§24.47.1tum demum hostes excitati sunt iam et imbre conquiescente et propinqua luce.
Only then at last were the enemy aroused, as both the rain was subsiding and dawn was approaching.
§24.47.2praesidium in urbe erat Hannibalis, quinque milia ferme armatorum, et ipsi Arpini tria milia hominum armarant.
There was a garrison of Hannibal in the city, of about five thousand armed men, and the Arpini themselves had armed three thousand men.
eos primos Poeni, ne quid ab tergo fraudis esset, hosti opposuerunt.
The Carthaginians, lest there should be any treachery from behind, opposed them first to the enemy.
§24.47.3pugnatum primo in tenebris angustisque viis est.
At first there was fighting in the darkness and narrow streets.
cum Romani non vias tantum sed tecta etiam proxima portae occupassent, ne peti superne ac volnerari possent, §24.47.4cogniti inter se quidam Arpinique et Romani atque inde conloquia coepta fieri percunctantibus Romanis, §24.47.5quid sibi vellent Arpini, quam ob noxam Romanorum, aut quod meritum Poenorum pro alienigenis ac barbaris Italici adversus veteres socios Romanos bellum gererent et vectigalem ac stipendiariam Italiam Africae facerent; §24.47.6Arpinis purgantibus ignaros omnium se venum a principibus datos Poeno, captos oppressosque a paucis esse.
Since the Romans had occupied not only the streets but also the roofs nearest to the gate, so that they could not be attacked from above and wounded, certain individuals among both the Arpini and the Romans recognized each other, and therefrom conversations began to take place, with the Romans asking what the Arpini wanted for themselves, for what offense on the part of the Romans, or for what merit on the part of the Carthaginians, they, as Italians, were waging war on behalf of foreigners and barbarians against their ancient allies, the Romans, and making Italy a tributary and taxpayer to Africa; while the Arpini pleaded that, ignorant of everything, they had been sold to the Carthaginian by their leading men, and had been captured and oppressed by a few.
§24.47.7initio orto plures cum pluribus conloqui; postremo praetor Arpinus ab suis ad consulem deductus, fideque data inter signa aciesque Arpini repente pro Romanis adversus Carthaginiensem arma verterunt.
Once a beginning was made, more people began to converse with more; at last the Arpinian praetor was conducted by his own men to the consul, and after a pledge was given, between the standards and the lines of battle the Arpini suddenly turned their arms for the Romans against the Carthaginian.
§24.47.8Hispani quoque, paulo minus mille homines, nihil praeterea cum consule pacti, quam ut sine fraude Punicum emitteretur praesidium, ad consulem transtulerunt signa.
The Spaniards also, a little less than a thousand men, having bargained nothing further with the consul than that the Carthaginian garrison should be sent away without harm, transferred their standards to the consul.
§24.47.9Carthaginiensibus portae patefactae emissique cum fide incolumes ad Hannibalem Salapiam venerunt.
The gates were opened for the Carthaginians, and having been sent away safely on parole, they arrived unharmed at Salapia to Hannibal.
§24.47.10ita Arpi sine clade — ullius praeterquam unius veteris proditoris, novi perfugae, restituti ad Romanos.
Thus Arpi, without the loss of anyone except one old traitor and new deserter, was restored to the Romans.
§24.47.11Hispanis duplicia cibaria dari iussa; operaque eorum forti ac fideli persaepe res publica usa est.
Double rations were ordered to be given to the Spaniards; and the republic very often made use of their brave and faithful service.
§24.47.12cum consul alter in Apulia alter in Lucanis esset, equites centum duodecim nobiles Campani per speciem praedandi ex hostium agro permissu magistratuum ab Capua profecti ad castra Romana, quae super Suessulam erant, venerunt, stationi militum, qui essent, dixerunt:
While one consul was in Apulia and the other among the Lucanians, one hundred and twelve noble Campanian horsemen, having set out from Capua by permission of their magistrates under the pretense of plundering the enemy's territory, came to the Roman camp which was above Suessula, and told the guard of soldiers who they were: that they wished to converse with the praetor.
§24.47.13conloqui sese cum praetore velle. Cn. Fulvius castris praeerat; cui ubi nuntiatum est, decem ex eo numero iussis inermibus deduci ad se, ubi, quae postularent, audivit — nihil autem aliud petebant, quam ut Capua recepta bona sibi restituerentur —, in fidem omnes accepti.
Gnaeus Fulvius was in command of the camp; when this was reported to him, having ordered ten of that number to be brought to him unarmed, and having heard what they requested—moreover they asked for nothing else than that, when Capua was recovered, their property should be restored to them—they were all received into protection.
§24.47.14et ab altero praetore Sempronio Tuditano oppidum Atrinum expugnatum.
And by the other praetor, Sempronius Tuditanus, the town of Atrinum was taken by storm.
amplius septem milia hominum capta et aeris argentique signati aliquantur. —
More than seven thousand men were captured, and a certain amount of coined bronze and silver.
§24.47.15Romae foedum incendium per duas noctes ac diem unum tenuit; solo aequata omnia inter Salinas ac portam Carmentalem cum Aequimaelio Iugarioque vico inde et templis Fortunae ac matris Matutae.
At Rome a terrible fire lasted for two nights and one day; everything between the Salinae and the Carmental gate was leveled to the ground, along with the Aequimaelium and the Jugarian street, and from there the temples of Fortuna and of Mother Matuta.
§24.47.16et extra portam late vagatus ignis sacra profanaque multa absumpsit.
And the fire, having spread widely outside the gate, consumed many sacred and profane things.