第7巻 第10章

Greek Οὕτω μὲν Βελισάριος τὸ δεύτερον ἐς Ἰταλίαν ᾔει. ἐπεὶ δὲ στρατιώτας ὡς μάλιστα ὀλίγους εἶχε ʽτοὺς γάρ οἱ ἑπομένους τοῦ ἐν Μήδοις στρατοπέδου ἀποστῆσαι οὐδαμῆ ἴσχυσἐ Θρᾴκην ὅλην περιιὼν χρήματά τε προϊέμενος, ξυνῆγε νέους ἐθελουσίους.

Dewing Thus Belisarius, for the second time, went to Italy. But since he had an exceedingly small number of soldiers — for it was quite impossible for him to detach his own troops from the army in Persia — he proceeded to travel about the whole of Thrace, and, by offering money, to gather fresh volunteers.

Greek ξυνῆν δὲ αὐτῷ βασιλέως γνώμῃ καὶ Βιτάλιος ὁ τῶν Ἰλλυριῶν στρατηγός, ἄρτι ἐπανήκων ἐξ Ἰταλίας, οὗ δὴ τοὺς Ἰλλυριοὺς στρατιώτας ἀπολιπὼν ἔτυχεν.

Dewing And by the emperor's command he was accompanied by Vitalius, the General of Illyricum, who had recently returned from Italy, where he had left the Illyrian soldiers.

Greek ἄμφω γοῦν ἐς τετρακισχιλίους ἀγείραντες ἐν Σάλωσιν ἐγένοντο, γνώμην ἔχοντες ἐπὶ Ῥαβέννης τὰ πρῶτα ἰέναι, τὸν δὲ πόλεμον ἐνθένδε ὅπη ἂν δυνατὸν εἴη διενεγκεῖν.

Dewing So together they collected about four thousand men and went to Salones⁠ with the intention of going to Ravenna first of all and conducting the war from there in whatever manner might be possible.

Greek τὸ γὰρ ἐπὶ τὰ Ῥώμης χωρία ἀποβαίνειν οὐδαμῆ ἴσχυον, οὔτε τοὺς πολεμίους λανθάνοντες ʽἐπεὶ αὐτοὺς ἔν τε Καλαβροῖς στρατοπεδεύεσθαι καὶ Καμπανοῖς ἤκουσαν’ οὔτε αὐτοὺς τρόπῳ ὁτῳοῦν βιαζόμενοι. οὐ γὰρ ἐξ ἀντιπάλου τῆς δυνάμεως ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ᾔεσαν.

Dewing For they could in no wise effect a landing near Rome, either by keeping their movements secret from the enemy (since, as they had heard, the Goths were encamped both in Calabria and in Campania), nor by over­powering the enemy in any manner whatsoever; for they were going against them without sufficient strength to meet them on even terms.

Greek Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ οἱ ἐν Δρυοῦντι πολιορκούμενοι τῶν ἀναγκαίων σφᾶς παντάπασιν ἐκλελοιπότων βαρβάροις τοῖς πολιορκοῦσιν ἐς λόγους ξυνῆλθον. ἐφ’ ᾧ τὸ φρούριον ὁμολογίᾳ ἐνδώσουσι, τακτή τε ἀμφοτέροις ἐν τούτῳ ἡμέρα ξυνέκειτο.

Dewing In the meantime the Romans besieged in Dryus, seeing that their provisions had been absolutely exhausted, made an agreement with the besieging barbarians, stipulating that they would hand over the place by surrender, and a definite day was meanwhile agreed upon by both.

Greek Βελισάριος δὲ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐς ἐνιαυτοῦ μῆκος πλοίοις ἐνθέμενος Βαλεντῖνον ξὺν αὐτοῖς πλεῖν εἰς Δρυοῦντα ἐκέλευε, καὶ τοὺς μὲν προτέρους φύλακας τοῦ φρουρίου ἐνθένδε ὑπεξαγαγεῖν ὅτι τάχιστα, οὓς δὴ νόσῳ τε ξυντετηκέναι καὶ λιμῷ ἔμαθε, τῶν δὲ ξυμπλεόντων τινὰς ἐπὶ τῷ φυλακτηρίῳ ἀντ’ αὐτῶν καταστήσασθαι· ῥᾷον γὰρ οὕτως αὐτοὺς ἀκμῆτάς τε ὄντας καὶ οὐδενὸς τῶν ἀναγκαίων σπανίζοντας τὸ φρούριον ξὺν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ διαφυλάξειν.

Dewing But Belisarius loaded ships with provisions for a year's time and commanded Valentinus to sail with them to Dryus, and to remove the former garrison from the fortress as quickly as possible — for he learned that they had been much weakened by disease and famine — and to establish as a garrison in place of them some of the men sailing with him; for by this arrangement it would be comparatively easy for them, being fresh and not in want of any necessaries, to guard the fortress in security.

Greek Βαλεντῖνος μὲν οὖν τῷ στόλῳ τούτῳ πνεύματος ἐπιφόρου ἐπιτυχὼν ἐς τὸν Δρυοῦντα κατέπλευσε τέτρασι πρότερον τῆς κυρίας ἡμέραις, ἀφύλακτόν τε τὸν λιμένα εὑρὼν αὐτοῦ τε ἐκράτησε καὶ πόνῳ οὐδενὶ ἐς τὸ φρούριον εἰσελθεῖν ἴσχυσε.

Dewing So Valentinus, chancing to find a favourable wind, sailed with this fleet to Dryus, and arrived four days before the time appointed for the surrender; and finding the harbour unguarded, he took possession of it, and succeeded without trouble in entering the fortress.

Greek τοῖς γὰρ ὡμολογημένοις οἱ Γότθοι θαρσοῦντες οὐδέν τε μεταξὺ ἐναντίωμα ὑποτοπάζοντες σφίσιν ἔσεσθαι, ὀλιγώρως ἤδη τὰ ἐς τὸν Δρυοῦντα διαθέμενοι ἡσυχῆ ἔμενον.

Dewing For the Goths, being confident in the agreement they had made, and supposing that they would encounter no obstacle in the interval, were now giving little heed to their operations against Dryus and were remaining quiet.

Greek τότε μέντοι καταπλέοντα ἐκ τοῦ αἰφνιδίου τὸν στόλον ἰδόντες ἔδεισάν τε καὶ τὴν προσεδρείαν διέλυσαν, μακράν τε ἄποθεν τοῦ χωρίου γενόμενοι ἐστρατοπεδεύσαντο καὶ πάντα ἐς Τουτίλαν τὰ ξυμβεβηκότα σφίσιν ἀνήνεγκαν. παρὰ τοσοῦτον μὲν Δρυοῦντος τὸ φρούριον κινδύνου ἦλθε.

Dewing Then, however, upon seeing the fleet suddenly bearing down upon them, they took fright and abandoned the siege, and going to a great distance from the place, they made camp and reported to Totila all that had befallen them. So close was the peril from which the fortress of Dryus escaped.

Greek τῶν δὲ ξὺν Βαλεντίνῳ τινὲς ληΐσασθαι βουλόμενοι τὰ ἐκείνῃ χωρία ἐπεκδρομὰς ἐποιήσαντο, τοῖς τε πολεμίοις τύχῃ τινὶ ὑπαντιάσαντες πρὸς τῇ τῆς θαλάσσης ἠϊόνι ἐς χεῖρας ἦλθον.

Dewing But some of Valentinus' men, wishing to plunder the adjoining country, began to make excursions; and by some chance they encountered the enemy near the shore of the sea, and engaged with them.

Greek καὶ παρὰ πολὺ ἡσσηθέντες τῇ μάχῃ ἐς τὸ τῆς θαλασσης ὕδωρ οἱ πολλοὶ ἔφυγον, ἵνα δὴ ἑβδομηκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἀποβαλόντες ἐς τὸ φρούριον οἱ λοιποὶ ἀνεχώρησαν.

Dewing And being badly defeated in the battle, the most of them fled into the sea‑water; in this way they lost one hundred and seventy men, and the rest withdrew to the fortress.

Greek Βαλεντῖνος δὲ τοὺς μὲν πάλαι φρουροὺς ἐνθένδε ἡμιθνῆτας εὑρὼν ὑπεξήγαγεν, ἑτέρους δὲ ἀντικαταστησάμενος ἀκραιφνεῖς, καθάπερ οἱ ἐπέστελλε Βελισάριος, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐς χρόνον αὐτοῖς ἀπολιπὼν ἐνιαύσιον, ξὺν τῷ ἄλλῳ στρατῷ ἐς Σάλωνας ἦλθε.

Dewing Valentinus, upon finding the previous garrison half dead, removed them from the fortress, and substituted other fresh men, just as Belisarius had instructed him to do, and leaving them supplies for a year's time, returned with the rest of the army to Salones.

Greek Καὶ Βελισάριος παντὶ τῷ στόλῳ ἐνθένδε ἄρας Πόλῃ προσέσχεν. οὗ δὴ τὸ στράτευμα διέπων χρόνον τινὰ ἔμενε.

Dewing Then Belisarius, setting sail from there with the whole fleet, put in at Pola, where he remained for a short time, putting the army in order.

Greek Τουτίλας δὲ ἥκειν αὐτὸν ἐνταῦθα ἀκούσας, τήν τε δύναμιν ἐθέλων γνῶναι ἥνπερ ἐπήγετο, ἐποίει τάδε. Βόνος ἦν τις Ἰωάννου ἀνεψιὸς φρουρᾶς ἄρχων τῆς ἐν Γενούᾳ.

Dewing But Totila, hearing that Belisarius had reached Pola, and wishing to discover the strength of the army which he was bringing, took the following measures. There was a certain Bonus, nephew of John, commanding the garrison in Genoa.

Greek τούτου δὲ τῷ ὀνόματι χρησάμενος γράμματα δῆθεν τῷ λόγῳ παρ’ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Βελισάριον ἔγραψεν ἅτε παρακαλοῦντος αὐτὸν ὅτι τάχιστα παραγενέσθαι σφίσιν ἐν κινδύνοις τισὶ χαλεποῖς οὖσιν.

Dewing He accordingly made use of this man's name and wrote a letter to Belisarius purporting to be from this Bonus, and urging him to come with all possible speed to their assistance, as they were in some extreme peril.

Greek ἄνδρας τε ἀπολεξάμενος περιέργους ἐς τὰ μάλιστα πέντε τά τε γράμματα ἐνεχείρισε καὶ δύναμιν ἀκριβῶς κατανοεῖν τὴν Βελισαρίου ἐπέστελλεν, ἐνδεικνυμένους ὅτι δὴ ἀπὸ Βόνου σταλεῖεν.

Dewing Then he chose out five men of an especially inquisitive nature, put the letter into their hands, and instructed them to observe accurately the force of Belisarius, while palming themselves off as having been sent from Bonus.

Greek Βελισάριος μὲν οὖν τοὺς ἄνδρας οἱ ἐς ὄψιν ἐλθόντας ξὺν φιλοφροσύνῃ πολλῇ, ὥσπερ εἰώθει, εἶδεν.

Dewing So when the men came before Belisarius, he received them with great friendliness, as was his custom.

Greek ἀναλεξάμενός τε τὰ γράμματα Βόνῳ ἀπαγγέλλειν ἐκέλευεν ὅτι δὴ παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν ἥξει. οἱ δὲ περισκοπήσαντες ἅπαντα, καθάπερ σφίσιν ἐπέστελλε Τουτίλας, ἔς τε τὸ Γότθων στρατόπεδον ἐπανῆκον καὶ ὡς ἥκιστα λόγου ἀξίαν τὴν Βελισαρίου δύναμιν ἰσχυρίζοντο εἶναι.

Dewing And after reading the letter, he bade them report back to Bonus that he would come with the whole army after no long time. Then, after they had looked over everything exactly as Totila had directed them to do, they returned to the Gothic camp and declared that the force of Belisarius was by no means considerable.

Greek Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ Τουτίλας Τίβουριν πόλιν, Ἰσαύρων φρουρὰν ἔχουσαν, προδοσίᾳ εἷλε τρόπῳ τοιῷδε. τῶν τινες οἰκητόρων τὰς πύλας ξὺν τοῖς Ἰσαύροις ἐφύλασσον.

Dewing Meanwhile Totila captured the city of Tibur, which contained a guard of Isaurians, through an act of treason; this happened in the following manner.

Greek οὗτοι Ἰσαύροις τοῖς ξυμφυλάσσουσι διάφοροι γεγενημένοι ἀπ’ οὐδεμιᾶς πρὸς αὐτῶν γινομένης αἰτίας ἄγχιστά που ἐνστρατοπεδευομένους τοὺς πολεμίους ἐπηγάγοντο νύκτωρ.

Dewing Some of the inhabitants of the place were guarding the gates together with the Isaurians. These men, having quarrelled with the Isaurians who kept guard with them, although the Isaurians had given no cause for offence, now invited the enemy, who were encamped close by, to come in by night.

Greek οἱ μὲν οὖν Ἴσαυροι ξυμφρονήσαντες ἁλισκομένης τῆς πόλεως σχεδόν τι ἅπαντες διαφυγεῖν ἴσχυσαν.

Dewing But the Isaurians, on their part, adopted a common plan while the city was being captured, and practically all of them succeeded in making their escape.

Greek τῶν δὲ οἰκητόρων οὐδενὸς οἱ Γότθοι ἐφείσαντο, ἀλλὰ ξὺν τῷ τῆς πόλεως ἱερεῖ ἅπαντας ἔκτειναν τρόπῳ δὴ ὅνπερ ἐξεπιστάμενος ἔγωγε ὡς ἥκιστα ἐπιμνήσομαι, ὡς μὴ ἀπανθρωπίας ἀπολείπω μνημεῖα τῷ ὄπισθεν χρόνῳ· ἐν οἷς καὶ Κάτελλος ἀπώλετο ἔν γε Ἰταλιώταις ἀνὴρ δόκιμος.

Dewing Among the inhabitants, however, not a man was spared by the Goths but they were all killed, together with the priest of the city, in a manner which I shall by no means mention, although I know it well, in order that I may not leave records of inhuman cruelty to future times. Among these victims Catellus also perished, a man of note among the Italians.

Greek καὶ οἱ μὲν βάρβαροι Τίβουριν ἔσχον, Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ οὐκέτι ἠδύναντο ἐκ Τούσκων τὰ ἐπιτήδεια διὰ τοῦ Τιβέριδος ἐσκομίζεσθαι. πρὸς γὰρ τῷ ποταμῷ ἡ πόλις κειμένη Ῥώμης ὕπερθεν ὡς ἀπὸ σταδίων εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατὸν ἐπιτείχισμα τὸ λοιπὸν τοῖς ἐνταῦθα εἰσπλεῖν βουλομένοις ἐγίνετο.

Dewing So the barbarians took possession of Tibur, and the Romans, in consequence, were no longer able to bring in their provisions from Tuscany by way of the Tiber. For the city, situated as it is fronting the river⁠ about a hundred and twenty stades above Rome, became thereafter an outpost against those wishing to sail into Rome by that route.