第8巻 第33章

Greek Ναρσῆς δὲ περιχαρὴς τοῖς ξυμπεπτωκόσι γενόμενος ἐπαναφέρων οὐκ ἀνίει ἐς τὸν θεὸν ἅπαντα, ὅπερ καὶ ὁ ἀληθὴς λόγος ἐγίνετο, τά τε ἐν ποσὶ διῳκεῖτο.

Dewing Narses was overjoyed at the outcome and ceased not attributing everything to God, an opinion which was indeed true; and he proceeded to arrange all urgent matters.

Greek καὶ πρῶτα μὲν τῶν οἱ ἐπισπομένων Λαγγοβαρδῶν ἀπαλλαξείων τῆς ἀτοπίας ʽοἵ γε πρὸς τῇ ἄλλῃ ἐς τὴν δίαιταν παρανομίᾳ τάς τε οἰκοδομίας, αἷς ἂν ἐντύχοιεν, ἐνεπίμπρασαν καὶ γυναιξὶ ταῖς ἐς τὰ ἱερὰ καταφευγούσαις βιαζόμενοι ἐπλησίαζον’ χρήμασι μεγάλοις αὐτοὺς δεξιωσάμενος ἐς τὰ πάτρια ἤθη ἀφῆκεν ἰέναι, Βαλεριανόν τε καὶ Δαμιανόν, τὸν αὑτοῦ ἀδελφιδοῦν, ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις ἐξηγεῖσθαι τῆς ὁδοῦ ἄχρι ἐς τὰ Ῥωμαίων ὅρια σφίσι κελεύσας, ὅπως μηδενὶ ἐν τῇ ἀποπορείᾳ λυμήνωνται.

Dewing And first of all he was eager to be rid of the outrageous behaviour of the Lombards under his command, for in addition to the general lawlessness of their conduct, they kept setting fire to whatever buildings they chanced upon and violating by force the women who had taken refuge in the sanctuaries. He accordingly propitiated them by a large gift of money and so released them to go to their homes, commanding Valerian and Damianus, his nephew, with their commands to escort them on the march as far as the Roman boundary, so that they might harm no one on the return journey.

Greek ἐπειδὴ δὲ Λαγγοβάρδαι ἀπηλλάγησαν ἐκ Ῥωμαίων τῆς γῆς, Βαλεριανὸς ἐστρατοπεδεύσατο ἀμφὶ πόλιν Βερώναν, ὡς πολιορκήσων τε καὶ παραστησόμενος αὐτὴν βασιλεῖ.

Dewing And after the Lombards had departed from Roman territory, Valerian went into camp near the city of Verona, intending to besiege it and win it for the emperor.

Greek δείσαντές τε οἱ τὸ φυλακτήριον ταύτῃ ἔχοντες Βαλεριανῷ ἐς λόγους ἦλθον, ὡς σφᾶς τε αὐτοὺς καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὁμολογίᾳ ἐνδώσοντες.

Dewing But the garrison of this city became frightened and opened negotiations with Valerian, with the purpose of making a conditional surrender of themselves and the city.

Greek ἃ δὴ Φράγγοι μαθόντες, ὅσοι φρουρὰν ἐς τὰ ἐπὶ Βενετίας χωρία εἶχον, διεκώλυον προθυμίᾳ τῇ πάσῃ τῆς χώρας ἅτε αὐτοῖς προσηκούσης ἀξιοῦντες μεταποιεῖσθαι. καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἄπρακτος ἐνθένδε παντὶ τῷ στρατεύματι Βαλεριανὸς ἀνεχώρησε.

Dewing When this was learned by the Franks who were keeping guard in the towns of Venetia, they tried with all eagerness to prevent it, claiming the right to take charge of the land as belonging to themselves. And as a result of this, having accomplished nothing, Valerian retired from there with his whole army.

Greek Γότθοι δέ, ὅσοι ἀποφυγόντες ἐκ τῆς ξυμβολῆς διεσώθησαν, διαβάντες ποταμὸν Πάδον, πόλιν τε Τικινὸν καὶ τὰ ἐκείνῃ χωρία ἔσχον, ἄρχοντά τε τὸν Τεΐαν κατεστήσαντο σφίσιν.

Dewing As for the Goths who had saved themselves by fleeing from the battle, they crossed the Po River and occupied the city of Ticinum and the adjacent country, appointing Teïas as ruler over them.

Greek ὃς δὴ τὰ χρήματα εὑρὼν ἅπαντα ὅσα Τουτίλας ἔτυχεν ἐν Τικινῷ καταθέμενος, Φράγγους ἐς ξυμμαχίαν ἐπαγαγέσθαι διενοεῖτο, Γότθους δὲ ὡς ἐκ τῶν παρόντων διεῖπέ τε καὶ διεκόσμει, ξυλλέγων σπουδῇ ἀμφ’ αὑτὸν ἅπαντας.

Dewing And he found all the money which Totila had deposited in Ticinum, and was purposing to draw the Franks into an alliance; he also began to organize and put in order the Goths as well as circumstances permitted, eagerly gathering them all about him.

Greek ταῦτα ὁ Ναρσῆς ἀκούσας Βαλεριανὸν μὲν ἐκέλευσε πᾶσι τοῖς ἑπομένοις ἀμφὶ Πάδον ποταμὸν φυλακὴν ἔχειν, ὅπως μὴ Γότθοι ἀδεέστερον ξυστήσεσθαι δυνατοὶ εἶεν, αὐτὸς δὲ παντὶ τῷ ἄλλῳ στρατῷ ἐπὶ Ῥώμην ᾔει.

Dewing When Narses heard this, he ordered Valerian with all his force to maintain a guard near the Po River so that the Goths might not be at liberty to assemble freely, while he himself with all the rest of the army marched against Rome.

Greek ἐν Τούσκοις τε γενόμενος Ναρνίαν μὲν ὁμολογίᾳ εἷλε, καὶ Σπολιτινοῖς ἀτειχίστοις οὖσι φρουρὰν ἔλιπεν, ἀνοικοδομήσασθαι ὅτι τάχιστα ἐπιστείλας ὅσα τοῦ περιβόλου καθελόντες ἐτύγχανον Γότθοι.

Dewing And when he came into Tuscany, he took Narnia by surrender and left a garrison at Spolitium, which was then without walls, instructing them to rebuild as quickly as possible such parts of the fortifications as the Goths had torn down.

Greek ἔπεμψε δὲ καί τινας ἀποπειρασομένους τοῦ ἐν Περυσίᾳ φυλακτηρίου. ἡγοῦντο δὲ τῶν ἐν Περυσίᾳ φρουρῶν αὐτόμολοι γεγονότες Ῥωμαῖοι δύο, Μελιγήδιός τε καὶ Οὔλιφος, ὅσπερ Κυπριανοῦ δορυφόρος γεγονὼς πρότερον, Τουτίλᾳ πολλά οἱ ἐπαγγειλαμένῳ ἀναπεισθεὶς Κυπριανὸν τότε ἄρχοντα τοῦ ἐνταῦθα φυλακτηρίου δόλῳ ἔκτεινεν.

Dewing And he also sent some men to make trial of the garrison in Perusia. Now the garrison of Perusia was commanded by two Romans who had become deserters, Meligedius and Ulifus; the latter had formerly been a bodyguard of Cyprian, but had been won over by the large promises made to him by Totila and had treacherously killed Cyprian who then commanded the garrison of that place.

Greek ὁ μὲν οὖν Μελιγήδιος λόγους τοῦ Ναρσοῦ ἐνδεξάμενος ἐβουλεύετο ξὺν τοῖς οἱ ἑπομένοις Ῥωμαίοις τὴν πόλιν ἐνδοῦναι, οἱ δὲ ἀμφὶ τὸν Οὔλιφον τῶν πρασσομένων αἰσθόμενοι ξυνίσταντο ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανοῦς.

Dewing Now Meligedius was for accepting the proposals of Narses and was planning with the men under his command to hand the city over to the Romans, but the party of Ulifus perceived what was going on and banded together openly against them.

Greek καὶ Οὔλιφος μὲν ξὺν τοῖς οἱ ὁμογνωμονοῦσιν αὐτοῦ διεφθάρη, Μελιγήδιος δὲ παρέδωκε Περυσίαν Ῥωμαίοις αὐτίκα. τῷ μέντοι Οὐλίφῳ ξυνέβη τίσις ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ δηλονότι ἐπιπεσοῦσα, ἐν αὐτῷ μάλιστα διεφθάρθαι τῷ χώρῳ, ἵνα δὴ αὐτὸς τὸν Κυπριανὸν διεχρήσατο. ταῦτα μὲν δὴ οὕτω κεχώρηκε.

Dewing In the fight that followed Ulifus was destroyed together with those who thought as he did, and Meligedius immediately surrendered Perusia to the Romans. And Ulifus obviously suffered retribution from Heaven in being destroyed at the very place where he himself had murdered Cyprian. Such was the course of these events.

Greek Γότθοι δὲ οἱ ἐν Ῥώμῃ φυλακὴν ἔχοντες ἐπειδὴ Ναρσῆν τε καὶ τὸν Ῥωμαίων στρατὸν ἐπὶ σφᾶς ἰόντας ἄγχιστά πη ἐπύθοντο εἶναι, παρεσκευάζοντο ὡς τὰ δυνατὰ σφίσιν ὑπαντιάσοντες.

Dewing But the Goths who were keeping guard in Rome, upon learning that Narses and the Roman army were coming against them and were now very near, made preparations to offer the strongest resistance possible.

Greek ἐτύγχανε δὲ Τουτίλας πολλὰς μὲν ἐμπρησάμενος τῆς πόλεως οἰκοδομίας, ἡνίκα δὴ αὐτὴν τὸ πρῶτον ἐξεῖλεν. ... ἐν ὑστάτῳ δὲ λογισάμενος, ὡς ἐς ὀλίγους ἀποκεκριμένοι οὐχ οἷοί τέ εἰσι τὸ λοιπὸν Γότθοι ἅπαντα τὸν περίβολον Ῥώμης διαφυλάξαι, τειχίσματι βραχεῖ ὀλίγην τινὰ τῆς πόλεως μοῖραν ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἀδριανοῦ περιβαλὼν τάφον καὶ αὐτὸ τῷ προτέρῳ τείχει ἐνάψας φρουρίου κατεστήσατο σχῆμα.

Dewing Now it happened that Totila had burned many buildings of the city when he captured it for the first time. . . . But finally, reasoning that the Goths, reduced as they were to a small number, were no longer able to guard the whole circuit of the wall of Rome, he enclosed a small part of the city with a short wall around the Tomb of Hadrian and, by connecting this with the earlier wall, he made a kind of fortress.

Greek ἐνταῦθά τε τὰ σφίσιν αὐτοῖς τιμιώτατα καταθέμενοι Γότθοι ἐς μὲν τὸ ἀκριβὲς τὸ φρούριον τοῦτο ἐφύλασσον, τὸ δὲ ἄλλο τῆς πόλεως τεῖχος ἀπημελημένον ὑπερεώρων.

Dewing There the Goths had deposited their most precious possessions and they were keeping a careful guard over this fortress, disregarding the rest of the city wall which lay neglected.

Greek φρουροὺς τοίνυν σφῶν ἐν τούτῳ τῷ χωρίῳ τηνικάδε ἀπολιπόντες ὀλίγους τινὰς οἱ λοιποὶ ἅπαντες ἀμφὶ τὰς ἐπάλξεις τοῦ τῆς πόλεως γενόμενοι τείχους τῶν πολεμίων ἀποπειράσασθαι τειχομαχούντων ἐν σπουδῇ εἶχον.

Dewing So on this occasion they left a few of their number as guards over this place while all the rest took their stand all along the battlements of the city wall, because they were eager to test their opponents' skill in attacking walls.

Greek Ὅλον μὲν οὖν τὸν Ῥώμης περίβολον διὰ μεγέθους ὑπερβολὴν οὔτε Ῥωμαῖοι ἐπιόντες περιβάλλεσθαι εἶχον οὔτε Γότθοι φρουρεῖν.

Dewing Now the whole circuit-wall of Rome was so extraordinarily long that neither could the Romans encompass it in their attack nor the Goths guard it.

Greek διασκεδαννύμενοι δὲ οἱ μὲν ὅπη παρατύχοι προσέβαλλον, οἱ δὲ ὡς ἐκ τῶν παρόντων ἠμύνοντο. καὶ Ναρσῆς μὲν τοξοτῶν ἐπαγόμενος μέγα τι χρῆμα ἐς μοῖράν τινα τοῦ περιβόλου ἐπέσκηπτεν, ἑτέρωθι δὲ Ἰωάννης ὁ Βιταλιανοῦ ξὺν τοῖς οἱ ἑπομένοις προσέβαλλε.

Dewing So the Romans scattered here and there at random and began to make their attacks, while the others defended themselves as well as circumstances permitted. Thus, Narses brought up a great force of archers and delivered an attack on a certain portion of the fortifications, while John the nephew of Vitalian was making an assault with his command at another point.

Greek Φιλημοὺθ δὲ καὶ οἱ Ἔρουλοι κατ’ ἄλλο τι μέρος ἠνώχλουν, ἑκαστάτω τε αὐτῶν οἱ λοιποὶ εἵποντο. ἐτειχομάχουν δὲ ἅπαντες ὡς ἀπωτάτω ἀλλήλων ὄντες.

Dewing Meanwhile Philemuth and the Eruli were harassing another section, and the rest followed at a great distance from them. Indeed, all were fighting at the wall with very considerable intervals between them.

Greek καὶ κατ’ αὐτοὺς οἱ βάρβαροι ξυνιστάμενοι ἐδέχοντο τὴν ἐπίθεσιν. τὰ μέντοι ἄλλα τοῦ περιβόλου, ἵνα δὴ Ῥωμαίων οὐκ ἐγένετο προσβολή, ἀνδρῶν ἔρημα παντάπασιν ἦν, Γότθων ἁπάντων ὅπη ἂν οἱ πολέμιοι ἐπισκήψαιεν ἀγειρομένων, ᾗπέρ μοι εἴρηται.

Dewing And the barbarians gathered at the points of attack and were receiving the assault. But the other parts of the fortifications, where there was no attack being made by the Romans, were altogether destitute of men, all the Goths being gathered, as I have said, wherever the enemy were attacking.

Greek ἐν τούτῳ δὲ γνώμῃ Ναρσοῦ ὁ Δαγισθαῖος στρατιώτας τε παμπληθεῖς ἔχων καὶ τό τε Ναρσοῦ καὶ τὸ Ἰωάννου σημεῖον καὶ κλίμακας πολλὰς ἐπαγόμενος μοίρᾳ τινὶ τοῦ περιβόλου ἐξαπιναίως ἐπέσκηψε, φρουρᾶς τὸ παράπαν ἐρήμῳ οὔσῃ.

Dewing In this situation Narses directed Dagisthaeus to take a large number of soldiers and the standards of both Narses and John, and, equipped with a large number of ladders, to make a sudden assault upon a certain part of the fortifications which was altogether destitute of guards.

Greek τάς τε κλίμακας εὐθὺς ἁπάσας οὐδενὸς ἀμυνομένου τῷ τείχει ἐρείσας πόνῳ οὐδενὶ ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις ἐντὸς τοῦ περιβόλου ἐγένετο, τάς τε πύλας κατ’ ἐξουσίαν ἀνέῳγον.

Dewing So he immediately placed all the ladders against the wall without any opposition, and with no trouble got inside the fortifications with his followers, and they opened the gates at their leisure.

Greek ὧνπερ αὐτίκα Γότθοι αἰσθόμενοι οὐκέτι ἐς ἀλκὴν ἔβλεπον, ἀλλ’ ἔφευγον ἅπαντες ὅπη αὐτῶν ἑκάστῳ δυνατὰ ἐγεγόνει. καὶ οἱ μὲν εἰς τὸ φρούριον εἰσεπήδησαν, οἱ δὲ δὴ ἐς τὸν Πόρτον ἐχώρησαν δρόμῳ.

Dewing This was immediately discovered by the Goths, who no longer thought of resistance but began to flee, every man of them, wherever each one could. And some of them rushed into the fortress, while others went off on the run to Portus.

Greek Ἐνταῦθά μοι τοῦ λόγου ἔννοια γέγονεν ὅντινα ἡ τύχη διαχλευάζει τὰ ἀνθρώπεια τρόπον, οὐκ ἀεὶ κατὰ ταὐτὰ παρὰ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἰοῦσα οὐδὲ ἴσοις αὐτοὺς ὀφθαλμοῖς βλέπουσα, ἀλλὰ ξυμμεταβαλλομένη χρόνῳ καὶ τόπῳ, καὶ παίζει ἐς αὐτοὺς παιδιάν τινα παρὰ τὸν καιρὸν ἢ τὸν χῶρον ἢ τὸν τρόπον διαλλάσσουσα τὴν τῶν ταλαιπώρων ἀξίαν, εἴ γε ὁ Ῥώμην μὲν ἀπολωλεκὼς τὰ πρότερα Βέσσας οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον ἀνεσώσατο Ῥωμαίοις τῆς Λαζικῆς Πέτραν, ἔμπαλιν δὲ ὁ Δαγισθαῖος Πέτραν τοῖς πολεμίοις μεθεὶς ἀνεκτήσατο ἐν χρόνῳ ὀλίγῳ βασιλεῖ Ῥώμην.

Dewing At this point in the narrative it occurs to me to comment on the manner in which Fortune makes sport of human affairs, not always visiting men in the same manner nor regarding them with uniform glance, but changing about with the changes of time and place; and she plays a kind of game with them, shifting the value of the poor wretches according to the variations of time, place, or circumstance, seeing that Bessas, the man who had previously lost Rome, not long afterward recovered Petra in Lazica for the Romans, and that Dagisthaeus, on the contrary, who had let Petra go to the enemy, won back Rome for the emperor in a moment of time.

Greek ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν γέγονέ τε τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς καὶ ἀεὶ ἔσται, ἕως ἂν ἡ αὐτὴ τύχη ἀνθρώποις ᾖ. Ναρσῆς δὲ τότε παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ ἐπὶ τὸ φρούριον πολεμῶν ᾔει.

Dewing But these things have been happening from the beginning and will always be as long as the same fortune rules over men. Narses now advanced against the fortress with his whole army in warlike array.

Greek κατορρωδήσαντές τε οἱ βάρβαροι καὶ τὰ πιστὰ ὑπὲρ τῶν σωμάτων κεκομισμένοι σφᾶς τε αὐτοὺς καὶ τὸ φρούριόν οἱ αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα παρέδοσαν, ἕκτον τε καὶ εἰκοστὸν ἔτος Ἰουστινιανοῦ βασιλέως τὴν αὐτοκράτορα ἀρχὴν ἔχοντος.

Dewing But the barbarians became terrified, and, upon receiving pledges for their lives, surrendered both themselves and the fortress with all speed, in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of the Emperor Justinian.

Greek οὕτω τε Ῥώμη ἐπὶ τούτου βασιλεύοντος τὸ πέμπτον ἑάλω, ἧσπερ εὐθὺς ὁ Ναρσῆς τῶν πυλῶν τὰς κλεῖς βασιλεῖ ἔπεμψε.

Dewing Thus Rome was captured for the fifth time during his reign; and Narses immediately sent the keys of its gates to the emperor.