§25.32.1eadem aestate in Hispania, cum biennio ferme nihil admodum memorabile factum esset consiliisque magis quam armis bellum gereretur, Romani imperatores egressi hibernis copias coniunxerunt.
In the same summer, in Spain, since for nearly two years nothing very memorable had been done and the war was being waged by counsels rather than by arms, the Roman generals, having departed from their winter quarters, united their forces.
§25.32.2ibi consilium advocatum, omniumque in unum congruerunt sententiae, quando ad id locorum id modo actum esset, ut Hasdrubalem tendentem in Italiam retinerent, tempus esse id iam agi, ut bellum in Hispania finiretur.
There a council was called, and the opinions of all agreed on one point: that, since up to that time only this had been aimed at, namely to detain Hasdrubal as he was heading for Italy, it was now time that action be taken to finish the war in Spain.
§25.32.3et satis ad id virium credebant accessisse viginti milia Celtiberorum ea hieme ad arma excita.
And they believed that sufficient strength for this purpose had been added in the twenty thousand Celtiberians who had been roused to arms that winter.
hostium tres exercitus erant.
There were three armies of the enemy.
§25.32.4Hasdrubal Gisgonis filius et Mago coniunctis castris quinque ferme dierum iter ab Romanis aberant.
Hasdrubal, the son of Gisgo, and Mago, having united their camps, were about five days' march away from the Romans.
§25.32.5propior erat Hamilcaris filius Hasdrubal, vetus in Hispania imperator; ad urbem nomine Amtorgim exercitum habebat.
Closer was Hasdrubal, the son of Hamilcar, an experienced general in Spain; he had his army near a city named Amtorgis.
§25.32.6eum volebant prius opprimi duces Romani, et spes erat satis superque ad id virium esse; §25.32.7illa restabat cura, ne fuso eo perculsi alter Hasdrubal et Mago in avios saltus montesque recipientes sese bellum extraherent.
The Roman generals wished him to be crushed first, and there was hope that they had more than enough strength for this; There remained that concern, lest, terrified by his defeat, the other Hasdrubal and Mago should withdraw into pathless forests and mountains and drag out the war.
optimum igitur rati divisis bifariam copiis totius simul Hispaniae amplecti bellum, ita inter se diviserunt, ut P. Cornelius duas partes exercitus Romanorum sociorumque adversus Magonem duceret atque Hasdrubalem, §25.32.8Cn. Cornelius cum tertia parte veteris exercitus Celtiberis adiunctis cum Hasdrubale Barcino bellum gereret.
Therefore, thinking it best to encompass the war of the whole of Spain at once by dividing the forces into two parts, they divided them among themselves in such a way that Publius Cornelius should lead two-thirds of the army of the Romans and the allies against Mago and Hasdrubal, and Gnaeus Cornelius, with one-third of the veteran army, together with the joined Celtiberians, should wage war with Hasdrubal Barca.
§25.32.9una profecti ambo duces exercitusque Celtiberis praegredientibus ad urbem Amtorgim in conspectu hostium dirimente amni ponunt castra.
Having set out together, both generals and their armies, with the Celtiberians marching in front, pitched camp near the city of Amtorgis, in sight of the enemy, with a river separating them.
§25.32.10ibi Cn. Scipio cum quibus ante dictum est copiis substitit; P. Scipio profectus ad destinatam belli partem.
There Gnaeus Scipio halted with the forces which have been mentioned before; Publius Scipio set out for his destined part of the war.