§3.82.1ὡς γὰρ θᾶττον ποιησάμενος ἀναζυγὴν ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Φαισόλαν τόπων καὶ μικρὸν ὑπεράρας τὴν τῶν Ῥωμαίων στρατοπεδείαν ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὴν προκειμένην χώραν, §3.82.2εὐθέως μετέωρος ἦν ὁ Φλαμίνιος καὶ θυμοῦ πλήρης, δοξάζων ἑαυτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐναντίων καταφρονεῖσθαι.
For as soon as he broke up his camp from the districts around Faesulae and, passing slightly beyond the Roman camp, invaded the country in front, Flaminius immediately became excited and full of anger, thinking that he was being treated with contempt by the enemy.
§3.82.3μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πορθουμένης τῆς χώρας, καὶ πανταχόθεν τοῦ καπνοῦ σημαίνοντος τὴν καταφθορὰν αὐτῆς, ἐσχετλίαζε, δεινὸν ἡγούμενος τὸ γινόμενον.
And after this, as the country was being plundered and the smoke from all sides signaled its destruction, he was indignant, regarding what was happening as intolerable.
§3.82.4διὸ καὶ τινῶν οἰομένων δεῖν μὴ προχείρως ἐπακολουθεῖν μηδὲ συμπλέκεσθαι τοῖς πολεμίοις, φυλάττεσθαι δὲ καὶ προσέχειν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἱππέων, μάλιστα δὲ καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ὕπατον προσλαβεῖν καὶ πᾶσιν ἐπὶ ταὐτὸ τοῖς στρατοπέδοις ὁμοῦ ποιήσασθαι τὸν κίνδυνον, §3.82.5οὐχ οἷον προσεῖχε τοῖς λεγομένοις, ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἀνείχετο τῶν ἀποφαινομένων ταῦτα,
Therefore, although some thought that they should not pursue rashly or engage with the enemy, but should guard against and pay attention to the multitude of cavalry, and above all, join the other consul so as to face the danger together with all their forces combined, he not only paid no attention to what was said, but could not even tolerate those who expressed these opinions.
§3.82.6παρεκάλει δʼ αὐτοὺς ἐν νῷ λαμβάνειν τί λέγειν εἰκὸς τοὺς ἐν τῇ πατρίδι τῆς μὲν χώρας καταφθειρομένης σχεδὸν ἕως πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν Ῥώμην, αὐτῶν δὲ κατόπιν τῶν πολεμίων ἐν Τυρρηνίᾳ στρατοπεδευόντων.
And he urged them to keep in mind what those at home would naturally say, when the country was being destroyed almost up to Rome itself, while they were encamped in Tyrrhenia behind the enemy.
§3.82.7τέλος δέ, ταῦτʼ εἰπών, ἀναζεύξας προῆγε μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως, οὐ καιρόν, οὐ τόπον προορώμενος, μόνον δὲ σπεύδων συμπεσεῖν τοῖς πολεμίοις, ὡς προδήλου τῆς νίκης αὐτοῖς ὑπαρχούσης·
Finally, having said this, he broke camp and advanced with his army, neither foreseeing time nor place, but only eager to clash with the enemy, as if victory was already clearly assured to them.
§3.82.8τηλικοῦτον γὰρ προενεβεβλήκει κατελπισμὸν τοῖς ὄχλοις ὥστε πλείους εἶναι τῶν τὰ ὅπλα φερόντων τοὺς ἐκτὸς παρεπομένους τῆς ὠφελείας χάριν, κομίζοντας ἁλύσεις καὶ πέδας καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν τοιαύτην παρασκευήν.
For he had pre-instilled such great confidence in the multitude that those who followed outside the ranks for the sake of plunder, bringing chains and fetters and all such equipment, were more numerous than those who bore arms.
§3.82.9ὅ γε μὴν Ἀννίβας ἅμα μὲν εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν ὡς πρὸς τὴν Ῥώμην προῄει διὰ τῆς Τυρρηνίας, εὐώνυμον μὲν πόλιν ἔχων τὴν προσαγορευομένην Κυρτώνιον καὶ τὰ ταύτης ὄρη, δεξιὰν δὲ τὴν Ταρσιμέννην καλουμένην λίμνην· §3.82.10ἅμα δὲ προάγων ἐπυρπόλει καὶ κατέφθειρε τὴν χώραν, βουλόμενος ἐκκαλέσασθαι τὸν θυμὸν τῶν ὑπεναντίων.
Hannibal, on his part, while on the one hand advancing forward through Tyrrhenia towards Rome, having on his left the city called Cyrtonium and its mountains, and on his right the lake called Tarsimenne, on the other hand, as he advanced, was burning and destroying the country, wishing to provoke the anger of the enemy.
ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸν Φλαμίνιον ἤδη συνάπτοντα καθεώρα, §3.82.11τόπους δʼ εὐφυεῖς συνεθεώρησε πρὸς τὴν χρείαν,
And when he saw Flaminius already closing in, he observed places well suited to his purpose,