§34.18.1eo maiorem habebat difficultatem in subigendis hostibus, quam qui primi venerant in Hispaniam, quod ad illos taedio imperii Carthaginiensium Hispani deficiebant, §34.18.2huic ex usurpata libertate in servitutem velut adserendi erant; et ita mota omnia accepit, ut alii in armis essent, alii obsidione ad defectionem cogerentur nec, nisi in tempore subventum foret, ultra sustentaturi fuerint.
He had so much the greater difficulty in subduing the enemy than those who had first come to Spain, because the Spaniards used to revolt to them out of weariness of the Carthaginian rule, whereas for him, they had to be claimed, as it were, into servitude from an usurped liberty; and he received everything in such a state of disturbance that some were in arms, others were being forced to defection by siege, and they would not have held out any longer unless help had been brought in time.
§34.18.3sed in consule ea vis animi atque ingenii fuit, ut omnia maxima minimaque per se adiret atque ageret nec cogitaret modo imperaretque, §34.18.4quae in rem essent, sed pleraque ipse per se transigeret nec in quemquam omnium gravius severiusque quam in semet ipsum imperium exerceret, §34.18.5parsimonia et vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum certaret nec quicquam in exercitu suo praecipui praeter honorem atque imperium haberet.
But there was in the consul such force of mind and character that he approached and performed all things, both the greatest and the least, by himself, and did not only plan and command what was to the advantage of the state, but transacted most of them himself, nor did he exercise his command more heavily and severely against anyone of all than against himself, contending in frugality, watchfulness, and labor with the lowest of the soldiers, and having nothing extraordinary in his army except his honor and command.