§32.30.1Boiorum exercitus haud ita multo ante traiecerat Padum iunxeratque se Insubribus et Cenomanis, §32.30.2quod ita acceperant, coniunctis legionibus consules rem gesturos, ut et ipsi collatas in unum viris firmarent.
The army of the Boii had crossed the Po not long before and had joined the Insubres and Cenomani, because they had heard that the consuls would conduct operations with their legions united, so that they themselves might also strengthen their forces by bringing them together.
§32.30.3postquam fama accidit alterum consulem Boiorum urere agros, seditio extemplo orta est; postulare Boi, ut laborantibus opem universi ferrent; §32.30.4Insubres negare se sua deserturos.
When the rumor arrived that the other consul was burning the fields of the Boii, a dissension immediately arose; the Boii demanded that all should bring aid to them in their distress; the Insubres refused to abandon their own property.
ita divisae copiae, Boisque in agrum suum tutandum profectis Insubres cum Cenomanis super amnis Mincii ripam consederunt.
Thus the forces were divided, and when the Boii set out to protect their own territory, the Insubres with the Cenomani encamped on the bank of the river Mincio.
§32.30.5infra eum locum duo milia et consul Cornelius eidem flumini castra applicuit.
Two miles below that place, the consul Cornelius also pitched his camp near the same river.
§32.30.6inde mittendo in vicos Cenomanorum Brixiamque, quod caput gentis erat, ut satis comperit non ex auctoritate seniorum iuventutem in armis esse nec publico consilio Insubrum defectioni Cenomanos sese adiunxisse,
From there, by sending envoys into the villages of the Cenomani and to Brixia, which was the chief town of the tribe, he fully ascertained that the youth were in arms not by the authority of the elders, nor had the Cenomani joined the defection of the Insubres by public counsel.
§32.30.7excitis ad se principibus id agere ac moliri coepit, ut desciscerent ab Insubribus Cenomani et sublatis signis aut domos redirent aut ad Romanos transirent.
Having summoned their leading men to him, he began to urge and contrive that the Cenomani should revolt from the Insubres and, taking up their standards, either return home or go over to the Romans.
§32.30.8et id quidem impetrari nequiit; in id fides data consuli est, ut in acie aut quiescerent aut, si qua etiam occasio fuisset, adiuvarent Romanos.
And though this indeed could not be obtained, a promise was given to the consul that they would either remain quiet in the battle or, if any opportunity should arise, assist the Romans.
§32.30.9haec ita convenisse Insubres ignorabant; suberat tamen quaedam suspicio animis labare fidem sociorum.
The Insubres were ignorant that this had been so agreed; yet some suspicion was lurking in their minds that the fidelity of their allies was wavering.
itaque cum in aciem eduxissent, neutrum iis cornu committere ausi, ne, si dolo cessissent, rem totam inclinarent, post signa in subsidiis eos locaverunt.
Therefore, when they had led them out into the battle line, not daring to entrust either wing to them, lest, if they should give way through treachery, they should ruin the whole fortune of the day, they stationed them in reserve behind the standards.
§32.30.10consul principio pugnae vovit aedem Sospitae Iunoni, si eo die hostes fusi fugatique fuissent: a militibus clamor sublatus compotem voti consulem se facturos, et impetus in hostis est factus.
At the beginning of the battle, the consul vowed a temple to Juno Sospita, if the enemy should be routed and put to flight on that day; a shout was raised by the soldiers that they would make the consul perform his vow, and the charge upon the enemy was made.
§32.30.11non tulerunt Insubres primum concursum.
The Insubres did not withstand the first shock.
quidam et a Cenomanis, terga repente in ipso certamine adgressis, tumultum ancipitem iniectum auctores sunt, caesaque in medio quinque et triginta milia hostium, §32.30.12quinque milia et ducentos vivos captos, in iis Hamilcarem, Poenorum imperatorem, qui belli causa fuisset; §32.30.13signa militaria centum triginta et carpenta supra ducenta.
Some authors state that a double confusion was injected also by the Cenomani, who suddenly attacked their rear in the very heat of the battle, and thirty-five thousand of the enemy were slain in the midst, and five thousand two hundred were taken alive, among whom was Hamilcar, the Carthaginian general, who had been the cause of the war; one hundred and thirty military standards and over two hundred wagons were captured.
multa oppida Gallorum, quae Insubrum defectionem secuta erant, dediderunt se Romanis.
Many towns of the Gauls, which had followed the defection of the Insubres, surrendered themselves to the Romans.