第7巻 第2章

Greek Ἐράριχος δὲ ἦν τις ἐν τῷ Γότθων στρατῷ Ῥογὸς μὲν γένος, δύναμιν δὲ περιβεβλημένος ἐν τούτοις δὴ τοῖς βαρβάροις μεγάλην. οἱ δὲ Ῥογοὶ οὗτοι ἔθνος μέν εἰσι Γοτθικόν, αὐτόνομοί τε τὸ παλαιὸν ἐβίουν.

Dewing There was a certain Eraric in the Gothic army, one of the Rogi by birth, a man possessed of great power among these barbarians. Now these Rogi are indeed a Gothic nation, but in ancient times they used to live as an independent people.

Greek Θευδερίχου δὲ αὐτοὺς τὸ κατ’ ἀρχὰς ἑταιρισαμένου σὺν ἄλλοις τισὶν ἔθνεσιν, ἔς τε τὸ Γότθων ἀπεκέκριντο γένος καὶ ξὺν αὐτοῖς ἐς τοὺς πολεμίους ἅπαντα ἔπρασσον.

Dewing But Theoderic had early persuaded them, along with certain other nations, to form an alliance with him, and they were absorbed into the Gothic nation and acted in common with them in all things against their enemies.

Greek γυναιξὶ μέντοι ὡς ἥκιστα ἐπιμιγνύμενοι ἀλλοτρίαις, ἀκραιφνέσι παίδων διαδοχαῖς τὸ τοῦ ἔθνους ὄνομα ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς διεσώσαντο.

Dewing But whence they had absolutely no intercourse with women other than their own, each successive generation of children was of unmixed blood, and thus they had preserved the name of their nation among themselves.

Greek τοῦτον Ἐράριχον, ἐπεὶ ἐς ταραχὴν ἐπὶ τῷ Ἰλδιβάδου φόνῳ καθεστήκει τὰ πράγματα, βασιλέα ἐκ τοῦ αἰφνιδίου οἱ Ῥογοὶ ἀνεῖπον.

Dewing This Eraric in the midst of the turmoil consequent upon the murder of Ildibadus, was suddenly proclaimed king by the Rogi.

Greek ὅπερ τοῖς Γότθοις οὐδαμῶς ἤρεσκεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς πολλὴν οἱ πλεῖστοι ἀθυμίαν κατέστησαν ἅτε τῶν ἐλπίδων σφίσι διεφθαρμένων ἅσπερ ἐπι Ἰλδιβάδῳ τὰ πρότερα ἔσχον, ὃς δὴ τήν τε ἀρχὴν καὶ τὸ Ἰταλίας κράτος Γότθοις ἀνασώσασθαὶ ἱκανὸς ἦν.

Dewing This act pleased the Goths not at all; however, the most of them had in fact fallen into great despondence because the hopes they had formerly placed in Ildibadus had been frustrated; for he, they felt, would have been able to recover the kingdom and the sovereignty of Italy for the Goths.

Greek Ἐράριχος μέντοι οὐδὲν ὅ τι καὶ λόγου ἄξιον ἔδρασε· μῆνας γὰρ πέντε ἐπιβιοὺς ἐτελεύτησε τρόπῳ τοιῷδε.

Dewing Eraric, however, did nothing at all worthy of note; for after living in office five months he died in the following manner.

Greek Τουτίλας ἦν τις, Ἰλδιβάδου ἀνεψιός, ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ξυνέσεως ἥκων καὶ τὸ δραστήριον ὡς μάλιστα ἔχων καὶ λόγου ἐν Γότθοις πολλοῦ ἄξιος. οὗτος ὁ Τουτίλας Γότθων μὲν τηνικαῦτα τῶν ἐν Ταρβησίῳ ἄρχων ἐτύγχανεν.

Dewing There was a certain Totila, a nephew of Ildibadus, a man gifted with remarkable discretion, energetic in the extreme, held in high esteem among the Goths. This Totila happened at that time to be in command of the Goths in Tarbesium.

Greek ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀφανισθῆναι Ἰλδίβαδον οὕτως, ὥσπερ ἐρρήθη, ἐπύθετο, πέμψας πρὸς Κωνσταντιανὸν ἐς Ῥάβενναν, τὰ πιστά οἱ δοθῆναι ὑπὲρ τῆς σωτηρίας ἐδεῖτο, ἐφ’ ᾧ αὑτὸν τε καὶ Γότθους, ὧν ἦρχε, ξὺν Ταρβησίῳ παραδώσει Ῥωμαίοις.

Dewing But when he learned that Ildibadus had been removed from among men in the manner described, he sent to Constantianus at Ravenna asking that pledges be given him for his safety, on condition that he hand over to the Romans both himself and the Goths whom he commanded along with Tarbesium.

Greek ἅπερ Κωνσταντιανὸς ἀσμένως ἀκούσας ὤμοσεν ἅπαντα καθάπερ ὁ Τουτίλας ᾔτησε, τακτή τε ἡμέρα ἐς τὸ ἔργον ἀμφοτέροις ξυνέκειτο, ἐν ᾗ ἔμελλε Τουτίλας τε καὶ Γότθοι οἱ ἐν Ταρβησίῳ φρουρὰν ἔχοντες δέξασθαι τῇ πόλει τινὰς τῶν Κωνσταντιανῷ ἐπιτηδείων καὶ σφᾶς γε αὐτοὺς ξὺν αὐτῇ ἐγχειρίσαι.

Dewing This proposal Constantianus heard gladly and swore to everything just as Totila requested, and a fixed day for the transaction was agreed upon by both, on which Totila and the Goths who were keeping guard in Tarbesium were to receive into the city some of the associates of Constantianus and put themselves and the city into their hands.

Greek Ἤδη δὲ Γότθοι τῇ Ἐραρίχου ἀρχῇ ἤχθοντο, οὐκ ἀξιόχρεων τὸν ἄνδρα ὁρῶντες τὸν πόλεμον πρὸς Ῥωμαίους διενεγκεῖν, καὶ αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανοῦς οἱ πλεῖστοι ἐκάκιζον ἅτε μεγάλων ἔργων ἐμπόδιον γεγονότα σφίσιν, ὅτι δὴ ἐκποδὼν Ἰλδίβαδον πεποίηται.

Dewing But already the Goths were becoming dissatisfied with the rule of Eraric, seeing the man to be incompetent to carry on the war against the Romans, and the most of them were openly abusing him as one who had stood in their way to great achievements, alleging that he had done away with Ildibadus.⁠

Greek τέλος δὲ ξυμφρονήσαντες πέμπουσι παρὰ Τουτίλαν ἐς Ταρβήσιον, ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν παρακαλοῦτες. πολὺν γὰρ ἤδη πόθον τῆς Ἰλδιβάδου ἀρχῆς ἐν αὐτοῖς ἔχοντες τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς νίκης ἐπὶ Τουτίλαν τὸν ἐκείνου ξυγγενῆ ἔτρεπον, εὐέλπιδες ἐπὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ γενόμενοι τῷ βούλεσθαι ταὐτά.

Dewing And finally they made an agreement among themselves and sent to Totila at Tarbesium, urging him to assume the royal power. For by now they were beginning to feel generally a keen sense of regret for the lost rule of Ildibadus, and so they began to turn their hope of victory toward his relative Totila, having come to feel confidence in the man because his wish was the same as theirs.

Greek ὁ δὲ τοῖς παρ’ αὐτὸν ἥκουσιν ἄντικρυς τὴν ἐς Ῥωμαίους ὁμολογίαν ἀποκαλύψας ἔφασκεν ὡς, ἢν Γότθοι Ἐράριχον τῆς κυρίας ἐντὸς κτείνουσιν, ἕψεταί τε αὐτοῖς καὶ πάντα ἐπιτελῆ ποιήσει ᾗ αὐτοὶ βούλοιντο.

Dewing As for Totila, when the messengers came before him, he, without any concealment, disclosed his agreement with the Romans, but said that, if the Goths should kill Eraric before the appointed day, he would both follow them and carry out everything in accordance with their desires.

Greek ταῦτα ἐπεὶ οἱ βάρβαροι ἤκουσαν, ἐπιβουλῇ ἐς τὴν Ἐραρίχου καταστροφὴν εἴχοντο. ταῦτα μὲν ἐν τῷ Γότθων στρατοπέδῳ ἐγίνοντο.

Dewing When the barbarians heard this, they set about forming a plot to compass the destruction of Eraric. Such was the progress of events in the Gothic camp.

Greek Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ ὁ Ῥωμαίων στρατὸς ἐν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ τῆς τῶν πολεμίων ἀπολαύοντες ἀσχολίας οὔτε ξυνίσταντο οὔτε τι δρᾶν ἐς τοὺς βαρβάρους διενοοῦντο.

Dewing But in the meantime the Roman armies, though enjoying security as a result of the preoccupation of the enemy, were neither moving to unite their forces, nor were they planning any action against the barbarians.

Greek Ἐράριχος δὲ Γότθους ἅπαντας συγκαλέσας πρέσβεις ἀνέπεισε πρὸς Ἰουστινιανὸν βασιλέα πέμψαι, δεησομένους ἐφ’ ᾧ εἰρήνην πρὸς αὐτοὺς θήσεται, ἐφ’ οἷσπερ Οὐιττίγιδι τὰ πρότερα σπένδεσθαι ἤθελεν· ὥστε τὰ ἐκτὸς Πάδου ποταμοῦ Γότθους ἔχοντας ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι Ἰταλίας τῆς ἄλλης.

Dewing As for Eraric, he called together all the Goths and persuaded them to send envoys to the Emperor Justinian, who should beg him to make peace with them on the same terms on which he had been willing previously to conclude a treaty with Vittigis, on the condition, namely, that the Goths, holding the territory north of the Po, should withdraw from the rest of Italy.

Greek καὶ ἐπεὶ Γότθοι ταῦτα ἐπῄνεσαν, ἀπολέξας τινὰς τῶν οἱ ἐς τὰ μάλιστα ἐπιτηδείων, πρέσβεις ἔπεμψεν ἄλλους τε καὶ Καβαλλάριον ὄνομα.

Dewing And since this was approved by the Goths, he chose out some of those especially intimate with him, including one Caballarius by name, and sent them as envoys.

Greek οἱ δὲ πρὸς βασιλέα ταῦτα δῆθεν τῷ λόγῳ πράξειν ἔμελλον ἅπερ μοι ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται, λάθρα δὲ αὐτοῖς ἄλλο μηδὲν πρὸς βασιλέα πράσσειν ἐπέστελλε, πλήν γε δὴ ὅπως χρήματά τε αὐτὸς πολλὰ λήψεται καὶ ἐς πατρικίους ἀνάγραπτος εἴη ἐφ’ ᾧ Ἰταλίαν παραδοὺς ξύμπασαν τὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς κατάθοιτο σχῆμα.

Dewing Now these envoys were ostensibly to treat of those matters which I have mentioned above, but secretly he instructed them to treat with the emperor of nothing else than how he might himself receive a great sum of money and be enrolled among the patricians in return for handing over the whole of Italy and laying aside his official title.

Greek οἱ μὲν οὖν πρέσβεις ἐπειδὴ ἐν Βυζαντίῳ ἐγένοντο, κατὰ ταῦτα ἔπρασσον. ἐν τούτῳ Γότθοι Ἐράριχον κτείνουσι δόλῳ. τελευτήσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ παρέλαβε κατὰ τὰ ξυγκείμενα σφίσι τὴν ἀρχὴν Τουτίλας.

Dewing So the envoys, upon reaching Byzantium, proceeded to treat of these matters. It was at this time that the Goths killed Eraric by treachery. And after his death, Totila took over the rule in accordance with the agreement made with them.