[8,57] Μετὰ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ χάρακος ἀπαλλαγὴν τῶν γυναικῶν ὁ Μάρκιος περὶ τὸν ὄρθρον ἀναστήσας τὴν στρατιὰν ἀπῆγεν ὡς διὰ φιλίας, καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐν τῇ Οὐολούσκων ἐγένετο, πάντα, ὅσα ἐκ τῶν λαφύρων ἔλαβε, δωρησάμενος τοῖς στρατιώταις, ἑαυτῷ δ´ οὐδ´ ὁτιοῦν ὑπολιπόμενος ἀπέλυσεν ἐπὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα. ἡ μὲν οὖν κοινωνήσασα τῶν ἀγώνων αὐτῷ στρατιὰ πλούτῳ βαρεῖ´ ἀφικομένη τήν τ´ ἀνάπαυλαν οὐκ ἀηδῶς ἐδέξατο τοῦ πολέμου καὶ δι´ εὐνοίας εἶχε τὸν ἄνδρα, συγγνώμης τ´ ἄξιον ἡγεῖτο, εἰ μὴ τέλος ἐπέθηκε τῷ πολέμῳ μητρὸς οἴκτους καὶ λιτὰς ἐντραπείς. ἡ δ´ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ὑπομείνασα νεότης φθονοῦσα μὲν τοῖς ἐπὶ στρατοπέδου γενομένοις τῶν πολλῶν ὠφελειῶν, διημαρτηκυῖα δ´ ὧν ἤλπισεν, εἰ καθαιρεθείη τὸ Ῥωμαίων φρόνημα τῆς πόλεως ἁλούσης, ἐτραχύνετο πρὸς τὸν ἡγεμόνα καὶ πικρὰ σφόδρα ἦν· καὶ τελευτῶσα, ἐπειδὴ τοῦ μίσους ἡγεμόνας ἔλαβε τοὺς πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ ἔθνει δυναμένους, ἐξηγριώθη τε καὶ ἔργον ἔδρασεν ἀνόσιον. ἦν δὲ Τύλλος Ἄττιος ὁ τὰς ὀργὰς αὐτῶν παραθήξας ἔχων περὶ αὐτὸν ἑταιρίαν ἐξ ἁπάσης πόλεως οὐκ ὀλίγην. τούτῳ δ´ ἄρα ἐδέδοκτο παλαίτερον ἔτι τὸν φθόνον οὐ δυναμένῳ κατέχειν, εἰ μὲν εὖ πράξας ὁ Μάρκιος καὶ τὴν Ῥωμαίων πόλιν διαφθείρας εἰς Οὐολούσκους ἔλθοι, κρύφα καὶ σὺν δόλῳ αὐτὸν ἀνελεῖν, εἰ δὲ διαμαρτὼν τῆς πείρας ἀτελὴς τοῦ ἔργου ἀναστρέψειεν, ὡς προδότην παραδόντα τῇ περὶ αὐτὸν ἑταιρίᾳ ἀποκτεῖναι· ὅπερ ἐποίει τότε, καὶ συναγαγὼν χεῖρα οὐκ ὀλίγην κατηγόρει τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ψευδῆ τεκμαιρόμενος ἀληθέσι καὶ οὐ γενησόμενα εἰκάζων γεγενημένοις· ἐκέλευέ τ´ ἀποθέμενον αὐτὸν τὴν ἀρχὴν λόγον ὑπέχειν τῆς στρατηγίας. ἦν δὲ τῆς ὑπομενούσης στρατιᾶς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ἡγεμών, ὡς καὶ πρότερον εἴρηταί μοι, κύριος τοῦ τε συναγαγεῖν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ τοῦ καλεῖν, ὃν βούλοιτο, ἐπὶ δίκην.

[8,57] After the departure of the women from the camp Marcius roused his army about daybreak and led it away as thor a friendly country; and when he came into the territory of the Volscians, he divided among the soldiers all the booty he had taken, without reserving the least thing for himself, and then dismissed them to their homes. The army, accordingly, which had shared in the battles with him, returning loaded with riches, was not displeased with the respite from war and felt well disposed toward him and thought he deserved to be forgiven for not having brought the war to a successful end out of regard for the lamentations and entreaties of his mother. But the young men who had remained at home, envying those who had seen active service the great booty they had won, and being disappointed in their hopes of seeing the pride of the Romans humbled by (p171) the capture of their city, were incensed against the general and very bitter; and at last, when they found as leaders of their hatred the men of the greatest power in the nation, they grew wild with rage and committed an impious deed. The one who in particular whetted their anger again Marcius was Tullus Attius, who had about him a large faction collected out of every city. This man had, in fact, long since resolved, being unable to control his jealousy, that if Marcius succeeded and returned to the Volscians after destroying Rome, he would make away with him secretly and by guile, or if, failing in his attempt, he came back leaving the task unfinished, he would deliver him over to his faction as a traitor and have him put to death — a plan which he now proceeded to carry out. And getting together a considerable band, he brought charges against him, drawing false inferences from things that were true and, from what had happened, surmising things street were not going to happen; and he kept bidding him resign his command and give an account of his conduct. For, as I said before, Tullus was general of the forces which had been left in the cities, and had authority both to call an assembly and to summon to trial any man he pleased.