§3.96.1πολεμίοις.
enemy.
οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Ἀσδρούβαν, σημηνάντων αὐτοῖς τῶν σκοπῶν ἐκ πολλοῦ τὸν ἐπίπλουν τῶν ὑπεναντίων, ἅμα τὰς πεζικὰς ἐξέταττον δυνάμεις παρὰ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν καὶ τοῖς πληρώμασι παρήγγελλον ἐμβαίνειν εἰς τὰς ναῦς.
As for Hasdrubal and his men, since their scouts had signaled the enemy's approach from a long way off, they were at once drawing up their land forces along the shore and ordering the crews to embark on the ships.
§3.96.2ἤδη δὲ καὶ τῶν Ῥωμαίων σύνεγγυς ὄντων, σημήναντες πολεμικὸν ἀνήγοντο, κρίναντες ναυμαχεῖν.
Now that the Romans were already close at hand, they sounded the signal for battle and put to sea, having decided to fight a naval action.
συμβαλόντες δὲ τοῖς πολεμίοις βραχὺν μέν τινα χρόνον ἀντεποιήσαντο τῆς νίκης, μετʼ οὐ πολὺ δὲ πρὸς τὸ κλίνειν ὥρμησαν.
On engaging the enemy, they disputed the victory for some short time, but before long they turned to flight.
§3.96.3ἡ γὰρ ἐφεδρεία τῶν πεζῶν ἡ περὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν οὐχ οὕτως αὐτοὺς ὤνησε, θάρσος παριστάνουσα πρὸς τὸν κίνδυνον, ὡς ἔβλαψε τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς σωτηρίας ἑτοίμην παρασκευάζουσα.
For the support of the infantry stationed along the shore did not benefit them so much by inspiring courage in the face of danger as it harmed them by making their hope of safety ready at hand.
§3.96.4πλὴν δύο μὲν αὐτάνδρους νῆας ἀποβαλόντες, τεττάρων δὲ τοὺς ταρσοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἐπιβάτας ἔφευγον ἐκκλίναντες εἰς γῆν.
At any rate, losing two ships with all their men and the oars and marines of four others, they fled, turning towards the land.
§3.96.5ἐπικειμένων δὲ τῶν Ῥωμαίων αὐτοῖς ἐκθύμως, τὰς μὲν ναῦς ἐξέβαλον εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν, αὐτοὶ δʼ ἀποπηδήσαντες ἐκ τῶν πλοίων ἐσῴζοντο πρὸς τοὺς παρατεταγμένους.
As the Romans pressed upon them eagerly, they ran their ships aground on the shore, and leaping out of the vessels, saved themselves by reaching the forces drawn up on the beach.
§3.96.6οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι τολμηρῶς συνεγγίσαντες τῇ γῇ καὶ τὰ δυνάμενα κινεῖσθαι τῶν πλοίων ἀναδησάμενοι μετὰ χαρᾶς ὑπερβαλλούσης ἀπέπλεον, νενικηκότες μὲν ἐξ ἐφόδου τοὺς ὑπεναντίους, κρατοῦντες δὲ τῆς θαλάττης, εἴκοσι δὲ καὶ πέντε ναῦς ἔχοντες τῶν πολεμίων.
The Romans, boldly approaching the land and taking in tow such of the ships as could be moved, sailed away with exceeding joy, having defeated the enemy at the first onset, gained control of the sea, and captured twenty-five of the enemy's ships.
§3.96.7τὰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ τὴν Ἰβηρίαν ἀπὸ τούτων ἐπικυδεστέρας εἰλήφει τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις τὰς ἐλπίδας διὰ τὸ προειρημένον κατόρθωμα.
Such, then, was the state of affairs in Iberia, which from this time on gave the Romans more glorious hopes because of the aforementioned success.
§3.96.8οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι, προσπεσόντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ γεγονότος ἐλαττώματος, παραχρῆμα πληρώσαντες ἑβδομήκοντα νῆας ἐξαπέστειλαν, κρίναντες ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι πρὸς πάσας τὰς ἐπιβολὰς ἀντέχεσθαι τῆς θαλάττης.
The Carthaginians, when the news of the defeat they had suffered reached them, immediately manned and dispatched seventy ships, deciding it was necessary to hold onto the sea for all their enterprises.
§3.96.9αἳ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον εἰς Σαρδόνʼ, ἐκεῖθεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς περὶ Πίσας τόπους τῆς Ἰταλίας προσέβαλον, πεπεισμένων τῶν ἐπιπλεόντων συμμίξειν ἐνθάδε τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀννίβαν.
These ships at first made for Sardinia, and from there touched at the parts of Italy around Pisa, those on board being convinced that they would join Hannibal's forces there.
§3.96.10ταχὺ δὲ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀναχθέντων ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς Ῥώμης ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι σκάφεσι πεντηρικοῖς, πυθόμενοι τὸν ἀνάπλουν οὗτοι μὲν αὖθις ἀπέπλευσαν εἰς τὴν Σαρδόνα, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πάλιν εἰς Καρχηδόνα.
But when the Romans quickly put to sea against them from Rome itself with a hundred and twenty quinqueremes, the Carthaginians, hearing of this departure, sailed back to Sardinia, and after this returned again to Carthage.
§3.96.11Γνάιος δὲ Σερουίλιος ἔχων τὸν προειρημένον στόλον ἕως μέν τινος ἐπηκολούθει τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις, συνάψειν πεπεισμένος, πολὺ δὲ καθυστερῶν ἀπέγνω.
Gnaeus Servilius, with the aforementioned fleet, pursued the Carthaginians for a time, convinced that he would catch up with them, but falling far behind, he abandoned the attempt.
§3.96.12καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τῆς Σικελίας Λιλυβαίῳ προσέσχε· μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καταπλεύσας τῆς Λιβύης ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν Κερκινητῶν νῆσον καὶ λαβὼν παρʼ αὐτῶν χρήματα τοῦ μὴ πορθῆσαι τὴν χώραν ἀπηλλάγη.
At first he put in at Lilybaeum in Sicily; and after this, sailing down to the island of the Cerciniales in Libya, and receiving money from them on condition of not plundering their territory, he departed.
§3.96.13κατὰ δὲ τὸν ἀνάπλουν γενόμενος κύριος νήσου Κοσσύρου καὶ φρουρὰν εἰς τὸ πολισμάτιον εἰσαγαγὼν αὖθις εἰς τὸ Λιλύβαιον κατῆρε.
On his voyage back, having made himself master of the island of Cossyra and placed a garrison in its town, he anchored again at Lilybaeum.
§3.96.14καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν οὗτος μὲν αὐτοῦ συνορμίσας τὸν στόλον μετʼ οὐ πολὺν χρόνον
And for the rest of the time, having moored his fleet there, he, not long after