When the time came to distribute the booty, Marcius refused to take any more than his ordinary entitlement as an officer, except for freedom for a Volscian friend of his. It was for his exploits in this battle that he is said to have been given the name of Coriolanus, although, in fact, the practice of giving generals names derived from places they had conquered was a much later one.
Primary Sources: Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus
Plutarch's Comparison of Coriolanus and Alcibiades
This Belgian site has an annotated translation (into French) of Plutarch's Coriolanus and the Comparison of Coriolanus and Alcibiades. The introduction discusses Plutarch's sources, the historicity of Coriolanus, and Coriolanus in modern literature and art.
Livy's Book 2 gives general historical background. His account of Coriolanus can be seen in sections 2:33 to 2:40.
Secondary Source: Jona Lendering's essay on Coriolanus
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