第5巻 第26章

Greek Οὐίττιγις δὲ τὰ μὲν πρῶτα θυμῷ τε καὶ ἀπορίᾳ ἐχόμενος τῶν δορυφόρων τινὰς ἐς Ῥάβενναν πέμψας, Ῥωμαίων τοὺς ἐκ βουλῆς ἅπαντας οὕσπερ κατ’ ἀρχὰς τοῦδε τοῦ πολέμου ἐνταῦθα ἤγαγε κτείνειν ἐκέλευε.

Dewing Now Vittigis, in his anger and perplexity, first sent some of his bodyguards to Ravenna with orders to kill all the Roman senators whom he had taken there at the beginning of the war.

Greek καὶ αὐτῶν τινες μὲν προμαθόντες φυγεῖν ἴσχυσαν, ἐν οἷς Βηργεντῖνός τε ἦν καὶ Ῥεπάρατος, Βιγιλίου ἀδελφός, τοῦ Ῥώμης ἀρχιερέως, οἵπερ ἄμφω ἐς Λιγούρους κομισθέντες αὐτοῦ ἔμενον· οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ ἅπαντες διεφθάρησαν.

Dewing And some of them, learning of this beforehand, succeeded in making their escape, among them being Vergentinus and Reparatus, the brother of Vigilius, the chief priest of Rome, both of whom betook themselves into Liguria and remained there; but all the rest were destroyed.

Greek μετὰ δὲ Οὐίττιγις πολλὴν ἄδειαν ὁρῶν τοῖς πολεμίοις οὖσαν ἐκφορεῖν τε εἴ τι ἐκ τῆς πόλεως βούλοιντο, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια κατά τε γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν ἐσκομίζεσθαι, τὸν λιμένα, ὃν δὴ Πόρτον Ῥωμαῖοι καλοῦσι, καταλαβεῖν ἔγνω.

Dewing After this Vittigis, seeing that the enemy were enjoying a large degree of freedom, not only in taking out of the city whatever they wished, but also in bringing in provisions both by land and by sea, decided to seize the harbour, which the Romans call "Portus."

Greek Ὃς δὴ ἀπέχει μὲν τῆς πόλεως ἓξ καὶ εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατὸν σταδίους· μέτρῳ γὰρ τοσούτῳ τὸ μὴ ἐπιθαλασσία εἶναι διείργεται Ῥώμη·

Dewing This harbour is distant from the city one hundred and twenty‑six stades;⁠ and it is situated where the Tiber River has its mouth.⁠

Greek ἔστι δὲ ᾗ ὁ ποταμὸς Τίβερις τὰς ἐκβολὰς ἔχει, ὃς δὴ ἐκ Ῥώμης φερόμενος, ἐπειδὰν τῆς θαλάσσης ἐγγυτέρω γένηται ὅσον ἀπὸ σταδίων πεντεκαίδεκα, δίχα σχιζόμενος τὴν ἱερὰν νῆσον καλουμένην ἐνταῦθα ποιεῖ.

Dewing Now as the Tiber flows down from Rome, and reaches a point rather near the sea, about fifteen stades from it, the stream divides into two parts and makes there the Sacred Island, as it is called.

Greek προϊόντος τε τοῦ ποταμοῦ εὐρυτέρα ἡ νῆσος γίνεται, ὡς τῷ μήκει τὸ τοῦ εὔρους μέτρον κατὰ λόγον εἶναι, σταδίους γὰρ πεντεκαίδεκα ῥεῦμα ἑκάτερον ἐν μέσῳ ἔχει·

Dewing As the river flows on the island becomes wider, so that the measure of its breadth corresponds to its length, for the two streams have between them a distance of fifteen stades; and the Tiber remains navigable on both sides.

Greek ναυσίπορός τε ὁ Τίβερις ἀμφοτέρωθι μένει. τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ ποταμοῦ μέρος ἐς τὸν λιμένα τὰς ἐκβολὰς ποιεῖται, ὧν ἐκτὸς πόλιν ἐκ παλαιοῦ Ῥωμαῖοι πρὸς τῇ ὄχθῃ ἐδείμαντο, τεῖχος περιβεβλημένην ἐχυρὸν μάλιστα, Πόρτον τε αὐτὴν τῷ λιμένι ὁμωνύμως καλοῦσιν.

Dewing Now the portion of the river on the right empties into the harbour, and beyond the mouth the Romans in ancient times built on the shore a city,⁠ which is surrounded by an exceedingly strong wall; and it is called, like the harbour, "Portus."

Greek ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ πρὸς τῇ ἑτέρᾳ τοῦ Τιβέριδος ἐς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐκβολῇ πόλις Ὀστία κεῖται, τῆς τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἠϊόνος ἐκτός, λόγου μὲν πολλοῦ τὸ παλαιὸν ἀξία, νῦν δὲ ἀτείχιστος παντάπασιν οὖσα.

Dewing But on the left at the point where the other part of the Tiber empties into the sea is situated the city of Ostia, lying beyond the place where the river-bank ends, a place of great consequence in olden times, but now entirely without walls.

Greek ὁδὸν τοίνυν, ἣ ἐς Ῥώμην ἐκ τοῦ Πόρτου φέρει, ὁμαλήν τε καὶ ἐμπόδιον οὐδὲν ἔχουσαν τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς Ῥωμαῖοι πεποίηνται.

Dewing Moreover, the Romans at the very beginning made a road leading from Portus to Rome, which was smooth and presented no difficulty of any kind.

Greek βάρεις τε ἀεὶ πολλαὶ ἐξεπίτηδες ἐν τῷ λιμένι ὁρμίζονται, καὶ βόες οὐκ ὀλίγοι ἐν παρασκευῇ ἀγχοτάτω ἑστᾶσιν.

Dewing And many barges are always anchored in the harbour ready for service, and no small number of oxen stand in readiness close by.

Greek ἐπειδὰν οὖν οἱ ἔμποροι ταῖς ναυσὶν ἐς τὸν λιμένα ἀφίκωνται, ἄραντες τὰ φορτία ἐνθένδε καὶ ταῦτα ἐνθέμενοι ἐν ταῖς βάρεσι, πλέουσι διὰ τοῦ Τιβέριδος ἐπὶ τὴν Ῥώμην, ἱστίοις μὲν ἢ κώπαις ἥκιστα χρώμενοι, ἐπεὶ οὔτε ἀνέμῳ τινὶ ἐνταῦθα οἷά τέ ἐστι τὰ πλοῖα ὠθεῖσθαι συχνά τε τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἑλισσομένου καὶ οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ εὐθέος ἰόντος, οὐδέ τι ἐνεργεῖν αἱ κῶπαι δύνανται, τῆς τοῦ ὕδατος ῥύμης ἀπ’ ἐναντίας αὐταῖς ἀεὶ φερομένης.

Dewing Now when the merchants reach the harbour with their ships, they unload their cargos and place them in the barges, and sail by way of the Tiber to Rome; but they do not use sails or oars at all, for the boats cannot be propelled in the stream by any wind since the river winds about exceedingly and does not follow a straight course, nor can oars be employed, either, since the force of the current is always against them.

Greek βρόχους δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν βάρεων ἐς τῶν βοῶν τοὺς αὐχένας ἀρτήσαντες ἕλκουσιν αὐτὰς ὥσπερ ἁμάξας ἄχρι ἐς Ῥώμην.

Dewing Instead of using such means, therefore, they fasten ropes from the barges to the necks of oxen, and so draw them just like waggons up to Rome.

Greek ἑτέρωθι δὲ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐκ πόλεως Ὀστίας ἐς Ῥώμην ἰόντι ὑλώδης τε ἡ ὁδός ἐστι καὶ ἄλλως ἀπημελημένη καὶ οὐδὲ τῆς τοῦ Τιβέριδος ἠϊόνος ἐγγύς, ἅτε τῆς τῶν βάρεων ἀνολκῆς ἐνταῦθα οὐκ οὔσης.

Dewing But on the other side of the river, as one goes from the city of Ostia to Rome, the road is shut in by woods and in general lies neglected, and is not even near the bank of the Tiber, since there is no towing of barges on that road.

Greek Ἀφύλακτον οὖν τὴν πρὸς τῷ λιμένι πόλιν εὑρόντες οἱ Γότθοι αὐτήν τε αὐτοβοεὶ εἷλον καὶ Ῥωμαίων τῶν ταύτῃ ᾠκημένων πολλοὺς ἔκτειναν,

Dewing So the Goths, finding the city at the harbour unguarded, captured it at the first onset and slew many of the Romans who lived there, and so took possession of the harbour as well as the city.

Greek καὶ τὸν λιμένα ξὺν αὐτῇ ἔσχον. χιλίους τε σφῶν ἐνταῦθα φρουροὺς καταστησάμενοι ἐς τὰ στρατόπεδα οἱ λοιποὶ ἀνεχώρησαν.

Dewing And they established a thousand of their number there as guards, while the remainder returned to the camps.

Greek καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τοῖς πολιορκουμένοις τὰ ἐκ θαλάσσης ἐσκομίζεσθαι ἀδύνατα ἦν, ὅτι μὴ διὰ τῆς Ὀστίας πόνῳ τε, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, καὶ κινδύνῳ μεγάλῳ.

Dewing In consequence of this move it was impossible for the besieged to bring in the goods which came by sea, except by way of Ostia, a route which naturally involved great labour and danger besides.

Greek οὐδὲ γὰρ καταίρειν ἐνταῦθα Ῥωμαίων νῆες τὸ λοιπὸν εἶχον, ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ Ἀνθίῳ ὡρμίζοντο, ἡμέρας ὁδῷ τῆς Ὀστίας ἀπέχοντι.

Dewing For the Roman ships were not even able to put in there any longer, but they anchored at Anthium,⁠ a day's journey distant from Ostia.

Greek ἐνθένδε τε τὰ φορτία αἰρόμενοι ἐκόμιζον μόλις· αἴτιον δὲ ἡ ὀλιγανθρωπία ἐγίνετο. Βελισάριος γὰρ περὶ τῷ Ῥώμης περιβόλῳ δείσας τὸν λιμένα κρατύνασθαι οὐδεμιᾷ φυλακῇ ἴσχυσεν.

Dewing And they found great difficulty in carrying the cargoes thence to Rome, the reason for this being the scarcity of men. For Belisarius, fearing for the fortifications of Rome, had been unable to strengthen the harbour with any garrison at all,

Greek οἶμαι γὰρ ἂν εἰ καὶ τριακόσιοι ἐνταῦθα ἐφύλασσον, οὔ ποτε τοὺς βαρβάρους ἀποπειρᾶσθαι τοῦ χωρίου, ἐχυροῦ ἐς τὰ μάλιστα ὄντος.

Dewing though I think that if even three hundred men had been on guard there, the barbarians would never have made an attempt on the place, which is exceedingly strong.