§11.23.1στρέφειν ἐπὶ δόρυ, τῷ δʼ εὐωνύμῳ τἀναντία.
to wheel to the right, and to the left wing the opposite.
καὶ λαβὼν αὐτὸς μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ, Λεύκιος δὲ Μάρκιος καὶ Μάρκος Ἰούνιος ἀπὸ τῶν εὐωνύμων τρεῖς ἴλας ἱππέων τὰς ἡγουμένας, καὶ πρὸ τούτων γροσφομάχους τοὺς εἰθισμένους καὶ τρεῖς σπείρας — τοῦτο δὲ καλεῖται τὸ σύνταγμα τῶν πεζῶν παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις κοόρτις — §11.23.2πλὴν οἱ μὲν ἐπʼ ἀσπίδα περικλάσαντες τούτους, οἱ δʼ ἐπὶ δόρυ, προῆγον ὀρθίους ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους, ἐνεργῆ ποιούμενοι τὴν ἔφοδον, ἀεὶ τῶν ἑξῆς ἐπιβαλλόντων καὶ κατὰ περίκλασιν ἑπομένων. §11.23.3ἐπεὶ δὲ τούτους μὲν οὐ πολὺ συνέβαινε τῶν πολεμίων ἀπέχειν, τοὺς δʼ Ἴβηρας ἐν τῇ κατὰ πρόσωπον πλευρᾷ τόπον ἱκανὸν ἔτι διεστάναι τῷ βάδην ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐπαγωγήν, προσέβαλλον τοῖς κέρασιν ἀμφοτέροις ἅμα τοῖς τῶν ὑπεναντίων ὀρθίαις ταῖς Ῥωμαϊκαῖς δυνάμεσι κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς πρόθεσιν. §11.23.4αἱ δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα κινήσεις, διʼ ὧν συνέβαινε τοὺς ἑπομένους, ἐπιπαρεμβάλλοντας ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν εὐθεῖαν τοῖς ἡγουμένοις, συγκαθίστασθαι τοῖς πολεμίοις εἰς τὴν μάχην, τὴν ἐναντίαν εἶχον διάθεσιν ἀλλήλαις, καὶ καθόλου τὸ δεξιὸν κέρας τῷ λαιῷ καὶ κατὰ μέρος οἱ πεζοὶ τοῖς ἱππεῦσιν. §11.23.5οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρως ἱππεῖς μετὰ τῶν εὐζώνων, ἐκ δόρατος ἐπιπαρεμβάλλοντες, ὑπερκερᾶν ἐπειρῶντο τοὺς πολεμίους, οἱ δὲ πεζοὶ τοὐναντίον ἐξ ἀσπίδος παρενέβαλλον· §11.23.6τῶν δὲ κατὰ τὸ λαιὸν οἱ μὲν ἐν ταῖς σπείραις ἐκ δόρατος, οἱ δʼ ἱππεῖς μετὰ τῶν γροσφομάχων ἐξ ἡνίας. §11.23.7ἐγεγόνει μὲν οὖν ἐκ τῶν ἱππέων καὶ τῶν εὐζώνων ἀμφοτέρων τῶν κεράτων ἐκ ταύτης τῆς κινήσεως τὸ δεξιὸν εὐώνυμον. §11.23.8οὗ μικρὸν λόγον θέμενος ὁ στρατηγὸς τοῦ μείζονος ἐποιήσατο πρόνοιαν, τοῦ κατὰ τὴν ὑπερκέρασιν, ὀρθῶς λογιζόμενος· §11.23.9εἰδέναι μὲν γὰρ δεῖ τὸ γινόμενον, χρῆσθαι δὲ ταῖς πρὸς τὸν καιρὸν ἁρμοζούσαις κινήσεσιν.
And taking, he himself from the right wing, and Lucius Marcius and Marcus Junius from the left, the three leading squadrons of cavalry, and in front of these the usual velites and three cohorts—this division of infantry is called a cohort by the Romans— except that some wheeled them to the left and others to the right, they led them in column against the enemy, making an energetic attack, with those next in order always falling in and following by wheeling. When these came to be not far distant from the enemy, while the Iberians on the frontal side were still separated by a considerable distance as they were advancing at a walk, the Roman forces, according to their original intention, fell upon both wings of the enemy simultaneously in column. The subsequent movements, by which the followers, falling into line on the same straight line as the leaders, came to engage in battle with the enemy, had a direction opposite to one another; and as a whole, the right wing was opposite to the left, and in detail, the infantry to the cavalry. For the cavalry on the right wing, together with the light-armed troops, deploying on the right, attempted to outflank the enemy, while the infantry on the contrary deployed on the left; while of those on the left wing, the infantry in the cohorts deployed on the right, and the cavalry with the velites on the left. As a result of this movement, therefore, in the case of the cavalry and light-armed troops of both wings, the right had become the left. Of this the general took little account, but paid attention to the more important matter, that of outflanking, reasoning correctly; for though one must be aware of what is happening, one must employ the movements suited to the occasion.