§1.53.1Ita proelium restitutum est, atque omnes hostes terga verterunt nec prius fugere destiterunt quam ad flumen Rhenum milia passuum ex eo loco circiter L pervenerunt.
Thus the battle was restored, and all the enemy turned their backs, nor did they cease to flee until they reached the river Rhine, about fifty miles from that place.
§1.53.2Ibi perpauci aut viribus confisi tranare contenderunt aut lintribus inventis sibi salutem reppererunt.
There a very few, either trusting to their strength, endeavored to swim across, or, having found boats, found safety for themselves.
§1.53.3In his fuit Ariovistus, qui naviculam deligatam ad ripam nactus ea profugit; reliquos omnes consecuti equites nostri interfecerunt.
Among these was Ariovistus, who, having found a small boat tied to the bank, escaped in it; our cavalry, pursuing all the rest, put them to death.
§1.53.4Duae fuerunt Ariovisti uxores, una Sueba natione, quam domo secum eduxerat, altera Norica, regis Voccionis soror, quam in Gallia duxerat a fratre missam: utraque in ea fuga periit; duae filiae: harum altera occisa, altera capta est.
There were two wives of Ariovistus, one a Suebian by nation, whom he had brought with him from home, the other a Noric woman, the sister of King Voccio, whom he had married in Gaul, sent by her brother: both perished in that flight; there were two daughters: of these, one was slain, the other captured.
§1.53.5C. Valerius Procillus, cum a custodibus in fuga trinis catenis vinctus traheretur, in ipsum Caesarem hostes equitatu insequentem incidit.
C. Valerius Procillus, while he was being dragged along by his guards in the flight, bound with triple chains, fell in with Caesar himself, who was pursuing the enemy with the cavalry.
§1.53.6Quae quidem res Caesari non minorem quam ipsa victoria voluptatem attulit, quod hominem honestissimum provinciae Galliae, suum familiarem et hospitem, ereptum ex manibus hostium sibi restitutum videbat neque eius calamitate de tanta voluptate et gratulatione quicquam fortuna deminuerat.
Which circumstance indeed brought no less pleasure to Caesar than the victory itself, because he saw the most honorable man of the province of Gaul, his own familiar friend and host, rescued from the hands of the enemy and restored to him, nor had fortune diminished anything from so great pleasure and congratulation by his calamity.
§1.53.7Is se praesente de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat, utrum igni statim necaretur an in aliud tempus reservaretur: sortium beneficio se esse incolumem.
He said that in his own presence it had been thrice consulted by lots concerning him, whether he should be immediately put to death by fire or reserved for another time: that by the favor of the lots he was safe.
§1.53.8Item M. Metius repertus et ad eum reductus est.
Likewise M. Metius was found and brought back to him.