[5,49] Μετὰ δὲ τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἐκεῖνον ὕπατοι καθίστανται Σπόριος Κάσσιος Οὐεκελλῖνος ἐπικαλούμενος καὶ Ὀπίτωρ Οὐεργίνιος Τρικάτος. ἐφ´ ὧν ὁ πρὸς Σαβίνους πόλεμος ὑπὸ θατέρου τῶν ὑπάτων Σπορίου κατελύθη μάχης ἰσχυρᾶς γενομένης οὐ μακρὰν τῆς Κυριτῶν πόλεως· ἐξ ἧς ἀπέθανον μὲν ἀμφὶ τοὺς μυρίους καὶ τριακοσίους Σαβίνων, αἰχμάλωτοι δ´ ἐλήφθησαν ὀλίγον ἀποδέοντες τετρακισχιλίων. ταύτῃ τῇ συμφορᾷ τελευταίᾳ πληγέντες οἱ Σαβῖνοι πρέσβεις ἀπέστειλαν ὡς τὸν ὕπατον διαλεξομένους περὶ φιλίας. ἀναβαλλομένου δ´ αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ Κασσίου, παραγενηθέντες εἰς Ῥώμην σὺν πολλῇ δεήσει μόλις εὑρίσκονται διαλλαγὰς καὶ κατάλυσιν τοῦ πολέμου, σῖτόν τε τῇ στρατιᾷ δόντες, ὅσον ἐπέταξε Κάσσιος καὶ ἀργύριόν τι τακτὸν κατ´ ἄνδρα καὶ γῆς πεφυτευμένης πλέθρα μύρια. Σπόριος μὲν δὴ Κάσσιος θρίαμβον ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου τοῦδε κατήγαγεν· ὁ δ´ ἕτερος τῶν ὑπάτων Οὐεργίνιος ἐπὶ τὴν Καμαριναίων πόλιν ἐστράτευσεν μὲν ἀφεστῶσαν ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥωμαίων συμμαχίας κατὰ τόνδε τὸν πόλεμον, ἄγων τὴν ἡμίσειαν τῆς ἑτέρας στρατιᾶς, φράσας δ´ οὐδενί, ποῖ μέλλει πορεύεσθαι καὶ διὰ νυκτὸς ἀνύσας τὴν ὁδόν, ἵνα ἀπαρασκεύοις καὶ μὴ προειδόσι τὴν ἔφοδον τοῖς ἔνδον ἐπιθῆται· ὅπερ καὶ συνέβη. γενόμενος γὰρ πλησίον τοῦ τείχους ἅπαντας ἔλαθεν ἄρτι τῆς ἡμέρας διαυγούσης, καὶ πρὶν ἢ καταστρατοπεδεύεσθαι κριοὺς προσέφερε καὶ κλίμακας καὶ πάσῃ πολιορκίας ἐχρῆτο ἰδέᾳ. τῶν δὲ Καμαριναίων καταπλαγέντων τὸ αἰφνίδιον τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν μὲν ἀνοίγειν τὰς πύλας καὶ δέχεσθαι τὸν ὕπατον ἀξιούντων, τῶν δ´ ἀμύνεσθαι πάσῃ δυνάμει καὶ μὴ παριέναι τοὺς πολεμίους εἴσω, ἐν ᾧ τὸ ταραττόμενόν τε καὶ στασιάζον αὐτῶν ἐπεκράτει, τὰς πύλας ἐκκόψας καὶ τὰ βραχύτατα τῶν ἐρυμάτων κλίμαξι καταλαβόμενος κατὰ κράτος εἰλήφει τὴν πόλιν. ἐκείνην μὲν οὖν τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν νύκτα φέρειν τε καὶ ἄγειν τὰ χρήματα τοῖς σφετέροις ἐφῆκε· τῇ δ´ ἑξῆς συναχθῆναι τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους εἰς ἓν χωρίον κελεύσας τοὺς μὲν βουλεύσαντας τὴν ἀπόστασιν ἅπαντας ἀπέκτεινε, τὸν δ´ ἄλλον ὄχλον ἀπέδοτο, τὴν δὲ πόλιν κατέσκαψεν.

[5,49] The next year Spurius Cassius, surnamed (p145) Vecellinus, and Opiter Verginius Tricostus were appointed consuls. In their consulship the war with the Sabines was ended by one of them, Spurius, after a hard battle fought near the city of Cures; in this battle about 10,300 Sabines were killed and nearly 4000 taken prisoners. Overwhelmed by this final misfortune, the Sabines sent ambassadors to the consul to treat for peace. Then, upon being referred to the senate by Cassius, they came to Rome, and after many entreaties obtained with difficulty a reconciliation and termination of the war by giving, not only as much grain to the army as Cassius ordered, but also a certain sum of money per man and ten thousand acres63 of land under cultivation. Spurius Cassius celebrated a triumph for his victory in this war; but the other consul, Verginius, led an expedition against the city of Cameria, which had withdrawn from its alliance with the Romans during this war. He took half the other army with him, telling no one whither he was marching, and covered the distance during the night, in order that he might fall upon the inhabitants while they were unprepared and unapprised of his approach; and so it fell out. For he was already close to their walls, without having been discovered by anybody, just as day was breaking; and before encamping he brought up battering-rams and scaling (p147) ladders, and made use of every device used in sieges. The Camerini were astounded at his sudden arrival and some of them thought they ought to open the gates and receive the consul, while others insisted upon defending themselves with all their power and not permitting the enemy to enter the city; and while this confusion and dissension prevailed, the consul, having broken down the gates and scaled the lowest parts of the ramparts by means of ladders, took the city by storm. That day and the following night he permitted his men to pillage the town; but the next day he ordered the prisoners to be brought together in one place, and having put to death all the authors of the revolt, he sold the rest of the people and razed the city.