§21.48.1insequenti nocte caedes in castris Romanis, tumultu tamen quam re maior, ab auxiliaribus Gallis facta est.
On the following night a slaughter was committed in the Roman camp by the Gallic auxiliaries, greater, however, in alarm than in actual consequence.
§21.48.2ad duo milia peditum et ducenti equites vigilibus ad portas trucidatis ad Hannibalem transfugiunt; quos Poenus benigne adlocutus et spe ingentium donorum accensos in civitates quemque suas ad sollicitandos popularium animos dimisit.
About two thousand infantry and two hundred cavalry, having slaughtered the guards at the gates, deserted to Hannibal; whom the Carthaginian, having addressed kindly and having inflamed with the hope of vast gifts, sent away, each to his own state, to solicit the minds of their fellow-countrymen.
§21.48.3Scipio, caedem eam signum defectionis omnium Gallorum esse ratus contactosque eo scelere velut iniecta rabie ad arma ituros, §21.48.4quamquam gravis adhuc vulnere erat, tamen quarta vigilia noctis insequentis tacito agmine profectus ad Trebiam fluvium iam in loca altiora collisque impeditiores equiti castra movet.
Scipio, thinking that this slaughter was a sign of the defection of all the Gauls, and that those infected by that crime would, as if injected with madness, fly to arms, although he was still severely encumbered by his wound, nevertheless set out in silence during the fourth watch of the following night and moved his camp to the river Trebia, into places already higher and onto hills more difficult for cavalry.
§21.48.5minus quam ad Ticinum fefellit; missisque Hannibal primum Numidis deinde omni equitatu turbasset utique novissimum agmen, ni aviditate praedae in vacua Romana castra Numidae devertissent.
He went less unnoticed than at the Ticinus; and Hannibal, having sent first the Numidians and then all the cavalry, would indeed have thrown the rear guard into confusion, if the Numidians had not turned aside into the empty Roman camp through greed for plunder.
§21.48.6ibi dum perscrutantes loca omnia castrorum nullo satis digno morae pretio tempus terunt, emissus hostis est de manibus; et cum iam transgressos Trebiam Romanos metantisque castra conspexissent, paucos moratorum occiderunt citra flumen interceptos.
There, while they wasted time searching all places of the camp, with no reward of delay worthy enough, the enemy was let slip from their hands; and when they had already seen the Romans across the Trebia and marking out their camp, they slew a few of the stragglers intercepted on this side of the river.
§21.48.7Scipio, nec vexationem vulneris in via iactati ultra patiens et collegam — iam enim et revocatum ex Sicilia audierat — ratus exspectandum, locum, qui prope flumen tutissimus stativis est visus, delectum communiit.
Scipio, unable to endure any longer the pain of his wound, which had been jolted on the road, and thinking that his colleague—for he had already heard that he had been recalled from Sicily—must be waited for, fortified the place he chose, which seemed safest near the river for a permanent camp.
§21.48.8nec procul inde Hannibal cum consedisset, quantum victoria equestri elatus, tantum anxius inopia, quae per hostium agros euntem nusquam praeparatis commeatibus maior in dies excipiebat,
And when Hannibal had encamped not far from there, as much as he was elated by the cavalry victory, so much was he anxious about the scarcity of provisions, which confronted him, as he marched through the enemy's territory, greater day by day, with supplies nowhere prepared beforehand.
§21.48.9ad Clastidium vicum, quo magnum frumenti numerum congesserant Romani, mittit.
He sent to the village of Clastidium, where the Romans had collected a great quantity of corn.
ibi cum vim pararent, spes facta proditionis; nec sane magno pretio, nummis aureis quadringentis, Dasio Brundisino praefecto praesidii corrupto traditur Hannibali Clastidium.
There, while they were preparing force, hope of a betrayal was given; and Clastidium was delivered up to Hannibal, by no means at a great price, Dasius of Brundisium, the commander of the garrison, having been bribed for four hundred gold coins.
§21.48.10id horreum fuit Poenis sedentibus ad Trebiam.
This served as a granary for the Carthaginians encamped at the Trebia.
in captivos ex tradito praesidio, ut fama clementiae in principio rerum colligeretur, nihil saevitum est.
No cruelty was exercised against the prisoners from the surrendered garrison, so that a reputation for clemency might be gained at the beginning of operations.