§19.1ἧτται μὲν οὖν τῷ Σερτωρίῳ πλείονες συνέβαινον, αὑτὸν μὲν ἀήττητον ἀεὶ φυλάττοντι καὶ τοὺς καθʼ αὑτόν, θραυομένῳ δὲ περὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἡγεμόνας·
Now, more defeats were befaling Sertorius; though he kept himself and his own division always undefeated, he suffered defeats in the person of his other commanders.
ἐκ δὲ ὧν ἐπηνωρθοῦτο τὰς ἥττας μᾶλλον ἐθαυμάζετο νικώντων τῶν ἀντιστρατήγων, οἷον ἐν τῇ περὶ Σούκρωνι μάχῃ πρός Πομπήϊον, καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῇ περὶ Τουρίαν πρός τε τοῦτον ὁμοῦ καὶ Μέτελλον.
But he was admired more for the way he retrieved these defeats than were the opposing generals for their victories, as in the battle around Sucro against Pompey, and again in the battle around Turia against both him and Metellus together.
§19.2ἡ μὲν οὖν περὶ Σούκρωνι μάχη λέγεται γενέσθαι τοῦ Πομπηΐου κατεπείξαντος, ὡς μὴ μετάσχοι τῆς νίκης Μέτελλος.
The battle around Sucro, then, is said to have taken place because Pompey hastened it, so that Metellus might not share in the victory.
ὁ δὲ Σερτώριος ἐβούλετο μὲν τῷ Πομπηΐῳ, πρὶν ἐπελθεῖν τὸν Μέτελλον, διαγωνίσασθαι, παραγαγὼν δὲ ἑσπέρας ἤδη συνέβαλεν, οἰόμενος ξένοις οὖσι καὶ ἀπείροις τῶν χωρίων τοῖς πολεμίοις τὸ σκότος ἔσεσθαι καὶ φεύγουσιν ἐμπόδιον καὶ διώκουσι.
Sertorius, on his part, wished to fight it out with Pompey before Metellus came up, and having led his army out, he engaged already in the evening, thinking that the darkness would be an obstacle both to those fleeing and to those pursuing, as the enemy were strangers and inexperienced in the locality.
§19.3γενομένης δὲ τῆς μάχης ἐν χερσίν ἔτυχε μὲν οὐ πρός Πομπήϊον αὐτός, ἀλλὰ πρός Ἀφράνιον ἐν ἀρχῇ συνεστηκώς ἔχοντα τὸ ἀριστερόν, αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ τεταγμένος, ἀκούσας δὲ τῷ Πομπηΐῳ τοὺς συνεστῶτας ὑποχωρεῖν ἐγκειμένῳ καὶ κρατεῖσθαι, τὸ μὲν δεξιὸν ἐπʼ ἄλλοις ἐποιήσατο στρατηγοῖς, πρός δὲ ἐκεῖνο τὸ νικώμενον αὐτὸς ἐβοηδρόμει.
When the battle came to close quarters, it happened that he himself was at first opposed not to Pompey, but to Afranius, who held the left wing, while Sertorius himself was stationed on the right. But when he heard that his men who were opposed to Pompey were giving way and being overpowered by his attack, he committed the right wing to other generals, and hastened himself to the rescue of that part which was being defeated.
§19.4καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἤδη τρεπομένους τοὺς δὲ ἔτι μένοντας ἐν τάξει συναγαγὼν καὶ ἀναθαρρύνας, ἐξ ὑπαρχῆς ἐνέβαλε τῷ Πομπηΐῳ διώκοντι, καὶ φυγὴν ἐποιήσατο πολλήν, ὅτε καὶ Πομπήϊος ἐγγὺς ἐλθὼν ἀποθανεῖν καὶ τραυματισθείς παραλόγως διέφυγεν.
And having rallied both those who were already routed and those who were still keeping their ranks, and having encouraged them, he fell anew upon Pompey, who was pursuing, and put his forces to great flight, on which occasion Pompey himself came near to being killed, and after being wounded, escaped contrary to expectation.
οἱ γὰρ μετὰ Σερτωρίου Λίβυες, ὡς ἔλαβον αὐτοῦ τὸν ἵππον χρυσῷ κεκοσμημένον καὶ φαλάρων ἀνάπλεων πολυτελῶν, ἐν τῷ διανέμεσθαι καὶ διαφέρεσθαι πρός ἀλλήλους προήκαντο τὴν δίωξιν.
For the Libyan soldiers with Sertorius, when they captured Pompey's horse, which was adorned with gold and covered with costly trappings, fell to dividing and quarreling over it among themselves, and so gave up the pursuit.
§19.5Ἀφράνιος δὲ τοὺς ἀνθεστῶτας πρός αὑτὸν ἅμα τῷ Σερτώριον ἀπελθεῖν ἐπὶ θάτερα βοηθοῦντα τρεψάμενος εἰς τὸ στρατόπεδον κατήραξε· καὶ συνεισπεσὼν ἐπόρθει σκότους ἤδη ὄντος, μήτε τὴν Πομπηΐου φυγὴν εἰδώς μήτε τοὺς στρατιώτας τῆς ἁρπαγῆς ἐπισχεῖν δυνάμενος, ἐν τούτῳ δὲ Σερτώριος ἀνέστρεψε τὸ καθʼ αὑτὸν νενικηκώς·
Afranius, on the other hand, as soon as Sertorius had departed to help the other side, routed those who were opposed to himself and broke into their camp; and rushing in with them, he began to plunder, as it was already dark, neither knowing of Pompey's flight nor being able to restrain his soldiers from the pillage.
καὶ τοῖς Ἀφρανίου διʼ ἀταξίαν ταρασσομένοις ἐπιπεσών πολλοὺς διέφθειρε.
Meanwhile, Sertorius returned, having conquered on his own side; and falling upon the soldiers of Afranius who were in disorder and confusion, he destroyed many of them.
§19.6πρωὶ δὲ αὖθις ἐξοπλισθεὶς ἐπὶ μάχην κατέβαινεν, εἶτα Μέτελλον αἰσθόμενος ἐγγὺς εἶναι λύσας τὴν τάξιν ἀνέζευξεν, εἰπών· ἀλλʼ ἔγωγε τὸν παῖδα τοῦτον, εἰ μὴ παρῆν ἡ γραῦς ἐκείνη, πληγαῖς ἂν νουθετήσας εἰς Ῥώμην ἀπεστάλκειν.
And on the next morning, having armed his men again, he was coming down to battle; but then, perceiving that Metellus was near, he broke his ranks and retreated, saying: "But as for me, if that old woman had not been present, I would have given this boy a whipping and sent him back to Rome."