第7巻 第39章

Greek Ὕστερον δὲ Γότθοι τῷ Ῥηγίνων προσέβαλον ὀχυρώματι, οἱ δὲ πολιορκούμενοι καρτερώτατα σφᾶς ἀμυνόμενοι ἀπεκρούοντο, ἔργα τε ὁ Θουριμοὺθ ἐπεδείκνυτο ἀεὶ ἐς αὐτοὺς ἀρετῆς ἄξια.

Dewing After this the Goths assaulted the fortress of Rhegium, but the besieged continued to defend themselves very vigorously and so repulsed them, and Thurimuth was always conspicuous for the deeds of heroism which he performed in fighting them.

Greek γνοὺς δὲ ὁ Τουτίλας ἐνδεῖν τοῖς πολιορκουμένοις τὰ ἐπιτήδεια, μοῖραν μὲν τοῦ στρατοῦ αὐτοῦ εἴασε φυλακῆς ἕνεκα, ὅπως δὴ οἱ πολέμιοι μηδὲν μὲν τοῦ λοιποῦ ἐσκομίζωνται, ἀπορίᾳ δὲ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σφᾶς τε αὐτοὺς καὶ τὸ φρούριον Γότθοις ἐνδώσουσιν· αὐτὸς δὲ τῷ ἄλλῳ στρατῷ ἐς Σικελίαν διαπορθμευσάμενος τῷ Μεσηνῶν προσέβαλε τείχει.

Dewing But Totila discovered that the besieged were in want of provisions, and so he contented himself with leaving a portion of his army there to keep guard, in order, of course, that the enemy might not carry in anything thereafter, but might be compelled nearby lack of necessities to surrender themselves and the fortress of the Goths; he himself meanwhile crossed over to Sicily with the rest of the army and delivered an attack on the wall of Messana.

Greek καί οἱ Δομνεντίολος ὁ Βούζου ἀδελφιδοῦς, ὅσπερ τῶν τῇδε Ῥωμαίων ἦρχεν, ὑπαντιάσας τε πρὸ τοῦ περιβόλου καὶ ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθὼν οὐκ ἔλασσον ἔσχεν.

Dewing And Dommentiolus, the nephew of Buzes, who was in command of the Romans there, encountered him before the fortifications, and in the engagement which followed he was not unsuccessful.

Greek αὖθις δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει γενόμενος φυλακῆς τε τῆς ἐνταῦθα ἐπιμελούμενος ἡσυχίαν ἦγε. Γότθοι δέ, μηδενὸς σφίσιν ἐπεξιόντος, ἐληΐσαντο Σικελίαν σχεδόν τι ὅλην.

Dewing But he went back into the city and remained quiet, attending the time of guarding of the place. The Goths, however, since no one came out against them, plundered practically the whole of Sicily.

Greek Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ οἱ ἐν Ῥηγίῳ πολιορκούμενοι, ὧν δὴ Θουριμούθ τε καὶ Ἱμέριος ἦρχον, ὥσπερ μοι εἴρηται, τὰ γὰρ ἀναγκαῖα σφᾶς παντάπασιν ἐπελελοίπει, αὑτούς τε καὶ τὸ φρούριον ὁμολογίᾳ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἐνέδοσαν.

Dewing And the Romans besieged in Rhegium commanded by Thurimuth and Himerius, as I have said, seeing their provisions had failed completely, came to terms and surrendered themselves and the fortress to the enemy.

Greek Ἅπερ ἐπεὶ βασιλεὺς ἤκουσε, στόλον τε ἀγείρας νηῶν καὶ στράτευμα λόγου ἄξιον ἐκ καταλόγων πεζῶν ἐν τῷ στόλῳ τούτῳ ἐνθέμενος, ἄρχοντά τε Λιβέριον αὐτοῖς ἐπιστήσας, πλεῖν κατὰ τάχος ἐπὶ Σικελίας ἐκέλευσε, καὶ τὴν νῆσον διασώσασθαι δυνάμει τῇ πάσῃ.

Dewing When the emperor heard of these things, he gathered a fleet and embarked on these ships a very considerable army formed from infantry detachments, and appointing Liberius commander over them, ordered him to sail with all speed for Sicily, and to put forth all his power to save the island.

Greek ἀλλά οἱ ἄρχοντα τοῦ στόλου καταστησαμένῳ Λιβέριον αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα μετέμελεν· ἦν γὰρ ἐσχατογέρων τε ὁ ἀνὴρ μάλιστα καὶ ἀμελέτητος πολεμέων ἔργων.

Dewing But he very speedily repented having appointed Liberius commander of the fleet; for he was an extremely old man and without experience in deeds of war.

Greek Ἀρταβάνῃ τε ἀφεὶς τὰ ἐς αὐτὸν ἐγκλήματα πάντα καὶ στρατηγὸν καταλόγων τῶν ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης καταστησάμενος ἐς Σικελίαν εὐθὺς ἔπεμψε, στράτευμα μὲν οὐ πολὺ παρασχόμενος, ἐπιστείλας δὲ τὸν ξὺν τῷ Λιβερίῳ παραλαβεῖν στόλον, ἐπεὶ Λιβέριον ἐς Βυζάντιον μετεπέμπετο.

Dewing Then he absolved Artabanes from all the charges against him,⁠ and appointing him General of the forces in Thrace straightway sent him to Sicily, providing him with an army of no great size but instructing him to take over the fleet commanded by Liberius, since he was summoning Liberius to Byzantium.

Greek αὐτοκράτορα δὲ τοῦ πρὸς Τουτίλαν τε καὶ Γότθους πολέμου Γερμανὸν κατεστήσατο τὸν αὑτοῦ ἀνεψιόν. ᾧ δὴ στράτευμα μὲν οὐ πολὺ ἔδωκε, χρήματα δὲ λόγου ἄξια παρασχόμενος στρατιὰν ἐπέστελλεν ἔκ τε Θρᾳκῶν καὶ Ἰλλυριῶν ἀξιολογωτάτην ἀγείραντι οὕτω δὴ στέλλεσθαι σπουδῇ ἐς τὴν Ἰταλίαν πολλῇ.

Dewing But as commander-in‑chief in the war against Totila and the Goths he appointed Germanus, his own nephew. To him he gave an army of no great size, but he provided him with a considerable amount of money and directed him to gather a very formidable army from Thrace and Illyricum and then to set forth with great speed for Italy.

Greek καί οἱ Φιλημούθ τε τὸν Ἔρουλον ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν αὐτοῦ μὲν Γερμανοῦ κηδεστήν, Βιταλιανοῦ δὲ ἀδελφιδοῦν ʽστρατηγὸς γὰρ ὢν τῶν ἐν Ἰλλυριοῖς καταλόγων διατριβὴν ἐνταῦθα εἶχἐ ξὺν αὑτῷ ἐς τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἐπαγαγέσθαι ἐπήγγελλε.

Dewing And he further instructed him to take with him to Italy both Philemuth the Erulian with his troops and his own son-in‑law John J. the nephew of Vitalian; for John, as General of the forces in Illyricum, was stationed there.

Greek Τότε δὴ Γερμανὸν φιλοτιμία πολλή τις ἔσχε Γότθων τὴν ἐπικράτησιν ἀναδήσασθαι, ὅπως οἱ Λιβύην τε καὶ Ἰταλίαν ἀνασώσασθαι περιέσται τῇ Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῇ.

Dewing There a great ambition took possession of Germanus to achieve for himself the overthrow of the Goths, in order that it might be his fortune to recover for the Roman empire both Libya and Italy.

Greek Στότζα γὰρ τετυραννηκότος ἔν γε Λιβύῃ τὰ πρότερα καὶ τὸ Λιβύης κράτος βεβαιότατα ἤδη ἔχοντος αὐτὸς ἐκ βασιλέως σταλεὶς καὶ μάχῃ τοὺς στασιώτας παρὰ δόξαν νικήσας τήν τε τυραννίδα κατέπαυσε καὶ Λιβύην αὖθις ἀνεσώσατο τῇ Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῇ, ὥσπερ μοι ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις ἐρρήθη.

Dewing For in the case of Libya, at any rate, he had been sent there by the emperor at the time when Stotzas had established his tyranny and was already holding the power of Libya most securely, and he had exceeded all expectations by defeating the rebels in battle, put an end to the tyranny, and once more recovered Libya for the Roman empire, as I have recounted in the preceding narrative.⁠

Greek καὶ νῦν δὲ τῶν Ἰταλίας πραγμάτων ἐς τοῦτο τύχης ἐληλακότων ἐς ὅ μοι ἔναγχος δεδιήγηται, μέγα δὴ ἐνθένδε περιβαλέσθαι κλέος ἐβούλετο ἅτε δὴ καὶ αὐτὴν ἰσχύσας βασιλεῖ ἀνασώσασθαι.

Dewing And now that the affairs of Italy had come to such a pass as I have just described, he naturally wished to win for himself great glory in that field, by showing himself able to recover this too for the emperor.

Greek καὶ πρῶτα μὲν ʽἐτετελευτήκει γάρ οἱ πολλῷ πρότερον ἡ γυνὴ Πασσάρα ὄνομἀ Ματασοῦνθαν ἐν γαμετῆς ἐποιήσατο λόγῳ, τὴν Ἀμαλασούνθης τῆς Θευδερίχου θυγατρὸς παῖδα, Οὐιττίγιδος ἤδη ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀφανισθέντος.

Dewing Now his first move, made possible by the fact that his wife, who was named Passara, had died long before, was to marry Matasuntha, the daughter of Amalasuntha and granddaughter of Theoderic, since Vittigis had already passed from the world.

Greek ἤλπιζε γάρ, ἢν ξὺν αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ ἡ γυνὴ εἴη, αἰσχύνεσθαι, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, Γότθους ὅπλα ἐπ’ αὐτὴν ἀνελέσθαι, ἀναμνησθέντας τῆς Θευδερίχου τε καὶ Ἀταλαρίχου ἀρχῆς.

Dewing For he cherished the hope that, if the woman should be with him in the army the Goths would probably be ashamed to take up arms against her, calling to mind the rule of Theoderic and Atalaric.

Greek ἔπειτα δὲ χρήματα μεγάλα τὰ μὲν ἐκ βασιλέως, τὰ δὲ πλείω οἴκοθεν οὐδεμιᾷ φειδοῖ προϊέμενος στρατιὰν ἐκ τοῦ ἀπροσδοκήτου πολλὴν ἀνδρῶν μαχιμωτάτων ἀγεῖραι δι’ ὀλίγου εὐπετῶς ἴσχυσε.

Dewing Then, by expending great sums of money, part of which he furnished unstintingly from his own resources, he easily succeeded, contrary to expectation, in raising a great army out of very warlike men in a short space of time.

Greek Ῥωμαῖοί τε γάρ, ἄνδρες ἀγαθοὶ τὰ πολέμια, τῶν ἀρχόντων πολλοὺς ὧν δὴ δορυφόροι τε καὶ ὑπασπισταὶ ἦσαν, ἐν ὀλιγωρίᾳ πεποιημένοι, Γερμανῷ εἵποντο, ἔκ τε Βυζαντίου καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης χωρίων καὶ Ἰλλυριῶν οὐδέν τι ἧσσον, Ἰουστίνου τε καὶ Ἰουστινιανοῦ, τῶν αὐτοῦ παίδων, πολλὴν ἐνδειξαμένων περὶ ταῦτα σπουδήν,

Dewing For among the Romans, on the one hand, the experienced fighters in many cases ignored the officers to whom they belonged as spearmen and guards and followed Germanus; these came not only from Byzantium, but also from the towns of Thrace and Illyricum as well, his sons Justinus and Justinian having displayed great zeal in this matter —

Greek ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτοὺς ἐπαγαγόμενος ἀπιὼν ᾤχετο. τινὰς δὲ καὶ ἐκ καταλόγων ἱππικῶν οἳ ἐπὶ τῆς Θρᾴκης ἵδρυντο, δόντος βασιλέως, ξυνέλεξε.

Dewing for he had enrolled some from the cavalry detachments which were stationed in Thrace, with the emperor's permission.

Greek καὶ βάρβαροι πολλοὶ οἵπερ ἀμφὶ ποταμὸν Ἴστρον διατριβὴν εἶχον, κατὰ κλέος τοῦ Γερμανοῦ ἥκοντες καὶ χρήματα πολλὰ κεκομισμένοι,

Dewing The barbarians also, on the other hand, who had their homes near the Ister River kept coming in great numbers, attracted by the fame of Germanus, and, upon receiving large sums of money, these mingled with the Roman army.

Greek ἀνεμίγνυντο τῷ Ῥωμαίων στρατῷ. ἄλλοι τε βάρβαροι ἐκ πάσης ἀγειρόμενοι ξυνέρρεον γῆς. καὶ ὁ τῶν Λαγγοβαρδῶν ἡγούμενος ὁπλίτας χιλίους ἐν παρασκευῇ πεποιημένος αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα ὑπέσχετο πέμψειν.

Dewing And other barbarians too kept flocking to his standard, collected from the whole world. Furthermore, the ruler of the Lombards made ready a thousand heavy-armed soldiers and promised to send them right speedily.

Greek Τούτων δὴ καὶ πλειοτέρων ἐς τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἀγγελλομένων, οἷα δὴ ἐξεργάζεσθαι εἴωθεν ἐς τὰ ἀνθρώπεια προϊοῦσα ἡ φήμη, Γότθοι ἅμα μὲν ἔδεισαν, ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἐν ἀπόρῳ ἐγένοντο, εἰ σφίσιν ἐς γένος τὸ Θευδερίχου πολεμητέα εἴη.

Dewing When these things were reported in Italy, with such additions as rumour customarily makes as it spreads among men, the Goths were both frightened and perplexed at the same time, being faced, as they were, with the necessity of marking war upon the race of Theoderic.

Greek στρατιῶται δὲ Ῥωμαίων, ὅσοι Γότθοις ἐτύγχανον ἀκούσιοι ξυστρατεύοντες, ἄγγελον πέμψαντες Γερμανῷ σημαίνειν ἐκέλευον ὡς, ἐπειδὰν τάχιστα ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ γενόμενον αὐτὸν ἴδοιεν, ἐνστρατοπεδευομένην τε τὴν αὐτοῦ στρατιάν, καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐδέν τι μελλήσαντες ξὺν ἐκείνοις τετάξονται πάντως.

Dewing But those Roman soldiers who chanced to be fighting unwillingly in the ranks of the Goths sent a messenger to Germanus with orders to state to him that, as soon as they should see him arrived in Italy and his army actually encamped, they too without any hesitation would certainly array themselves with his troops.

Greek οἷς δὴ ἅπασι θαρσήσαντες οἱ τοῦ βασιλέως στρατοῦ ἔν τε Ῥαβέννῃ καὶ εἴ που ἄλλη πόλις σφίσι λελεῖφθαι τετύχηκεν, εὐέλπιδες ἰσχυρότατα γεγενημένοι, τὰ χωρία βασιλεῖ ἐς τὸ ἀκριβὲς φυλάσσειν ἠξίουν.

Dewing All these things brought fresh courage to the detachments of the emperor's army in Ravenna and whatever other cities chanced to be left in their hands, and being now filled with the highest hopes they were determined to guard the towns rigorously for the emperor.

Greek ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅσοι ξὺν τῷ Βήρῳ τὰ πρότερα ἢ ἄλλοις τισὶ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθόντες ἡσσημένοι τε τῶν ἐναντίων ἐν τῇ ξυμβολῇ διέφυγόν τε καὶ σκεδαννύμενοι περιῄεσαν, ὅπη ἑκάστῳ τετύχηκεν, ἐπειδὴ ὁδῷ ἰέναι Γερμανὸν ἤκουσαν, ἀθρόοι ἐν Ἰστρίᾳ γεγενημένοι, ἐνταῦθά τε τὸ στράτευμα τοῦτο προσδεχόμενοι, ἡσυχῆ ἔμενον.

Dewing Nay, more, all those who under Verus or other creams had previously engaged with the enemy and had escaped after being defeated in battle by their opponents, and were now dispersed and wandering about, each man wherever chance led him, all these, as soon as they heard that Germanus was on the way, gathered in a body in Istria, and there remained quiet, awaiting this army.

Greek Τότε δὴ ὁ Τουτίλας, ἡμέρα γὰρ ἡ ξυγκειμένη αὐτῷ τε καὶ Διογένει ἀμφὶ Κεντουκέλλαις εἱστήκει, πέμψας παρ’ αὐτὸν ἐκέλευέν οἱ κατὰ τὰ ξυγκείμενα τὴν πόλιν ἐνδοῦναι.

Dewing Just at this time Totila sent to Centumcellae (for the time agreed upon him and Diogenes as touching this town you had arrived), and commanded Diogenes to surrender the city in accordance with the agreement.

Greek Διογένης δὲ τούτου δὴ κύριος ἔφασκεν αὐτὸς οὐκέτι εἶναι· ἀκηκοέναι γὰρ αὐτοκράτορα τοῦδε τοῦ πολέμου τὸν Γερμανὸν καταστῆναί τε καὶ ξὺν τῷ στρατῷ οὐκ ἄποθεν εἶναι.

Dewing Diogenes, however, said that he personally no longer had authority to do this; for he had heard that Germanus had been appointed commander-in‑chief to carry on that war, and was not far away with his army.

Greek τῶν δὲ ὁμήρων βουλομένῳ οἱ αὐτῷ εἶναι τοὺς μὲν σφετέρους ἀπολαβεῖν, τοὺς δὲ πρὸς Γότθων σφίσι δεδομένους ἀποτιννύναι.

Dewing And he added that, in regard to the hostages, it was his desire to receive back, on the one hand, their own, and, on the other, to return those furnished by the Goths.

Greek τούς τε σταλέντας ἀποπεμψάμενος τοῦ τῆς πόλεως φυλακτηρίου ἐπεμελεῖτο, Γερμανόν τε καὶ τὸ ξὺν αὐτῷ καραδοκῶν στράτευμα.

Dewing Then, after dismissing the messengers, he turned his attention to the defence of the city, expecting Germanus and the army with him.

Greek ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἐπράσσετο τῇδε, καὶ ὁ χειμὼν ἔληγε, καὶ τὸ πέμπτον καὶ δέκατον ἔτος ἐτελεύτα τῷ πολέμῳ τῷδε, ὃν Προκόπιος ξυνέγραψε.

Dewing Such was the course of these events; and the winter drew to its close, and the fifteenth year ended in this war, the history of which Procopius has written.