第8巻 第34章

Greek Τότε δὴ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις διαφανέστατα ἐπιδέδεικται ὡς ἅπασιν, οἷσπερ ἔδει γενέσθαι κακῶς, καὶ τὰ εὐτυχήματα δοκοῦντα εἶναι εἰς ὄλεθρον ἀποκέκριται, κατὰ νοῦν τε ἀπαλλάξαντες ἴσως τῇ τοιαύτῃ εὐημερίᾳ ξυνδιαφθείρονται.

Dewing At that time it was shown to the world with the greatest clearness that in the case of all men who have been doomed to suffer ill, even those things which seem to be blessings turn out for their destruction, and even when they have fared as they wish they are, it may be, destroyed together with this same prosperity.

Greek Ῥωμαίων γὰρ τῇ τε ξυγκλήτῳ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ τὴν νίκην τήνδε πολλῷ ἔτι μᾶλλον φθόρου αἰτίαν ξυνηνέχθη γενέσθαι τρόπῳ τοιῷδε.

Dewing For this victory turned out to be for the Roman senate and people a cause of far greater destruction, in the following manner.

Greek Γότθοι μὲν φεύγοντες καὶ τὴν Ἰταλίας ἐπικράτησιν ἀπογνόντες, ὁδοῦ ποιούμενοι πάρεργον, τοὺς παρατυχόντας σφίσι Ῥωμαίους οὐδεμιᾷ διεχρῶντο φειδοῖ.

Dewing The Goths, on the one hand, as by their flight they abandoned the dominion of Italy, made it an incident of their progress to destroy without mercy the Romans who fell in their way.

Greek οἱ δὲ βάρβαροι τοῦ Ῥωμαίων στρατοῦ ὡς πολεμίοις ἐχρῶντο πᾶσιν οἷς ἂν ἐντύχοιεν ἐν τῇ ἐς τὴν πόλιν εἰσόδῳ.

Dewing And the barbarians of the Roman army, on the other hand, treated as enemies all whom they chanced upon as they entered the city.

Greek πρὸς δὲ καὶ τόδε αὐτοῖς ξυνηνέχθη γενέσθαι. πολλοὶ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ξυγκλήτου βουλῆς, τοῦτο Τουτίλᾳ δεδογμένον, τὰ πρότερα ἔμενον ἐς τὰ ἐπὶ Καμπανίας χωρία.

Dewing Furthermore, this too befell them. Many of the members of the senate, by decision of Totila, had been remaining previously in the towns of Campania.

Greek ὧνπέρ τινες, ἐπεὶ Ῥώμην ἔχεσθαι πρὸς τοῦ βασιλέως στρατοῦ ἔγνωσαν, ἐκ Καμπανίας ἐξαναστάντες ἐς αὐτὴν ᾔεσαν. ὃ δὴ Γότθοι μαθόντες, ὅσοι ἐν τοῖς ταύτῃ ὀχυρώμασιν ἐτύγχανον ὄντες, ἅπαντα διερευνώμενοι τὰ ἐκείνῃ χωρία τοὺς πατρικίους ἅπαντας ἔκτειναν. ἐν τοῖς καὶ Μάξιμος ἦν, οὗπερ ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις ἐμνήσθην.

Dewing And some of them, upon learning that Rome was held by the emperor's army, departed from Campania and went thither. But when this was learned by the Goths who happened to be in the fortresses there, they searched the whole country and killed all the patricians. Among these was Maximus, whom I have mentioned in the preceding narrative.⁠

Greek ἐτύγχανε δὲ καὶ Τουτίλας, ἡνίκα Ναρσῇ ὑπαντιάσων ἐνθένδε ᾔει, τῶν ἐκ πόλεως ἑκάστης δοκίμων Ῥωμαίων τοὺς παῖδας ἀγείρας καὶ αὐτῶν ἐς τριακοσίους ἀπολεξάμενος, οὕσπερ μάλιστα τὸ σῶμα καλοὺς ᾤετο εἶναι, τοῖς μὲν γειναμένοις ὅτι δὴ αὐτῷ ξυνδιαιτήσονται ὑπειπών,

Dewing It happened also that Totila, when he went from there to encounter Narses, had gathered the children of the notable Romans from each city and selected about three hundred of them whom he considered particularly fine in appearance, telling their parents that they were to live with him, though in reality they were to be hostages to him.

Greek ὁμήρους δέ οἱ λόγῳ τῷ ἀληθεῖ ἐσομένους. καὶ αὐτοὺς Τουτίλας μὲν τότε ὑπὲρ ποταμὸν Πάδον ἐκέλευσεν εἶναι, Τεΐας δὲ τανῦν ἐνταῦθα εὑρὼν ἅπαντας ἔκτεινε.

Dewing And at that time Totila merely commanded that they should be north of the Po River, but now Teïas found and killed them all.

Greek Ῥάγναρίς τε, Γότθος ἀνήρ, ὅσπερ ἡγεῖτο τοῦ ἐν Ταραντηνοῖς φυλακτηρίου, καίπερ τὰ πιστὰ γνώμῃ βασιλέως πρὸς τοῦ Πακουρίου κεκομισμένος, Ῥωμαίοις τε προσχωρήσειν ὁμολογήσας, ᾗπέρ μοι ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται, παρασχόμενος δὲ καὶ Γότθους ἓξ ἐν ὁμήρων λόγῳ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ δὴ τῇ ὁμολογίᾳ Ῥωμαίοις, ἐπειδὴ Τεΐαν ἤκουσε βασιλέα καταστάντα Γότθοις τούς τε Φράγγους ἐς ἐπικουρίαν ἐπαγαγέσθαι καὶ παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἐθέλειν ὁμόσε ἰέναι, μεταπορευθεὶς τὴν βουλὴν ἐπιτελεῖν τὰ ὡμολογημένα οὐδαμῆ ἤθελε.

Dewing Now Ragnaris, a Goth, who commanded the garrison at Tarentum, had received pledges from Pacurius at the emperor's wish and agreed that he would submit to the Romans, as previously stated,⁠ and had furnished six Goths as hostages to the Romans to make this agreement binding; but upon hearing that Teïas had become king over the Goths and had invited the Franks to an alliance and wished to engage with the enemy with his whole army, he reversed his purpose completely and refused absolutely to fulfil his agreement.

Greek σπουδάζων δὲ καὶ διατεινόμενος τοὺς ὁμήρους ἀπολαβεῖν ἐπενόει τάδε. πέμψας παρὰ τὸν Πακούριον ᾔτει σταλῆναί οἱ τῶν Ῥωμαίων στρατιωτῶν ὀλίγους τινάς, ἐφ’ ᾧ ξὺν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ ἔς τε τὸν Δρυοῦντα ἰέναι σφίσι δυνατὰ εἴη ἐνθένδε τε διαπορθμευσαμένοις τὸν Ἰόνιον κόλπον ἐπὶ Βυζαντίου κομίζεσθαι.

Dewing But he was eager and determined to get back the hostages, and so devised the following plan. He sent to Pacurius with the request that a few Roman soldiers be sent him in order that it might be possible for his men with safety to go to Dryus⁠ and from there to cross the Ionian Gulf and make their way to Byzantium.

Greek ὁ μὲν οὖν Πακούριος μακρὰν ἀπολελειμμένος τῶν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ βεβουλευμένων τῶν οἱ ἑπομένων πεντήκοντα στέλλει.

Dewing So Pacurius, being utterly ignorant of the man's purposes, sent him fifty of his men.

Greek ὁ δὲ αὐτοὺς τῷ φρουρίῳ δεξάμενος καθεῖρξεν εὐθύς, τῷ τε Πακουρίῳ ἐσήμαινεν ὡς, εἴπερ αὐτῷ τοὺς στρατιώτας βουλομένῳ εἴη τοὺς αὑτοῦ ῥύεσθαι, ἀποδιδόναι δεήσει τοὺς Γότθων ὁμήρους.

Dewing And when Ragnaris had received them in the fortress, he immediately put them into confinement and sent word to Pacurius that, if it was his wish to recover his own soldiers, he would be obliged to surrender the Gothic hostages.

Greek ταῦτα ἀκούσας Πακούριος ὀλίγους μέν τινας ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ Δρυοῦντος φυλακῇ εἴασε, παντὶ δὲ τῷ ἄλλῳ στρατῷ ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους αὐτίκα ᾔει.

Dewing But when Pacurius heard this, he left a few men to keep guard over Dryus, and immediately marched with all the rest of his army against the enemy.

Greek Ῥάγναρις δὲ τοὺς μὲν πεντήκοντα μελλήσει οὐδεμιᾷ ἔκτεινεν, ὡς ὑπαντιάσων δὲ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἐκ τοῦ Τάραντος τοὺς Γότθους ἐξῆγεν. ἐπειδή τε ἀλλήλοις ξυνέμιξαν, ἡσσῶνται Γότθοι.

Dewing Thereupon Ragnaris killed the fifty men immediately, and then led forth the Goths from Tarentum to encounter his enemy. And when they engaged with each other, the Goths were defeated.

Greek Ῥάγναρίς τε αὐτοῦ ἀποβαλὼν πλείστους ξὺν τοῖς καταλοίποις δρασμῷ εἴχετο. ἐς μέντοι τὸν Τάραντα εἰσελθεῖν οὐδαμῆ ἴσχυσε, πανταχόθεν αὐτὸν περιβεβλημένων Ῥωμαίων, ἀλλ’ ἐς Ἀχεροντίδα ἐλθὼν ἔμεινε.

Dewing Whereupon Ragnaris, having lost great numbers there, set off in flight with the remnant. However, he was quite unable to get back into Tarentum, since the Romans surrounded it on every side, but he went to Acherontis and remained there.

Greek ταῦτα μὲν οὖν τοιαύτῃ ἐγεγόνει. Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον τόν τε Πόρτον πολιορκήσαντες ὁμολογίᾳ εἷλον καὶ φρούριον ἐν Τούσκοις, ὃ δὴ Νέπα καλοῦσι, καὶ τὸ ἐν Πέτρᾳ τῇ Περτούσῃ ὀνομαζομένῃ ὀχύρωμα.

Dewing Thus, then, did these things happen. And not long afterwards the Romans took Portus by surrender after besieging the place, and likewise a fortress in Tuscany which they call Nepa,⁠ as well as the stronghold of Petra Pertusa, as it is called.

Greek Τεΐας δὲ ʽοὐ γὰρ ἀξιομάχους τῷ Ῥωμαίων στρατῷ Γότθους κατὰ μόνας ᾤετο εἶναἰ παρὰ Θευδίβαλδον τὸν Φράγγων ἄρχοντα ἔπεμψε, χρήματα πολλὰ προτεινόμενος ἐπί τε ξυμμαχίαν παρακαλῶν.

Dewing Meanwhile Teïas, considering the Goths by themselves not a match for the Roman army, sent to Theudibald, the ruler of the Franks, offering a large sum of money and inviting him to an alliance.

Greek ἀλλὰ Φράγγοι τὰ ξύμφορα, οἶμαι, βεβουλευμένοι οὔτε ὑπὲρ τῆς Γότθων οὔτε ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν Ῥωμαίων ὠφελείας ἐβούλοντο θνήσκειν, ἀλλὰ σφίσιν αὐτοῖς προσποιεῖν Ἰταλίαν ἐν σπουδῇ εἶχον, καὶ τούτου δὴ ἕνεκα τοὺς ἐν πολέμῳ κινδύνους ὑφίστασθαι ἤθελον. ἐτύγχανε

Dewing The Franks, however, out of regard for their own interests, I suppose, wished to die for the benefit neither of Goths nor Romans, but were eager, rather, to acquire Italy for themselves, and only to attain this were they willing to undergo the perils of war.

Greek δὲ Τουτίλας ἔνια μὲν τῶν χρημάτων ἐν Τικινῷ καταθέμενος, ᾗπέρ μοι ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα ἐν φρουρίῳ ἐχυρῷ μάλιστα, ὅπερ ἐν Κύμῃ τῇ ἐπὶ Καμπανίας ξυμβαίνει εἶναι, καὶ φρουροὺς ἐνταῦθα καταστησάμενος, ἄρχοντά τε αὐτοῖς τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν αὑτοῦ ξὺν Ἡρωδιανῷ ἐπιστήσας.

Dewing Now it so happened that, while Totila had deposited some of his money in Ticinum, as previously stated,⁠ he had placed the most of it in an exceedingly strong fortress at Cumae, which is in Campania, and he had set guards over this place, appointing as their commander his own brother with Herodian.

Greek τούτους δὴ βουλόμενος ὁ Ναρσῆς ἐξελεῖν ἐς Κύμην τινὰς τοὺς τὸ φρούριον πολιορκήσοντας ἔπεμψεν, αὐτὸς δὲ Ῥώμην διακοσμῶν αὐτοῦ ἔμεινε. καὶ ἄλλους στείλας ἐκέλευε Κεντουκέλλας πολιορκεῖν.

Dewing Narses, then, wishing to capture this garrison, sent some men to Cumae to besiege the fortress, while he himself remained at Rome, putting it in order. And he sent another force with orders to besiege Centumcellae.

Greek Τεΐας δὲ ἀμφὶ τοὺς ἐν Κύμῃ φρουροὺς καὶ τὰ χρήματα δείσας, ἀπογνούς τε τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν Φράγγων ἐλπίδα, τούς οἱ ἑπομένους διέτασσεν ὡς τοῖς πολεμίοις ὁμόσε χωρήσων.

Dewing Teïas then became fearful concerning the guards in Cumae and the money, and despairing of his hope of the Franks, he put his forces in array, intending to engage with his enemy.

Greek Ὧνπερ αἰσθόμενος ὁ Ναρσῆς Ἰωάννην τε τὸν Βιταλιανοῦ ἀδελφιδοῦν καὶ Φιλημοὺθ ξὺν τῷ οἰκείῳ στρατεύματι ἐς τὰ ἐπὶ Τουσκίας χωρία ἰέναι κελεύει, ἐνταῦθά τε καθιζησομένους καὶ τοῖς ἐναντίοις ἀναχαιτίσοντας τὴν ἐπὶ Καμπανίας ὁδόν, ὅπως οἱ Κύμην πολιορκοῦντες ἀδεέστερον αὐτὴν ἢ βίᾳ ἢ ὁμολογίᾳ ἐξελεῖν δύναιντο.

Dewing But when Narses perceived this, he ordered John the nephew of Vitalian and Philemuth to proceed with his own army into the province of Tuscany, in order to take up a position there and check the march of his opponents to Campania, in order that the force besieging Cumae might be able without fear of molestation to capture it either by storm or by surrender.

Greek ἀλλὰ Τεΐας ὁδοὺς μὲν ἐν δεξιᾷ τὰς ἐπιτομωτάτας ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἀφείς, περιόδους δὲ πολλὰς καὶ μακροτάτας περιβαλόμενος, διά τε τῆς παραλίας κόλπου τοῦ Ἰονίου ἰών, ἐς Καμπανίαν ἀφίκετο,

Dewing But Teïas, leaving the most direct roads very far on his right, took many very long detours, passing along the coast of the Ionian Gulf, and so reached Campania, having eluded his enemy entirely.

Greek τοὺς πολεμίους λαθὼν ἅπαντας. ὅπερ ἐπεὶ Ναρσῆς ἔμαθε, τούς τε ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην καὶ Φιλημοὺθ μετεπέμπετο, οἳ τὴν δίοδον ἐν Τούσκοις ἐφρούρουν, καὶ Βαλεριανὸν ἄρτι Πέτραν ἐξαιροῦντα τὴν Περτοῦσαν καλουμένην μετεκάλει ξὺν τοῖς ἑπομένοις, τάς τε δυνάμεις ξυνήγειρε, παντί τε καὶ αὐτὸς τῷ στρατῷ ὡς ἐς μάχην ξυντεταγμένος ἐς Καμπανοὺς ᾔει.

Dewing And when Narses learned this, he summoned the forces of John and Philemuth, who were guarding the road through Tuscany, called back Valerian, who was just capturing Petra Pertusa, as it is called, with his men, collected his forces, and himself with his whole army marched into Campania arrayed as for battle.