§1.87.1οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι παραδόξου τῆς περιπετείας αὐτοῖς φανείσης δυσθύμως καὶ δυσελπίστως εἶχον πάλιν· ἄρτι γὰρ ἀναθαρροῦντες ταῖς ψυχαῖς παρὰ πόδας ἔπιπτον αὖθις ταῖς ἐλπίσιν.
The Carthaginians, since an unexpected reverse had presented itself to them, were again downcast and hopeless; for having only just taken heart in their souls, they immediately fell back again in their hopes.
§1.87.2οὐ μὴν ἀφίσταντο τοῦ ποιεῖν τὰ πρὸς τὴν σωτηρίαν.
Nevertheless, they did not desist from doing what was necessary for their safety.
§1.87.3διὸ καὶ τριάκοντα μὲν τῆς γερουσίας προχειρισάμενοι καὶ μετὰ τούτων τὸν πρότερον μὲν ἀπελθόντα στρατηγὸν Ἄννωνα, τότε δʼ ἐπαναγαγόντα, σὺν δὲ τούτοις τοὺς ὑπολοίπους τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἡλικίαις καθοπλίσαντες, οἷον ἐσχάτην τρέχοντες ταύτην, ἐξαπέστελλον πρὸς τὸν Βάρκαν, §1.87.4ἐντειλάμενοι πολλὰ τοῖς τῆς γερουσίας κατὰ πάντα τρόπον διαλῦσαι τοὺς στρατηγοὺς ἐκ τῆς προγεγενημένης διαφορᾶς καὶ συμφρονεῖν σφᾶς ἀναγκάσαι, βλέψαντας εἰς τὰ παρόντα τῶν πραγμάτων.
Wherefore, having on the one hand chosen thirty members of the senate, and with them Hanno, the general who had previously been dismissed but was now restored, and on the other hand having armed the rest of those of military age, as if running this as their last race, they sent them off to Barca, giving many instructions to the members of the senate to reconcile the generals by all means from their past disagreement and to compel them to be of one mind, looking to the present state of affairs.
§1.87.5ὧν πολλοὺς καὶ ποικίλους διαθεμένων λόγους, ἐπειδὴ συνήγαγον ὁμόσε τοὺς στρατηγούς, ἠναγκάσθησαν συγχωρεῖν καὶ πείθεσθαι τοῖς λεγομένοις οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἄννωνα καὶ τὸν Βάρκαν, §1.87.6καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν ἤδη συμφρονήσαντες μιᾷ γνώμῃ πάντα κατὰ νοῦν ἔπραττον τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις, §1.87.7ὥστε τοὺς περὶ τὸν Μάθω δυσχρηστουμένους ἐν τοῖς κατὰ μέρος κινδύνοις — πολλοὺς γὰρ ἐποιήσαντο περί τε τὴν Λέπτιν προσαγορευομένην καί τινας τῶν ἄλλων πόλεων — τέλος ἐπὶ τὸ διὰ μάχης κρίνειν ὁρμῆσαι τὰ πράγματα, προθύμως ἐχόντων πρὸς τοῦτο τὸ μέρος καὶ τῶν Καρχηδονίων.
When these had delivered many and various speeches, after they had brought the generals together, Hanno and Barca and their followers were compelled to agree and yield to what was said, and thenceforth, being now of one mind, they did everything in accordance with the wish of the Carthaginians, so that Mathos and his men, being hard pressed in the partial encounters—for they fought many battles around the city called Leptis and some of the other cities—finally rushed to decide the issue by a battle, the Carthaginians also being eager for this course.
§1.87.8διόπερ ἀμφότεροι τοῦτο προθέμενοι παρεκάλουν μὲν πάντας τοὺς συμμάχους πρὸς τὸν κίνδυνον, συνῆγον δὲ τὰς φρουρὰς ἐκ τῶν πόλεων, ὡς ἂν μέλλοντες ἐκκυβεύειν ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων.
Therefore, both having set this before them, they on the one hand summoned all their allies to the danger, and on the other hand gathered the garrisons from the cities, as if they were about to play their last card for the whole stake.
§1.87.9ἐπειδὴ δʼ ἑκατέροις ἦν τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἐπιβολὴν ἕτοιμα, παραταξάμενοι συνέβαλλον ἀλλήλοις ἐξ ὁμολόγου.
And when the preparations for the attempt were ready on both sides, they drew up in line and clashed with one another by mutual agreement.
§1.87.10γενομένου δὲ τοῦ νικήματος κατὰ τοὺς Καρχηδονίους, οἱ μὲν πλεῖστοι τῶν Λιβύων ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ κινδύνῳ διεφθάρησαν, οἱ δὲ πρός τινα πόλιν συμφυγόντες μετʼ οὐ πολὺ παρέδοσαν ἑαυτούς, ὁ δὲ Μάθως ὑποχείριος ἐγένετο τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ζωγρίᾳ.
When the victory fell to the Carthaginians, most of the Libyans were destroyed in the battle itself, while those who fled to some city surrendered themselves not long after, and Mathos fell into the hands of the enemy alive.