§3.95.1τὰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν τοιαύτην εἶχε τὴν διάθεσιν.
Such, then, was the state of affairs in Italy.
§3.95.2κατὰ δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς καιροὺς ταῖς προειρημέναις πράξεσιν Ἀσδρούβας ὁ τεταγμένος ἐπὶ τῆς Ἰβηρίας στρατηγὸς κατηρτικὼς ἐν τῇ παραχειμασίᾳ τὰς ὑπὸ τἀδελφοῦ καταλειφθείσας τριάκοντα ναῦς καὶ δέκα προσπεπληρωκὼς ἄλλας, ἀρχομένης τῆς θερείας ἀνήχθη τετταράκοντα ναυσὶ καταφράκτοις ἐκ Καινῆς πόλεως, προχειρισάμενος Ἀμίλκαν τοῦ στόλου ναύαρχον.
At the same time as the events described above, Hasdrubal, the general appointed to the command in Iberia, having refitted during the winter the thirty ships left behind by his brother and manned ten more, at the beginning of summer put to sea from Carthago Nova with forty decked ships, having appointed Hamilcar commander of the fleet.
§3.95.3ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὴν πεζὴν ἐκ τῆς παραχειμασίας ἡθροικὼς δύναμιν ἀνέζευξε· καὶ ταῖς μὲν ναυσὶ παρὰ τὴν χέρσον ἐποιεῖτο τὸν πλοῦν, τοῖς δὲ πεζοῖς τὴν πορείαν παρὰ τὸν αἰγιαλόν, σπεύδων ἀμφοτέραις ἅμα ταῖς δυνάμεσι καταζεῦξαι πρὸς τὸν Ἴβηρα ποταμόν.
At the same time, having also assembled his land forces from their winter quarters, he set out; and while the ships made their voyage along the land, the land forces marched along the shore, his object being to reach the river Ebro with both forces together.
§3.95.4Γνάιος δὲ τὰς ἐπιβολὰς συλλογιζόμενος τῶν Καρχηδονίων τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐπεβάλετο κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν ἐκ τῆς παραχειμασίας ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀπάντησιν.
Gnaeus, on calculating the plans of the Carthaginians, at first intended to advance from his winter quarters and meet them both by land and sea.
§3.95.5ἀκούων δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν δυνάμεων καὶ τὸ μέγεθος τῆς παρασκευῆς τὸ μὲν κατὰ γῆν ἀπαντᾶν ἀπεδοκίμασε, συμπληρώσας δὲ πέντε καὶ τριάκοντα ναῦς καὶ λαβὼν ἐκ τοῦ πεζικοῦ στρατεύματος τοὺς ἐπιτηδειοτάτους ἄνδρας πρὸς τὴν ἐπιβατικὴν χρείαν ἀνήχθη καὶ κατῆρε δευτεραῖος ἐκ Ταρράκωνος εἰς τοὺς περὶ τὸν Ἴβηρα ποταμὸν τόπους.
But on hearing of the great number of their forces and the magnitude of their preparations, he abandoned the idea of meeting them by land; and having manned thirty-five ships and taken from the land army the men best fitted for the service of marines, he put to sea and on the second day after his departure from Tarraco anchored in the neighbourhood of the river Ebro.
§3.95.6καθορμισθεὶς δὲ τῶν πολεμίων ἐν ἀποστήματι περὶ τοὺς ὀγδοήκοντα σταδίους προαπέστειλε κατασκεψομένας δύο ναῦς ταχυπλοούσας Μασσαλιητικάς· καὶ γὰρ προκαθηγοῦντο καὶ προεκινδύνευον οὗτοι καὶ πᾶσαν ἀποτόμως σφίσι παρείχοντο τὴν χρείαν.
Anchoring at a distance of about eighty stades from the enemy, he sent ahead two fast Massaliot ships to reconnoitre; for these people used to act as guides and run risks in the vanguard, and rendered every service to the Romans unsparingly.
§3.95.7εὐγενῶς γάρ, εἰ καί τινες ἕτεροι, κεκοινωνήκασι Ῥωμαίοις πραγμάτων καὶ Μασσαλιῶται, πολλάκις μὲν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα, μάλιστα δὲ κατὰ τὸν Ἀννιβιακὸν πόλεμον.
For if any people ever shared the fortunes of the Romans with noble devotion, the Massaliots did so, both on many subsequent occasions and especially in the Hannibalic War.
§3.95.8διασαφούντων δὲ τῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κατασκοπὴν ἐκπεμφθέντων ὅτι περὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ ποταμοῦ συμβαίνει τὸν τῶν ὑπεναντίων ὁρμεῖν στόλον, ἀνήγετο κατὰ σπουδήν, βουλόμενος ἄφνω προσπεσεῖν τοῖς
When those sent on the reconnaissance reported that the enemy's fleet was anchored near the mouth of the river, he put to sea in haste, wishing to fall upon them suddenly.