§28.21.1Marcius inde in barbaros, si qui nondum perdomiti erant, sub ius dicionemque redigendos missus; Scipio Carthaginem ad vota solvenda deis munusque gladiatorium, quod mortis causa patris patruique paraverat, edendum rediit.
Marcius was then sent to reduce the barbarians, if any were not yet thoroughly subdued, under Rome's authority and dominion; Scipio returned to Carthage to perform his vows to the gods and to exhibit a gladiatorial show, which he had prepared on account of the death of his father and uncle.
§28.21.2gladiatorum spectaculum fuit non ex eo genere hominum, ex quo lanistis comparare mos est, servorum de catasta ac liberorum, qui venalem sanguinem habent: §28.21.3voluntaria omnis et gratuita opera pugnantium fuit.
The gladiatorial spectacle was not of that class of men from which lanistae are accustomed to procure them, slaves from the auction platform and free men who have their blood for sale: all the service of those who fought was voluntary and unpaid.
nam alii missi ab regulis sunt ad specimen insitae genti virtutis ostendendum, §28.21.4alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis, alios aemulatio et certamen, ut provocarent, provocative haud abnuerent, traxit; §28.21.5quidam quas disceptando controversias finire nequierant aut noluerant pacto inter se, ut victorem res sequeretur, ferro decreverunt.
For some were sent by petty kings to demonstrate the courage innate in their nation, others declared of their own accord that they would fight to win the favor of the general; others were drawn by rivalry and competition, either to challenge or not to decline a challenge; some decided with the sword, by an agreement between themselves that the property in dispute should go to the victor, those controversies which they had been unable or unwilling to end by discussion.
§28.21.6neque obscuri generis homines, sed clari inlustresque, Corbis et Orsua patrueles fratres, de principatu civitatis, quam Ibem vocabant, ambigentes, ferro se certaturos professi sunt.
Nor were they men of obscure rank, but distinguished and illustrious, Corbis and Orsua, cousin brothers, disputing for the sovereignty of a city which they called Ibe, who declared that they would contend with the sword.
§28.21.7Corbis maior aetate erat; Orsuae pater princeps proxime fuerat, a fratre maiore post mortem eius principatu accepto.
Corbis was the elder in age; Orsua's father had been the prince most recently, having received the sovereignty from his elder brother after his death.
cum verbis disceptare Scipio vellet ac sedare iras, §28.21.8negatum id ambo dicere cognatis communibus, nec alium deorum hominumve quam Martem se iudicem habituros esse.
Although Scipio wished to settle the dispute with words and appease their anger, both of them told their common kinsmen that this was refused, and that they would have no other judge, of gods or men, than Mars.
§28.21.9robore maior, minor flore aetatis ferox, mortem in certamine, quam ut alter alterius imperio subiceretur, praeoptantes, cum dirimi ab tanta rabie nequirent, insigne spectaculum exercitui praebuere documentumque, quantum cupiditas imperii malum inter mortales esset.
The elder, superior in strength, and the younger, fierce in the flower of his youth, preferring death in combat to being subjected to the command of the other, since they could not be diverted from such madness, presented a remarkable spectacle to the army and a proof of how great an evil the lust for power is among mortals.
§28.21.10maior usu armorum et astu facile stolidas vires minoris superavit.
The elder, by his experience in arms and by cunning, easily overcame the brute force of the younger.
huic gladiatorum spectaculo ludi funebres additi pro copia provinciali et castrensi apparatu.
To this gladiatorial show were added funeral games, according to the resources of the province and the equipment of the camp.