Texte grec :
| [8,91] Ἐπὶ τῆς τούτων ἀρχῆς Αἰκανοὶ μὲν εἰς
τὴν Λατίνων χώραν ἐμβαλόντες ἀπήλασαν ἀνδράποδα
καὶ βοσκήματα πολλὰ λῃστρικῇ ἐφόδῳ χρησάμενοι·
Τυρρηνῶν δ´ οἱ καλούμενοι Οὐιεντανοὶ τῆς Ῥωμαίων
γῆς πολλὴν ἠδίκησαν προνομαῖς. τῆς δὲ βουλῆς τὸν
μὲν πρὸς Αἰκανοὺς πόλεμον εἰς ἕτερον ἀναβαλομένης
χρόνον, παρὰ δὲ Οὐιεντανῶν δίκας αἰτεῖν ψηφισαμένης, Αἰκανοὶ
μὲν ἐπειδὴ τὰ πρῶτα αὐτοῖς κατὰ νοῦν
ἐχώρησε, καὶ οὐθεὶς ὁ κωλύσων τὰ λοιπὰ ἐφαίνετο,
θράσει ἐπαρθέντες ἀλογίστῳ λῃστρικὴν μὲν οὐκέτι
στρατείαν ἔγνωσαν ποιεῖσθαι, δυνάμει δὲ βαρείᾳ ἐλάσαντες ἐπὶ
πόλιν Ὀρτῶνα κατὰ κράτος αἱροῦσι· καὶ
διαρπάσαντες τά τ´ ἐκ τῆς χώρας καὶ τὰ τῆς πόλεως
ἀπῄεσαν εὐπορίαν πολλὴν ἀγόμενοι. Οὐιεντανοὶ δὲ
πρὸς τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥώμης ἥκοντας ἀποκρινάμενοι, ὅτι
οὐκ ἐξ αὐτῶν εἴησαν οἱ προνομεύοντες τὴν χώραν,
ἀλλ´ ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων Τυρρηνῶν, ἀπέλυσαν τοὺς ἄνδρας
οὐθὲν τῶν δικαίων ποιήσαντες· καὶ οἱ πρέσβεις ἐπιτυγχάνουσι
τοῖς Οὐιεντανοῖς λείαν ἐκ τῆς αὐτῶν χώρας ἄγουσι. ταῦτα παρ´
αὐτῶν ἡ βουλὴ μαθοῦσα πολεμεῖν τ´ ἐψηφίσατο Οὐιεντανοῖς καὶ
τοὺς ὑπάτους ἀμφοτέρους ἐξάγειν τὴν στρατιάν. ἐγένετο μὲν οὖν
περὶ τοῦ δόγματος ἀμφιλογία, καὶ πολλοὶ ἦσαν οἱ τὸν
πόλεμον οὐκ ἐῶντες ἐκφέρειν τῆς τε κληρουχίας
ὑπομιμνήσκοντες τοὺς δημοτικούς, ἧς γε πέμπτον ἔτος
ἐψηφισμένης ὑπὸ τοῦ συνεδρίου κενῇ πιστεύσαντες ἐλπίδι
ἐξηπάτηντο, καὶ κοινὸν ἀποφαίνοντες πόλεμον, εἰ
κοινῇ χρήσεται γνώμῃ πᾶσα Τυρρηνία τοῖς ὁμοεθνέσι
βοηθοῦσα. οὐ μὴν ἴσχυσάν γ´ οἱ τῶν στασιαστῶν
λόγοι, ἀλλ´ ἐκύρωσε καὶ ὁ δῆμος τὸ τῆς βουλῆς δόγμα
τῇ Σπορίου Λαρκίου γνώμῃ τε καὶ παρακλήσει χρησάμενος. καὶ
μετὰ ταῦτ´ ἐξῆγον τὰς δυνάμεις οἱ ὕπατοι· στρατοπεδευσάμενοι
δὲ χωρὶς ἀλλήλων οὐ μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως καὶ μείναντες ἡμέρας
συχνάς, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἀντεξῆγον οἱ πολέμιοι τὰς δυνάμεις, προνομεύσαντες
αὐτῶν τῆς γῆς ὅσην ἐδύναντο πλείστην ἀπῆγον ἐπ´ οἴκου τὴν στρατιάν.
ἄλλο δ´ ἐπὶ τῆς τούτων ὑπατείας λόγου ἄξιον οὐδὲν ἐπράχθη.
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Traduction française :
| [8,91] During the consulship of these men the Aequians, making a raid into the territory
of the Latins after the manner of brigands, carried off a great number of slaves and
cattle; and the people of Tyrrhenia called the Veientes injured a large part of the
Roman territory by their forays. The senate voted to put off the war against the
Aequians to another time, but to demand satisfaction of the Veientes. The Aequians,
accordingly, since their first attempts had been successful and there appeared to be
no one to prevent their further operations, grew elated with an unreasoning boldness,
and resolving no longer to send out a mere marauding expedition, marched with a
large force to Ortona and took it by storm; then, after plundering everything both in
the country and in the city, they returned home with rich booty. As for the Veientes,
they returned answer to the ambassadors who came from Rome that those who were
ravaging their country were not from their city, but from the other Tyrrhenian cities,
and then dismissed them without giving them any satisfaction; and the ambassadors
fell in with the Veientes as these were driving off booty from the Roman territory. The
senate, learning of these things from the ambassadors, voted to declare war against
the Veientes and that both consuls should lead out (p285) the army. There was a
controversy, to be sure, over the decree, and there were many who opposed
engaging in the war and reminded the plebeians of the allotment of land, of which
they had been defrauded after a vain hope, though the senate had passed the decree
four years before; and they declared that there would be a general war if all
Tyrrhenia by common consent should assist their countrymen. However, the
arguments of the seditious speakers did not prevail, but the populace also confirmed
the decree of the senate, following the opinion and advice of Spurius Larcius.
Thereupon the consuls marched out with their forces and encamped apart at no great
distance from the city;76 but after they had remained there a good many days and the
enemy did not lead their forces out to meet them, they ravaged as large a part of their
country as they could and then returned home with the army. Nothing else worthy of
notice happened during their consulship.
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