[13,10] Ἡ δὲ αἰτία τῆς εἰς Ἰταλίαν τῶν Κελτῶν ἀφίξεως τοιάδε ἦν. Λοκόμων τις Τυρρηνῶν ἡγεμὼν μέλλων τελευτᾶν τὸν βίον ἀνδρὶ πιστῷ Ἄρροντι ὄνομα παρακατέθετο τὸν υἱὸν ἐπιτροπεύειν· τελευτήσαντος δὲ τοῦ Τυρρηνοῦ παραλαβὼν τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν τοῦ παιδίου ὁ Ἄρρων ἐπιμελὴς καὶ δίκαιος γέγονε τῆς πίστεως φύλαξ, καὶ εἰς ἄνδρας ἐλθόντι πᾶσαν ἀπέδειξε τῷ παιδὶ τὴν καταλειφθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς οὐσίαν. ἀνθ´ ὧν οὐχ ὁμοίας ἐκομίσατο παρὰ τοῦ μειρακίου χάριτας. Οὔσης γὰρ αὐτῷ γυναικὸς εὐμόρφου καὶ νέας, ἧς περὶ πλείστου τὴν κοινωνίαν ἐποιεῖτο, σώφρονος τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον ἅπαντα γενομένης ἐρασθεὶς ὁ νεανίσκος ἅμα τῷ σώματι καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν τῆς ἀνθρώπου διέφθειρεν, καὶ οὐκέτι κρύβδα, ἀλλ´ ἀναφανδὸν ἐζήτει αὐτῇ διαλέγεσθαι. ἀχθόμενος δὴ ὁ Ἄρρων τῷ ἀποσπασμῷ τῆς γυναικὸς καὶ ἐφ´ οἷς ὑβρίζετο πρὸς ἀμφοτέρων δυσανασχετῶν, τιμωρίαν δὲ οὐ δυνάμενος παρ´ αὐτῶν λαβεῖν, ἀποδημίαν ἐστείλατο πρόφασιν αὐτῆς ποιησάμενος ἐμπορίαν. ἀσμένως δὲ τοῦ νεανίσκου τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν αὐτοῦ δεξαμένου καὶ παρασχόντος ὅσων εἰς τὴν ἐμπορίαν ἐδεῖτο, πολλοὺς μὲν ἀσκοὺς οἴνου τε καὶ ἐλαίου ταῖς ἁμάξαις ἐπιθέμενος, πολλοὺς δὲ φορμοὺς σύκων ἦγεν εἰς τὴν Κελτικήν.

[13,10] The reason why the Gauls came into Italy was as follows. A certain Lucumo, a par of the Tyrrhenians, being about to die, entrusted his son to a loyal man named Arruns as guardian. Upon the death of the Tyrrhenian, Arruns, taking over the guardianship of the boy, proved diligent and just in carrying out his trust, and when the boy came to manhood, turned over to him the entire estate left by his father. For this service he did not receive similar kindness from the youth. It seems that Arruns had a beautiful young wife, of whose society he was extremely fond and who had always shown herself chaste up to that time; but the young man, becoming enamoured of her, corrupted her mind as well as her body, and sought to hold converse with her not only in secret but openly as well. Arruns, (p255) grieving at the seduction of his wife and distressed by the wanton wrong done him by them both, yet unable to take vengeance upon them, prepared for a sojourn abroad, ostensibly for the purpose of trading. When the youth welcomed his departure and provided everything that was necessary for trading, he loaded many skins of wine and olive oil and many baskets of figs on the waggons and set out for Gaul.