 3.67.1Hanc ego ignōminiam, quamquam iam diū ita vīvitur, ut nihil bonī dīvīnet animus, sī huic potissimum inminēre annō scīssem, vel exiliō vel morte, sī alia fuga honōris nōn esset, vītāssem.This disgrace, although we have long been living in such a way that my mind foreboded nothing good, had I known that it threatened this year above all, I should have avoided either by exile or by death, had there been no other way of escaping the office.
Liv. 3.67.3Ergō sī virī arma illa habuissent, quae in portīs fuēre nostrīs, capī Rōma mē cōnsule potuit.So, if those who bore the arms that were at our gates had been men, Rome could have been taken while I was consul. Liv. 3.67.3Satis honōrum, satis superque vītae erat;I had had enough of honours, enough and more than enough of life; Liv. 3.67.3morī cōnsulem tertium oportuit.I ought to have died in my third consulship. Liv. 3.67.3Quem tandem ignāvissimī hostium contempsēre?Whom, pray, did the most cowardly of enemies despise? Liv. 3.67.4Nōs cōnsulēs an vōs, Quirītēs?Us consuls, or you, Quirites? Liv. 3.67.4Sī culpa in nōbīs est, auferte imperium indignīs et, sī id parum est, īnsuper poenās expetite;If the fault is in us, take away the command from the unworthy, and if that is too little, exact punishment besides; Liv. 3.67.5sī in vōbīs, nēmō deōrum nec hominum sit, quī vestra pūniat peccāta, Quirītēs;if in you, may there be none of gods or men to punish your sins, Quirites; Liv. 3.67.5vōsmet tantum eōrum paeniteat.only may you yourselves repent of them. Liv. 3.67.5Nōn illī vestram ignāviam contempsēre nec suae virtūtī cōnfīsī sunt;It was not your cowardice that they despised, nor in their own courage that they trusted; Liv. 3.67.5quippe totiēns fūsī fugātīque, castrīs exūtī, agrō multātī, sub iugum missī et sē et vōs nōvēre;for, so often routed and put to flight, stripped of their camp, mulcted of their land, sent under the yoke, they know both themselves and you; Liv. 3.67.6discordia ōrdinum et venēnum urbis huius, patrum ac plēbis certāmina, dum nec nōbīs imperī nec vōbīs lībertātis est modus, dum taedet vōs patriciōrum, nōs plēbēiōrum magistrātuum, sustulēre illīs animōs.the discord of the orders, the poison of this city, the struggles of senators and plebs, while neither we set a limit to our power nor you to your liberty, while you are weary of patrician magistrates and we of plebeian — that is what has raised their spirits.
Liv. 3.67.7Prō deum fidem quid vōbīs vultis?In the name of the gods, what do you want? Liv. 3.67.7Tribūnōs plēbis concupīstis;You longed for tribunes of the plebs; Liv. 3.67.7concordiae causā concessimus.for the sake of harmony we granted them. Liv. 3.67.7Decemvirōs dēsīderāstis: creārī passī sumus.You yearned for decemvirs: we allowed them to be created. Liv. 3.67.7Decemvirōrum vōs pertaesum est: coēgimus abīre magistrātū.You grew sick of the decemvirs: we forced them out of office. Liv. 3.67.8Manente in eōsdem prīvātōs īrā vestrā morī atque exulāre nōbilissimōs virōs honōrātissimōsque passī sumus.When your anger against the same men persisted after they were private citizens, we allowed men of the noblest birth and highest honours to die or go into exile. Liv. 3.67.9Tribūnōs plēbis creāre iterum voluistis: creāstis;You wished to elect tribunes of the plebs again: you elected them; Liv. 3.67.9cōnsulēs facere vestrārum partium: etsī patribus vidēbāmus inīquum patricium quoque magistrātum plēbī dōnum fierī sīvimus.to make consuls of your own party: though we saw it was unfair to the senators, we allowed even a patrician magistracy to be made a gift to the plebs.
Liv. 3.67.9Auxilium tribūnicium, prōvocātiōnem ad populum, scīta plēbis iniūncta patribus, sub titulō aequandārum lēgum nostra iūra oppressa tulimus et ferimus.The tribunes' help, the appeal to the people, plebiscites imposed on the senators, the suppression of our rights under the pretext of equalising the laws — all this we have endured and still endure. Liv. 3.67.10Quī fīnis erit discordiārum?What end will there be to our discords? Liv. 3.67.10Ecquandō ūnam urbem habēre, ecquandō commūnem hanc esse patriam licēbit?Shall we ever be allowed to have one city, ever be allowed to have this as a common fatherland? Liv. 3.67.10Victī nōs aequiōre animō quiēscimus quam vōs victōrēs.We, the defeated, are more content and calm than you, the victors. Liv. 3.67.11Satisnē est nōbīs vōs metuendōs esse?Is it enough that we have to fear you? Liv. 3.67.11Adversus nōs Aventīnum capitur, adversus nōs Sacer occupātur mōns, Esquiliāsque vīdimus ab hoste prope captās, et scandentem in aggerem Volscum hostem nēmō submōvit;Against us the Aventine is seized, against us the Sacred Mount is occupied; yet we have seen the Esquiline almost captured by the enemy, and no one dislodged the Volscian foe as he climbed the rampart; Liv. 3.67.11in nōs virī, in nōs armātī estis.against us you are men, against us you bear arms.