第7巻 第37章

Greek Τουτίλας οὐ πολλῷ πρότερον παρὰ τῶν Φράγγων τὸν ἄρχοντα πέμψας, τὴν παῖδά οἱ γυναῖκα ἐδεῖτο γαμετὴν δοῦναι.

Dewing Not long before this Totila had sent to the ruler of the Franks and requested him to give his daughter in marriage.

Greek ὁ δὲ τὴν αἴτησιν ἀπεσείσατο, Ἰταλίας αὐτὸν οὔτε εἶναι οὔτε ἔσεσθαί ποτε βασιλέα φάσκων, ὅς γε Ῥώμην ἑλὼν ἔχεσθαι μὲν αὐτῆς οὐδαμῆ ἴσχυσε, μοῖραν δὲ αὐτῆς καθελὼν τοῖς πολεμίοις μεθῆκεν αὖθις.

Dewing But the Frankish king spurned the request, declaring that Totila neither was nor ever would be king of Italy, seeing that after capturing Rome he had been utterly unable to hold it, but after tearing down a portion of it had let it fall again into the hands of his enemy.

Greek διὸ δὴ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἐς αὐτὴν ἐσκομίζεσθαι διὰ σπουδῆς εἶχε καὶ ἀνοικοδομεῖσθαι ὅτι ταχιστα πάντα ἐκέλευεν, ὅσα καθελών τε καὶ πυρπολήσας αὐτὸς ἔτυχεν, ἡνίκα Ῥώμην τὸ πρότερον εἷλε· τῶν τε Ῥωμαίων τοὺς ἐκ τῆς συγκλήτου βουλῆς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἅπαντας οὕσπερ ἐπὶ Καμπανίας ἐφύλασσε μετεπέμπετο.

Dewing Consequently he made haste on the present occasion to convey supplies into the city, and gave orders to rebuild as quickly as possible everything which he himself had pulled down and destroyed by fire when he captured Rome at the previous time; then he summoned the members of the Roman senate and all the others whom he had under guard in Campania.

Greek ἐνταῦθά τε ἀγῶνα τὸν ἱππικὸν θεασάμενος, τὴν στρατιὰν ἡτοίμαζε πᾶσαν, ὡς ἐπὶ Σικελίαν στρατεύσων.

Dewing And after witnessing the horse-races there, he made ready his whole army, intending to make an expedition against Sicily.

Greek ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὰ μακρὰ πλοῖα τετρακόσια ὡς ἐς ναυμαχίαν ἐν παρασκευῇ ἐποιεῖτο, καὶ στόλον νεῶν μεγάλων τε καὶ πολλῶν ἄγαν, ἅσπερ ἐκ βασιλέως ἐκ τῆς ἑῴας ἐνταῦθα σταλείσας αὐτοῖς ἀνδράσι τε καὶ φορτίοις πάντα τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον ἑλὼν ἔτυχε.

Dewing At the same time too he put his four hundred war‑ships in readiness for sea‑fighting, as well as a very considerable fleet of large ships which had been sent thither from the East by the emperor, and which he, during all this time, had had the fortune to capture with both crews and cargoes.

Greek Στέφανόν τε ἄνδρα Ῥωμαῖον παρὰ βασιλέα πρεσβευτὴν ἔπεμψε, τὸν μὲν πόλεμον τόνδε καταλύειν αἰτῶν, ἐνσπόνδους δὲ Γότθους ποιεῖσθαι, ἐφ’ ᾧ δὴ αὐτῷ ξυμμαχήσουσιν ἐπὶ πολεμίους τοὺς ἄλλους ἰόντι.

Dewing He also sent a Roman named Stephanus as an envoy to the emperor, requesting him to put an end to this war and make a treaty with the Goths, with the understanding that they should fight as his allies when he should go against his other enemies.

Greek βασιλεὺς δὲ Ἰουστινιανὸς οὔτε τὸν πρεσβευτήν οἱ ἐς ὄψιν ἐλθεῖν ξυνεχώρησεν οὔτε τινὰ τῶν λεγομένων ἐντροπὴν τὸ παράπαν πεποίηται.

Dewing But the Emperor Justinian would not permit the envoy even to come into his presence, nor did he pay the least attention to a thing he said.

Greek Ἅπερ ἐπεὶ Τουτίλας ἤκουσεν, αὖθις τὰ ἐς τὸν πόλεμον ἐν παρασκευῇ ἐποιεῖτο. ξύμφορον δέ οἱ ἔδοξεν εἶναι, Κεντουκελλῶν ἀποπειρασαμένῳ πρότερον οὕτω δὴ ἐπὶ Σικελίαν ἰέναι.

Dewing When Totila heard this, he again set about making preparations for the war. And it seemed to him advisable first to make trial of Centumcellae and then to proceed against Sicily.

Greek ἦρχε δὲ τότε τοῦ ἐνταῦθα φυλακτηρίου Διογένης, ὁ Βελισαρίου δορυφόρος, δύναμιν ἀξιόχρεων ξὺν αὑτῷ ἔχων.

Dewing Now the garrison there was at that time commanded by Diogenes, the guardsman of Belisarius, and he had a sufficient force under him.

Greek καὶ ὁ μὲν Γότθων στρατός, ἐπειδὴ ἐς Κεντουκέλλας ἀφίκοντο, ἄγχιστα τοῦ περιβόλου ἐνστρατοπεδευσάμενοι ἐς πολιορκίαν καθίσταντο.

Dewing So the Gothic army, upon of reaching Centumcellae, made camp close to the circuit-wall and commenced a siege.

Greek πρέσβεις δὲ πέμψας παρὰ Διογένην ὁ Τουτίλας αὐτόν τε προὐκαλεῖτο καὶ τοὺς ἀμφ’ αὐτὸν στρατιώτας, ἢν μὲν σφίσι βουλομένοις ᾖ μάχῃ πρὸς αὐτοὺς διακρίνεσθαι, ἔργου ἔχεσθαι αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα.

Dewing And Totila sent envoys to Diogenes and challenged him and his soldiers, if it was their wish to reach a decision by battle with the Goths, to fall to with all speed.

Greek ἐν ἐλπίδι τε παρῄνει μηδεμιᾷ ἔχειν, δύναμιν ἑτέραν τινὰ ἐκ βασιλέως σφίσιν ἀφίξεσθαι·

Dewing He also advised them to entertain no hope whatever that further reinforcements from the emperor would reach them;

Greek ἀδύνατον γὰρ Ἰουστινιανὸν τὸ λοιπὸν εἶναι πόλεμον πρὸς Γότθους τόνδε διενεγκεῖν, εἴ τῳ ἱκανὰ τεκμηριῶσαι τὰ χρόνου τοσούτου ἐπὶ τῆς Ῥώμης ξυμβάντα.

Dewing for Justinian, he said, was unable longer to carry on this war against the Goths, if anyone could be a reasonable judgment upon those things which had taken place at Rome for such a long period.

Greek αἵρεσιν οὖν προὐτείνετο ἑλέσθαι ὁποτέραν ἂν αὐτοὶ βούλοιντο, ἢ ἐπὶ τῇ ἴσῃ καὶ ὁμοίᾳ τῷ Γότθων στρατῷ ἀναμίγνυσθαι, ἢ κακῶν ἀπαθέσιν ἐνθένδε ἀπαλλασσομένοις ἐπὶ Βυζαντίου κομίζεσθαι.

Dewing He accordingly offered them the privilege of choosing whichever of two alternatives they wished, either to mingle with the Gothic army on terms of complete equality, or to depart from the city without suffering harm and betake themselves to Byzantium.

Greek Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ καὶ Διογένης οὔτε μάχῃ διακρίνεσθαι βουλομένοις σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἔφασκον εἶναι οὔτε μέντοι ἀναμίγνυσθαι τῷ Γότθων στρατῷ, ἐπεὶ παίδων τε καὶ γυναικῶν τῶν σφετέρων χωρὶς βιοτεύειν οὐκ ἂν δύναιντο.

Dewing But the Romans and Diogenes declared that it was not their wish either to fight a decisive battle or, on the other hand, to mingle with the Gothic army, because they would find it impossible to live apart from their children and their wives.

Greek πόλιν δέ, ἧσπερ φυλακὴν ἔχουσιν, ἐν μὲν τῷ παρόντι λόγῳ τινὶ εὐπρεπεῖ ἐνδοῦναι οὐδαμῆ ἔχειν, ἐπεὶ οὐδέ τις σκῆψις αὐτοῖς, ἄλλως τε καὶ παρὰ βασιλέα στέλλεσθαι βουλομένοις, τανῦν πάρεστιν·

Dewing And as for the city over which they were keeping guard, they were quite unable for the present to surrender it with any plausible excuse, since they had, in fact not even a pretext for doing so at that time, particularly if they wished to present themselves before the emperor;

Greek ἐς χρόνον δὲ ἀναβαλέσθαι τινὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν ἐδέοντο, ἐφ’ ᾧ βασιλεῖ μὲν ἐν τούτῳ τὰ σφίσι παρόντα σημήνωσιν, οὐδεμιᾶς δὲ μεταξὺ βοηθείας ἐκ βασιλέως ἐνταῦθα ἰούσης οὕτω δὴ ἀπαλλάσσοιντο, Γότθοις μὲν τὴν πόλιν ἐνδόντες, οὐκ ἀπροφάσιστον δὲ αὐτοὶ τὴν ἀναχώρησιν ποιησάμενοι.

Dewing they did, however, beg him to defer the matter for a time, in order that they might during that interval report the situation to the emperor, and in case no relief should come to them from him in the meantime, that then finally they might quit the city; thus they would surrender the city to the Goths, while they, for their part, would not be without justification in leaving it.

Greek ταῦτα ἐπεὶ Τουτίλαν ἤρεσκε, τακτὴ ἡμέρα ξυνέκειτο, ἄνδρες δὲ τριάκοντα ἑκατέρωθεν ἐν ὁμήρων λόγῳ ἐπὶ τῇ ὁμολογίᾳ δέδονται ταύτῃ καὶ Γότθοι τὴν προσεδρείαν διαλύσαντες ἐπὶ Σικελίας ἐχώρησαν.

Dewing This was approved by Totila, and a definite day was agreed upon; then thirty men were given as hostages by each side to make this agreement binding, and the Goths broke up the siege and proceeded on the way to Sicily.

Greek Ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀφίκοντο ἐς τὸ Ῥήγιον, οὐ πρότερον διέβησαν τὸν τῇδε πορθμόν, ἕως φρουρίου τοῦ ἐν Ῥηγίῳ ἀπεπειράσαντο.

Dewing But when they came to Rhegium, they did not cross the strait there until they had made trial of the fortress of that city.

Greek ἦρχον δὲ τοῦ ἐνταῦθα φυλακτηρίου Θουριμούθ τε καὶ Ἱμέριος, οὕσπερ Βελισάριος ἐνταῦθα καταστησάμενος ἔτυχεν.

Dewing Now the garrison there was commanded by Thurimuth and Himerius, whom Belisarius had appointed to that post.

Greek οἵπερ ἐπεὶ πολλούς τε καὶ ἀρίστους ξὺν αὑτοῖς εἶχον, τειχομαχοῦντάς τε ἀπεκρούσαντο τοὺς πολεμίους καὶ ἐπεξελθόντες τὸ πλέον ἐν ξυμβολῇ ἔσχον.

Dewing And since they had under them a large force of excellent men, they not only repulsed the enemy when he attacked the wall, but also made a sally and gained the advantage in combat.

Greek ὕστερον μέντοι πλήθει τῶν ἐναντίων παρὰ πολὺ ἐλασσούμενοι ἐντὸς τοῦ περιβόλου κατακλεισθέντες ἡσύχαζον.

Dewing Later, however, since they were far outnumbered by their opts, they were shut up inside the circuit-wall and remained quiet.

Greek Τουτίλας δὲ μοῖραν μὲν τοῦ Γότθων στρατοῦ αὐτοῦ εἴασε φρουρᾶς ἕνεκα, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων τῇ ἀπορίᾳ χρόνῳ ὑστέρῳ ἐξαιρήσειν καραδοκῶν τοὺς ταύτῃ Ῥωμαίους, ἐς δὲ Ταραντηνοὺς στράτευμα πέμψας τὸ ἐκείνῃ φρούριον παρεστήσατο οὐδενὶ πόνῳ· καὶ Γότθοι δὲ οὕσπερ ἐλίπετο ἐν Πικηνῶν τῇ χώρᾳ πόλιν Ἀρίμινον τηνικάδε προδοσίᾳ εἷλον.

Dewing So Totila left a portion of the Gothic army there to guard the place, expecting that at a later time they would capture the Roman garrison through failure of the food supply; meanwhile he sent an army against Tarentum and took over the fortress there with no difficulty; likewise the Goths whom he had left in the land of Picenum also took the city of Ariminum at that time; for it was betrayed to them.

Greek Ταῦταἀκούσας Ἰουστινιανὸς βασιλεὺς Γερμανὸν τὸν ἀνεψιὸν τὸν αὑτοῦ αὐτοκράτορα ἐβούλευσε πολέμου τοῦ πρὸς Γότθους τε καὶ Τουτίλαν καταστήσασθαι, καί οἱ ἐν παρασκευῇ ἐπέστελλεν εἶναι. ἐπεί τε ὁ περὶ τούτου λόγος ἐς Ἰταλίαν ἦλθε, Γότθοι μὲν ἐν φροντίδι μεγάλῃ ἐγένοντο· δεξιὰ γάρ τις ἡ ἀμφὶ Γερμανῷ δόξα ἐς πάντας ἀνθρώπους οὖσα ἐτύγχανεν.

Dewing When the Emperor Justinian heard this, he formed the purpose of appointing his nephew Germanus commander-in‑chief to carry on the war against the Goths and Totila, and he directed him to make ready. Now when the report of this reached Italy, the Goths became very deeply concerned; for the reputation of Germanus happened to be a favourable one among all men.

Greek εὐέλπιδες δὲ Ῥωμαῖοί τε γεγενημένοι εὐθὺς ἅπαντες καὶ οἱ τοῦ βασιλέως στρατοῦ τῷ τε κινδύνῳ καὶ τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ πολλῷ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἀντεῖχον.

Dewing The Romans, on the other hand, straightway became confident one and all, and the soldiers of the emperor's army began to meet danger and hardship much more courageously.

Greek ἀλλὰ βασιλεὺς οὐκ οἶδα ὅπως μεταμαθὼν Λιβέριον ἄνδρα Ῥωμαῖον, οὗπερ ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις ἐμνήσθην, ἐς τὸ ἔργον καταστήσασθαι ἀντὶ Γερμανοῦ ἔγνω.

Dewing But the emperor for some unknown reason changed his mind and decided to appoint to the post Liberius, a Roman whom I have mentioned in the preceding narrative,⁠ in place of Germanus.

Greek καὶ ὁ μὲν παρασκευασάμενος ὡς τάχιστα, ὅτι δὴ αὐτίκα ξὺν στρατῷ ἀποπλεύσει ἐπίδοξος ἦν. ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ βασιλεῖ μετέμελεν αὖθις, ἡσυχῆ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔμενε.

Dewing And Liberius did in fact make preparations with all possible speed, and it was expected that he would sail away immediately with an army. But again the emperor changed his mind, and consequently he too remained quiet.

Greek τότε δὴ Βῆρος ξὺν ἀνδράσιν οὓς ἀγείρας μαχιμωτάτους ἀμφ’ αὑτὸν ἔτυχε Γότθοις τοῖς ἐν Πικηνῷ οὖσιν ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθὼν πόλεως Ῥαβέννης οὐ πολλῷ ἄποθεν, τῶν τε ἑπομένων πολλοὺς ἀποβάλλει καὶ αὐτὸς θνήσκει, ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς ἐν τῷ πόνῳ τούτῳ γενόμενος.

Dewing It was at this time that Verus with a band of excellent warriors whom he had gathered about to have came to an engagement not far from the city of Ravenna with the Goths who were in Picenum, and he not only lost many of his followers but was also killed himself after shewing himself a brave man in the encounter.