Liv. 3.8.1Inde paulātim seu pāce deum impetrātā seu graviōre tempore annī iam circumāctō dēfūncta morbīs.From then on, little by little, whether because the peace of the gods had been obtained or because the more unhealthy season of the year had now passed, people came through their illnesses. Liv. 3.8.1Corpora salūbriōra esse incipere;Bodies began to be healthier; Liv. 3.8.2versīsque animīs iam ad pūblicam cūram, cum aliquot interregna exīssent, P. Valerius Pūblicola tertiō diē, quam interregnum inierat, cōnsulēs creat L. Lucrētium Tricipitīnum et T. Veturium Geminum, sīve ille Vetusius fuit.and when minds had now turned to public concerns, after several interregna had run out, Publius Valerius Publicola, on the third day after he had entered on his interregnum, declared Lucius Lucretius Tricipitinus and Titus Veturius Geminus consuls, or perhaps his name was Vetusius. Liv. 3.8.3Ante diem tertium īdūs Sextīlēs cōnsulātum ineunt iam satis validā cīvitāte, ut nōn sōlum arcēre bellum, sed ultrō etiam īnferre posset.They entered on their consulship on the third day before the Ides of Sextilis, with the state now strong enough not only to ward off war but even to make it on its own account.
Liv. 3.8.4Igitur nūntiantibus Hernicīs in fīnīs suōs trānscendisse hostīs inpigrē prōmissum auxilium.Accordingly, when the Hernici reported that the enemy had crossed into their territory, help was promptly promised. Liv. 3.8.4Duo cōnsulārēs exercitūs scrīptī.Two consular armies were enrolled. Liv. 3.8.4Veturius missus in Volscōs ad bellum ultrō īnferendum;Veturius was sent against the Volscians to carry the war to them; Liv. 3.8.5Tricipitīnus populātiōnibus arcendīs sociōrum agrō oppositus nōn ultrā quam in Hernicōs prōcēdit.Tricipitinus, posted to keep raids from the allies' land, advanced no further than the territory of the Hernici. Liv. 3.8.5Veturius prīmō proeliō hostēs fundit fugatque;Veturius routed and put the enemy to flight in the first battle; Liv. 3.8.6Lucrētium, dum in Hernicīs sedet, praedōnum agmen fefellit suprā montēs Praenestīnōs ductum, inde dēmissum in campōs.while Lucretius sat among the Hernici, a column of plunderers escaped his notice, being led over the mountains of Praeneste and from there let down into the plains. Liv. 3.8.6Vāstāvēre agrōs Praenestīnum Gabīnumque, ex Gabīnō in Tusculānōs flexēre collēs;They laid waste the lands of Praeneste and Gabii, and from Gabii turned towards the Tusculan hills; Liv. 3.8.7urbī quoque Rōmae ingēns praebitus terror, magis rē subitā quam quod ad arcendam vim parum vīrium esset.great terror was caused in the city of Rome too, more from the suddenness of the thing than because there was too little strength to ward off an attack.
Liv. 3.8.7Q. Fabius praeerat urbī.Quintus Fabius was in charge of the city. Liv. 3.8.7Is armātā iuventūte dispositīsque praesidiīs tūta omnia ac tranquilla fēcit.By arming the young men and posting guards he made everything safe and calm. Liv. 3.8.8Itaque hostēs praedā ex proximīs locīs raptā adpropinquāre urbī nōn ausī cum circumāctō agmine redīrent, quantō longius ab urbe hostium abscēderent, eō solūtiōre cūrā, in Lucrētium incidunt cōnsulem, iam ante explōrātīs itineribus satis īnstrūctum et ad certāmen intentum.And so the enemy, after seizing plunder from the nearest places, did not dare to approach the city, and as they were returning by a roundabout route, with care the more relaxed the farther they withdrew from the enemy's city, they ran into the consul Lucretius, who had already reconnoitred the routes and was well prepared and intent on battle. Liv. 3.8.9Igitur praeparātīs animīs repentīnō pavōre perculsōs adortī aliquantō pauciōrēs multitūdinem ingentem fundunt fugantque et conpulsōs in cavās vallēs, cum exitus haud in facilī essent, circumveniunt.Accordingly, with their minds made ready, they attacked men struck with sudden panic, and though considerably fewer they routed and put to flight a huge multitude, and, having driven them into hollow valleys, since the ways out were not easy, they surrounded them.
Liv. 3.8.10Ibi Volscum nōmen prope dēlētum est.There the Volscian name was almost wiped out. Liv. 3.8.10Tredecim mīlia quadringentōs septuāgintā cecidisse in aciē ac fugā, mīlle septingentōs quīnquāgintā vīvōs captōs, signa vīgintī septem mīlitāria relāta in quibusdam annālibus inveniō;I find in certain annals that thirteen thousand four hundred and seventy fell in battle and in flight, that one thousand seven hundred and fifty were taken alive, and that twenty-seven military standards were brought back; Liv. 3.8.10ubi etsī adiectum aliquid numerō sit, magna certē caedēs fuit.and even if something has been added to the numbers there, it was certainly a great slaughter. Liv. 3.8.11Victor cōnsul ingentī praedā potītus eōdem in statīva rediit.The victorious consul, having gained enormous plunder, returned to the same standing camp. Liv. 3.8.11Tum cōnsulēs castra coniungunt;Then the consuls joined their camps; Liv. 3.8.11et Volscī Aequīque adflīctās vīrēs suās in ūnum contulēre.and the Volscians and Aequi brought their battered forces together into one. Liv. 3.8.11Tertia illa pugna eō annō fuit.That was the third battle of the year. Liv. 3.8.11Eadem fortūna victōriam dedit;The same fortune gave victory; Liv. 3.8.11fūsīs hostibus etiam castra capta.the enemy were routed and their camp was taken as well.