§22.40.1adversus ea oratio consulis baud sane laeta fuit, magis fatentis ea, quae diceret, vera quam facilia factu esse.
In reply to these things, the consul's speech was by no means cheerful, rather admitting that what he (Fabius) said was true than easy to do.
§22.40.2dictatori magistrum equitum intolerabilem fuisse: quid consuli adversus collegam seditiosum ac temerarium virium atque auctoritatis fore?
[He said that] the master of the horse had been intolerable to the dictator; what strength and authority would there be for a consul against a mutinous and rash colleague?
§22.40.3se populare incendium priore consulatu semustum effugisse; optare, ut omnia prospere evenirent; sed si quid adversi caderet, hostium se telis potius quam suffragiis iratorum civium caput obiecturum.
He had escaped the popular fire, half-burned, during his previous consulship; he hoped that all things would turn out successfully; but if any misfortune should fall, he would expose his head to the weapons of the enemy rather than to the votes of angry citizens.
§22.40.4ab hoc sermone profectum Paulum tradunt prosequentibus primoribus patrum; plebeium consulem sua plebes prosecuta, turba conspectior, cum dignitates deessent.
They report that Paulus set out after this speech, escorted by the leading men of the patricians; the plebeian consul was escorted by his own plebeians, a crowd more conspicuous since high-ranking men were lacking.
§22.40.5ut in castra venerunt, permixto novo exercitu ac vetere castris bifariam factis, ut nova minora essent propius Hannibalem, in veteribus maior pars et omne robur virium esset,
When they came into the camp, the new army and the old being mixed, the camp was made in two parts, so that the new, smaller one was closer to Hannibal, while in the old was the larger part and all the strength of the forces.
§22.40.6consulum anni prioris M. Atilium aetatem excusantem Romam miserunt, Geminum Servilium in minoribus castris legioni Romanae et socium peditum equitumque duobus milibus praeficiunt.
Of the consuls of the previous year, they sent Marcus Atilius to Rome, as he excused himself on account of his age, and they placed Geminus Servilius in command of a Roman legion and of two thousand allied infantry and cavalry in the smaller camp.
§22.40.7Hannibal quamquam parte dimidia auctas hostium copias cernebat, tamen adventu consulum mire gaudere.
Although Hannibal saw that the enemy's forces were increased by a half, nevertheless he rejoiced wonderfully at the arrival of the consuls.
§22.40.8non solum enim nihil ex raptis in diem commeatibus superabat, sed ne unde raperet quidem quicquam reliqui erat omni undique frumento, postquam ager parum tutus erat, in urbes munitas convecto, §22.40.9ut vix decem dierum, quod conpertum postea est, frumentum superesset, Hispanorumque ob inopiam transitio parata fuerit, si maturitas temporum expectata foret.
For not only did nothing remain of the provisions plundered day by day, but indeed there was not even anything left from which he could plunder, since all the grain from everywhere, after the countryside had become unsafe, had been carried into fortified cities, so that, as was afterwards found out, scarcely ten days' grain remained, and a desertion of the Spaniards on account of scarcity would have been ready, if the maturity of the season had been waited for.