§35.1.1πύρινος πόλεμος, ὁ Ῥωμαίων πρὸς τοὺς Κελτίβηρας συσταθείς.
The "fiery war" is the one waged by the Romans against the Celtiberians.
θαυμαστὴν γὰρ ἔσχε τὴν ἰδιότητα τήν τε συνέχειαν τῶν ἀγώνων.
For its peculiar character and the continuity of its combats were wonderful.
§35.1.2τοὺς γὰρ κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα πολέμους καὶ τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν ὡς ἐπίπαν μία μάχη κρίνει, σπανίως δὲ δευτέρα, καὶ τὰς μάχας αὐτὰς εἷς καιρὸς ὁ κατὰ τὴν πρώτην ἔφοδον καὶ σύμπτωσιν τῆς δυνάμεως·
For, as a rule, a single battle decides the wars in Greece and in Asia, and rarely a second; and the battles themselves are decided by a single critical moment, that of the first onslaught and the clash of forces.
§35.1.3κατὰ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν πόλεμον τἀναντία συνέβαινε τοῖς προειρημένοις.
But in this war, the opposite of the aforementioned things happened.
§35.1.4τοὺς μὲν γὰρ κινδύνους ὡς ἐπίπαν ἡ νὺξ διέλυε, τῶν ἀνδρῶν οὔτʼ εἴκειν ταῖς ψυχαῖς οὔτε παρακαθιέναι τοῖς σώμασι βουλομένων διὰ τὸν κόπον, ἀλλʼ ἐξ ὑποστροφῆς καὶ μεταμελείας αὖθις ἄλλας ἀρχὰς ποιουμένων.
For, as a rule, night would break off the combats, since the men were unwilling either to yield in spirit or to give way in body because of their fatigue, but turning back and changing their minds, they would begin other fights afresh.
§35.1.5τόν γε μὴν ὅλον πόλεμον καὶ τὴν συνέχειαν τῶν ἐκ παρατάξεως διακρίσεων ὁ χειμὼν ἐπὶ ποσὸν διεῖργε.
However, the winter did to some extent interrupt the war as a whole and the continuity of the decisions by pitched battles.
§35.1.6καθόλου γάρ, εἴ τις διανοηθείη πύρινον πόλεμον, οὐκ ἂν ἕτερον ἢ τοῦτον νοήσειε. —
For, in general, if anyone were to conceive of a "fiery war," he would conceive of no other than this one.