[9,2] Ταύτην εἰσηγησαμένου τὴν γνώμην Ἀππίου δόξαντες αὐτὸν ὀρθῶς παραινεῖν οἵ τε ὕπατοι καὶ τῶν ἄλλων οἱ δυνατώτατοι, πολλῇ θεραπείᾳ διεπράξαντο τοὺς τέτταρας ἐκ τῶν δημάρχων οἰκείους τῇ βουλῇ γενέσθαι. οἱ δὲ τέως μὲν λόγῳ μεταπείθειν τὸν Ἰκίλιον ἐπεχείρουν ἀποστῆναι τῶν περὶ τῆς κληρουχίας πολιτευμάτων, ἕως οἱ πόλεμοι λάβωσι τέλος· ὡς δ´ ἠναντιοῦτο καὶ διώμνυτο λόγον τε τὸν αὐθαδέστερον εἰπεῖν ἐτόλμησε τοῦ δήμου παρόντος, ὅτι μᾶλλον ἂν βούλοιτο Τυρρηνοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους πολεμίους κρατήσαντας τῆς πόλεως ἐπιδεῖν, ἢ τοὺς κατέχοντας τὴν χώραν τὴν δημοσίαν ἀφεῖναι, δόξαντες ἀφορμὴν εἰληφέναι καλὴν πρὸς αὐθάδειαν τοσαύτην τοῦ τἀναντία λέγειν τε καὶ πράττειν, οὐδὲ τοῦ δήμου τὸν λόγον ἡδέως δεξαμένου, κωλύειν αὐτὸν ἔφησαν, καὶ φανερῶς ἔπραττον, ὅσα τῇ βουλῇ τε καὶ τοῖς ὑπάτοις δοκοίη· μονωθεὶς δ´ Ἰκίλιος οὐδενὸς ἔτι κύριος ἦν. μετὰ τοῦθ´ ἡ στρατιὰ κατεγράφετο καί, ὅσων ἔδει τῷ πολέμῳ πάντα ὑπηρετεῖτο, τὰ μὲν ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων, τὰ δ´ ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἁπάσῃ προθυμίᾳ· καὶ διὰ τάχους οἱ ὕπατοι διακληρωσάμενοι τὰ στρατεύματα ἐξῄεσαν, Σπόριος μὲν Φούριος ἐπὶ τὰς Αἰκανῶν πόλεις, Καίσων δὲ Φάβιος ἐπὶ Τυρρηνούς. Σπορίῳ μὲν οὖν ἅπαντα κατὰ νοῦν ἐχώρησεν οὐχ ὑπομεινάντων εἰς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν τῶν πολεμίων, καὶ πολλὰ ἐκ τῆς στρατείας ἐξεγένετο χρήματά τε καὶ σώματα λαβεῖν. ἐπῆλθε γὰρ ὀλίγου δεῖν πᾶσαν ὅσην οἱ πολέμιοι χώραν κατεῖχον, ἄγων καὶ φέρων, καὶ τὰ λάφυρα τοῖς στρατιώταις ἅπαντα ἐχαρίσατο. δοκῶν δὲ καὶ τὸν πρὸ τοῦ χρόνον εἶναι φιλόδημος, ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐκ ταύτης τῆς στρατηγίας ἐθεράπευσε τὸ πλῆθος. καί, ἐπειδὴ παρῆλθεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς στρατείας, ἄγων τὴν δύναμιν ὁλόκληρόν τε καὶ ἀπαθῆ χρήμασιν εὔπορον κατέστησε τὴν πατρίδα.

[9,2] When Appius had expressed this opinion. both the consuls and the more influential of the others, believing his advice to be sound, courted the other four tribunes so effectually as to make them well disposed toward the senate. These for a time endeavoured by argument to persuade Icilius to desist from his course with respect to the allotment of land till the wars should come to an end. But when he kept opposing them and swore that he would continue to do so, and had the assurance to make a rather insolent remark in the presence of the populace to the effect that he had rather see the Tyrrhenians and their other enemies masters of the city than leave unpunished those who were occupying public land, they thought they had got an excellent opportunity for opposing so great insolence both by their words and by their acts, and since even the populace showed displeasure at his remark, they said they interposed their veto; and they openly pursued such measures as were agreeable to both the senate and the consuls. Thus Icilius being deserted (p293) by his colleagues, no longer had any authority. After this the army was raised and everything that was necessary for the war was supplied, partly from public and partly from private sources, with all possible alacrity; and the consuls, having drawn lots for the armies, set out in haste, Spurius Furius marching against the cities of the Aequians and Caeso Fabius against the Tyrrhenians. In the case of Spurius everything succeeded according to his wish, the enemy not daring to come to an engagement, so that in this expedition he had the opportunity of taking much booty in both money and slaves. For he overran almost all the territory that the enemy possessed, carrying and driving off everything, and he gave all the spoils to the soldiers. Though he had been regarded even before this time as a friend of the people, he gained the favour of the multitude still more by his conduct in this command; and when the season for military operations was over, he brought his army home intact and unscathed, and made the fatherland rich with the money he had taken.