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History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) by Livy
Translated by Rev. Canon Roberts
Book II Chapter 17: War of Rome and Pometia.[502 BC]
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The consuls who succeeded, Opiter Verginius and Spurius Cassius, tried at first to take Pometia by storm, then they had recourse to regular siege-works. Actuated more by a spirit of mortal hatred than by any hope or chance of success, the Auruncans made a sortie. The greater number were armed with blazing torches, and they carried flames and death everywhere. The vineae were burnt, great numbers of the besiegers were killed and wounded, they nearly killed one of the consuls -- the authorities do not give his name -- after he had fallen from his horse severely wounded.

After this disaster the Romans returned home, with a large number of wounded, amongst them the consul, whose condition was critical. After an interval, long enough for the recovery of the wounded and the filling up of the ranks, operations were resumed at Pometia in stronger force and in a more angry temper. The vineae were repaired and the other vast works were made good, and when everything was ready for the soldiers to mount the walls, the place surrendered. The Auruncans, however, were treated with no less rigour after they had surrendered the city than if it had been taken by assault; the principal men were beheaded, the rest of the townsfolk sold as slaves. The town was razed, the land put up for sale. The consuls celebrated a triumph more because of the terrible vengeance they had inflicted than on account of the importance of the war now terminated.

Event: War with the Auruncans

Secuti consules Opiter Verginius Sp. Cassius Pometiam primo ui, deinde uineis aliisque operibus oppugnarunt. In quos Aurunci magis iam inexpiabili odio quam spe aliqua aut occasione coorti, cum plures igni quam ferro armati excucurrissent, caede incendioque cuncta complent. Vineis incensis, multis hostium uolneratis et occisis, consulum quoque alterum—sed utrum auctores non adiciunt—graui uolnere ex equo deiectum prope interfecerunt. Romam inde male gesta re reditum; inter multos saucios consul spe incerta uitae relatus. Interiecto deinde haud magno spatio, quod uolneribus curandis supplendoque exercitui satis esset, cum ira maiore, tum uiribus etiam auctis Pometiae arma inlata. Et cum uineis refectis aliaque mole belli iam in eo esset ut in muros euaderet miles, deditio est facta. Ceterum nihilo minus foeda, dedita urbe, quam si capta foret, Aurunci passi; principes securi percussi, sub corona uenierunt coloni alii, oppidum dirutum, ager ueniit. Consules magis ob iras grauiter ultas quam ob magnitudinem perfecti belli triumpharunt.