[3,51] Μετὰ δὲ τὸν ἀγῶνα τοῦτον ἔχων συντεταγμένην τὴν Ῥωμαίων δύναμιν ὁ Ταρκύνιος ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν ἐχώρει λόγους προφέρων περὶ φιλίας. οἱ δ´ οὔτ´ ἐν τῷ κοινῷ συνεστῶσαν ἔχοντες δύναμιν οὔτε ταῖς ἰδίαις παρασκευαῖς πεποιθότες ἐδέχοντο τὰς προκλήσεις, καὶ παρεδίδοσαν αὐτῶν τινες τὰς πόλεις ὁρῶντες, ὅτι ταῖς μὲν ἁλούσαις κατὰ κράτος ἀνδραποδισμοί τε ἠκολούθουν καὶ κατασκαφαί, ταῖς δὲ προσχωρούσαις καθ´ ὁμολογίας τὸ πειθαρχεῖν τοῖς κεκρατηκόσι μόνον, ἄλλο δὲ ἀνήκεστον οὐδέν. πρῶτον μὲν οὖν Φικόλνεοι προσέθεντο αὐτῷ πόλις ἀξιόλογος ἐπὶ συγκειμένοις τισὶ δικαίοις, ἔπειτα Καμαρῖνοι, αἷς ἠκολούθησαν ἄλλαι τινὲς πολίχναι μικραὶ καὶ φρούρια ἐχυρά. ἐφ´ οἷς ταραχθέντες οἱ λοιποὶ Λατῖνοι καὶ δείσαντες μὴ πᾶν ὑφ´ ἑαυτῷ ποιήσηται τὸ ἔθνος εἰς τὴν ἐν Φερεντίνῳ συνελθόντες ἀγορὰν ἐψηφίσαντο τήν τε οἰκείαν δύναμιν ἐξ ἁπάσης πόλεως ἐξάγειν καὶ τῶν πλησιοχώρων ἐθνῶν τὰ κράτιστα παρακαλεῖν, καὶ διεπρεσβεύοντο πρὸς Τυρρηνούς τε καὶ Σαβίνους αἰτούμενοι συμμαχίαν. Σαβῖνοι μὲν οὖν ὑπέσχοντο αὐτοῖς, ἐπειδὰν ἐκείνους ἐμβεβληκότας εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων γῆν ἀκούσωσιν, ἀναλαβόντες καὶ αὐτοὶ τὰ ὅπλα τὴν πλησίον αὐτῶν χώραν λεηλατήσειν· Τυρρηνοὶ δὲ συμμαχίαν ἀποστελεῖν ὡμολόγησαν, ἧς ἂν αὐτοὶ δεηθῶσιν, οὐχ ἅπαντες ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς γενόμενοι γνώμης, ἀλλὰ πέντε πόλεις μόναι Κλουσῖνοί τε καὶ Ἀρρητῖνοι καὶ Οὐολατερρανοὶ Ῥουσιλανοί τε καὶ ἔτι πρὸς τούτοις Οὐετυλωνιᾶται.

[3,51] After this engagement Tarquinius led his army in good order to their cities, making offers of friendship; and the Latins, since they had no national army assembled and no confidence in their own preparations, accepted his proposals. And some of them proceeded to surrender their cities, observing that in the case of the cities which were taken by storm the inhabitants were made slaves and the cities razed, while those which surrendered by capitulation were treated with no other severity (p199) than to be obliged to yield obedience to the conquerors. First, then, Ficulea, a city of note, submitted to him upon fair terms, then Cameria; and their example was followed by some small towns and strong fortresses. But the rest of the Latins, becoming alarmed at this and fearing that he would subjugate the whole nation, met together in their assembly at Ferentinum and voted, not only to lead out their own forces from every city, but also to call the strongest of the neighbouring peoples to their aid; and to that end they sent ambassadors to the Tyrrhenians and Sabines to ask for assistance. The Sabines promised that as soon as they should hear that the Latins had invaded the territory of the Romans they too would take up arms and ravage that part of their territory which lay next to them; and the Tyrrhenians engaged to send to their assistance whatever forces they themselves should not need,66 though not all were of the same mind, but only five cities, namely, Clusium, Arretium, Volaterrae, Rusellae, and, in addition to these, Vetulonia.