第5巻 第4章

Greek Ἐν ᾧ δὲ ταῦτα ἐγίνετο τῇδε, ἐν τούτῳ Θευδάτον Τοῦσκοι πολλοὶ Ἀμαλασούνθῃ διέβαλον βιάσασθαι ἅπαντας τοὺς ταύτῃ ἀνθρώπους καὶ τοὺς ἀγροὺς ἀφελέσθαι οὐδενὶ λόγῳ, τούς τε ἄλλους ἅπαντας καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστά γε τὴν βασίλειον οἰκίαν αὐτήν, ἣν δὴ πατριμώνιον Ῥωμαῖοι καλεῖν νενομίκασι.

Dewing But while these things were going on as I have explained, Theodatus was denounced before Amalasuntha by many Tuscans, who stated that he had done violence to all the people of Tuscany and had without cause seized their estates, taking not only all private estates but especially those belonging to the royal household, which the Romans are accustomed to call "patrimonium."

Greek διὸ δὴ ἐς τὰς εὐθύνας καλέσασα Θευδάτον ἡ γυνὴ διαρρήδην τε πρὸς τῶν διαβαλόντων ἐληλεγμένον ἀποτιννύναι πάντα ἠνάγκασεν ἅπερ οὐ δέον ἀφείλετο, οὕτω τε αὐτὸν ἀπεπέμψατο.

Dewing For this reason the woman called Theodatus to an investigation, and when, being confronted by his denouncers, he had been proved guilty without any question, she compelled him to pay back everything which he had wrongfully seized and then dismissed him.

Greek καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐς ἄγαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ προσκεκρουκυῖα διάφορος τὸ λοιπὸν ἐγεγόνει ἀνιωμένῳ ὑπὸ φιλοχρηματίας ὡς μάλιστα, ὅτι διαμαρτάνειν τε καὶ βιάζεσθαι ἀδύνατος ἦν.

Dewing And since in this way she had given the greatest offence to the man, from that time on she was on hostile terms with him, exceedingly vexed as he was by reason of his fondness for money, because he was unable to continue his unlawful and violent practices.

Greek Ὑπὸ τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον Ἀταλάριχος μὲν τῇ νόσῳ καταμαρανθεὶς ἐτελεύτησεν, ὀκτὼ τῇ ἀρχῇ ἐπιβιοὺς ἔτη. Ἀμαλασοῦνθα δὲ ʽχρῆν γάρ οἱ γενέσθαι κακῶσ̓ ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ φύσιν τὴν Θευδάτου ποιησαμένη καὶ ὅσα αὐτὸν ἔναγχος δράσειεν, οὐδὲν πείσεσθαι ἄχαρι πρὸς αὐτοῦ ὑπετόπησεν, ἤν τι τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀγαθὸν ἐργάσηται μεῖζον.

Dewing At about this same time Atalaric, being quite wasted away by the disease, came to his end, having lived eight years in office. As for Amalasuntha, since it was fated that she should fare ill, she took no account of the nature of Theodatus and of what she had recently done to him, and supposed that she would suffer no unpleasant treatment at his hands if she should do the man some rather unusual favour.

Greek μεταπεμψαμένη τοίνυν αὐτόν, ἐπειδὴ ἧκε, τιθασσεύουσα ἔφασκε χρόνου ἐξεπίστασθαι ὥς οἱ ὁ παῖς ἐπίδοξος εἴη ὅτι δὴ ὀλίγῳ ὕστερον τελευτήσειε· τῶν τε γὰρ ἰατρῶν πάντων ταὐτὰ γινωσκόντων ἀκηκοέναι καὶ αὐτὴ τοῦ Ἀταλαρίχου σώματος ἀεὶ μαραινομένου ᾐσθῆσθαι.

Dewing She accordingly summoned him, and when he came, set out to cajole him, saying that for some time she had known well that it was to be expected that her son would soon die; for she had heard the opinion of all the physicians, who agreed in their judgment, and had herself perceived that the body of Atalaric continued to waste away.

Greek ἐπεί τε ἀμφὶ αὐτῷ Θευδάτῳ ἑώρα Γότθους τε καὶ Ἰταλιώτας δόξαν οὐκ ἀγαθήν τινα ἔχοντας, ἐς ὃν περιεστήκει τὸ Θευδερίχου γένος, τούτου δὴ αὐτὸν διακαθᾶραι τοῦ αἰσχροῦ ὀνόματος ἐν σπουδῇ οἱ γενέσθαι, ὅπως μή τι αὐτῷ καλουμένῳ ἐς τὴν βασιλείαν ἐμπόδιον εἴη.

Dewing And since she saw that both Goths and Italians had an unfavourable opinion regarding Theodatus, who had now come to represent the race of Theoderic, she had conceived the desire to clear him of this evil name, in order that it might not stand in his way if he were called to the throne.

Greek ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὸ δίκαιον αὐτὴν ξυνταράξαι, εἴ γε περισταίη τοῖς ἠδικῆσθαι πρὸς αὐτοῦ ἤδη αἰτιωμένοις οὐκ ἔχειν μὲν ὅτῳ τὰ ξυμπεσόντα σφίσιν ἀγγείλωσι, δεσπότην δὲ τὸν δυσμενῆ ἔχειν.

Dewing But at the same time, she explained, the question of justice disturbed her, at the thought that those who claimed to have been wronged by him already should find that they had no one to whom they might report what had befallen them, but that they now had their enemy as their master.

Greek διὰ ταῦτα μὲν αὐτόν, οὕτω καθαρὸν γεγενημένον, ἐς τὴν βασιλείαν παρακαλεῖν· δεῖν δὲ αὐτὸν ὅρκοις δεινοτάτοις καταληφθῆναι ὡς ἐς Θευδάτον μὲν τὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ὄνομα ἄγοιτο, αὐτὴ δὲ τῷ ἔργῳ τὸ κράτος οὐκ ἔλασσον ἢ πρότερον ἔχοι.

Dewing For these reasons, then, although she invited him to the throne after his name should have been cleared in this way, yet it was necessary, she said, that he should be bound by the most solemn oaths that while the title of the office should be conferred upon Theodatus, she herself should in fact hold the power no less than before.

Greek ταῦτα ἐπεὶ Θευδάτος ἤκουσεν, ἅπαντα ὅσα ἦν βουλομένῃ Ἀμαλασούνθῃ ὀμωμοκώς, ἐπὶ λόγῳ τῷ πονηρῷ ὡμολόγησεν, ἐν μνήμῃ ἔχων ὅσα δὴ ἐκείνη πρότερον ἐς αὐτὸν εἰργασμένη ἐτύγχανεν.

Dewing When Theodatus heard this, although he swore to all the conditions which Amalasuntha wished, he entered into the agreement with treacherous intent, remembering all that she had previously done to him.

Greek οὕτω μὲν Ἀμαλασοῦνθα πρός τε γνώμης τῆς οἰκείας καὶ τῶν Θευδάτῳ ὀμωμοσμένων ἀπατηθεῖσα, ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς αὐτὸν κατεστήσατο.

Dewing Thus Amalasuntha, being deceived by her own judgment and the oaths of Theodatus, established him in the office.

Greek πρέσβεις τε πέμψασα ἐς Βυζάντιον ἄνδρας Γότθους Ἰουστινιανῷ βασιλεῖ ταῦτα ἐδήλου.

Dewing And sending some Goths as envoys to Byzantium, she made this known to the Emperor Justinian.

Greek Θευδάτος δὲ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν παραλαβών, πάντα οἱ τἀναντία ὧν ἐκείνη τε ἤλπισε καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπέσχετο ἔπρασσε.

Dewing But Theodatus, upon receiving the supreme power, began to act in all things contrary to the hopes she had entertained and to the promises he had made.

Greek καὶ Γότθων τῶν πρὸς αὐτῆς ἀνῃρημένων τοὺς ξυγγενεῖς ἐπαγαγόμενος, πολλούς τε καὶ λίαν λογίμους ἐν Γότθοις ὄντας, τῶν τε Ἀμαλασούνθῃ προσηκόντων ἐκ τοῦ αἰφνιδίου τινὰς ἔκτεινε καὶ αὐτὴν ἐν φυλακῇ ἔσχεν, οὔπω τῶν πρέσβεων ἐς Βυζάντιον ἀφικομένων.

Dewing And after winning the adherence of the relatives of the Goths who had been slain by her — and they were both numerous and men of very high standing among the Goths — he suddenly put to death some of the connections of Amalasuntha and imprisoned her, the envoys not having yet reached Byzantium.

Greek ἔστι δέ τις λίμνη ἐν Τούσκοις, Βουλσίνη καλουμένη, ἧς δὴ ἐντὸς νῆσος ἀνέχει, βραχεῖα μὲν κομιδῆ οὖσα, φρούριον δὲ ἐχυρὸν ἔχουσα.

Dewing Now there is a certain lake in Tuscany called Vulsina,⁠ within which rises an island,⁠ exceedingly small but having a strong fortress upon it.

Greek ἐνταῦθα Θευδάτος τὴν Ἀμαλασοῦνθαν καθείρξας ἐτήρει. δείσας δέ, ὅπερ ἐγένετο, μὴ βασιλεῖ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ προσκεκρουκὼς εἴη, ἄνδρας ἐκ τῆς Ῥωμαίων βουλῆς Λιβέριόν τε καὶ Ὀπιλίωνα στείλας σὺν ἑτέροις τισί, παραιτεῖσθαι πάσῃ δυνάμει βασιλέα ἐπήγγελλεν, ἰσχυριζομένους μηδὲν πρὸς αὐτοῦ ἄχαρι τῇ Ἀμαλασούνθῃ ξυμβῆναι, καίπερ ἐς αὐτὸν ἀνήκεστα δεινὰ εἰργασμένῃ τὰ πρότερα.

Dewing There Theodatus confined Amalasuntha and kept her under guard. But fearing that by this act he had given offence to the emperor, as actually proved to be the case, he sent some men of the Roman senate, Liberius and Opilio and certain others, directing them to excuse his conduct to the emperor with all their power by assuring him that Amalasuntha had met with no harsh treatment at his hands, although she had perpetrated irreparable outrages upon him before.

Greek καὶ κατὰ ταῦτα αὐτός τε βασιλεῖ ἔγραψε καὶ τὴν Ἀμαλασοῦνθαν οὔτι ἑκουσίαν ἠνάγκασε γράψαι.

Dewing And he himself wrote in this sense to the emperor, and also compelled Amalasuntha, much against her will, to write the same thing.

Greek Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐφέρετο τῇδε. Πέτρος δὲ ἤδη ἐπὶ πρεσβείᾳ ἐστέλλετο προειρημένον αὐτῷ πρὸς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐντυχεῖν μὲν κρύφα τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων Θευδάτῳ καὶ ὅρκῳ τὰ πιστὰ παρεχομένῳ ὡς οὐδὲν ἂν τῶν πρασσομένων ἔκπυστον γένοιτο, οὕτω τε τὰ ἀμφὶ Τουσκίαν ἐν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ πρὸς αὐτὸν θέσθαι,

Dewing Such was the course of these events. But Peter had already been despatched by the emperor on an embassy to Italy with instructions to meet Theodatus without the knowledge of any others, and after Theodatus had given pledges by an oath that none of their dealings should be divulged, he was then to make a secure settlement with him regarding Tuscany;

Greek καὶ Ἀμαλασούνθῃ ξυγγενόμενον λάθρα ξυμπάσης πέρι Ἰταλίας διοικήσασθαι, ὅπη ἑκατέρῳ ξυνοίσειν μέλλει.

Dewing and meeting Amalasuntha stealthily he was to make such an arrangement with her regarding the whole of Italy as would be to the profit of either party.

Greek ἐς δὲ τὸ ἐμφανὲς ὑπέρ τε τοῦ Λιλυβαίου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν ἔναγχος ἐμνήσθην πρεσβεύσων ᾔει. οὔπω γάρ τι περὶ τῆς Ἀταλαρίχου τελευτῆς ἢ τῆς Θευδάτου ἀρχῆς ἢ τῶν Ἀμαλασούνθῃ ξυμπεπτωκότων βασιλεὺς ἠκηκόει.

Dewing But openly his mission was to negotiate with regard to Lilybaeum and the other matters which I have lately mentioned. For as yet the emperor had heard nothing about the death of Atalaric or the succession of Theodatus to the throne, or the fate which had befallen Amalasuntha.

Greek Πέτρος δὲ ὁδῷ πορευόμενος πρῶτον μὲν τοῖς Ἀμαλασούνθης πρέσβεσι ξυγγενόμενος τὰ ἀμφὶ τῇ Θευδάτου ἀρχῇ ἔμαθε·

Dewing And Peter was already on his way when he met the envoys of Amalasuntha and learned, in the first place, that Theodatus had come to the throne;

Greek γενόμενος δὲ ὀλίγῳ ὕστερον ἐν πόλει Αὐλῶνι, ἣ πρὸς κόλπῳ τῷ Ἰονίῳ κεῖται, ἐνταῦθά τε τοῖς ἀμφὶ Λιβέριόν τε καὶ Ὀπιλίωνα ἐντυχὼν τὰ ξυμπεσόντα ξύμπαντα ἔγνω, ἔς τε βασιλέα ταῦτα ἀνενεγκὼν αὐτοῦ ἔμεινεν.

Dewing and a little later, upon reaching the city of Aulon,⁠ which lies on the Ionian Gulf, he met there the company of Liberius and Opilio, and learned everything which had taken place, and reporting this to the emperor he remained there.

Greek Ἐπεὶ δὲ ταῦτα Ἰουστινιανὸς βασιλεὺς ἤκουσε, Γότθους τε καὶ Θευδάτον ξυνταράξαι διανοούμενος, πρὸς μὲν Ἀμαλασοῦνθαν γράμματα ἔγραφε, δηλοῦντα ὅτι αὐτῆς ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα μεταποιεῖσθαι ἐν σπουδῇ ἔχοι· τῷ δὲ Πέτρῳ ἐπέστελλε ταῦτα μηδαμῆ ἀποκρύψασθαι, ἀλλ’ αὐτῷ τε Θευδάτῳ φανερὰ καὶ Γότθοις ἅπασι καταστήσασθαι.

Dewing And when the Emperor Justinian heard these things, he formed the purpose of throwing the Goths and Theodatus into confusion; accordingly he wrote a letter to Amalasuntha, stating that he was eager to give her every possible support, and at the same time he directed Peter by no means to conceal this message, but to make it known to Theodatus himself and to all the Goths.

Greek πρέσβεων δὲ τῶν ἐξ Ἰταλίας οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι, ἐπειδὴ ἐς Βυζάντιον ἐκομίσθησαν, τὸν πάντα λόγον βασιλεῖ ἤγγειλαν, καὶ πάντων μάλιστα Λιβέριος·

Dewing And when the envoys from Italy arrived in Byzantium, they all, with a single exception, reported the whole matter to the emperor, and especially Liberius;

Greek ἦν γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ καλός τε καὶ ἀγαθὸς διαφερόντως, λόγου τε τοῦ ἀληθοῦς ἐπιμελεῖσθαι ἐξεπιστάμενος·

Dewing for he was a man unusually upright and honourable, and one who knew well how to shew regard for the truth;

Greek Ὀπιλίων δὲ μόνος ἐνδελεχέστατα ἰσχυρίζετο μηδὲν ἐς Ἀμαλασοῦνθαν ἁμαρτεῖν Θευδάτον. Πέτρου δὲ ἀφικομένου ἐς Ἰταλίαν Ἀμαλασούνθῃ ξυνέβη ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀφανισθῆναι.

Dewing but Opilio alone declared with the greatest persistence that Theodatus had committed no offence against Amalasuntha. Now when Peter arrived in Italy, it so happened that Amalasuntha had been removed from among men.

Greek Γότθων γὰρ συγγενεῖς τῶν ὑπ’ ἐκείνης ἀνῃρημένων Θευδάτῳ προσελθόντες οὔτε αὐτῷ οὔτε σφίσι τὸν βίον ἐν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ ἰσχυρίζοντο εἶναι, ἤν γε μὴ αὐτοῖς Ἀμαλασοῦνθα ὅτι τάχιστα ἐκποδὼν γένηται.

Dewing For the relatives of the Goths who had been slain by her came before Theodatus declaring that neither his life nor theirs was secure unless Amalasuntha should be put out of their way as quickly as possible.

Greek ξυγχωροῦντός τε αὐτοῖς, ἐν τῇ νήσῳ γενόμενοι τὴν Ἀμαλασοῦνθαν εὐθὺς ἔκτειναν.

Dewing And as soon as he gave in to them, they went to the island and killed Amalasuntha, —

Greek ὅπερ Ἰταλιώτας τε ὑπερφυῶς ἅπαντας καὶ Γότθους τοὺς ἄλλους ἠνίασεν.

Dewing an act which grieved exceedingly all the Italians and the Goths as well.

Greek ἀρετῆς γὰρ πάσης ἡ γυνὴ ἰσχυρότατα ἐπεμελεῖτο,

Dewing For the woman had the strictest regard for every kind of virtue, as has been stated by me a little earlier.⁠

Greek ὅπερ μοι ὀλίγῳ ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται. Πέτρος μὲν οὖν Θευδάτῳ ἄντικρυς ἐμαρτύρετο καὶ Γότθοις τοῖς ἄλλοις ὅτι δὴ αὐτοῖς τοῦ δεινοῦ τούτου ἐξειργασμένου ἄσπονδος βασιλεῖ τε καὶ σφίσιν ὁ πόλεμος ἔσται.

Dewing Now Peter protested openly⁠ to Theodatus and the other Goths that because this base deed had been committed by them, there would be war without truce between the emperor and themselves.

Greek Θευδάτος δὲ ὑπὸ ἀβελτερίας τοὺς Ἀμαλασούνθης φονεῖς ἐν τιμῇ τε καὶ σπουδῇ ἔχων, Πέτρον τε καὶ βασιλέα πείθειν ἤθελεν ὡς αὐτοῦ οὐδαμῆ ἐπαινοῦντος, ἀλλ’ ὡς μάλιστα ἀκουσίου, Γότθοις ἐργασθείη τὸ μίασμα τοῦτο.

Dewing But Theodatus, such was his stupid folly, while still holding the slayers of Amalasuntha in honour and favour kept trying to persuade Peter and the emperor that this unholy deed had been committed by the Goths by no means with his approval, but decidedly against his will.