§14.7.1πρὸς αὐτὸν συνάψοντος·
[on the ground that very shortly the general with his forces] would join him.
ὁ δὲ τῶν Ῥωμαίων στρατηγὸς ἐγίνετο μὲν καὶ περὶ τὴν τῆς Ἰτύκης πολιορκίαν, τὸ δὲ πλεῖον, ἀκούων ἐπιμένειν τὸν Σόφακα καὶ τοὺς Καρχηδονίους πάλιν ἁθροίζειν στρατιάν, ἐξῆγε τὰς δυνάμεις καὶ παρενέβαλλε πρὸ τῆς Ἰτύκης.
Meanwhile, the Roman general was indeed occupied also with the siege of Utica, but still more, hearing that Syphax was remaining steadfast and that the Carthaginians were again assembling an army, he led out his forces and encamped before Utica.
ἅμα δὲ καὶ νείμας τῶν λαφύρων §14.7.2τοὺς μὲν ἐμπόρους ἐξαπέστειλε §14.7.3λυσιτελῶς· καλῆς γὰρ τῆς ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων ἐλπίδος ὑπογραφομένης ἐκ τοῦ γεγονότος εὐτυχήματος, ἑτοίμως τὴν παροῦσαν ὠφέλειαν οἱ στρατιῶται παρʼ οὐδὲν ποιούμενοι διετίθεντο τοῖς ἐμπόροις.
At the same time, having also distributed a portion of the booty, he sent away the merchants profitably; for since a fair hope for the ultimate issue of the war was sketched out by the late success, the soldiers, readily holding their present gain of no account, disposed of it to the merchants.
§14.7.4τῷ δὲ βασιλεῖ τῶν Νομάδων καὶ τοῖς φίλοις τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐδόκει κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀναχώρησιν· §14.7.5τῶν δὲ Κελτιβήρων αὐτοῖς ἀπαντησάντων περὶ τὴν Ἄββαν, οἵτινες ἐτύγχανον ὑπὸ τῶν Καρχηδονίων ἐξενολογημένοι, πλείους ὄντες τῶν τετρακισχιλίων, πιστεύοντες ταῖς χερσὶ ταύταις οὕτως ἐπέστησαν καὶ βραχύ τι ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἐθάρρησαν.
As for the king of the Numidians and his friends, at first they resolved to continue their retreat to their own country; but when the Celtiberians met them near Abba, who happened to have been recruited as mercenaries by the Carthaginians and were more than four thousand in number, trusting in this force they halted and recovered some small courage in their hearts.
§14.7.6σὺν δὲ τούτοις ἅμα καὶ τῆς παιδίσκης, ἥτις ἦν θυγάτηρ μὲν Ἀσδρούβου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ, γυνὴ δὲ τοῦ Σόφακος, καθάπερ ἐπάνω. προεῖπον, δεομένης καὶ λιπαρούσης μεῖναι καὶ μὴ καταλιπεῖν ἐν τοιούτοις καιροῖς τοὺς Καρχηδονίους, ἐπείσθη καὶ προσέσχε τοῖς παρακαλουμένοις ὁ Νομάς.
And together with this, at the same time, because the young woman—who was the daughter of Hasdrubal the general and the wife of Syphax, as I said above—entreated and implored him to remain and not to abandon the Carthaginians at such a crisis, the Numidian was persuaded and yielded to her prayers.
§14.7.7οὐ μικρὰ δὲ καὶ τοὺς Καρχηδονίους ἐλπίζειν παρεσκεύασαν οἱ Κελτίβηρες· ἀντὶ μὲν γὰρ τῶν τετρακισχιλίων μυρίους αὑτοὺς ἀπήγγελλον εἶναι, κατὰ δὲ τοὺς κινδύνους ἀνυποστάτους ὑπάρχειν καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ τοῖς καθοπλισμοῖς.
The Celtiberians also caused the Carthaginians to entertain no small hopes; for instead of four thousand, it was reported that they were ten thousand, and that in danger they were irresistible both in their courage and in their armor.
§14.7.8ἐκ δὲ ταύτης τῆς φήμης καὶ τῆς χυδαίου καὶ πανδήμου λαλιᾶς μετεωρισθέντες οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι διπλασίως ἐπερρώσθησαν πρὸς τὸ πάλιν ἀντιποιήσασθαι τῶν ὑπαίθρων.
Elated by this rumor and by the common talk of the crowd, the Carthaginians were doubly encouraged to dispute once more the possession of the open country.
§14.7.9καὶ τέλος ἐν ἡμέραις τριάκοντα περὶ τὰ Μεγάλα πεδία καλούμενα βαλόμενοι χάρακα συνεστρατοπέδευον ὁμοῦ τοῖς Νομάσι καὶ τοῖς Κελτίβηρσιν, ὄντες οὐκ ἐλάττους οἱ πάντες τρισμυρίων.
And finally, within thirty days, they pitched their camp and threw up a palisade near the place called the Great Plains, together with the Numidians and Celtiberians, their total number being not less than thirty thousand.