§3.118.1Βραβευθείσης δὲ τῆς μάχης τὸν προειρημένον τρόπον, ἀκόλουθον εἰλήφει τὰ ὅλα κρίσιν τοῖς ὑπʼ ἀμφοτέρων προσδοκωμένοις.
When the battle had been decided in the manner described above, the general situation took a decisive turn in accordance with the expectations of both sides.
§3.118.2Καρχηδόνιοι μὲν γὰρ διὰ τῆς πράξεως ταύτης παραχρῆμα τῆς μὲν λοιπῆς παραλίας σχεδὸν πάσης ἦσαν ἐγκρατεῖς·
For by this achievement, the Carthaginians immediately became masters of almost all the rest of the coast.
§3.118.3Ταραντῖνοί τε γὰρ εὐθέως ἐνεχείριζον αὑτούς, Ἀργυριππανοὶ δὲ καὶ Καπυανῶν τινες ἐκάλουν τὸν Ἀννίβαν, οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ πάντες ἀπέβλεπον ἤδη τότε πρὸς Καρχηδονίους·
For the Tarentines at once surrendered themselves, while the Argyrippani and some of the Capuans invited Hannibal, and all the rest were already at that time looking towards the Carthaginians.
§3.118.4μεγάλας δʼ εἶχον ἐλπίδας ἐξ ἐφόδου καὶ τῆς Ῥώμης αὐτῆς ἔσεσθαι κύριοι·
And they had great hopes of becoming masters of Rome itself by a sudden assault.
§3.118.5Ῥωμαῖοί γε μὴν τὴν Ἰταλιωτῶν δυναστείαν παραχρῆμα διὰ τὴν ἧτταν ἀπεγνώκεισαν, ἐν μεγάλοις δὲ φόβοις καὶ κινδύνοις ἦσαν περί τε σφῶν αὐτῶν καὶ περὶ τοῦ τῆς πατρίδος ἐδάφους, ὅσον οὔπω προσδοκῶντες ἥξειν αὐτὸν τὸν Ἀννίβαν.
The Romans, however, immediately after the defeat, despaired of their supremacy over the Italians, and were in great fear and danger concerning themselves and the very soil of their country, expecting Hannibal himself to arrive at any moment.
§3.118.6καὶ γὰρ ὥσπερ ἐπιμετρούσης καὶ συνεπαγωνιζομένης τοῖς γεγονόσι τῆς τύχης, συνέβη μετʼ ὀλίγας ἡμέρας, τοῦ φόβου κατέχοντος τὴν πόλιν, καὶ τὸν εἰς τὴν Γαλατίαν στρατηγὸν ἀποσταλέντʼ εἰς ἐνέδραν ἐμπεσόντα παραδόξως ἄρδην ὑπὸ τῶν Κελτῶν διαφθαρῆναι μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως.
For, as if Fortune were adding to the measure of what had happened and joining in the struggle against them, it happened a few days later, while fear held the city, that the general sent to Gaul fell into an ambush and was unexpectedly destroyed root and branch, along with his force, by the Celts.
§3.118.7οὐ μὴν ἥ γε σύγκλητος οὐδὲν ἀπέλειπε τῶν ἐνδεχομένων, ἀλλὰ παρεκάλει μὲν τοὺς πολλούς, ἠσφαλίζετο δὲ τὰ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν, ἐβουλεύετο δὲ περὶ τῶν ἐνεστώτων ἀνδρωδῶς.
Nevertheless, the Senate left nothing undone that was possible, but encouraged the multitude, secured the city, and deliberated manfully about the present crisis.
τοῦτο δʼ ἐγένετο φανερὸν ἐκ τῶν μετὰ ταῦτα συμβάντων·
And this became clear from subsequent events.
§3.118.8ὁμολογουμένως γὰρ Ῥωμαίων ἡττηθέντων τότε καὶ παραχωρησάντων τῆς ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις ἀρετῆς, §3.118.9τῇ τοῦ πολιτεύματος ἰδιότητι καὶ τῷ βουλεύεσθαι καλῶς οὐ μόνον ἀνεκτήσαντο τὴν τῆς Ἰταλίας δυναστείαν, νικήσαντες μετὰ ταῦτα Καρχηδονίους, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς οἰκουμένης ἁπάσης ἐγκρατεῖς ἐγένοντο μετʼ ὀλίγους χρόνους.
For though it is admitted that the Romans were then defeated and yielded the palm for valor in arms, yet by the peculiar character of their constitution and by excellent deliberation, they not only recovered their supremacy over Italy, after defeating the Carthaginians subsequently, but also became masters of the whole inhabited world not long afterwards.
§3.118.10διόπερ ἡμεῖς ταύτην μὲν τὴν βύβλον ἐπὶ τούτων τῶν ἔργων καταστρέψομεν, ἃ περιέλαβεν Ἰβηρικῶν καὶ τῶν Ἰταλικῶν ἡ τετταρακοστὴ πρὸς ταῖς ἑκατὸν ὀλυμπιάσι δηλώσαντες·
Therefore, we shall bring this book to a close with these events, having set forth those in Iberia and Italy which the hundred and fortieth Olympiad comprised.
§3.118.11ὅταν δὲ τὰς Ἑλληνικὰς πράξεις τὰς κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ὀλυμπιάδα γενομένας διεξιόντες ἐπιστῶμεν τοῖς καιροῖς τούτοις, τότʼ ἤδη προθέμενοι ψιλῶς τὸν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς τῆς Ῥωμαίων πολιτείας ποιησόμεθα λόγον,
But when, in relating the Greek events that occurred during the same Olympiad, we reach this same period, we shall then, making it our primary subject, deliver our discourse on the Roman constitution itself.
§3.118.12νομίζοντες οὐ μόνον πρὸς τὴν τῆς ἱστορίας σύνταξιν οἰκείαν εἶναι τὴν περὶ αὐτῆς ἐξήγησιν. ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς τὰς τῶν πολιτευμάτων διορθώσεις καὶ κατασκευὰς μεγάλα συμβάλλεσθαι τοῖς φιλομαθοῦσι καὶ πραγματικοῖς τῶν ἀνδρῶν.
For we believe that the exposition of this subject is not only appropriate to the structure of history, but also contributes greatly to the reform and establishment of constitutions for studious and practical men.