§14.6.1οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπιγενομένης, καὶ τῶν πολεμίων τῶν μὲν ἀπολωλότων, τῶν δὲ προτροπάδην πεφευγότων, παρακαλέσας τοὺς χιλιάρχους ἐκ ποδὸς ἐπηκολούθει.
Nevertheless, when day broke, since some of the enemy had perished and others had fled headlong, Scipio, having encouraged his tribunes, followed closely on their heels.
§14.6.2τὰς μὲν οὖν ἀρχὰς ὁ Καρχηδόνιος ὑπέμενε, καίπερ αὐτῷ προσαγγελίας γενομένης· τοῦτο δʼ ἐποίει πιστεύων τῇ τῆς πόλεως ὀχυρότητι.
At first, the Carthaginian general remained there, although message of the enemy's approach had been brought to him; and this he did because he trusted in the strength of the city.
§14.6.3μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα συνθεωρήσας τοὺς ἐγχωρίους στασιάζοντας, καταπλαγεὶς τὴν ἔφοδον τοῦ Σκιπίωνος, ἔφευγε μετὰ τῶν διασεσωσμένων· οὗτοι δʼ ἦσαν ἱππεῖς μὲν οὐκ ἐλάττους πεντακοσίων, πεζοὶ δὲ περὶ δισχιλίους.
But after this, seeing that the local inhabitants were in a state of faction, and being terrified by the approach of Scipio, he fled with those who had been saved; these were not fewer than five hundred horsemen, and about two thousand infantry.
§14.6.4οἱ δʼ ἐγχώριοι συμφρονήσαντες ἐπέτρεψαν περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις.
The local inhabitants, having come to a common agreement, surrendered themselves to the Romans.
§14.6.5ὁ δὲ Πόπλιος τούτων μὲν ἐφείσατο, δύο δὲ τὰς παρακειμένας πόλεις ἐφῆκε τοῖς στρατοπέδοις διαρπάζειν, καὶ ταῦτα διαπραξάμενος αὖθις ἐπὶ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐπανῄει παρεμβολήν.
Publius spared these, but gave up the two neighboring cities to his legions to plunder; and having accomplished these things, he returned again to his original camp.
§14.6.6οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι, παλιντρόπου τῆς ἐλπίδος αὐτοῖς ἀποβαινούσης πρὸς τὰς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐπιβολάς, βαρέως ἔφερον τὸ γεγονός· §14.6.7ἐλπίσαντες γὰρ πολιορκήσειν τοὺς Ῥωμαίους συγκλείσαντες εἰς τὴν ἄκραν τὴν προσοῦσαν τῆς Ἰτύκης, ἐν ᾗ τὴν παραχειμασίαν ἐποιοῦντο, κατὰ γῆν μὲν τοῖς πεζοῖς στρατεύμασι, κατὰ θάλατταν δὲ ταῖς ναυτικαῖς δυνάμεσι, καὶ πρὸς τοῦτο πάσας ἡτοιμακότες τὰς παρασκευάς, §14.6.8ἅμα τῷ μὴ μόνον τῶν ὑπαίθρων οὕτως ἀλόγως καὶ παραδόξως ἐκχωρῆσαι τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τῆς πατρίδος ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη προσδοκᾶν κίνδυνον, τελέως ἐκπλαγεῖς ἦσαν καὶ περίφοβοι ταῖς ψυχαῖς.
But the Carthaginians, as their hope turned out to be the reverse of their original plans, took the event heavily; for they had hoped to besiege the Romans, shutting them up in the promontory adjacent to Utica, in which they were passing the winter, by land with their infantry forces and by sea with their naval power, and had made all preparations for this purpose; so that at the same time as having thus unreasonably and unexpectedly yielded the open country to their adversaries, they were also expecting danger to themselves and their country almost immediately, being completely astounded and terrified in their souls.
§14.6.9οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀναγκαζόντων ποιεῖσθαι πρόνοιαν καὶ βουλὴν ὑπὲρ τοῦ μέλλοντος, ἦν τὸ συνέδριον ἀπορίας καὶ ποικίλων καὶ τεταραγμένων ἐπινοημάτων πλῆρες.
Nevertheless, as circumstances compelled them to take thought and counsel for the future, the senate was full of perplexity and of various and confused proposals.
§14.6.10οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἔφασαν δεῖν πέμπειν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀννίβαν καὶ καλεῖν ἐκ τῆς Ἰταλίας, ὡς μιᾶς ἔτι καταλειπομένης ἐλπίδος τῆς ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ στρατηγῷ καὶ ταῖς μετʼ ἐκείνου δυνάμεσιν, §14.6.11οἱ δὲ διαπρεσβεύεσθαι πρὸς τὸν Πόπλιον ὑπὲρ ἀνοχῶν καὶ λαλεῖν ὑπὲρ διαλύσεων καὶ συνθηκῶν, ἕτεροι δὲ θαρρεῖν καὶ συνάγειν τὰς δυνάμεις καὶ διαπέμπεσθαι πρὸς τὸν Σόφακα· §14.6.12καὶ γὰρ πλησίον αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν Ἄββαν ἀποκεχωρηκέναι, συναθροίζειν δὲ τοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ κινδύνου διαφυγόντας.
For some said that they ought to send for Hannibal and recall him from Italy, on the ground that there was still one hope left in that general and the forces with him; others that they should send embassies to Publius for a truce and treat for terms and treaties, and others that they should take courage, assemble their forces, and send to Syphax; for they said that he had retreated nearby to Abba, and was collecting those who had escaped from the danger.
καὶ δὴ καὶ τέλος αὕτη τῶν γνωμῶν ἐπεκράτησεν.
And indeed, in the end, this opinion prevailed.
οὗτοι μὲν οὖν τάς τε δυνάμεις ἥθροιζον, §14.6.13ἐκπέμψαντες τὸν Ἀσδρούβαν, καὶ διεπέμψαντο πρὸς τὸν Σόφακα, δεόμενοι σφίσι βοηθεῖν καὶ μένειν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑποκειμένων κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς πρόθεσιν, ὡς αὐτίκα μάλα τοῦ στρατηγοῦ μετὰ τῶν δυνάμεων
They therefore began to assemble their forces, having sent Hasdrubal out, and they sent to Syphax, entreating him to assist them and to remain in his original purpose under the current situation, on the ground that very shortly the general with his forces—