第6巻 第13章

Greek Βελισάριος δὲ ἀμφὶ θερινὰς τροπὰς ἐπί τε Οὐίττιγιν καὶ τὸ Γότθων στρατόπεδον ᾔει, ὀλίγους μέν τινας φρουρᾶς ἕνεκα ἐν Ῥώμῃ ἀπολιπών, τοὺς δὲ ἄλλους ξὺν αὑτῷ ἅπαντας ἐπαγόμενος.

Dewing And Belisarius at about the time of the summer solstice marched against Vittigis and the Gothic army, leaving a few men to act as a garrison in Rome, but taking all the others with him.

Greek πέμψας τέ τινας ἐς Τουδέραν τε καὶ Κλούσιον χαρακώματα ἐπήγγειλε ποιεῖσθαι, οἷς δὴ ἕψεσθαί τε ἔμελλε καὶ ξυμπολιορκήσειν τοὺς τῇδε βαρβάρους.

Dewing And he sent some men to Tudera and Clusium, with orders to make fortified camps there, and he was intending to follow them and assist in besieging the barbarians at those places.

Greek οἱ δέ, ἐπεὶ προσιόντα τὸν στρατὸν ἔμαθον, οὐχ ὑποστάντες τὸν κίνδυνον πρέσβεις τε παρὰ Βελισάριον ἔπεμψαν καὶ παραδώσειν ὁμολογίᾳ σφᾶς τε αὐτοὺς καὶ πόλιν ἑκατέραν ὑπέσχοντο, ἐφ’ ᾧ κακῶν ἀπαθεῖς μείνωσι. παραγενομένῳ τέ οἱ ἐπιτελῆ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν ἐποιήσαντο.

Dewing But when the barbarians learned that the army was approaching, they did not wait to face the danger, but sent envoys to Belisarius, promising to surrender both themselves and the two cities, with the condition that they should remain free from harm. And when he came there, they fulfilled their promise.

Greek ὁ δὲ Γότθους μὲν ἅπαντας ἐνθένδε ἀναστήσας ἐπὶ Σικελίας τε καὶ Νεαπόλεως ἔπεμψεν, ἐν δὲ Κλουσίῳ καὶ Τουδέρᾳ φρουρὰν καταστησάμενος πρόσω ἦγε τὸ στράτευμα.

Dewing And Belisarius removed all the Goths from these towns and sent them to Sicily and Naples, and after establishing a garrison in Clusium and in Tudera, he led his army forward.

Greek Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ Οὐίττιγις στρατιὰν ἄλλην καὶ ἄρχοντα Οὐάκιμον ἐς Αὔξιμον πέμψας τοῖς ἐκείνῃ Γότθοις ἐκέλευεν ἀναμίγνυσθαι, καὶ ξὺν αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν Ἀγκῶνι πολεμίους ἰόντας ἀποπειράσασθαι τοῦ ταύτῃ φρουρίου.

Dewing But meanwhile Vittigis had sent another army, under command of Vacimus, to Auximus, commanding it to join forces with the Goths there, and with them to go against the enemy in Ancon and make an attempt upon that fortress.

Greek ὁ δὲ Ἀγκὼν οὗτος πέτρα τίς ἐστιν ἐγγώνιος, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ τὴν προσηγορίαν εἴληφε ταύτην· ἀγκῶνι γὰρ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐμφερής ἐστιν.

Dewing Now this Ancon is a sort of pointed rock, and indeed it is from this circumstance that it has taken its name; for it is exceedingly like an "elbow."

Greek ἀπέχει δὲ σταδίους ὀγδοήκοντα πόλεως μάλιστα Αὐξίμου, ἧς δή ἐστιν ἐπίνειον. καὶ τὸ μὲν τοῦ φρουρίου ὀχύρωμα ἐπὶ πέτρας τῆς ἐγγωνίου ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ κεῖται, τὰ δὲ ἐκτὸς ἅπαντα οἰκοδομήματα, καίπερ ὄντα πολλά,

Dewing And it is about eighty stades distant from the city of Auximus,⁠ whose port it is. And the defences of the fortress lie upon the pointed rock in a position of security, but all the buildings outside, though they are many, have been from ancient times unprotected by a wall.

Greek ἐκ παλαιοῦ ἀτείχιστα ἦν. Κόνων δέ, ὃς τῇ τοῦ χωρίου φυλακῇ ἐφειστήκει, ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα τοὺς ἀμφὶ τὸν Οὐάκιμον ἤκουσεν ἐπιέναι τε καὶ ἤδη που οὐκ ἄποθεν εἶναι, ἐπίδειξιν πεποίηται ἀλογίστου γνώμης.

Dewing Now as soon as Conon, who was in command of the garrison of the place, heard that the forces of Vacimus were coming against him and were already not far away, he made an exhibition of thoughtless folly.

Greek παρὰ φαῦλον γὰρ ἡγησάμενος τό τε φρούριον καὶ τοὺς τοῦ φρουρίου οἰκήτορας ξὺν τοῖς στρατιώταις κακῶν ἀπαθεῖς διασώσασθαι, τὸ μὲν ὀχύρωμα εἴασε παντάπασι στρατιωτῶν ἔρημον, ἅπαντας δὲ ἀπαγαγὼν ὅσον ἀπὸ σταδίων πέντε ὡς ἐς παράταξιν διεκόσμησεν, οὐ βαθεῖάν τινα τὴν φάλαγγα ποιησάμενος, ἀλλ’ ὥστε τὴν ὑπώρειαν ὅλην ὥσπερ ἐς κυνηγέσιον περιβάλλεσθαι.

Dewing For thinking it too small a thing to preserve free from harm merely the fortress and its inhabitants together with the soldiers, he left the fortifications entirely destitute of soldiers, and leading them all out to a distance of about five stades, arrayed them in line of battle, without, however, making the phalanx a deep one at all, but thin enough to surround the entire base of the mountain, as if for a hunt.

Greek οἵπερ ἐπειδὴ τοὺς πολεμίους πλήθει πολλῷ ὑπεραίροντας εἶδον, στρέψαντες τὰ νῶτα ἐπὶ τὸ φρούριον εὐθὺς ἔφυγον.

Dewing But when these troops saw that the enemy were greatly superior to them in number, they turned their backs and straightway fled to the fortress.

Greek ἐπιδιώξαντές τε οἱ βάρβαροι πλείστους μὲν αὐτῶν, ὅσοι οὐκ ἔφθασαν ἐντὸς τοῦ περιβόλου εἰσιέναι, αὐτοῦ ἔκτειναν, κλίμακας δὲ τῷ τείχει ἐρείσαντες, τῆς ἀνόδου ἀπεπειράσαντο. τινὲς δὲ τὰ ἐκτὸς τοῦ φρουρίου οἰκία ἔκαιον.

Dewing And the barbarians, following close upon them, slew on the spot most of their number — those who did not succeed in getting inside the circuit-wall in time — and then placed ladders against the wall and attempted the ascent. Some also began burning the houses outside the fortress.

Greek Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ οἳ καὶ πρότερον τὸ φρούριον ᾤκουν, τοῖς παροῦσιν ἐκπεπληγμένοι, προανακλίναντες τὴν πυλίδα, κόσμῳ οὐδενὶ φεύγοντας τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐδέχοντο.

Dewing And the Romans who resided habitually in the fortress, being terror-stricken at what was taking place, at first opened the small gate and received the soldiers as they fled in complete disorder.

Greek ἐπεὶ δὲ τοὺς βαρβάρους ἄγχιστα ἐγκειμένους τοῖς φεύγουσιν εἶδον, ὅπως μὴ συνεισβάλλωσι δείσαντες, τὰς μὲν πύλας κατὰ τάχος ἐπέθεντο, ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἐπάλξεων βρόχους καθέντες, ἄλλους τέ τινας καὶ Κόνωνα αὐτὸν ἀνέλκοντες διεσώσαντο.

Dewing But when they saw the barbarians close at hand and pressing upon the fugitives, fearing that they would charge in with them, they closed the gates as quickly as they could, and letting down ropes from the battlement, saved a number by drawing them up, and among them Conon himself.

Greek ταῖς μέντοι κλίμαξιν ἀνιόντες οἱ βάρβαροι παρ’ ὀλίγον ἦλθον τὸ φρούριον κατὰ κράτος ἑλεῖν, εἰ μὴ ἄνδρες δύο, ἔργα θαυμάσια ἐνδεικνύμενοι, ἤδη αὐτοὺς τοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἐπάλξεσι γενομένους ἀρετῇ ὤσαντο, ὧν ὁ μὲν Βελισαρίου δορυφόρος ἦν ἐκ Θρᾴκης, Οὐλιμοὺθ ὄνομα, ὁ δὲ Βαλεριανοῦ, Γουβουλγουδοῦ,

Dewing But the barbarians scaled the wall by means of their ladders and came within a little of capturing the fortress by storm, and would have succeeded if two men had not made a display of remarkable deeds by valorously pushing off the battlements those who had already got upon the wall; one of these two was a bodyguard of Belisarius, a Thracian named Ulimuth, and the other a bodyguard of Valerian, named Gouboulgoudou, a Massagete by birth.

Greek Μασσαγέτης γένος. τούτω γὰρ τὼ ἄνδρε τύχῃ μέν τινι καταπεπλευκότε ὀλίγῳ πρότερον ἐς τὸν Ἀγκῶνα ἐτυχέτην· ἐν δὲ τῷ πόνῳ τούτῳ τοὺς ἀνιόντας τοῖς ξίφεσιν ἀμυνόμενοι τὸ μὲν φρούριον παρὰ δόξαν ἔσωσαν, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἡμιθνῆτες καὶ τὸ σῶμα κρεουργηθέντες ὅλον ἐνθένδε ἀπεκομίσθησαν.

Dewing These two men had happened by some chance to come by ship to Ancon a little before; and in this struggle, by warding off with their swords those who were scaling the wall, they saved the fortress contrary to expectation, but they themselves were carried from the battlement half dead, their whole bodies hacked with many wounds.

Greek Τότε Βελισαρίῳ Ναρσῆς ξὺν πολλῇ στρατιᾷ ἐκ Βυζαντίου ἥκειν καὶ ἐν Πικηνοῖς εἶναι ἠγγέλλετο. ὁ δὲ Ναρσῆς οὗτος εὐνοῦχος μὲν ἦν καὶ τῶν βασιλικῶν χρημάτων ταμίας, ἄλλως δὲ ὀξὺς καὶ μᾶλλον ἢ κατ’ εὐνοῦχον δραστήριος.

Dewing At that time it was reported to Belisarius that Narses had come with a great army from Byzantium and was in Picenum. Now this Narses⁠ was a eunuch and guardian of the royal treasures, but for the rest keen and more energetic than would be expected of a eunuch.

Greek στρατιῶται δὲ αὐτῷ πεντακισχίλιοι εἵποντο, ὧν ἄλλοι τε κατὰ συμμορίας ἡγοῦντο καὶ Ἰουστῖνος ὁ τῶν Ἰλλυριῶν στρατηγὸς καὶ Ναρσῆς ἕτερος, ἐξ Ἀρμενίων τῶν Πέρσαις κατηκόων αὐτόμολος ἐς τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἤθη πρότερον ξὺν Ἀρατίῳ τἀδελφῷ ἥκων, ὃς ὀλίγῳ ἔμπροσθεν ξὺν ἑτέρῳ στρατῷ παρὰ Βελισάριον ἐλθὼν ἔτυχεν.

Dewing And five thousand soldiers followed him, of whom the several detachments were commanded by different men, among whom were Justinus, the general of Illyricum, and another Narses, who had previously come to the land of the Romans as a deserter from the Armenians who are subject to the Persians; with him had come his brother Aratius,⁠ who, as it happened, had joined Belisarius a little before this with another army.

Greek εἵποντο δέ οἱ καὶ τοῦ Ἐρούλων ἔθνους δισχίλιοι μάλιστα, ὧν Οὐίσανδός τε καὶ Ἀλουὶθ καὶ Φανίθεος ἦρχον.

Dewing And about two thousand of the Erulian nation also followed him, commanded by Visandus and Aluith and Phanitheus.