§30.24.1per eos dies Cn. Servilius consul, haud dubius, quin pacatae Italiae penes se gloria esset, velut pulsum ab se Hannibalem persequens in Siciliam, inde in Africam transiturus, traiecit.
During those days, the consul Gnaeus Servilius, having no doubt that the glory of having pacified Italy belonged to him, crossed over as if pursuing Hannibal whom he had driven out, intending to pass into Sicily and from there into Africa.
§30.24.2quod ubi Romae vulgatum est, primo censuerant patres, ut praetor scriberet consuli senatum aequum censere in Italiam reverti eum; §30.24.3dein cum praetor spreturum eum litteras suas diceret, dictator ad id ipsum creatus P. Sulpicius pro iure maioris imperii consulem in Italiam revocavit.
When this was spread abroad at Rome, the senators at first decided that the praetor should write to the consul that the senate deemed it proper for him to return to Italy; then, since the praetor said that he would disregard his letters, Publius Sulpicius, who was appointed dictator for this very purpose, recalled the consul to Italy by virtue of his superior authority.
§30.24.4reliquum anni cum M. Servilio magistro equitum circumeundis Italiae urbibus, quae bello alienatae fuerant, noscendisque singularum causis consumpsit.
The remainder of the year he spent, together with Marcus Servilius, the master of the horse, in visiting the cities of Italy which had alienated themselves during the war, and in investigating the causes of each.
§30.24.5per indutiarum tempus ex Sardinia a P. Lentulo praetore centum onerariae naves cum commeatu viginti rostratarum praesidio et ab hoste et ab tempestatibus mari tuto in Africam transmiserunt.
During the period of the truce, one hundred transport ships with provisions, sent from Sardinia by the praetor Publius Lentulus under the escort of twenty warships, crossed safely over the sea to Africa, protected from both the enemy and storms.
§30.24.6Cn. Octavio ducentis onerariis, triginta longis navibus ex Sicilia traicienti non eadem fortuna fuit.
Gnaeus Octavius, crossing over from Sicily with two hundred transport ships and thirty warships, did not have the same fortune.
§30.24.7in conspectum ferme Africae prospero cursu evectum primo destituit ventus, dein versus in Africum turbavit ac passim naves disiecit.
Carried along by a favorable course almost into sight of Africa, he was first deserted by the wind, and then, the wind shifting to the southwest, it disturbed the sea and scattered the ships far and wide.
§30.24.8ipse cum rostratis per adversos fluctus ingenti remigum labore enisus Apollinis promunturium tenuit; §30.24.9onerariae pars maxima ad Aegimurum — insula ea sinum ab alto claudit, in quo sita Carthago est, triginta ferme milia ab urbe —, aliae adversus urbem ipsam ad Calidas Aquas delatae sunt.
He himself, with the warships, struggling through the opposing waves by the immense effort of the rowers, reached the promontory of Apollo; the greatest part of the transports were carried to Aegimurus — an island which blocks the bay from the deep sea, in which Carthage is situated, about thirty miles from the city —, others were driven opposite the city itself to Aquae Calidae.
§30.24.10omnia in conspectu Carthaginis erant.
All this was in full view of Carthage.
itaque ex tota urbe in forum concursum est; magistratus senatum vocare; populus in curiae vestibulo fremere, ne tanta ex oculis manibusque amitteretur praeda.
Therefore, there was a rush from the whole city into the forum; the magistrates called the senate; the people clamored in the vestibule of the senate-house, lest so great a booty should be lost from before their eyes and out of their hands.
§30.24.11cum quidam pacis petitae, alii indutiarum — necdum enim dies exierat — fidem opponerent, permixto paene senatus populique concilio consensum est, ut classem quinquaginta navium Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret, inde per litora portusque dispersas Romanas naves colligeret.
Although some opposed this by citing the pledge of the peace that had been sought, and others that of the truce — for the time had not yet expired —, in a gathering where the senate and the people were almost mixed together, it was agreed that Hasdrubal should cross with a fleet of fifty ships to Aegimurus, and from there collect the scattered Roman vessels along the shores and harbors.
§30.24.12desertae fuga nautarum primum ab Aegimuro, deinde ab Aquis onerariae Carthaginem puppibus tractae sunt.
Abandoned by the flight of their crews, the transport ships, first from Aegimurus and then from Aquae, were towed by their sterns to Carthage.