§35.5.1hora secunda ferme concursum est.
At about the second hour, the clash occurred.
sinistra sociorum ala et extraordinarii prima in acie pugnabant; praeerant duo consulares legati, M. Marcellus et Ti. Sempronius, §35.5.2prioris anni consul.
The left wing of the allies and the extraordinarii were fighting in the front line; two legates of consular rank, Marcus Marcellus and Tiberius Sempronius, were in command of them, the latter having been consul of the previous year.
novus consul nunc ad prima signa erat, nunc legiones continebat in subsidiis, ne certaminis studio prius procurrerent, quam datum signum esset.
The new consul was now at the front lines, now keeping the legions in reserve, lest in their eagerness for battle they should charge before the signal was given.
§35.5.3equites earum extra aciem in locum patentem Q. et P. Minucios tribunos militum educere iussit, unde, cum signum dedisset, impetum ex aperto facerent.
He ordered the military tribunes Quintus and Publius Minucius to lead the cavalry of those legions out of the battle line into an open space, from where, when he gave the signal, they might make a charge from the open ground.
§35.5.4haec agenti nuntius venit a Ti. Sempronio Longo non sustinere extraordinarios impetum Gallorum; §35.5.5et. caesos permultos esse et, qui supersint, partim labore partim metu remisisse ardorem pugnae.
While he was doing this, a messenger came from Tiberius Sempronius Longus, stating that the extraordinarii were not sustaining the onset of the Gauls; and that very many had been slain, and those who survived had, partly from exhaustion and partly from fear, lost their ardor for fighting.
legionem alteram ex duabus, si videretur, summitteret, priusquam ignominia acciperetur.
He begged that the consul, if it seemed best, should send one of the two legions as reinforcement, before a disgraceful defeat was sustained.
§35.5.6secunda missa est legio, et extraordinarii recepti.
The second legion was sent, and the extraordinarii were withdrawn.
tum redintegrata est pugna, cum et recens miles et frequens ordinibus legio successisset.
Then the battle was renewed, since both fresh soldiers and a legion with full ranks had succeeded them.
§35.5.7et sinistra ala ex proelio subducta est, dextra in primam aciem subiit.
The left wing was also withdrawn from the battle, and the right wing advanced into the front line.
sol ingenti ardore torrebat minime patientia aestus Gallorum corpora; densis tamen ordinibus nunc alii in alios, nunc in scuta incumbentes sustinebant impetus Romanorum.
The sun with its intense heat was scorching the bodies of the Gauls, which were least capable of enduring heat; yet in close ranks, now leaning against one another, now upon their shields, they sustained the attacks of the Romans.
§35.5.8quod ubi animadvertit consul, ad perturbandos ordines eorum C. Livium Salinatorem, qui praeerat alariis equitibus, quam concitatissimos equos immittere iubet et legionarios equites in subsidiis esse.
When the consul noticed this, in order to throw their ranks into confusion, he ordered Gaius Livius Salinator, who commanded the allied cavalry, to charge them with their horses at full gallop, and the legionary cavalry to remain in reserve.
§35.5.9haec procella equestris primo confudit et turbavit, deinde dissipavit aciem Gallorum, §35.5.10non tamen ut terga darent.
This cavalry charge at first threw the line of the Gauls into confusion and disorder, and then scattered it, yet not so far that they turned their backs and fled.
obstabant duces, hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium et redire in ordines cogentes; sed interequitantes alarii non patiebantur.
Their leaders stood in the way, striking the backs of the wavering with the shafts of their spears and forcing them back into the ranks; but the allied cavalry, riding in among them, did not allow this.
§35.5.11consul obtestabatur milites, ut paulum adniterentur; victoriam in manibus esse; dum turbatos et trepidantis viderent, instarent; si restitui ordines sivissent, integro rursus eos proelio et dubio dimicaturos.
The consul implored the soldiers to make a short effort; victory was in their hands; as long as they saw the enemy confused and trembling, they should press on; if they allowed the ranks to be restored, they would have to fight again in a fresh and doubtful battle.
§35.5.12inferre vexillarios iussit signa.
He ordered the standard-bearers to advance the standards.
omnes conisi tandem averterunt hostem.
All making a combined effort, they finally turned the enemy.
postquam terga dabant et in fugam passim effundebantur, tum ad persequendos eos legionarii equites immissi.
After they turned their backs and began to scatter in flight everywhere, the legionary cavalry were then sent to pursue them.
§35.5.13quattuordecim milia Boiorum eo die sunt caesa; vivi capti mille nonaginta duo, equites septingenti viginti unus, tres duces eorum, signa militaria ducenta duodecim, carpenta sexaginta tria.
Fourteen thousand of the Boii were slain on that day; one thousand and ninety-two were captured alive, along with seven hundred and twenty-one cavalry, three of their generals, two hundred and twelve military standards, and sixty-three wagons.
§35.5.14nec Romanis incruenta victoria fuit; supra quinque milia militum, ipsorum aut sociorum, amissa, centuriones tres et viginti, praefecti socium quattuor et M. Genucius et Q. et M. Marcii tribuni militum secundae legionis.
Nor was the victory bloodless for the Romans; over five thousand soldiers, either of their own or of the allies, were lost, along with twenty-three centurions, four prefects of the allies, and Marcus Genucius, and Quintus and Marcus Marcius, military tribunes of the second legion.