§15.14.1εὐρυχωρίας, γενομένου δὲ τοῦ μεταξὺ τόπου τῶν καταλειπομένων στρατοπέδων πλήρους αἵματος, φόνου, νεκρῶν, πολλὴν ἀπορίαν παρεῖχε τῷ τῶν Ῥωμαίων στρατηγῷ τὸ τῆς τροπῆς ἐμπόδιον·
[to the] open country [beyond them]. But, as the space between the remaining camps became full of blood, slaughter, and dead bodies, the obstacle created by this rout caused great perplexity to the Roman general.
§15.14.2ὅ τε γὰρ τῶν νεκρῶν ὄλισθος, ὡς ἂν αἱμοφύρτων καὶ σωρηδὸν πεπτωκότων, ἥ τε τῶν χύδην ἐρριμμένων ὅπλων ὁμοῦ τοῖς πτώμασιν ἀλογία δυσχερῆ τὴν δίοδον ἔμελλε ποιήσειν τοῖς ἐν τάξει διαπορευομένοις.
For the slipperiness of the corpses, which were drenched in blood and fallen in heaps, and the chaotic confusion of the weapons scattered at random along with the bodies, were bound to make passage difficult for those marching in order.
§15.14.3οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τοὺς μὲν τραυματίας εἰς τοὐπίσω τῆς παρατάξεως κομισάμενος, τοὺς δʼ ἐπιδιώκοντας τῶν ἁστάτων ἀνακαλεσάμενος διὰ τῆς σάλπιγγος, τοὺς μὲν αὐτοῦ πρὸ τῆς μάχης κατὰ μέσους τοὺς πολεμίους ἐπέστησε, §15.14.4τοὺς δὲ πρίγκιπας καὶ τριαρίους πυκνώσας ἐφʼ ἑκάτερον τὸ κέρας προάγειν παρήγγειλε διὰ τῶν νεκρῶν.
Nevertheless, having had the wounded carried to the rear of the battle line, and having recalled by trumpet those of the hastati who were pursuing, he drew them up on the spot in the center, directly in front of the enemy, and, having closed the ranks of the principes and triarii, he ordered them to advance on each of the wings through the corpses.
§15.14.5ἐπειδὴ δʼ ὑπερβάντες ἐξ ἴσου τοῖς ἁστάτοις ἐγένοντο, συνέβαλον αἱ φάλαγγες ἀλλήλαις μετὰ τῆς μεγίστης ὁρμῆς καὶ προθυμίας.
When they had crossed over and came on an equal front with the hastati, the main bodies clashed with one another with the greatest impetus and eagerness.
§15.14.6ὄντων δὲ καὶ τῷ πλήθει καὶ τοῖς φρονήμασι καὶ ταῖς ἀρεταῖς καὶ τοῖς καθοπλισμοῖς παραπλησίων ἀμφοτέρων, ἄκριτον ἐπὶ πολὺ συνέβαινε γενέσθαι τὴν μάχην, ἐν αὐταῖς ταῖς χώραις ἐναποθνησκόντων τῶν ἀνδρῶν διὰ φιλοτιμίαν, §15.14.7ἕως οἱ περὶ τὸν Μασαννάσαν καὶ Λαίλιον ἀπὸ τοῦ διώγματος τῶν ἱππέων ἀνακάμπτοντες [καὶ] δαιμονίως εἰς δέοντα καιρὸν συνῆψαν.
Since both sides were nearly equal in numbers, in spirit, in courage, and in armor, the battle remained undecided for a long time, as the men died right on their posts out of rivalry, until those under Masinissa and Laelius, returning from the pursuit of the cavalry, joined the fight miraculously at the critical moment.
§15.14.8ὧν προσπεσόντων τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀννίβαν κατόπιν οἱ μὲν πλεῖστοι κατεκόπησαν ἐν τῇ τάξει, τῶν δὲ πρὸς φυγὴν ὁρμησάντων ὀλίγοι μὲν τελέως διέφυγον, ἅτε τῶν ἱππέων ἐν χερσὶν ὄντων καὶ τῶν τόπων ἐπιπέδων ὑπαρχόντων.
When these fell upon Hannibal's forces from behind, most of them were cut down in their ranks, and of those who turned to flight, only a very few escaped completely, as the cavalry was at their heels and the ground was flat.
§15.14.9ἔπεσον δὲ τῶν μὲν Ῥωμαίων ὑπὲρ τοὺς χιλίους πεντακοσίους, τῶν δὲ Καρχηδονίων ὑπὲρ δισμυρίους, αἰχμάλωτοι δʼ ἑάλωσαν οὐ πολὺ τούτων ἐλάττους.
There fell of the Romans more than fifteen hundred, and of the Carthaginians over twenty thousand, while the prisoners taken were not much fewer than this number.