第6巻 第21章

Greek Βελισάριος δὲ ἐπειδὴ Οὐραΐαν τε καὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους Μεδιόλανον πολιορκεῖν ἤκουσε, Μαρτῖνόν τε καὶ Οὐλίαριν ξὺν πολλῷ στρατῷ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἔπεμψεν.

Dewing Now when Belisarius heard that Uraias and the barbarians were besieging Milan, he sent Martinus and Uliaris against them with a numerous army.

Greek οἱ δὲ ἀφικόμενοι ἐς ποταμὸν Πάδον, ὃς Μεδιολάνου ἀπέχει ἡμέρας ὁδόν, ἐνστρατοπεδευσάμενοι αὐτοῦ ἔμενον. χρόνος τε σφίσι πολὺς ἐνταῦθα ἐτρίβη, ἀμφὶ τῇ διαβάσει τοῦ ποταμοῦ βουλὴν ἔχουσιν.

Dewing But when this force reached the River Po, which is one day's journey distant from Milan, they established a camp and remained there. And a long time was spent by them at that camp while they were deliberating about the crossing of the river.

Greek ὅπερ ἐπεὶ Μουνδίλας ἤκουσε, τῶν τινα Ῥωμαίων, Παῦλον ὄνομα, παρ’ αὐτοὺς ἔπεμψεν.

Dewing And when Mundilas heard this, he sent to them one of the Romans, Paulus by name.

Greek ὁ δὲ λαθὼν μὲν τοὺς πολεμίους ἐς τοῦ Πάδου τὴν ὄχθην ἦλθεν. ὁλκάδος δὲ οὐδεμιᾶς ἐν τῷ παραυτίκα ἐπιτυχὼν ἀπεδύσατό τε καὶ νηχόμενος ξὺν μεγάλῳ κινδύνῳ τὴν διάβασιν ἐποιήσατο.

Dewing He accordingly passed through the lines of the enemy without being detected, and reached the bank of the Po. But he happened to find no ferry ready at the moment, and so he removed his clothing and, at great risk, made the crossing by swimming.

Greek κομισθεὶς οὖν ἐς τὸ Ῥωμαίων στρατόπεδον καὶ παρὰ τοὺς ἡγουμένους ἥκων ἔλεξε τοιάδε· “Μαρτῖνέ τε καὶ Οὐλίαρι, οὐ δίκαια ποιεῖτε οὐδὲ δόξης τῆς ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἄξια, λόγῳ μὲν ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τῶν βασιλέως πραγμάτων ἥκοντες, ἔργῳ δὲ τὴν Γότθων δύναμιν αὔξοντες.

Dewing So when he had betaken himself to the Roman camp and had come into the presence of the commanders, he spoke as follows: "Martinus and Uliaris, you are not acting justly nor in a manner worthy of your own fame, seeing that in appearance you have come for the saving of the emperor's cause, but in reality to magnify the power of the Goths.

Greek Μεδιόλανος γὰρ ἥδε, πόλεων τῶν ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ πασῶν μάλιστα μεγέθει τε καὶ πολυανθρωπίᾳ καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ εὐδαιμονίᾳ παρὰ πολὺ προὔχουσα, χωρὶς δὲ τούτων πρός τε Γερμανοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους βαρβάρους ἐπιτείχισμά τε οὖσα καὶ πάσης, ὡς εἰπεῖν, προβεβλημένη τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς, ἐς κίνδυνόν τινα ἐμπέπτωκε μέγαν ξύν τε Μουνδίλᾳ καὶ τῷ βασιλέως στρατῷ, παρὰ μὲν τῶν πολεμίων ἐνοχλουμένη, παρὰ δὲ ὑμῶν ἀμελουμένη.

Dewing For this city of Milan, which far surpasses practically all the other cities of Italy in point of size and population and in every other sort of prosperity, and, apart from these advantages, is an outpost against the Germans and the other barbarians, and has been thrown out to protect the whole Roman empire, so to speak, — this city, I say, has now fallen into great danger together with Mundilas and the emperor's army, harassed as it is by the enemy, and neglected meanwhile by you.

Greek ἡλίκα μὲν οὖν ἠδίκηται βασιλεὺς παρ’ ὑμῶν ἐν τῷ παρόντι, λέγειν ἀφίημι. οὐ γάρ μοι πλείοσι λόγοις ὁ καιρὸς ἐνδίδωσι χρῆσθαι, ὀξεῖάν τινα τῇ πόλει τὴν ἐπικουρίαν ἐπιζητῶν, ἕως ἔτι λείπεταί τις ἐλπίς.

Dewing And how much the emperor has been wronged by you in the present case, I refrain from stating. For the urgency of the moment does not allow me to use many words, seeking as I do quick assistance for the city, while some hope is still left.

Greek ὑμᾶς δέ φημι χρῆναι αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα κινδυνεύουσι Μεδιολανίταις ἀμύνειν. ἢν γάρ τινι μελλήσει ἔν γε τῷ παρόντι ἐς ἡμᾶς χρῆσθε, ἡμῖν μὲν τὰ πάντων πικρότατα πεπονθόσιν ἀπολωλέναι ξυμβήσεται, ὑμῖν δὲ τὸ τοῖς πολεμίοις τὴν βασιλέως προέσθαι δύναμιν.

Dewing But you, I say, must come to the defence of the people of Milan in their peril with all possible speed. For if at the present crisis you act with any hesitation in coming to us, the result will be for us, on the one hand, to perish after suffering the most cruel fate possible, and for you, on the other, to have betrayed to the enemy the emperor's power.

Greek προδόται γάρ, οἶμαι, καλεῖσθαί εἰσι δίκαιοι οὐχ οἳ ἂν τὰς πύλας τοῖς ἐναντίοις ἀνακλίνοιεν μόνον, ἀλλ’ οὐδέν τι ἧσσον, εἰ μὴ καὶ μᾶλλον, οἳ ἂν πολιορκουμένοις παρὸν τοῖς φιλτάτοις ἀμύνειν, οἱ δὲ τὴν ἀκίνδυνον ὄκνησιν πρὸ τῆς ἀγωνίας ἑλόμενοι, τὴν ἐκείνων, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, ἐπικράτησιν τοῖς πολεμίοις δεδώκασι.”

Dewing For those who may perchance open their gates to the enemy are not the only ones who are justly called traitors, but with equal, nay even greater, justice this name belongs to those who, though they have the power to defend those dearest to them when they are besieged, still choose the course of hesitation, which involves no danger, instead of engaging in the struggle, and thus probably give to their enemy the victory over them."

Greek Παῦλος μὲν τοσαῦτα εἶπε, Μαρτῖνος δὲ καὶ Οὐλίαρις ἕψεσθαί οἱ αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα ἐπαγγειλάμενοι τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀπεπέμψαντο.

Dewing Thus spoke Paulus, and Martinus and Uliaris sent him back with the promise to follow him right speedily.

Greek ὃς δὴ καὶ αὖθις τοὺς βαρβάρους λαθὼν ἐς Μεδιόλανον νύκτωρ εἰσῆλθε, τούς τε στρατιώτας καὶ Ῥωμαίους ἅπαντας ἐλπίσιν ἐπάρας ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐς τὴν βασιλέως πίστιν ἐπέρρωσεν.

Dewing And he once more succeeded in getting through the barbarians unnoticed, entered Milan by night, and having roused the hopes of the soldiers and all the Romans, still more strengthened their purpose to be faithful to the emperor.

Greek Οὐδέν τι δὲ ἧσσον οἱ ἀμφὶ Μαρτῖνον ὄκνῳ ἐχόμενοι αὐτοῦ ἔμενον, χρόνος τε πολὺς ταύτῃ δὴ τῇ μελλησει ἐτρίβετο.

Dewing Nevertheless Martinus and his men continued to be reluctant to move and remained where they were, and much time was consumed by them in hesitating in this way.

Greek μετὰ δὲ Μαρτῖνος ἀπολύεσθαι τὴν αἰτίαν ἐθέλων Βελισαρίῳ ἔγραψε τάδε· “Ἔπεμψας ἡμᾶς ὧδε τοῖς ἐν Μεδιολάνῳ κινδυνεύουσιν ἐπαμυνοῦντας, καὶ ἡμεῖς πολλῇ σπουδῇ, ὥσπερ σὺ ἐκέλευες, ἄχρι ἐς Πάδον ποταμὸν ἥκομεν, ὃν διαβαίνειν ὁ στρατὸς δέδοικεν, ἐπεὶ δύναμίν τε Γότθων μεγάλην καὶ Βουργουζιώνων πάμπολύ τι ξὺν αὐτοῖς πλῆθος ἐν Λιγούροις εἶναι ἀκούομεν, πρὸς οὕς γε ἡμεῖς διαμάχεσθαι μόνοι οὐχ οἷοί τε οἰόμεθα εἶναι.

Dewing But finally Martinus, wishing to clear himself of the charge, wrote to Belisarius as follows: "You sent us hither in order to bring support to those endangered in Milan, and we have come in great haste, just as you commanded, as far as the River Po; but the army fears to cross this river, since we hear that a strong force of Goths are in Liguria, and a very great multitude of Burgundians with them; and against such an army we do not consider ourselves able to fight a decisive battle alone.

Greek ἀλλὰ κέλευε Ἰωάννην τε καὶ Ἰουστῖνον ὡς τάχιστα ʽἐν γειτόνων γὰρ ἡμῖν ἐν Αἰμιλίων τῇ χώρᾳ εἰσίν’ ὁμοῦ τοῖς ἑπομένοις κινδύνου ἡμῖν τοῦδε ξυνάρασθαι.

Dewing But command John and Justinus, who are in our neighbourhood in the land of Aemilia, to come with all possible speed together with their troops and assist us in meeting this danger.

Greek κοινῇ γὰρ ἐνθένδε ἰόντες αὐτοί τε σῶοι εἶναι καὶ δρᾶν τι κακὸν δυνησόμεθα τοὺς

Dewing For by going together from here we shall be enabled both to be safe ourselves and also to do some harm to the enemy."

Greek πολεμίους.” Μαρτίνου μὲν ἡ ἐπιστολὴ τοσαῦτα ἐδήλου. Βελισάριος δέ, ἐπεὶ αὐτὴν ἀνελέξατο, Ἰωάννην τε καὶ Ἰουστῖνον ἐκέλευε ξὺν τοῖς ἀμφὶ Μαρτῖνον ἐς Μεδιόλανον κατὰ τάχος ἰέναι. οἱ δὲ πράξειν οὐδὲν ἔφασκον, ὅ τι μὴ Ναρσῆς ἐπιστέλλοι σφίσι.

Dewing Such was the content of Martinus' letter. And Belisarius, upon reading it, commanded John and Justinus to join the forces of Martinus and go with all speed against Milan. But they said that they would do nothing except what Narses commanded them.

Greek διὸ δὴ καὶ Ναρσῇ Βελισάριος ἔγραψε τάδε· “Ἓνσῶμα εἶναι πᾶσαν τὴν βασιλέως στρατιὰν νόμιζε, ἣν δὴ ἢν μὴ γνώμην ἐνδείκνυσθαι μίαν ὥσπερ ἀνθρώπου τὰ μέλη ξυμβαίνει, ἀλλά τι ἀλλήλων χωρὶς ἐνεργεῖν βούλεσθαι, λελείψεται ἡμῖν τῶν δεόντων οὐδὲν διαπεπραγμένοις ἀπολωλέναι.

Dewing Wherefore Belisarius wrote also to Narses as follows: "Consider that the whole army of the emperor is one body, and that, if it does not display one single purpose, just as do the members of a man, but one part wishes to act separately from the others, what will be left to us is to perish utterly without having performed any of our duties.

Greek οὐκοῦν Αἰμιλίαν μὲν ἔα, οὔτε τι ὀχύρωμα ἔχουσαν οὔτε τινὰ Ῥωμαίοις ἔν γε τῷ παρόντι καιρῷ ῥοπὴν φέρουσαν.

Dewing Therefore have done with Aemilia, which neither contains any fortress nor has any decisive importance for the Romans, at least at the present moment.

Greek σὺ δὲ Ἰωάννην τε καὶ Ἰουστῖνον κέλευε αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα εὐθὺ τῶν ἐν Μεδιολάνῳ πολεμίων ξὺν τοῖς ἀμφὶ Μαρτῖνον ἰέναι, ἐγγύς τε ὄντας καὶ πρὸς τῶν βαρβάρων τὴν ἐπικράτησιν ἱκανῶς ἔχοντας.

Dewing But do you command John and Justinus without the least delay to go with the forces of Martinus straight against the enemy at Milan, for they are near at hand and sufficiently strong to overpower the barbarians.

Greek ἐμοὶ γὰρ ἐνταῦθα στρατιᾶς πλῆθος, ὅπερ ἂν καὶ στέλλοιμι, οὐκ εἶναι ξυμβαίνει, ἄλλως τε καὶ στρατιώτας ἐς Μεδιόλανον ἐνθένδε ἰέναι ἀξύμφορον οἴομαι εἶναι.

Dewing For it so happens that I myself have here no numerous army which I could possibly send, and even apart from this, I think it inexpedient for soldiers to go from here against Milan.

Greek χρόνου τε γὰρ τετρίψεται πλῆθος, ὥστε ὀπίσω τοῦ δέοντος καιροῦ ἐς αὐτὴν ἥξουσι, καὶ τοῖς ἵπποις ἐπὶ τοῖς πολεμίοις χρῆσθαι διὰ μῆκος ὁδοῦ, ἡνίκα ἐς ἐκείνους ἀφίκωνται, οὐδαμῶς ἕξουσιν.

Dewing For a great amount of time will be consumed in the journey so that they will fail to reach the city at the proper moment, and they will be quite unable on account of the length of the journey to use their horses against the enemy when they reach them.

Greek ἢν δέ γε ξύν τε Μαρτίνῳ καὶ Οὐλίαρι οἱ ἄνδρες οὗτοι ἐς Μεδιόλανον ἴωσι, κρατήσουσί τε, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, τῶν ταύτῃ βαρβάρων, καὶ τὴν Αἰμιλίαν καταλήψονται αὖθις, οὐδενὸς ἔτι ἀντιστατοῦντος.”

Dewing But if these men⁠ go with Martinus and Uliaris against Milan, they will in all probability both overcome the barbarians there and also take possession of Aemilia again without encountering any further resistance."

Greek ταῦτα ἐπεὶ Ναρσῆς ἀπενεχθέντα εἶδε τὰ γράμματα, αὐτὸς μὲν Ἰωάννῃ τε καὶ Ἰουστίνῳ ἐπέστελλεν ἐς Μεδιόλανον ξὺν τῷ ἄλλῳ στρατῷ ἰέναι.

Dewing When this letter had been delivered to Narses and read by him, he himself sent orders to John and Justinus to go with the other army to Milan.

Greek ὀλίγῳ δὲ ὕστερον Ἰωάννης μὲν ἐς τὴν παραλίαν ἐστάλη, ὅπως ἀκάτους ἐνθένδε κομίζοι, οὕτω τε διαβαίνειν τὸν ποταμὸν ὁ στρατὸς δύνηται. ἀλλὰ νόσος αὐτῷ ξυμβᾶσα τὰ πρασσόμενα διεκώλυσεν.

Dewing And John a little later set out for the seacoast, in order to bring boats from there, which were to enable the army to cross the river. But an illness which fell upon him put a stop to the undertaking.

Greek Ἐν ᾧ δὲ οἵ τε ἀμφὶ Μαρτῖνον τῇ ἐς τὴν διάβασιν ὀκνήσει ἐχρῶντο καὶ οἱ ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην τὰς Ναρσοῦ ἐντολὰς ἔμενον, ἐν τούτῳ χρόνου δαπανᾶσθαι πολύ τι χρῆμα τῇ πολιορκίᾳ τετύχηκεν.

Dewing But while the forces of Martinus were hesitating about the crossing of the river, and those of John were awaiting the instructions of Narses, a great amount of time was consumed, and the siege meantime continued to be pressed.

Greek οἰ δὲ πολιορκούμενοι ἤδη ἐς ἄγαν τῷ λιμῷ πιεζόμενοι καὶ τοῦ κακοῦ ὑπερβιαζομένου κυνῶν τε καὶ μυῶν οἱ πλεῖστοι ἐγεύσαντο καὶ ζῴων ἄλλων ὅσα ἐς βρῶσιν ἀνθρώπου οὔποτε ἦλθον.

Dewing And the besieged were already suffering extremely from the famine, and under the overwhelming necessity of their wretched situation the most of them had begun to eat dogs and mice and other animals such as had never been eaten by man.

Greek οἱ μὲν οὖν βάρβαροι πρέσβεις παρὰ Μουνδίλαν πέμψαντες ἐνδοῦναι σφίσι τὴν πόλιν ἐκέλευον, ἐφ’ ᾧ ἀπαθεῖς αὐτός τε καὶ οἱ στρατιῶται κακῶν μείνωσιν.

Dewing So the barbarians sent envoys to Mundilas, bidding him surrender the city to them, with the condition that he himself and the soldiers should remain free from harm.

Greek ὁ δὲ ταῦτα ὡμολόγησε πράξειν, ἢν ἐκεῖνοι ὑπέρ τε αὐτῶν τὰ πιστὰ δώσουσι καὶ ὡς οὐδὲν ἄχαρι ἐς τῶν οἰκητόρων τινὰ δράσουσιν.

Dewing But Mundilas agreed to do this only on condition that they not only give pledges for the safety of the Roman garrison, but also that they would do no harm to any one of the inhabitants.

Greek ὡς δὲ οἱ πολέμιοι Μουνδίλᾳ τε καὶ τοῖς στρατιώταις τὰ πιστὰ ἔδοσαν, θυμῷ τε πολλῷ ἐς Λιγούρους ἐχόμενοι ἅπαντας ἀπολοῦντες ἔνδηλοι ἦσαν, συγκαλέσας Μουνδίλας τοὺς στρατιώτας ἅπαντας ἔλεξε τοιάδε·

Dewing But since the enemy, though ready to give pledges to Mundilas and the soldiers, were moved by furious passion against the Ligurians and were evidently going to destroy them all, Mundilas called all the soldiers together and spoke as follows:

Greek “Εἴ τινες καὶ ἄλλοι πώποτε, παρὸν αἰσχρῶς βιῶναι, οἱ δὲ μᾶλλον εὐκλεῶς ἀποθανεῖν εἵλοντο σωτηρίας τῆς παραυτίκα τὴν εὐπρεπῆ τοῦ βίου καταστροφὴν ἀλλαξάμενοι, τοιούτους δή τινας ἐν τῷ παρόντι βουλοίμην ἂν καὶ ὑμᾶς εἶναι καὶ μὴ τῷ φιλοψύχῳ τὸν μετὰ τῆς αἰσχύνης βίον διώκειν, καὶ ταῦτα ἀπὸ τῆς Βελισαρίου διδασκαλίας, ἧς ἐκ παλαιοῦ μετασχοῦσιν ὑμῖν μὴ οὐχὶ γενναίοις τε καὶ λίαν εὐτόλμοις εἶναι οὐχ ὅσιον.

Dewing "If it has ever happened that any men before us, though having the opportunity to save their lives with disgrace, have chosen rather to die with fair fame, abandoning their immediate safety for a glorious end of life, such men I should wish you also to be at the present time, and not through fondness for life to pursue it even though it be involved in shame, and that too, contrary to the teaching of Belisarius, by which you have profited for a long time past, so that to be otherwise than noble and exceedingly courageous is for you sacrilege.

Greek τοῖς μὲν γὰρ εἰς φῶς ἥκουσι μία τις ἅπασι προέρχεται τύχη, τοῖς καθήκουσι τεθνήξεσθαι χρόνοις· τρόπῳ δὲ τῆς τελευτῆς ἄνθρωποι ἀλλήλων ὡς τὰ πολλὰ διαλλάσσουσι.

Dewing For when men have once entered life, a single fate is advancing upon all of them — to die at the appointed time; but as to the manner of death men differ, for the most part, one from the other.

Greek διαφέρει δέ, ὅτι ἄνανδροι μέν, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, ἅπαντες ὕβριν τε καὶ γέλωτα ὀφείλοντες τοῖς ἐχθροῖς πρότερον, εἶτα τοῖς ἄνωθεν διωρισμένοις καιροῖς οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἀναπιμπλᾶσι τὴν πεπρωμένην, γενναίοις δὲ ἀνδράσι ξύν τε τῇ ἀρετῇ καὶ δόξης ἀγαθῆς περιουσίᾳ τοῦτο ξυμβαίνει πάσχειν.

Dewing And there is this difference, that cowards, as one might expect, in every case first bring upon themselves insult and ridicule from their enemies and then, at the exact time previously appointed, fulfil their destiny no whit the less; but it falls to the lot of noble men to suffer this with valour and an abundance of goodly fame.

Greek ἄνευ δὲ τούτων εἰ μὲν ἀνθρώπους τούσδε ξυνδιασώζουσιν ἡμῖν δουλεύειν τοῖς βαρβάροις παρῆν, ἔφερεν ἂν τοῦτο γοῦν τινα τῆς αἰσχρᾶς ταύτης ἡμῖν σωτηρίας συγγνώμην.

Dewing And apart from these considerations, if it had been possible to become slaves of the barbarians, and at the same time to save the people of the city, that at least might have brought us some forgiveness for saving ourselves so disgracefully.

Greek ἢν δέ γε Ῥωμαίους τοσούτους τὸ πλῆθος ἐπιδεῖν ἀνάγκη ταῖς τῶν πολεμίων διαφθειρομένους χερσίν, ὅτου τις ἂν εἴποι τοῦτο θανάτου πικρότερον ἔσται.

Dewing But if, in fact, we are bound to look on while such a great multitude of Romans is being destroyed by the hand of the enemy, this will be more bitter than any form of death of which a man could tell.

Greek οὐ γὰρ ἄλλο οὐδὲν ἢ τοῖς βαρβάροις ξυγκατεργάζεσθαι τὸ δεινὸν δόξαιμεν. ἕως οὖν ἔτι ἐσμὲν ἡμῶν αὐτῶν κύριοι ἀρετῇ τὴν ἀνάγκην κοσμήσασθαι, εὔδοξον τὴν προσπεσοῦσαν θώμεθα τύχην.

Dewing For we should appear to be doing nothing more or less than helping the barbarians to perpetrate this dreadful deed. While, therefore, we are sufficiently our own masters to adorn necessity with valour, let us make glorious the fortune which has fallen upon us.

Greek φημὶ δὲ χρῆναι ὡς ἄριστα ἐξοπλισαμένους ἡμᾶς ἅπαντας ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους οὐ προσδεχομένους χωρεῖν.

Dewing And I say that we ought all to arm ourselves in the best possible manner, and advance upon the enemy when they are not expecting us.

Greek δυοῖν γὰρ ἡμῖν περιέσται θάτερον· ἢ τὴν τύχην ἐφ’ ἡμῖν εἰργάσθαι τι κρεῖσσον ἐλπίδος ἢ τελευτῆς τετυχηκότας εὐδαίμονος εὐκλεῶς μάλιστα τῶν παρόντων ἀπηλλάχθαι κακῶν.”

Dewing For the result for us will be one of two things: either fortune will have wrought for us in some way a success which transcends our present hope, or we, in achieving a happy end, shall have rid ourselves of our present troubles with the fairest fame."

Greek Μουνδίλας μὲν τοσαῦτα εἶπε, τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν ὑποστῆναι τὸν κίνδυνον οὐδεὶς ἤθελεν, ἀλλ’ ἐφ’ οἷς παρεκάλουν οἱ πολέμιοι σφᾶς τε αὐτοὺς καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐνέδοσαν.

Dewing So spoke Mundilas; but not one of the soldiers was willing to undergo the danger, and they surrendered both themselves and the city on the terms which the enemy offered.

Greek καὶ αὐτοὺς μὲν οἱ βάρβαροι οὐδὲν ἄχαρι ἐργασάμενοι ἐν φυλακῇ ξὺν Μουνδίλᾳ εἶχον, τὴν δὲ πόλιν ἐς ἔδαφος καθεῖλον, ἄνδρας μὲν κτείναντες ἡβηδὸν ἅπαντας οὐχ ἧσσον ἢ μυριάδας τριάκοντα, γυναῖκας δὲ ἐν ἀνδραπόδων ποιησάμενοι λόγῳ, αἷς δὴ Βουργουζίωνας δεδώρηνται χάριν αὐτοῖς τῆς ξυμμαχίας ἐκτίνοντες.

Dewing And the barbarians did indeed inflict no harm upon the soldiers, simply putting them under guard with Mundilas, but the city they razed to the ground, killing all the males of every age to the number of not less than three hundred thousand and redu­cing the women to slavery and then presenting them to the Burgundians by way of repaying them for their alliance.

Greek Ῥεπάρατον δὲ εὑρόντες τὸν τῆς αὐλῆς ἔπαρχον, ἔκοψάν τε κατὰ βραχὺ καὶ αὐτοῦ τὰ κρέα τοῖς κυσὶν ἔρριψαν.

Dewing And when they found Reparatus, the pretorian prefect, they cut his body into small pieces and threw his flesh to the dogs.

Greek Βηργεντῖνος δὲ ʽκαὶ γὰρ ἐντὸς ὢν Μεδιολάνου ἔτυχἐ διὰ τε Βενετίων καὶ τῶν ταύτῃ ἐθνῶν ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις ἐς Δαλματίαν κομίζεται. καὶ παρὰ βασιλέα ἐνθένδε ἦλθε, πάθος ἀγγέλλων μέγα τοῦτο ὃ Ῥωμαίοις ξυνέπεσε γενέσθαι.

Dewing But Vergentinus (for he had been, as it happened, inside Milan) made his escape and betook himself with his followers to Dalmatia, passing through the land of the Veneti and the other nations of that region. And from there he went to the emperor bearing the message of this great calamity which had befallen the Romans.

Greek καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ οἱ Γότθοι πόλεις τε τὰς ἄλλας ὁμολογίᾳ εἷλον αἳ Ῥωμαίων ἔτυχον φρουρὰς ἔχουσαι, καὶ Λιγουρίας αὖθις ὅλης ἐκράτησαν. Μαρτῖνος δὲ καὶ Οὐλίαρις ξὺν τῷ στρατῷ ἐπὶ Ῥώμης ἀνέστρεφον.

Dewing In consequence of this success the Goths took by surrender the other cities which happened to have Roman garrisons and again gained control over the whole of Liguria. As for Martinus and Uliaris, they marched back with their army toward Rome. The Loeb Editor's Notes: 1 Modern Fermo. ❦ 2 Urbs Salvia, modern Urbisaglia. ❦ 3 In the invasion of 452 A.D. ❦ 4 From αἴξ, "a goat." ❦ 5 Urbs Vetus; modern Orvieto. ❦ 6 Modern Urbino. ❦ 7 See Book VI.x.5. ❦ 8 This stoa of the Greeks was the vinea of the Romans. ❦ 9 Modern Cesena. ❦ 10 Forum Cornelii; modern Imola. ❦ 11 Chap. xi.2. ❦ 12 The nearest eminence is a good half-mile away (Hodgkin). (Thayer's Note: With my own correction in the note there.) ❦ 13 The Paglia now flows on only two sides of the hill (Hodgkin). ❦ 14 It is implied in section 4 above that the city surrendered, but this is not explicitly stated, and Procopius does not return to the subject later. ❦ 15 In Procopius the Ionian Gulf is the Adriatic. ❦ 16 John and Justinus. ◂ previous next ▸ Images with borders lead to more information. The thicker the border, the more information. (Details here.) UP TO: Gothic Wars Ancient Military History Military History Home Procopius Greek & Latin Texts LacusCurtius A page or image on this site is in the public domain ONLY if its URL has a total of one *asterisk. If the URL has two **asterisks, the item is copyright someone else, and used by permission or fair use. If the URL has none the item is © Bill Thayer. See my copyright page for details and contact information. Page updated: 14 Sep 20 Accessibility