Texte grec :
| [6,94] Τῇ δ´ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ συγκαλέσας ὁ Πόστουμος
εἰς ἐκκλησίαν τὸν στρατὸν ἔπαινον τοῦ Μαρκίου
διεξῆλθε πολὺν καὶ στεφάνοις αὐτὸν ἀριστείοις
ἀνέδησεν ἀμφοτέρων χαριστήρια τῶν ἀγώνων ἀποδιδούς.
ἐδωρήσατο δ´ αὐτὸν ἵππῳ πολεμιστῇ στρατηγικοῖς
ἐπισήμοις κεκοσμημένῳ καὶ δέκα σώμασιν αἰχμαλώτοις,
ἐπ´ ἐκείνῳ ποιήσας, οὓς βούλοιτο λαβεῖν, ἀργυρίῳ τε,
ὅσον ἂν ἐξενέγκασθαι δύναιτο αὐτός, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἄλλης
λείας πολλαῖς καὶ καλαῖς ἀπαρχαῖς. βοῆς δὲ γενομένης ἐξ
ἁπάντων μεγάλης, ὡς ἂν ἐπαινούντων τε
καὶ συνηδομένων, προσελθὼν ὁ Μάρκιος τῷ τε ὑπάτῳ
χάριν εἰδέναι μεγάλην ἔφη καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν ἐπὶ
ταῖς τιμαῖς, ὧν αὐτὸν ἠξίουν· οὐ μέντοι καταχρήσεσθαί γ´
αὐταῖς, ἀρκεσθήσεσθαι δὲ τῷ θ´ ἵππῳ τῆς
λαμπρότητος τῶν σημείων ἕνεκεν καὶ ἑνὶ αἰχμαλώτῳ,
ὃς ἔτυχεν αὐτῷ ξένος ὤν. οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται καὶ πρότερον
ἀγάμενοι τὸν ἄνδρα τῆς γενναιότητος, ἔτι μᾶλλον
ἐθαύμασαν τῆς ὑπεροψίας τοῦ πλούτου καὶ ὅτι
μετρίως ἤνεγκε τὴν τοσαύτην εὐτυχίαν. ἐκ τούτου
Κοριολανὸς ἐπεκλήθη τοῦ ἔργου, καὶ πάντων ἐγεγόνει
τῶν κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἡλικίαν ἐπιφανέστατος. τῆς δὲ
πρὸς τοὺς Ἀντιάτας μάχης τοῦτο λαβούσης τὸ τέλος
αἱ λοιπαὶ τῶν Οὐολούσκων πόλεις διελύοντο τὴν πρὸς
τοὺς Ῥωμαίους ἔχθραν, καὶ ὅσοι τὰ ὅμοια ἐκείνοις
ἐφρόνουν, οἵ τ´ ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις ἤδη ὄντες, καὶ οἱ
παρασκευαζόμενοι τὸν πόλεμον ἐπέπαυντο. οἷς ἅπασιν ὁ
Πόστουμος ἐπιεικῶς χρησάμενος, ἀνέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τὰ
οἰκεῖα, καὶ διαφῆκε τὴν στρατιάν. Κάσσιος δ´ ὁ ἕτερος
τῶν ὑπάτων ὁ καταλειφθεὶς ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ τὸν νεὼν
τῆς τε Δήμητρος καὶ Διονύσου καὶ Κόρης ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ
χρόνῳ καθιέρωσεν, ὅς ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῖς τέρμασι τοῦ μεγίστου
τῶν ἱπποδρόμων ὑπὲρ αὐτὰς ἱδρυμένος τὰς
ἀφέσεις, εὐξαμένου μὲν αὐτὸν Αὔλου Ποστουμίου τοῦ
δικτάτορος ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ἀναθήσειν τοῖς θεοῖς, καθ´
ὃν χρόνον ἔμελλεν ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς τὴν Λατίνων
στρατιάν, τῆς τε βουλῆς μετὰ τὸ νίκημα τὴν κατασκευὴν
αὐτοῦ ψηφισαμένης ἐκ τῶν λαφύρων ποιήσασθαι
πᾶσαν, τότε δὲ τοῦ ἔργου λαβόντος τὴν συντέλειαν.
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Traduction française :
| [6,94] The next day Postumus, having assembled the army, spoke at length in praise of
Marcius and crowned him with the crowns of valour, as rewards for his behaviour in
both the actions. He also presented him with a war-horse adorned with the trappings
belonging to that of a general, together with ten captives, leaving it to him to take
such as he wished, and also as much silver as he could carry away himself, and many
other fine first-fruits of the booty. When all raised a great shout in token of their
approval and congratulation, Marcius came forward and said that he was very
grateful both to the consul and to all the others for the honours of which they held
him worthy; however, he would not avail himself of them all, but would be content
with the horse, for the sake of the splendid trappings, and with one captive, who
chanced to be a personal friend of his. The soldiers, who even before this (p137) had
admired the man for his valour, now marvelled at him still more for his contempt of
riches and for his moderation in such good fortune. From this action he was
surnamed Coriolanus and became the most illustrious man of his age. Such having
been the outcome of the battle with the Antiates, the rest of the Volscian cities
proceeded to give up their hostility to the Romans; and all who had sympathized with
them, both those already in arms and those making their preparations for war,
refrained. Postumus treated them all with moderation, and then, returning home,
disbanded the army.
Cassius, the other consul, who had been left at Rome, in the mean time consecrated
the temple of Ceres, Liber and Libera, which stands at the end of the Circus Maximus,
being erected directly above the starting-places. Aulus Postumius the dictator had
made a vow, when he was on the point of engaging the army of the Latins,68 to
dedicate it to the gods in the name of the commonwealth, and the senate after the
victory having decreed that this temple should be built entirely out of the spoils, the
work was now completed.
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