§1.26.1σθησαν.
...anchored.
ἦν δὲ τῶν μὲν Ῥωμαίων πρόθεσις εἰς τὴν Λιβύην πλεῖν καὶ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκεῖ περισπᾶν, ἵνα τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις μὴ περὶ Σικελίας, ἀλλὰ περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τῆς ἰδίας χώρας ὁ κίνδυνος γίνηται.
The intention of the Romans was to sail to Libya and transfer the war there, so that the danger for the Carthaginians might not be about Sicily, but about themselves and their own country.
§1.26.2τοῖς δὲ Καρχηδονίοις τἀναντία τούτων ἐδόκει·
But the opposite of this seemed good to the Carthaginians.
συνιδόντες γὰρ ὡς εὐέφοδός ἐστιν ἡ Λιβύη καὶ πᾶς ὁ κατὰ τὴν χώραν λαὸς εὐχείρωτος τοῖς ἅπαξ εἰς αὐτὴν ἐμβαλοῦσιν, οὐχ οἷοί τʼ ἦσαν ἐπιτρέπειν, ἀλλὰ διακινδυνεύειν καὶ ναυμαχεῖν ἔσπευδον.
For, perceiving that Libya was easy of access, and that all the people throughout the country would fall an easy prey to those who had once invaded it, they could not bring themselves to allow this, but were eager to run the risk and fight a naval battle.
§1.26.3ὄντων δὲ τῶν μὲν πρὸς τὸ κωλύειν, τῶν δὲ πρὸς τὸ βιάζεσθαι, προφανὴς ἦν ὁ μέλλων ἀγὼν ἐκ τῆς ἑκατέρων συνίστασθαι φιλοτιμίας.
Since the one side was bent on preventing them and the other on forcing their way, it was evident that the impending struggle would arise from the emulation of both.
§1.26.4οἱ μὲν οὖν Ῥωμαῖοι πρὸς ἀμφότερα τὴν παρασκευὴν ἁρμόζουσαν ἐποιοῦντο πρός τε τὴν κατὰ θάλατταν χρείαν καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἀπόβασιν τὴν εἰς τὴν πολεμίαν.
The Romans, therefore, made their preparations suitable for both objects, both for service at sea and for a landing in the enemy's country.
§1.26.5διόπερ ἐπιλέξαντες ἐκ τῶν πεζικῶν στρατοπέδων τὰς ἀρίστας χεῖρας διεῖλον τὴν πᾶσαν δύναμιν, ἣν ἤμελλον ἀναλαμβάνειν, εἰς τέτταρα μέρη.
Therefore, having selected the best hands from their land forces, they divided the whole army which they were about to take on board into four parts.
§1.26.6τὸ δὲ μέρος ἕκαστον διττὰς εἶχεν προσηγορίας· πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἐκαλεῖτο στρατόπεδον καὶ πρῶτος στόλος καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ κατὰ λόγον.
Each of these parts had a double name; for the first was called the First Legion and the First Fleet, and the others in order in like manner.
τὸ δὲ τέταρτον καὶ τρίτην ἐπωνυμίαν ἔτι προσειλήφει· τριάριοι γὰρ ὠνομάζοντο κατὰ τὴν ἐν τοῖς πεζικοῖς στρατοπέδοις συνήθειαν.
The fourth part had in addition even a third name; for they were called Triarii, according to the custom in the land forces.
§1.26.7καὶ τὸ μὲν σύμπαν ἦν στράτευμα τούτων τῆς ναυτικῆς δυνάμεως περὶ τέτταρας καὶ δέκα μυριάδας, ὡς ἂν ἑκάστης νεὼς λαμβανούσης ἐρέτας μὲν τριακοσίους, ἐπιβάτας δʼ ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν.
And the total strength of their naval force amounted to about a hundred and forty thousand men, calculating that each ship carried three hundred rowers and one hundred and twenty marines.
§1.26.8οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι τὸ μὲν πλεῖον καὶ τὸ πᾶν ἡρμόζοντο πρὸς τὸν κατὰ θάλατταν κίνδυνον· τό γε μὴν πλῆθος αὐτῶν ἦν ὑπὲρ πεντεκαίδεκα μυριάδας κατὰ τὸν τῶν νεῶν λόγον.
The Carthaginians, on their part, adapted their preparations mostly or rather entirely to a battle at sea; their total numbers, indeed, were over a hundred and fifty thousand, according to the proportion of their ships.
§1.26.9ἐφʼ οἷς οὐχ οἷον ἄν τις παρὼν καὶ θεώμενος ὑπὸ τὴν ὄψιν, ἀλλὰ κἂν ἀκούων καταπλαγείη τὸ τοῦ κινδύνου μέγεθος καὶ τὴν τῶν πολιτευμάτων ἀμφοτέρων μεγαλομερίαν καὶ δύναμιν, στοχαζόμενος ἔκ τε τοῦ τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ τοῦ τῶν νεῶν πλήθους.
At all this, not only a spectator present on the scene, but even a mere hearer, estimating it from the number of men and ships, would be astounded by the magnitude of the danger and the grandeur and power of both states.
§1.26.10οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι συλλογιζόμενοι διότι τὸν μὲν πλοῦν εἶναι συμβαίνει πελάγιον, τοὺς δὲ πολεμίους ταχυναυτεῖν, πανταχόθεν ἐπειρῶντο ποιεῖσθαι τὴν τάξιν ἀσφαλῆ καὶ δυσπρόσοδον.
The Romans, reflecting that their voyage lay through the open sea and that the enemy were fast sailers, strove in every way to make their formation secure and difficult to approach.
§1.26.11τὰς μὲν οὖν ἑξήρεις δύʼ οὔσας, ἐφʼ ὧν ἔπλεον οἱ στρατηγοὶ Μάρκος Ἀτίλιος καὶ Λεύκιος Μάλιος, πρώτας ἐν μετώπῳ παραλλήλους ἔταξαν.
So they stationed the two six-banked galleys, on which the generals Marcus Atilius and Lucius Manlius were sailing, first in line, parallel to each other.
§1.26.12τούτων δʼ ἑκατέρᾳ συνεχεῖς κατὰ μίαν ναῦν ἐπιτάττοντες τῇ μὲν τὸν πρῶτον, τῇ δὲ τὸν δεύτερον στόλον ἐπέστησαν, ἀεὶ καθʼ ἑκάστην ναῦν ἑκατέρου τοῦ στόλου μεῖζον τὸ μεταξὺ ποιοῦντες διάστημα.
Behind each of these, they drew up in single file, assigning the First Fleet to the one, and the Second Fleet to the other, making the distance between them wider as each successive ship was added.
ταῖς δὲ πρώρραις ἔξω νεύοντα τὰ σκάφη τὴν ἐπίστασιν ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοις εἶχεν.
The vessels, with their prows turned outwards, were stationed one behind another.
§1.26.13ἐπειδὴ δὲ τὸν πρῶτον καὶ δεύτερον στόλον ἁπλῶς εἰς ἔμβολον ἔταξαν, ἐπέβαλον τούτοις ἐπὶ μίαν ναῦν ἐν μετώπῳ τὸ τρίτον στρατόπεδον· ὧν ἐπιστάντων ἀπετελέσθη τρίγωνον τὸ πᾶν εἶδος τῆς τάξεως.
When they had drawn up the First and Second Fleets simply in the form of a wedge, they stationed behind them the Third Legion in a single line on a front; when these were in position, the whole figure of the formation was completed as a triangle.
§1.26.14ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοις ἐπέστησαν τὰς ἱππηγούς, ῥύματα δόντες ἐξ αὐτῶν ταῖς τοῦ τρίτου στόλου ναυσίν.
Behind these they stationed the horse-transports, attaching tow-lines from them to the ships of the Third Fleet.
§1.26.15ταύταις δὲ κατόπιν ἐπέβαλον τὸν τέταρτον στόλον, τοὺς τριαρίους κληθέντας, ἐπὶ μίαν παρεκτείναντες ναῦν, ὡς ὑπερτείνειν ἐξ ἑκατέρου τοῦ μέρους τοὺς πρὸ ἑαυτῶν.
Behind these latter they stationed the Fourth Fleet, called the Triarii, extending them in a single line so as to overlap at each end the ships in front of them.
§1.26.16καὶ συναρμοσθέντων πάντων κατὰ τὸν εἰρημένον τρόπον, τὸ μὲν ὅλον ἀπετελέσθη σχῆμα τῆς τάξεως ἔμβολον, οὗ τὸ μὲν ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν μέρος ἦν κοῖλον, τὸ δὲ πρὸς τῇ βάσει στερεόν, τὸ δὲ σύμπαν ἐνεργὸν καὶ πρακτικόν, ἅμα δὲ καὶ δυσδιάλυτον.
And when all had been fitted together in the manner described, the whole shape of the formation was completed as a wedge, of which the part at the apex was hollow, and that at the base solid, the whole being active and effective, and at the same time very difficult to break up.