第6巻 第5章

Greek Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ καὶ ἄλλο στράτευμα ἐκ Βυζαντίου κατέπλευσεν, Ἰσαύρων μὲν ἐς τὸν Νεαπόλεως λιμένα τρισχίλιοι, ὧν Παῦλος καὶ Κόνων ἡγοῦντο, ἐς Δρυοῦντα δὲ Θρᾷκες ἱππεῖς ὀκτακόσιοι, ὧν Ἰωάννης ἦρχεν ὁ Βιταλιανοῦ τοῦ πρώην τετυραννηκότος ἀδελφιδοῦς καὶ ξὺν αὐτοῖς ἕτεροι στρατιῶται ἐκ καταλόγου ἱππικοῦ χίλιοι· ὧν ἄλλοι τε καὶ Ἀλέξανδρός τε καὶ Μαρκέντιος ἦρχον.

Dewing At this time another army also arrived by sea from Byzantium, three thousand Isaurians who put in at the harbour of Naples, led by Paulus and Conon, and eight hundred Thracian horsemen who landed at Dryus, led by John, the nephew of the Vitalian who had formerly been tyrant, and with them a thousand other soldiers of the regular cavalry, under various commanders, among whom were Alexander and Marcentius.

Greek ἐτύγχανε δὲ ἤδη καὶ Ζήνων ξὺν τριακοσίοις ἱππεῦσιν ἐς Ῥώμην διά τε Σαμνίου καὶ Λατίνης ὁδοῦ ἀφικόμενος. ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ Ἰωάννης ξὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν ἐς Καμπανίαν ἦλθεν, ἁμάξας πολλὰς ἐκ Καλαβρῶν ἔχων, ἀνεμίγνυντο αὐτοῖς πεντακόσιοι ἠθροισμένοι ἐκ Καμπανίας,

Dewing And it happened that Zeno with three hundred horsemen had already reached Rome by way of Samnium and the Latin Way. And when John with all the others came to Campania, provided with many waggons by the inhabitants of Calabria, his troops were joined by five hundred men who, as I have said, had been collected in Campania.

Greek ὥσπερ μοι εἴρηται. οὗτοι μὲν ὁδὸν τὴν παραλίαν ξὺν ταῖς ἁμάξαις ᾔεσαν ἐν νῷ ἔχοντες, ἤν τι ἀπαντήσῃ πολέμιον σφίσι, κύκλον τέ τινα καὶ χαρακώματος σχῆμα τὰς ἁμάξας ποιησάμενοι ἐνθένδε τοὺς ἐπιόντας ἀμύνασθαι, τοὺς δὲ ἀμφὶ Παῦλόν τε καὶ Κόνωνα πλεῖν κατὰ τάχος ἐκέλευον, καὶ σφίσιν ἐς Ὀστίαν συμμῖξαι τὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐπίνειον, σῖτον μὲν ἱκανὸν ἐν ταῖς ἁμάξαις ἐνθέμενοι, ναῦς δὲ ἁπάσας οὐ σίτου μόνον ἐμπλησάμενοι, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἴνου καὶ τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἁπάντων.

Dewing These set out by the coast road with the waggons, having in mind, if any hostile force should confront them, to make a circle of the waggons in the form of a stockade and thus to ward off the enemy; and they commanded the men under Paulus and Conon to sail with all speed and join them at Ostia, the harbour of Rome;⁠ and they put sufficient grain in the waggons and loaded all the ships, not only with grain, but also with wine and all kinds of provisions.

Greek καὶ αὐτοὶ μὲν τοὺς ἀμφὶ Μαρτῖνόν τε καὶ Τραϊανὸν ᾤοντο ἐς τὰ ἐπὶ Ταρακίνης χωρία εὑρήσειν καὶ ξὺν αὐτοῖς ἐνθένδε ἰέναι· γεγονότες δὲ ἄγχιστα ἔμαθον ὡς ὀλίγῳ πρότερον ἐς Ῥώμην μετάπεμπτοι ἀνεχώρησαν.

Dewing And they, indeed, expected to find the forces of Martinus and Trajan in the neighbourhood of Taracina and to have their company from that point on, but when they approached Taracina, they learned that these forces had recently been recalled and had retired to Rome.

Greek Βελισάριος δὲ τοὺς ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην προσιέναι μαθὼν καὶ δείσας μὴ σφᾶς οἱ πολέμιοι πλήθει πολλῷ ἀπαντήσαντες διαφθείρωσιν ἐποίει τάδε.

Dewing But Belisarius, learning that the forces of John were approaching and fearing that the enemy might confront them in greatly superior numbers and destroy them, took the following measures.

Greek πύλην τὴν Φλαμινίαν, οὗ δὴ αὐτῆς ἄγχιστα ἐνστρατοπεδεύσασθαι τοὺς πολεμίους τετύχηκε, λίθων οἰκοδομίαις αὐτὸς κατ’ ἀρχὰς τοῦδε τοῦ πολέμου ἀπέφραξεν, ὥσπερ μοι ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις ἐρρήθη, ὅπως δὴ μὴ ἐνθένδε οἱ πολέμιοι εὐπετῶς ἔχωσιν ἢ βιάζεσθαι ἤ τινα ἐπιβουλὴν ἐς τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖσθαι.

Dewing It so happened that the enemy had encamped very close to the Flaminian Gate; this gate Belisarius himself had blocked up at the beginning of this war by a structure of stone, as has been told by me in the previous narrative,⁠ his purpose of course being to make it difficult for the enemy either to force their way in or to make any attempt upon the city at that point.

Greek καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ξυμβολὴν οὐδεμίαν ἐν ταύτῃ γεγονέναι ξυμβέβηκεν, οὐδ’ ἄν τι οἱ βάρβαροι ἔσεσθαι σφίσι πολέμιον ἐνθένδε ὑπώπτευον.

Dewing Consequently no engagement had taken place at this gate, and the barbarians had no suspicion that there would be any attack upon them from there.

Greek ταύτης τῆς πύλης νύκτωρ τὴν οἰκοδομίαν περιελών, οὐδενὶ τῶν πάντων προειρημένον, τὸ πλεῖστον τοῦ στρατοῦ ἐνταῦθα ἡτοίμαζεν.

Dewing Now Belisarius tore down by night the masonry which blocked this gate, without giving notice to anyone at all, and made ready the greatest part of the army there.

Greek ἅμα τε ἡμέρα διὰ πύλης Πιγκιανῆς Τραϊανόν τε καὶ Διογένην ξὺν ἱππεῦσι χιλίοις ἔπεμψεν, οὓς δὴ ἔν τε τοῖς χαρακώμασι βάλλειν ἐκέλευσε καί, ἐπειδὰν οἱ ἐναντίοι ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἴωσι, φεύγειν τε ἥκιστα αἰδουμένους καὶ μέχρι ἐς τὸν περίβολον ἀπελαύνειν δρόμῳ.

Dewing And at daybreak he sent Trajan and Diogenes with a thousand horsemen through the Pincian Gate, commanding them to shoot missiles into the camps, and as soon as their opponents came against them, to flee without the least shame and to ride up to the fortifications at full speed.

Greek τινὰς δὲ καὶ ταύτης ἐντὸς τῆς πυλίδος ἔστησεν. οἱ μὲν οὖν ἀμφὶ Τραϊανόν, καθάπερ σφίσιν ἐπέστελλε Βελισάριος, τοὺς βαρβάρους ἠρέθιζον, καὶ αὐτοὺς οἱ Γότθοι ἐκ πάντων ἀγειρόμενοι τῶν χαρακωμάτων ἠμύνοντο.

Dewing And he also stationed some men inside this gate. So the men under Trajan began to harass the barbarians, as Belisarius had directed them to do, and the Goths, gathering from all the camps, began to defend themselves.

Greek ἀμφότεροί τε ὡς τάχιστα ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως περίβολον ᾔεσαν, οἱ μὲν ὅτι φεύγουσι δόξαν παρέχοντες, οἱ δὲ διώκειν τοὺς πολεμίους οἰόμενοι.

Dewing And both armies began to move as fast as they could toward the fortifications of the city, the one giving the appearance of fleeing, and the other supposing that they were pursuing the enemy.

Greek Βελισάριος δέ, ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα τοὺς ἐναντίους ἐς τὴν δίωξιν καθισταμένους εἶδε, πύλην τε τὴν Φλαμινίαν ἀνοίγνυσι καὶ τὸ στράτευμα ἐπὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους οὐ προσδεχομένους ἀφίησιν.

Dewing But as soon as Belisarius saw the enemy take up the pursuit, he opened the Flaminian Gate and sent his army out against the barbarians, who were thus taken unawares.

Greek ἓν δὲ τῶν Γότθων στρατόπεδον παρὰ τὴν ταύτῃ ὁδὸν ἐτύγχανεν ὄν, καί τις αὐτοῦ ἔμπροσθεν ἦν στενοχωρία κρημνώδης τε καὶ δεινῶς ἄβατος.

Dewing Now it so happened that one of the Gothic camps was on the road near this gate, and in front of it there was a narrow passage between steep banks which was exceedingly difficult of access.

Greek ἐνταῦθα τῶν τις βαρβάρων τεθωρακισμένος τε καὶ σώματος ἐς ἄγαν εὖ ἥκων, ἐπειδὴ εἶδε προϊόντας τοὺς πολεμίους, προτερήσας εἱστήκει καὶ τοὺς ἑταίρους ἐκάλει τε καὶ τὴν στενοχωρίαν ξυμφυλάσσειν ἠξίου.

Dewing And one of the barbarians, a man of splendid physique and clad in a corselet, when he saw the enemy advancing, reached this place before them and took his stand there, at the same time calling his comrades and urging them to help in guarding the narrow passage.

Greek Μουνδίλας δὲ φθάσας αὐτόν τε ἔκτεινε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων βαρβάρων οὐδένα ἐς τοῦτον διελθεῖν τὸν στενωπὸν ξυνεχώρησε.

Dewing But before any move could be made Mundilas slew him and thereafter allowed none of the barbarians to go into this passage.

Greek διελθόντες οὖν, οὐδενὸς σφίσιν ἀντιστατοῦντος, ἔς τε τὸ πλησίον χαράκωμα ἵκοντο καὶ αὐτοῦ τινες δι’ ὀλίγου ἀποπειρασάμενοι οὐκ ἔσχον ἑλεῖν ἰσχύϊ τοῦ χαρακώματος, καίπερ οὐ πολλῶν ἐνταῦθα ἐγκαταλελειμμένων βαρβάρων.

Dewing The Romans therefore passed through it without encountering opposition, and some of them, arriving at the Gothic camp near by, for a short time tried to take it, but were unable to do so because of the strength of the stockade, although not many barbarians had been left behind in it.

Greek ἥ τε γὰρ τάφρος ἐς μέγα τι βάθους ὠρώρυκτο χρῆμα καὶ χοῦς ὃς ἐνθένδε ἀφῄρητο, ἐς τὴν ἐντὸς ἀεὶ ἐντιθέμενος μοῖραν ἐς ὕψος τε ᾔρετο καὶ ἀντὶ τείχους ἐγίνετο, τοῖς τε σκόλοψι περιεσταύρωτο ὑπερφυῶς, ὀξέσι τε λίαν καὶ συχνοῖς οὖσιν.

Dewing For the trench had been dug to an extraordinary depth, and since the earth taken from it had invariably been placed along its inner side, this reached a great height and so served as a wall⁠; and it was abundantly supplied with stakes, which were very sharp and close together, thus making a palisade.

Greek οἷς δὴ θαρσοῦντες οἱ βάρβαροι καρτερῶς τοὺς πολεμίους ἠμύνοντο. εἷς δὲ τῶν Βελισαρίου ὑπασπιστῶν, Ἀκυλῖνος ὄνομα, δραστήριος ἀνὴρ ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα, λώρου λαβόμενος ἵππου, ἐνθένδε ξὺν τῷ ἵππῳ ἐς μέσον τὸ χαράκωμα ἥλατο, καί τινας τῶν ἐναντίων αὐτοῦ ἔκτεινε.

Dewing These defences so emboldened the barbarians that they began to repel the enemy vigorously. But one of the guards of Belisarius, Aquilinus by name, an exceedingly active man, seized a horse by the bridle and, bestriding it, leaped from the trench into the middle of the camp, where he slew some of the enemy.

Greek περιστάντων δὲ αὐτὸν συχνά τε ἀκοντιζόντων τῶν ἐναντίων ὁ μὲν ἵππος πληγεὶς ἔπεσεν, αὐτὸς δὲ παρὰ δόξαν διὰ μέσων τῶν πολεμίων διέφυγε.

Dewing And when his opponents gathered about him and hurled great numbers of missiles, the horse was wounded and fell, but he himself unexpectedly made his escape through the midst of the enemy.

Greek πεζὸς δὲ ξὺν τοῖς ἑταίροις ἐπὶ πύλας Πιγκιανὰς ᾔει. ἔτι τε διώκοντας τοὺς βαρβάρους καταλαβόντες καὶ κατὰ νώτου βάλλοντες ἔκτειναν.

Dewing So he went on foot with his companions toward the Pincian Gate. And overtaking the barbarians, who were still engaged in pursuing Roman horsemen,⁠ they began to shoot at them from behind and killed some of them.

Greek Ὅπερ δὴ οἱ ἀμφὶ Τραϊανὸν κατιδόντες, ἐπιβεβοηθηκότων σφίσι καὶ τῶν ταύτῃ ἐν παρασκευῇ καθεστώτων ἱππέων, ἐπὶ τοὺς διώκοντας δρόμῳ ἐχώρουν.

Dewing Now when Trajan and his men perceived this, since they had meanwhile been reinforced by the horsemen who had been standing near by in readiness, they charged at full speed against their pursuers.

Greek τότε δὴ οἱ Γότθοι καταστρατηγηθέντες τε καὶ τῶν πολεμίων ἐν μέσῳ ἐκ τοῦ ἀπροσδοκήτου ἀπειλημμένοι, οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ ἐκτείνοντο.

Dewing Then at length the Goths, being now outgeneraled and unexpectedly caught between the forces of their enemy, began to be killed indiscriminately.

Greek πολύς τε αὐτῶν γέγονε φόνος καὶ ὀλίγοι κομιδῆ ἐς τὰ στρατόπεδα διέφυγον μόλις, οἵ τε λοιποὶ περὶ πᾶσι τοῖς χαρακώμασι δείσαντες αὐτοῦ φραξάμενοι τὸ λοιπὸν ἔμενον, αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα ἐπιέναι σφίσι τοὺς Ῥωμαίους οἰόμενοι.

Dewing And there was great slaughter of them, and very few escaped to their camps, and that with difficulty; meanwhile the others, fearing for the safety of all their strongholds, shut themselves in and remained in them thereafter, thinking that the Romans would come against them without the least delay.

Greek ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ἔργῳ τῶν τις βαρβάρων Τραϊανὸν βάλλει ἐς τὸ πρόσωπον, ὀφθαλμοῦ μὲν τοῦ δεξιοῦ ἄνωθεν,

Dewing In this action one of the barbarians shot Trajan in the face, above the right eye and not far from the nose.

Greek ὀλίγῳ δὲ τῆς ῥινὸς ἄποθεν. καὶ σίδηρος μὲν ἅπας ἐντός τε ἐπάγη καὶ παντάπασιν ἀφανὴς γέγονε, καίπερ μεγάλην τε τὴν ἀκίδα ἔχων καὶ μακρὰν κομιδῆ. τοῦ δὲ βέλους τὸ λειπόμενον ἐς τὴν γῆν οὐδενὸς βιασαμένου εὐθὺς ἔπεσε· δοκεῖ γάρ μοι οὐδὲ ἀσφαλῶς ἐς αὐτὸν ὁ σίδηρός πη ἐρηρεῖσθαι.

Dewing And the whole of the iron point, penetrated the head and disappeared entirely, although the barb on it was large and exceedingly long, but the remainder of the arrow immediately fell to the ground without the application of force by anyone, in my opinion because the iron point had never been securely fastened to the shaft.

Greek Τραϊανῷ μέντοι αἴσθησις τούτου οὐδεμία ἐγένετο, ἀλλ’ οὐδέν τι ἧσσον κτείνων τε καὶ διώκων τοὺς πολεμίους διέμεινε. πέμπτῳ δὲ ὕστερον ἐνιαυτῷ αὐτόματον ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ προὖχον τὸ τοῦ σιδήρου ἄκρον ἐφάνη.

Dewing Trajan, however, paid no heed to this at all, but continued none the less killing and pursuing the enemy. But in the fifth year afterward the tip of the iron of its own accord began to project visibly from his face.

Greek τρίτον τε τοῦτο ἔτος ἐξ οὗ κατὰ βραχὺ πρόεισιν ἔξω ἀεί. ἐπίδοξος οὖν ἐστι πολλῷ ὕστερον χρόνῳ ἔξω γενήσεσθαι ἡ ἀκὶς ξύμπασα. ἐμπόδιος δὲ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ οὐδαμῆ γέγονε. ταῦτα μὲν δὴ οὕτως ἔσχεν.

Dewing And this is now the third year since it has been slowly but steadily coming out. It is to be expected, therefore, that the whole barb will eventually come out, though not for a long time. But it has not been an impediment to the man in any way. So much then for these matters.