§9.11.1ὡς δʼ εἰς τὸ πεδίον ἀμφότεροι κατέστησαν, καὶ τὸ πολεμικὸν ἐσήμηναν αἱ σάλπιγγες, ἔθεον ἀλαλάξαντες ὁμόσε· καὶ συμπεσόντες ἀλλήλοις ἱππεῖς ἱππεῦσι καὶ πεζοὶ πεζοῖς ἐμάχοντο, καὶ πολὺς ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ἐγίνετο φόνος.
When both forces took their positions in the plain, and the trumpets sounded the charge, they ran together with a shout; and clashing with one another, cavalry fought cavalry and infantry fought infantry, and a great slaughter was made on both sides.
οἱ μὲν οὖν τὸ δεξιὸν ἔχοντες τῶν Ῥωμαίων κέρας, οὗ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν εἶχεν ὁ ἕτερος τῶν ὑπάτων Μάλλιος, ἐξέωσαν τὸ καθʼ ἑαυτοὺς μέρος, καὶ καταβάντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων ἐμάχοντο πεζοί.
Now those who held the right wing of the Romans, which the other of the consuls, Mallius, commanded, pushed back the force opposing them, and dismounting from their horses, they fought on foot.
οἱ δʼ ἐν τῷ εὐωνύμῳ κέρατι ταχθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ τῶν πολεμίων ἐκυκλοῦντο.
But those who were stationed on the left wing were being surrounded by the right wing of the enemy.
§9.11.2ἦν γὰρ ἡ Τυρρηνῶν φάλαγξ κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον ὑπερπετής τε καὶ οὐκ ὀλίγῳ μείζων τῆς ἑτέρας.
For the phalanx of the Tyrrhenians was superior at this point and not a little larger than the other.
παρερρήγνυτο δὴ ταύτῃ τὸ Ῥωμαικὸν στράτευμα καὶ πολλὰς πληγὰς ἐλάμβανεν.
Indeed, the Roman army was broken through here and received many blows.
ἡγεῖτο δὲ τούτου κέρως Κόιντος Φάβιος, πρεσβευτὴς καὶ ἀντιστράτηγος ὤν, ὁ δὶς ὑπατεύσας· καὶ μέχρι πολλοῦ ἀντεῖχε τραύματα λαμβάνων παντοδαπά, ἔπειτα λόγχῃ βληθεὶς εἰς τὰ στέρνα μέχρι τῶν σπλάγχνων ἐλθούσης τῆς αἰχμῆς ἔξαιμος γενόμενος πίπτει.
Command of this wing was held by Quintus Fabius, who was a legate and propraetor, having twice been consul; and for a long time he held out, receiving wounds of every kind, but then, being struck in the chest with a spear, the point of which reached his vital organs, he fell, exhausted from loss of blood.
§9.11.3ὡς δὲ τοῦτʼ ἤκουσεν ὁ ἕτερος τῶν ὑπάτων, Μάρκος Φάβιος — ἦν δὲ κατὰ μέσην τὴν φάλαγγα τεταγμένος — τοὺς κρατίστους τῶν λόχων ἀναλαβὼν καὶ τὸν ἕτερον τῶν ἀδελφῶν Καίσωνα Φάβιον ἀνακαλεσάμενος, παρήλαυνεν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ φάλαγγα καὶ μέχρι πολλοῦ προελθών, ἐπειδὴ παρήλλαξεν τὸ δεξιὸν τῶν πολεμίων κέρας, ἤλαυνεν ἐπὶ τοὺς κυκλουμένους.
When the other of the consuls, Marcus Fabius—who was stationed in the center of the phalanx—heard this, he took the strongest of the companies and, having summoned the other of his brothers, Caeso Fabius, led his own phalanx forward and, having advanced a long way, when he had passed the right wing of the enemy, he charged those who were surrounding his men.
ἐμπεσὼν δʼ αὐτοῖς φόνον τε τοῖς ἐν χερσὶ ποιεῖ πολὺν καὶ φυγὴν τῶν πρόσω, τόν τʼ ἀδελφὸν ἔτι ἐμπνέοντα καταλαβὼν αἴρεται.
Falling upon them, he inflicted a great slaughter on those within reach and put to flight those further ahead, and finding his brother still breathing, he took him up.
§9.11.4ἐκεῖνος μὲν οὗν οὐ πολὺν ἔτι χρόνον ἐπιβιοὺς ἀποθνήσκει· τοῖς δὲ τιμωροῦσιν αὐτῷ θυμὸς ἔτι πλείων παρέστη καὶ μείζων πρὸς τὸ ἀντίπαλον· καὶ οὐδὲν ἔτι τῆς ἰδίας ψυχῆς προνοούμενοι σὺν ὀλίγοις εἰς μέσους ἐμπεσόντες τοὺς μάλιστα συνεστηκότας τῶν πολεμίων, σωροὺς ἐξεπλήρουν νεκρῶν.
He, indeed, did not survive much longer and died; but those who were avenging him were possessed by an even greater rage and a greater passion against the enemy; and no longer taking any thought for their own lives, they rushed with a few into the midst of those of the enemy who were most firmly united, and filled up heaps of the dead.
κατὰ μὲν δὴ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος ἔκαμεν ἡ §9.11.5Τυρρηνῶν φάλαγξ, καὶ οἱ πρότερον ὠσάμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους ὑπὸ τῶν κεκρατημένων ἀνεκόπησαν.
At this point, indeed, the phalanx of the Tyrrhenians grew weary, and those who had previously pushed back the enemy were beaten back by those they had conquered.
οἱ δὲ τὸ εὐώνυμον ἔχοντες κέρας κάμνοντες ἤδη καὶ φυγῆς ἄρχοντες, ἐτρέψαντο τοὺς καθʼ ἑαυτούς.
But those who held the left wing, though already exhausted and beginning to flee, put to flight those opposing them.
παλτῷ γάρ τις βαλὼν τὸν Μάλλιον διὰ τοῦ γόνατος ἄχρι τῆς ἰγνύας διήρεισε τὴν λόγχην· καὶ τὸν μὲν οἱ πέριξ ἄραντες ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἀπεκόμιζον, οἱ δὲ πολέμιοι τὸν ἡγεμόνα τῶν Ῥωμαίων τεθνηκέναι δόξαντες ἐπερρώσθησαν, καὶ παραβοηθησάντων αὐτοῖς τῶν ἑτέρων ἐνέκειντο τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἡγεμόνα.
For someone, throwing a javelin, pierced Mallius through the knee, driving the spear as far as the ham; and while those around him lifted him up and carried him back to the camp, the enemy, thinking that the leader of the Romans was dead, took courage, and when the other force came to their assistance, they fell upon the Romans who were without a leader.
§9.11.6ἠναγκάσθησαν δὲ πάλιν οἱ Φάβιοι καταλιπόντες τὸ εὐώνυμον κέρας τῷ δεξιῷ βοηθεῖν· καὶ οἱ Τυρρηνοὶ προσιόντας αὐτοὺς στίφει καρτερῷ μαθόντες τῆς μὲν ἐπὶ πλέον διώξεως ἀποτρέπονται, πυκνώσαντες δὲ τοὺς λόχους ἐμάχοντο ἐν τάξει, καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν τῶν σφετέρων ἀπέβαλον, πολλοὺς δὲ καὶ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀπέκτειναν.
The Fabii were forced to leave the left wing again to assist the right; and the Tyrrhenians, learning of their approach in a strong body, turned away from further pursuit, and having closed up their companies, they fought in order, and though they lost many of their own men, they also slew many of the Romans.