militiam; postulare multo minaciter magis quam suppliciter ut senatum vocarent, curiamque ipsi futuri arbitri moderatoresque publici consilii circumsistunt. Pauci admodum patrum, quos casus obtulerat, contracti 12 ab consulibus; ceteros metus non curia modo sed etiam foro arcebat. Nec agi quicquam per infrequentiam poterat senatus. Tum vero eludi atque extrahi se multi- 13 tudo putare, et patrum qui abessent, non casu, non metu, sed impediendae rei causa abesse, et consules ipsos tergiversari, nec dubie ludibrio esse miserias suas. Iam prope erat ut ne consulum quidem maiestas co- 14 erceret iras hominum, cum incerti morando an veniendo plus periculi contraherent, tandem in senatum veniunt; frequentique tandem curia non modo inter patres sed ne inter consules .quidem ipsos satis conveniebat. Appius, vehementis ingenii vir, imperio consu- 15 lari rem agendam censebat: uno aut altero adrepto quieturos alios; Servilius, lenibus remediis aptior, concitatos animos flecti quam frangi putabat cum tutius tum facilius esse. angry reproach, of. The word is 13. tum vero in its regular force to denote a decisive point in 8 mon. 24 Inter haec maior alius terror: Latini equites cum tumultuoso advolant nuntio, Volscos infesto exercitu ad urbem oppugnandam venire. Quae audita - adeo duas ex una civitate discordia fecerat - longe aliter patres ac 2 plebem adfecere. Exsultare gaudio plebes, ultores superbiae patrum adesse dicere deos. Alius alium confirmare, ne nomina darent; cum omnibus potius quam solos perituros; patres militarent, patres arma caperent, ut penes eosdem pericula belli penes quos prae3 mia essent. At vero curia maesta ac trepida ancipiti metu et ab cive et ab hoste Servilium consulem, cui ingenium magis populare erat, orare ut tantis circum4 ventam terroribus expediret rem publicam. Tum consul misso senatu in contionem prodit. Ibi curae esse patribus ostendit, ut consulatur plebi; ceterum deliberationi de maxima quidem illa, sed tamen parte civita5 tis, metum pro universa re publica intervenisse. Nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praeverti sese quicquam; nec, si sit laxamenti aliquid, aut plebi honestum esse, nisi mercede prius accepta, arma pro patria non cepisse, neque patribus satis decorum per metum potius quam postmodo voluntate adflictis. civium suorum fortunis consuluisse. Contioni deinde 6 edicto addidit fidem, quo edixit ne quis civem Romanum vinctum aut clausum teneret quo minus ei nominis edendi apud consules potestas fieret, neu quis militis, donec in castris esset, bona possideret aut venderet, liberos nepotesve eius moraretur. Hoc proposito edicto 7 et qui aderant nexi profiteri extemplo nomina, et undique ex tota urbe proripientium se ex privato, cum retinendi ius creditori non esset, concursus in forum, ut sacramento dicerent, fieri. Magna ea manus fuit, neque 8 aliorum magis in Volsco bello virtus atque opera enituit. Consul copias contra hostem educit, parvo dirimente intervallo castra ponit. Proxima inde nocte Volsci discordia Romana freti, 25 si qua nocturna transitio proditiove fieri posset, temptant castra. Sensere vigiles, excitatus exercitus, signo dato concursum est ad arma. Ita frustra id inceptum 2 Volscis fuit; reliquum noctis utrimque quieti datum. and proceeds as if the word were opposed to nec. - voluntate: opposed to per metum, but standing in a slightly different relation. 6. contioni: here his address, as often. edicto: really a stay of proceedings in cases of debt while the men were in service. - nominis edendi: another form of the technical phrase for enlistment; cf. nomina darent, 2. possideret: the technical phrase for taking possession under process of law. — liberos nepotesve: these also were the property of the paterfamilias, and followed his property and per son. sacra undique others who now followed 8. in Volsco bello: cf. Latino bello, 22. 1, where the idea of time. predominates, while here the circumstances are the main thing. ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VOLSCI. 25. transitio: i.e. desertion of some part of the disaffected forces. posset: see Gr. 576. a. -sensere: sc. the attempt. concursum est: i.e. on the part of the Romans. 2. ita i.e. as the whole army was aroused, there was no oppor Postero die prima luce Volsci fossis repletis vallum inva3 dunt. Iamque ab omni parte munimenta vellebantur, cum consul, quamquam cuncti undique ut signum daret clamabant, experiendi animos militum causa parumper moratus, postquam satis apparebat ingens ardor, dato tandem ad erumpendum signo militem avidum certa4 minis emittit. Primo statim incursu pulsi hostes; fugientibus, quoad insequi pedes potuit, terga caesa; eques usque ad castra pavidos egit. Mox ipsa castra legionibus circumdatis, cum Volscos inde etiam pavor expulis5 set, capta direptaque. Postero die ad Suessam Pometiam, quo confugerant hostes, legionibus ductis, intra paucos dies oppidum capitur, captum praedae datum. 6 Inde paulum recreatus egens miles. Consul cum maxima gloria sua victorem exercitum Romam reducit. Decedentem Romam Ecetranorum Volscorum legati, rebus suis timentes post Pometiam captam, adeunt. His ex senatus consulto data pax, ager ademptus. tunity for the expected treachery of a part. cum ... 3. munimenta: i.e. the palisades of which the Roman camp was regularly made. vellebantur: see Gr. 471. c. emittit: see Gr. 546. a. This sentence is a good example of the socalled artificial period, in which, however, the emphasis of position is so preserved that the artificiality is only one of grammar and not of idea. It may be analyzed thus: "The Volsci were in the act of gaining the wall, then (at which time) the consul (began). to be sure everybody, and especially the supposed disaffected, were clamorous but he wanted to see how they felt, and so for awhile he stopped-but then it became clear that their spirit was intense and then he gave the sig nal, and the soldiers, eager for the contest, were let loose.'. apparebat: see Gr. 543. a. The continuance of the action which occasions the imperfect lies in the gradual perception of the state of things on the part of the consul; it can be rendered in English by began to or the like. 4. pedes... eques: the order of antithesis is chiastic. -- pavidos, in their panic. - etiam: emphasizing inde. 5. ad Suessam: see Gr. 428. a. Pometiam: cf. 16. 8 and 22. inde recreatus: i.e. the booty relieved the poverty of the soldiers. 2 n. 6. decedentem: later the technical expression for a magistrate leaving his province. - Ecetranorum: a branch of the Volsci; their 2 Confestim et Sabini Romanos territavere, tumultus 26. enim fuit verius quam bellum. Nocte in urbem nuntiatum est exercitum Sabinum praedabundum ad Anienem amnem pervenisse; ibi passim diripi atque incendi villas. Missus extemplo eo cum omnibus copiis equitum A. Postumius, qui dictator bello Latino fuerat; secutus consul Servilius cum delecta peditum manu. Plerosque 3 palantes eques circumvenit; nec advenienti peditum agmini restitit Sabina legio: fessi cum itinere tum populatione nocturna, magna pars in villis repleti cibo vinoque, vix fugae quod satis esset virium habuere. Nocte una audito perfectoque bello Sabino, postero 4 die in magna iam spe undique partae pacis legati Aurunci senatum adeunt, ni decedatur Volsco agro, bellum indicentes. Cum legatis simul exercitus Auruncorum 5 domo profectus erat. Cuius fama haud procul iam ab Aricia visi tanto tumultu concivit Romanos, ut nec consuli ordine patres, nec pacatum responsum arma inferentibus arma ipsi capientes dare possent. Ariciam 6 astically to plerosque, the main body to the outlying parties. magna pars: limiting apposition with fessi; repleti, though really referring only to pars, resumes the original number and gender. 4. partae pacis: the often cited participial construction, Gr. 497; i.c. they hoped that peace had been secured.' ni decedatur: see Gr. 592. 2; they said there would be war unless,' etc. 5. Aricia: only a few miles from Rome, on the Appian Way, and thus well within the bounds of Latium. -consuli ordine, etc.: i.e. to have a regular meeting of the senate in reference to the embassy. расаtum responsum: i.e. if the senate had been consulted, could they, |