§9.21.1τῇ δʼ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ μαθόντες τὴν κατασχοῦσαν τοὺς σφετέρους τύχην οἱ κατέχοντες τὸ φρούριον, καὶ ὅτι τὸ μὲν πλεῖον ἀπόλωλε τῆς στρατιᾶς μέρος ἐν ταῖς ἁρπαγαῖς, τὸ δὲ κράτιστον ἐν ὄρει πολιορκεῖται κατακεκλεισμένον ἐρήμῳ, καὶ εἰ μὴ ταχεῖά τις αὐτοῖς ἥξει βοήθεια, σπάνει τῶν ἀναγκαίων φθάσουσιν ἐξαιρεθέντες, ἐξῄεσαν κατὰ σπουδὴν ὀλίγους πάνυ καταλιπόντες ἐν τῷ φρουρίῳ φύλακας.
On the following day, those who held the fortress, having learned the fortune that had befallen their comrades, and that the greater part of the army had perished during the plundering, while the best part was besieged and shut up on a desolate mountain, and that if some swift help did not reach them, they would be captured beforehand through the lack of necessaries, went out in haste, leaving a very few guards in the fortress.
καὶ αὐτοὺς οἱ Τυρρηνοί, πρὶν ἢ συμμῖξαι τοῖς ἑτέροις ἐπικαταδραμόντες ἐκ τῶν χωρίων κυκλοῦνταί τε, καὶ πολλὰ γενναῖα ἔργα ἀποδειξαμένους διαφθείρουσιν ἅπαντας σὺν χρόνῳ.
And the Etruscans, rushing down upon them from those places before they could join the others, surrounded them, and after they had displayed many noble deeds, destroyed them all in time.
§9.21.2μετʼ οὐ πολὺ δὲ καὶ οἱ τὸν λόφον καταλαβόμενοι λιμῷ τε καὶ δίψῃ πιεζόμενοι ὁμόσε χωρεῖν τοῖς πολεμίοις ἔγνωσαν· καὶ συμπεσόντες ὀλίγοι πρὸς πολλοὺς ἕωθεν ἀρξάμενοι μέχρι νυκτὸς ἐμάχοντο·
Not long afterward, those who had occupied the hill, being hard pressed by hunger and thirst, resolved to come to close quarters with the enemy; and falling upon them, few against many, they fought from dawn until night.
καὶ τοσοῦτον ἐποίησαν τῶν πολεμίων φόνον, ὥστε τοὺς σωροὺς τῶν νεκρῶν ἐμποδὼν αὐτοῖς εἶναι τῆς μάχης πολλαχῇ κεχυμένους.
And they caused such a slaughter of the enemy that the heaps of the dead, scattered in many places, were a hindrance to them in the battle.
οἱ δὲ Τυρρηνοὶ πλεῖον ἢ τὸ τρίτον τῆς στρατιᾶς μέρος ἀπολωλεκότες καὶ περὶ τοῦ λοιποῦ δείσαντες, μικρὸν ἀνασχόντες τὰ ὅπλα διὰ τῶν ἀνακλητικῶν ἐπεκηρυκεύοντο πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας, ἄδειαν αὐτοῖς ὑπισχνούμενοι καὶ δίοδον, ἐὰν τὰ ὅπλα ἀποθῶνται καὶ τὸ φρούριον ἐκλίπωσιν.
The Etruscans, having lost more than a third part of their army and fearing for the rest, held back their weapons for a short time and through the recall signals made proposals to the men, promising them safety and a passage out, if they would lay down their arms and abandon the fortress.
§9.21.3οὐ προσδεξαμένων δὲ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τὰς προκλήσεις, ἀλλὰ τὸν εὐγενῆ θάνατον αἱρουμένων ἐπῄεσαν αὐτοῖς αὖθις ἐκ διαδοχῆς, συστάδην μὲν καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς οὐκέτι μαχόμενοι, πρόσωθεν δὲ βάλλοντες ἀθρόοι λόγχαις καὶ χερμάσι, καὶ ἦν νιφετῷ παραπλήσιος ἡ πληθὺς τῶν βελῶν.
But when the men did not accept the proposals, choosing rather a noble death, they fell upon them again in succession, no longer fighting hand-to-hand and at close quarters, but throwing spears and stones in volleys from a distance; and the multitude of the missiles was like a snowstorm.
οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι συστρεφόμενοι κατὰ λόχους προσέτρεχον αὐτοῖς οὐχ ὑφισταμένοις καὶ πολλὰς πληγὰς λαμβάνοντες ὑπὸ τῶν πέριξ ὑπέμενον.
The Romans, massing together by companies, ran toward them as they did not stand their ground, and endured receiving many blows from all around.
§9.21.4ὡς δὲ τά τε ξίφη πολλοῖς ἄχρηστα ἦν τὰ μὲν ἀπεστομωμένα τὰς ἀκμάς, τὰ δὲ κατεαγότα, καὶ τῶν ἀσπίδων τὰ πέριξ ἴτυος ἐχόμενα διετέθρυπτο, ἔξαιμοί τε οἱ πλείους καὶ καταβελεῖς καὶ παράλυτοι τὰ μέλη διὰ πλῆθος τραυμάτων ἦσαν, καταφρονήσαντες αὐτῶν οἱ Τυρρηνοὶ χωροῦσιν ὁμόσε·
When the swords of many were useless, some having their edges blunted, others being broken, and the parts around the rims of the shields were shattered, and the majority were bloodless, overwhelmed with missiles, and paralyzed in their limbs due to the multitude of wounds, the Etruscans, despising them, came to close quarters.
καὶ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι προσπίπτοντες ὥσπερ θηρία δόρατά τʼ αὐτῶν ἐπιλαμβανόμενοι κατέκλων, καὶ ξίφη δραττόμενοι κατὰ τὰς ἀκμὰς ἀπέσπων, καὶ περικυλίοντες εἰς τὴν γῆν τὰ σώματα συνεφύροντο θυμῷ τὸ πλεῖον ἢ δυνάμει διαγωνιζόμενοι.
But the Romans, falling upon them like wild beasts, seized their spears and broke them, grasped their swords by the blades and snatched them away, and rolling their bodies to the ground, grappled with them, contending more with rage than with strength.
§9.21.5ὥστʼ οὐκέτι συνῄεσαν αὐτοῖς εἰς χεῖρας οἱ πολέμιοι, τό τε καρτερικὸν ἐκπληττόμενοι τῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ τὴν ἀπόνοιαν, ἣν προσειλήφεσαν, κατὰ τὴν ἀπόγνωσιν τοῦ ζῆν δεδιότες· ἀλλʼ ἀποστάντες αὖθις ἔβαλλον ἀθρόοι καὶ ξύλοις καὶ λίθοις καὶ ὅτῳ ἄλλῳ ἐντύχοιεν, καὶ τελευτῶντες ἐγκατέχωσαν αὐτοὺς τῷ πλήθει τῶν βελῶν.
Consequently, the enemy no longer came to hand-to-hand combat with them, being amazed at the endurance of the men and fearing the madness they had assumed because of their despair of life; but standing off, they threw at them again in volleys both wood and stones and whatever else they might find, and finally buried them under the multitude of missiles.
διαφθείραντες δὲ τοὺς ἄνδρας ἔθεον ἐπὶ τὸ φρούριον, ἔχοντες τὰς τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων κεφαλάς, §9.21.6ὡς ἐξ ἐφόδου τοὺς ἐκεῖ παραληψόμενοι.
Having destroyed the men, they ran to the fortress, carrying the heads of the most illustrious, as if to capture those there at the first assault.
οὐ μὴν ἐχώρησέ γʼ αὐτοῖς κατʼ ἐλπίδα τὸ ἔργον· οἱ γὰρ καταλειφθέντες ἐν αὐτῷ ζηλώσαντες τὸ εὐγενὲς τοῦ θανάτου τῶν θʼ ἑταίρων καὶ τῶν συγγενῶν ἐξῆλθον ὀλίγοι παντάπασιν ὄντες, καὶ πολὺν ἀγωνισάμενοι χρόνον τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον τοῖς ἑτέροις ἅπαντες διεφθάρησαν· τὸ δὲ χωρίον ἔρημον οἱ Τυρρηνοὶ παρέλαβον.
However, the enterprise did not turn out for them according to expectation; for those left behind in it, desiring to emulate the noble death of their comrades and relatives, went out, though being very few in number, and having fought for a long time in the same manner as the others, were all destroyed; and the Etruscans took possession of the place deserted.
ἐμοὶ μὲν δὴ ὁ λόγος οὗτος πιστότερος ἐφαίνετο πολὺ τοῦ προτέρου· φέρονται δʼ ἐν γραφαῖς Ῥωμαίων ἀξιοχρέοις ἀμφότεροι.
To me indeed, this account seemed much more credible than the former; but both are recorded in trustworthy writings of the Romans.