§23.37.1eae causae cum Fabium tenerent, Sempronius in obsidione erat et iam operibus oppugnabatur.
While these causes detained Fabius, Sempronius was under siege and was already being attacked by siege works.
§23.37.2adversus ligneam ingentem admotam urbi turrem aliam ex ipso muro excitavit consul Romanus, aliquanto altiorem, quia muro satis per se alto subiectis validis sublicis pro solo usus erat.
Against the huge wooden tower brought up to the city, the Roman consul built another tower from the wall itself, considerably higher, because he had used the wall, which was high enough in itself, as a foundation after placing strong wooden piles beneath it.
§23.37.3inde primum saxis sudibusque et ceteris missilibus propugnatores moenia atque urbem tuebantur; §23.37.4postremo, ubi promovendo adiunctam muro viderunt turrem, facibus ardentibus plurimum simul ignem coniecerunt.
From there, at first, the defenders protected the walls and the city with stones, stakes, and other missiles; finally, when they saw the tower, by being moved forward, adjoined to the wall, they threw a vast amount of fire simultaneously with burning torches.
§23.37.5quo incendio trepida armatorum multitudo cum de turre sese praecipitaret, eruptio ex oppido simul duabus portis stationes hostium fudit fugavitque in castra, ut eo die obsesso quam obsidenti similior esset Poenus.
When the terrified multitude of armed men was throwing themselves down from the tower because of that fire, a sally from the town through two gates at once routed the enemy's outposts and drove them back into their camp, so that on that day the Carthaginian was more like one besieged than one besieging.
§23.37.6ad mille trecenti Carthaginiensium caesi et undesexaginta vivi capti, qui circa muros et in stationibus solute ac neglegenter agentes, cum nihil minus quam eruptionem timuissent, ex inproviso oppressi fuerant.
About thirteen hundred of the Carthaginians were slain and fifty-nine taken alive, who, acting slackly and negligently around the walls and at the outposts, having feared nothing less than a sally, had been overwhelmed by surprise.
§23.37.7Gracchus, priusquam se hostes ab repentino pavore colligerent, receptui signum dedit ac suos intra muros recepit.
Gracchus, before the enemy could recover themselves from their sudden panic, gave the signal for retreat and withdrew his men inside the walls.
§23.37.8postero die Hannibal elatum secunda re consulem iusto proelio ratus certaturum, aciem inter castra atque urbem instruxit; §23.37.9ceterum, postquam neminem moveri ab solita custodia urbis vidit nec committi quicquam temerariae spei, ad Tifata redit infecta re.
On the following day, Hannibal, thinking that the consul, elated by his success, would fight in a regular battle, drew up his battle line between the camp and the city; but when he saw that no one moved from the usual guard of the city and that nothing was committed to rash hope, he returned to Tifata without accomplishing his purpose.
quibus diebus Cumae liberatae sunt obsidione, §23.37.10isdem diebus et in Lucanis ad Grumentum Ti. Sempronius, cui Longo cognomen erat, cum Hannone Poeno prospere pugnat.
In those same days when Cumae was freed from siege, in those same days also in Lucania near Grumentum, Tiberius Sempronius, who had the surname Longus, fought successfully with Hanno the Carthaginian.
§23.37.11supra duo milia hominum occidit, et ducentos octoginta milites amisit; signa militaria ad quadraginta unum cepit.
He killed more than two thousand men and lost two hundred and eighty soldiers; he captured about forty-one military standards.
pulsus finibus Lucanis Hanno retro in Bruttios sese recepit.
Driven from the borders of Lucania, Hanno withdrew back into the territory of the Bruttii.
§23.37.12et ex Hirpinis oppida tria, quae a populo Romano defecerant, vi recepta per M. Valerium praetorem, Vercellium, Vescellium, Sicilinum, et auctores defectionis securi percussi.
And from the Hirpini, three towns which had revolted from the Roman people, Vercellium, Vescellium, and Sicilinum, were recovered by force by the praetor Marcus Valerius, and the authors of the revolt were beheaded with an axe.
supra quinque milia captivorum sub hasta venierunt; §23.37.13praeda alia militi concessa, exercitusque Luceriam reductus.
More than five thousand captives were sold under the spear; the rest of the booty was granted to the soldiers, and the army was led back to Luceria.