§34.9.1iam tunc Emporiae duo oppida erant muro divisa.
At that time already Emporiae consisted of two towns separated by a wall.
unum Graeci habebant, a Phocaea, unde et Massilienses, oriundi, alterum Hispani;
One was inhabited by the Greeks, who originated from Phocaea, whence also the Massilians came; the other by the Hispanians.
§34.9.2sed Graecum oppidum in mare expositum totum orbem muri minus quadringentos passus patentem habebat, Hispanis retractior a mari trium milium passuum in circuitu murus erat.
But the Greek town, exposed to the sea, had the total circuit of its wall extending less than four hundred paces; the wall of the Hispanians, more set back from the sea, was three miles in circumference.
§34.9.3tertium genus Romani coloni ab divo Caesare post devictos Pompei liberos adiecti.
A third class, Roman colonists, was added by the deified Caesar after the defeat of Pompey's sons.
nunc in corpus unum confusi omnes Hispanis prius, §34.9.4postremo et Graecis in civitatem Romanam adscitis.
Now they are all fused into one body, the Hispanians first, and finally the Greeks also, having been admitted to Roman citizenship.
miraretur, qui tum cerneret, aperto mari ab altera parte, ab altera Hispanis, tam fera et bellicosa gente, obiectis, quae res eos tutaretur.
Anyone who observed them at that time would wonder what kept them safe, exposed as they were to the open sea on one side, and on the other to the Hispanians, so wild and warlike a nation.
disciplina erat custos infirmitatis, quam inter validiores optime timor continet.
Discipline was the guardian of their weakness, which fear best keeps intact among more powerful neighbors.
§34.9.5partem muri versam in agros egregie munitam habebant, una tantum in eam regionem porta imposita, cuius adsiduus custos semper aliquis ex magistratibus erat.
They kept that part of the wall which faced the fields exceptionally well fortified, with only one gate placed in that direction, of which one of the magistrates was always the constant guardian.
§34.9.6nocte pars tertia civium in muris excubabat, neque moris causa tantum aut legis, sed quanta si hostis ad portas esset et servabant vigilias et circumibant cura.
At night, a third part of the citizens kept watch on the walls, and not merely for the sake of custom or law, but with as much care as if an enemy were at the gates they both kept guard and went the rounds.
§34.9.7Hispanum neminem in urbem recipiebant; ne ipsi quidem temere urbe excedebant.
They admitted no Hispanian into the city; nor did they themselves leave the city heedlessly.
ad mare patebat omnibus exitus.
The exit to the sea lay open to everyone.
§34.9.8porta ad Hispanorum oppidum versa numquam nisi frequentes, pars tertia fere, cuius proxima nocte vigiliae in muris fuerant, §34.9.9egrediebantur.
The gate facing the town of the Hispanians was never opened except for a large body, which was almost the third part whose watch on the walls had been during the previous night; they did not go out.
causa exeundi haec erat: commercio eorum Hispani, imprudentes maris, gaudebant mercarique et ipsi ea, quae externa navibus inveherentur, et agrorum exigere fructus volebant.
The reason for going out was this: the Hispanians, unacquainted with the sea, delighted in trade with them, and wished both to buy the imported foreign goods brought by ships and to sell the produce of their fields.
huius mutui usus desiderium, ut Hispana urbs Graecis pateret, §34.9.10faciebat. erant etiam eo tutiores, quod sub umbra, Romanae amicitiae latebant, quam sicut minoribus viribus quam Massilienses, pari colebant fide.
The desire for this mutual utility brought about that the Hispanian city was open to the Greeks, and made them also the safer, because they hid under the shadow of Roman friendship, which they cultivated with equal loyalty, although with less strength than the Massilians.
tum quoque consulem exercitumque comiter ac benigne acceperunt.
At that time also they received the consul and his army courteously and kindly.
§34.9.11paucos ibi moratus dies Cato, dum exploraret, ubi et quantae hostium copiae essent, ut ne mora quidem segnis esset, omne id tempus exercendis militibus consumpsit.
Cato, having delayed there for a few days, while he was scouting out where and how large the forces of the enemy were, so that not even his delay should be inactive, spent all that time in training his soldiers.
§34.9.12id erat forte tempus anni, ut frumentum in areis Hispani haberent; itaque redemptoribus vetitis frumentum parare ac Romam dimissis “bellum” inquit “se ipsum alet. ” §34.9.13profectus ab Emporiis agros hostium urit vastatque, omnia fuga et terrore complet.
It happened to be that time of the year when the Hispanians had grain on their threshing floors; therefore, having forbidden the contractors to procure grain and having sent them back to Rome, he said, "War will feed itself." Setting out from Emporiae, he burned and ravaged the fields of the enemy, and filled everything with flight and terror.