§59Haec ubi dixit, paululum conmoratus signa canere iubet atque instructos ordines in locum aequom deducit.
When he had said this, having delayed a little while, he orders the signals to sound and leads the drawn-up ranks down into a level place.
dein remotis omnium equis, quo militibus exaequato periculo animus amplior esset, ipse pedes exercitum pro loco atque copiis instruit.
Then, having removed the horses of everyone, in order that, the danger being made equal, the courage of the soldiers might be greater, he himself on foot draws up the army according to the nature of the ground and his forces.
nam, uti planities erat inter sinistros montis et ab dextra rupe aspera, octo cohortis in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio artius conlocat.
For, as there was a plain between the mountains on the left and a rugged cliff on the right, he stationed eight cohorts in the front, and places the standards of the remaining cohorts more closely in reserve.
ab iis centuriones, omnis lectos et evocatos, praeterea ex gregariis militibus optumum quemque armatum in primam aciem subducit.
From these he draws off into the front line the centurions, all chosen men and veterans, and furthermore, every best armed man from the common soldiers.
C. Manlium in dextra, Faesulanum quendam in sinistra parte curare iubet.
He orders Gaius Manlius to command on the right, and a certain man of Faesulae on the left.
ipse cum libertis et colonis propter aquilam adsistit, quam bello Cimbrico C. Marius in exercitu habuisse dicebatur.
He himself, with his freedmen and colonists, takes his stand near the eagle, which Gaius Marius was said to have had in his army in the Cimbric war.
at ex altera parte C. Antonius, pedibus aeger quod proelio adesse nequibat, M. Petreio legato exercitum permittit.
But on the other side, Gaius Antonius, being ill in his feet so that he was unable to be present at the battle, entrusts the army to his lieutenant Marcus Petreius.
ille cohortis veteranas, quas tumulti causa conscripserat, in fronte, post eas ceterum exercitum in subsidiis locat.
He places the veteran cohorts, which he had enlisted on account of the emergency, in the front, and behind them the rest of the army in reserve.
ipse equo circumiens unum quemque nominans appellat, hortatur, rogat, ut meminerint se contra latrones inermis pro patria, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis certare.
He himself, riding around on horseback, addresses each man by name, encourages them, and begs them to remember that they are fighting against unarmed robbers, on behalf of their country, their children, their altars, and their hearths.
homo militaris, quod amplius annos triginta tribunus aut praefectus aut legatus aut praetor cum magna gloria in exercitu fuerat, plerosque ipsos factaque eorum fortia noverat: ea conmemorando militum animos accendebat.
Being a military man, because he had been a tribune, prefect, lieutenant, or praetor in the army with great glory for more than thirty years, he knew most of them personally and their brave deeds; by mentioning these things, he fired the minds of the soldiers.
§60Sed ubi omnibus rebus exploratis Petreius tuba signum dat, cohortis paulatim incedere iubet; idem facit hostium exercitus.
But when, all things having been explored, Petreius gives the signal with the trumpet, he orders the cohorts to advance slowly; the enemy's army does the same.
postquam eo ventum est, unde a ferentariis proelium conmitti posset, maxumo clamore cum infestis signis concurrunt; pila omittunt, gladiis res geritur.
After they arrived at the point from which the battle could be joined by the light-armed troops, they charge with the greatest shout and with hostile standards; they cast aside their javelins, and the business is carried on with swords.
veterani pristinae virtutis memores comminus acriter instare, illi haud timidi resistunt: maxuma vi certatur.
The veterans, mindful of their former valor, press on fiercely hand to hand; the others resist without fear: they fight with the greatest force.
interea Catilina cum expeditis in prima acie vorsari, laborantibus succurrere, integros pro sauciis arcessere, omnia providere, multum ipse pugnare, saepe hostem ferire: strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia simul exequebatur.
Meanwhile Catiline was active in the front line with his light-armed men, helped those who were hard-pressed, brought up fresh men to replace the wounded, provided for everything, fought hard himself, often struck down the enemy: he performed at once the duties of an active soldier and a good general.
Petreius ubi videt Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, cohortem praetoriam in medios hostis inducit eosque perturbatos atque alios alibi resistentis interficit.
When Petreius sees that Catiline, contrary to what he had expected, is exerting great effort, he leads his praetorian cohort into the midst of the enemy, and slays them in confusion and resisting some in one place, some in another.
deinde utrimque ex lateribus ceteros aggreditur.
Then he attacks the rest on both flanks.
Manlius et Faesulanus in primis pugnantes cadunt.
Manlius and the Faesulan fall fighting among the first.
Catilina postquam fusas copias seque cum paucis relictum videt, memor generis atque pristinae suae dignitatis in confertissumos hostis incurrit ibique pugnans confoditur.
Catiline, after he sees his forces routed and himself left with a few, mindful of his birth and his former dignity, rushes into the thickest of the enemy, and is there stabbed while fighting.
§61Sed confecto proelio, tum vero cerneres, quanta audacia quantaque animi vis fuisset in exercitu Catilinae.
But when the battle was over, then indeed you might have perceived how great daring and how great strength of mind had been in the army of Catiline.
nam fere quem quisque vivos pugnando locum ceperat, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat.
For almost every man covered with his body, after his life was lost, the place which he had taken while alive in fighting.
pauci autem, quos medios cohors praetoria disiecerat, paulo divorsius, sed omnes tamen advorsis volneribus conciderant.
A few, however, whom the praetorian cohort had scattered in the center, had fallen a little more scattered, but all nevertheless with wounds in front.
Catilina vero longe a suis inter hostium cadavera repertus est, paululum etiam spirans ferociamque animi, quam habuerat vivos, in voltu retinens.
But Catiline was found far from his own men among the corpses of the enemy, still breathing a little, and retaining on his face the ferocity of mind which he had possessed while alive.
postremo ex omni copia neque in proelio neque in fuga quisquam civis ingenuos captus est: ita cuncti suae hostiumque vitae iuxta pepercerant.
Finally, out of the whole multitude, not a single free-born citizen was captured either in battle or in flight: so sparely had they all spared their own lives and those of the enemy.
neque tamen exercitus populi Romani laetam aut incruentam victoriam adeptus erat.
Nor, however, had the army of the Roman people obtained a joyful or bloodless victory.
nam strenuissumus quisque aut occiderat in proelio aut graviter volneratus discesserat.
For every bravest man had either fallen in battle or departed severely wounded.
multi autem, qui e castris visundi aut spoliandi gratia processerant, volventes hostilia cadavera amicum alii, pars hospitem aut cognatum reperiebant; fuere item qui inimicos suos cognoscerent.
Moreover, many who had gone out from the camp for the purpose of seeing or plundering, as they turned over the hostile corpses, found some a friend, others a guest or a relative; there were also some who recognized their personal enemies.
ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur.
Thus, in various ways, joy, sorrow, mourning, and exultation were felt throughout the entire army.