Texte grec :
| [9,36] Οἱ δὲ διαδεξάμενοι τούτους ὕπατοι Αὖλος
Μάλλιος καὶ Λεύκιος Φούριος, ψηφισαμένης τῆς βουλῆς
τὸν ἕτερον αὐτῶν στρατιὰν ἐπὶ Οὐιεντανοὺς ἄγειν,
ἐκληρώσαντο περὶ τῆς ἐξόδου, καθάπερ αὐτοῖς ἔθος ἦν.
καὶ λαχὼν Μάλλιος ἐξῆγε τὰς δυνάμεις διὰ ταχέων,
καὶ πλησίον τῶν πολεμίων κατεστρατοπέδευσεν. οἱ δὲ
Οὐιεντανοὶ τειχήρεις γενόμενοι τέως μὲν ἀντεῖχον καὶ
διεπρεσβεύοντο πρός τε τὰς ἄλλας τὰς ἐν Τυρρηνοῖς
πόλεις καὶ πρὸς τοὺς νεωστὶ συμμαχήσαντας αὐτοῖς
Σαβίνους, βοήθειαν ἀξιοῦντες ἀποστεῖλαι σφίσι διὰ
ταχέων. ὡς δ´ ἁπάντων ἀπετύγχανον καὶ τὰς τροφὰς
ἀπαναλώκεσαν, ὑπὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης {τοῦ λιμοῦ} βιασθέντες
ἐξῆλθον ὡς τὸν ὕπατον, ἱκετηρίας φέροντες οἱ
πρεσβύτατοί τ´ αὐτῶν καὶ τιμιώτατοι, περὶ καταλύσεως
δεόμενοι τοῦ πολέμου. τοῦ δὲ Μαλλίου κελεύσαντος αὐτοῖς
ἀργύριόν τ´ εἰς ὀψωνιασμὸν ἐνιαυτοῦ τῇ στρατιᾷ
καὶ διμήνου τροφὰς ἀποφέρειν, ὅταν δὲ ταῦτα ποιήσωσιν
εἰς Ῥώμην ἀποστέλλειν τοὺς διαλεξομένους τῇ
βουλῇ περὶ τῶν διαλύσεων, ἐπαινέσαντες ταῦτα καὶ
διὰ ταχέων τό τ´ ὀψώνιον τῇ στρατιᾷ καὶ τὸ ἀντὶ τοῦ
σίτου συγχωρηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Μαλλίου κατενέγκαντες
ἀργύριον ἧκον εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην· καὶ καταστάντες ἐπὶ
τὴν βουλὴν συγγνώμης ἐπὶ τοῖς γεγονόσι τυχεῖν ἠξίουν,
καὶ εἰς τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον ἀπαλλαγῆς τοῦ πολέμου.
πολλῶν δὲ λεχθέντων εἰς ἀμφότερα τὰ μέρη λόγων
ἐνίκησεν ἡ σπένδεσθαι παραινοῦσα τὸν πρὸς αὐτοὺς
πόλεμον γνώμη, γίνονταί τ´ ἀνοχαὶ τοῦ πολέμου πρὸς
αὐτοὺς τεσσαρακονταετεῖς. καὶ οἱ μὲν ἀπῄεσαν πολλὰς
τῇ πόλει τῆς εἰρήνης χάριτας εἰδότες, ὁ δὲ Μάλλιος
ἀφικόμενος εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἐπὶ τῇ καταλύσει τοῦ πολέμου
τὸν πεζὸν θρίαμβον αἰτησάμενος, ἔλαβεν. ἐγένετο
δὲ καὶ τίμησις ἐπὶ τῆς τούτων ἀρχῆς, καὶ ἦσαν οἱ
τιμησάμενοι πολῖται σφᾶς τ´ αὐτοὺς καὶ χρήματα καὶ
τοὺς ἐν ἥβῃ παῖδας ὀλίγῳ πλείους τρισχιλίων τε καὶ
δέκα μυριάδων.
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Traduction française :
| [9,36] Their successors in the consulship,41 Aulus Manlius and Lucius Furius, after the
senate had voted that one of them should march against the Veientes, drew lots,
according to their custom, to determine which should command the expedition. And
the lot falling to Manlius, he speedily led out the troops and encamped near the
enemy. The Veientes, being shut up within their walls, defended themselves for some
time; and sending ambassadors both to the other cities of Tyrrhenia and to the
Sabines who had lately assisted them, they asked them to send them aid promptly.
But when they failed of everything they asked for and had consumed all their
provisions, the oldest and most honoured among them, compelled by necessity, came
out of the city to the consul with the tokens of suppliants, begging for an end to the
war. Manlius ordered them to bring money for a year's pay for the army and
provisions for two months and after doing this to send envoys to Rome to treat with
the senate for peace. And they, having approved these conditions and speedily
brought the pay for the army, together with the money which the consul permitted
them to pay in lieu of the corn, came to Rome; and being introduced into the senate,
they sought to obtain forgiveness for the past and for (p45) the future to be freed from
the war. After many arguments on both sides, the motion prevailed to put an end to
the war by a treaty, and a truce was granted to them for forty years. Then the envoys
departed, feeling very grateful to the commonwealth for the peace. And Manlius,
coming to the city, requested and received an ovation for having put an end to the
war. There was also a census in this consulship; the number of the citizens who
registered their own names, their wealth, and the names of their sons who had
reached manhood was a little over 103,000.
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