§39.30.1eodem anno in Hispania praetores C. Calpurnius et L. Quinctius, cum primo vere ex hibernis copias eductas in Baeturia iunxissent, in Carpetaniam ubi hostium castra erant, progressi sunt, communi animo consilioque parati rem gerere.
In the same year in Spain, the praetors Gaius Calpurnius and Lucius Quinctius, when at the beginning of spring they had joined in Baeturia their forces led out from their winter quarters, advanced into Carpetania, where the enemy's camp was, prepared to wage war with common mind and purpose.
§39.30.2haud procul Dipone et Toleto urbibus inter pabulatores pugna orta est, quibus dum utrimque subvenitur a castris, paulatim omnes copiae in aciem eductae sunt.
Not far from the cities of Dipo and Toletum, a fight broke out among the foragers, and while aid was being brought to them from the camp on both sides, gradually all the forces were drawn out into line of battle.
§39.30.3in eo tumultuario certamine et loca sua et genus pugnae pro hoste fuere.
In that disorderly combat, both their own ground and their manner of fighting were in favor of the enemy.
duo exercitus Romani fusi atque in castra compulsi sunt.
The two Roman armies were routed and driven back into their camp.
non institere perculsis hostes.
The enemy did not press upon the panic-stricken.
praetores Romani, §39.30.4ne postero die castra oppugnarentur silentio proximae noctis tacito signo exercitum abduxerunt.
The Roman praetors, lest their camp should be attacked on the following day, withdrew their army in the silence of the next night at a quiet signal.
§39.30.5luce prima Hispani acie instructa ad vallum accesserunt, vacuaque praeter spem castra ingressi, quae relicta inter nocturnam trepidationem erant, diripuerunt, regressique in castra sua paucos dies quieti stativis manserunt.
At dawn, the Spaniards, having drawn up their line of battle, approached the rampart, and entering the camp, which was unexpectedly empty, having been abandoned during the nightly panic, they plundered it, and having returned to their own camp, remained quiet in their permanent stations for a few days.
§39.30.6Romanorum sociorumque in proelio fugaque ad quinque milia occisa, quorum se spoliis hostes armarunt.
Up to three thousand of the Romans and allies were killed in the battle and the flight, with whose spoils the enemy armed themselves.
inde ad Tagum flumen profecti sunt.
From there they marched to the river Tagus.
§39.30.7praetores interim Romani omne id tempus contrahendis ex civitatibus sociis Hispanorum auxiliis et reficiendis ab terrore adversae pugnae militum animis consumpserunt.
Meanwhile, the Roman praetors spent all that time in collecting auxiliary troops of Spaniards from the allied states, and in restoring the spirits of the soldiers from the terror of the defeat.
§39.30.8ubi satis placuere vires et iam miles quoque ad delendam priorem ignominiam hostem poscebat, duodecim milia passuum ab Tago flumine posuerunt castra.
When the forces were sufficiently satisfactory, and now the soldiers also were demanding the enemy in order to wipe out their previous disgrace, they pitched their camp twelve miles from the river Tagus.
§39.30.9inde tertia vigilia sublatis signis quadrato agmine principio lucis ad Tagi ripam pervenerunt.
Starting thence at the third watch, they raised their standards and, marching in a square column, reached the bank of the Tagus at daybreak.
trans fluvium in colle hostium castra erant.
Across the river, on a hill, was the enemy's camp.
§39.30.10extemplo, qua duobus locis vada nudabat amnis, dextra parte Calpurnius, laeva Quinctius exercitus traduxerunt quieto hoste, dum miratur subitum adventum consultatque, qui tumultum inicere trepidantibus in ipso transitu amnis potuisset.
Immediately, where the river exposed shallows in two places, Calpurnius on the right side and Quinctius on the left crossed their armies while the enemy remained quiet, wondering at their sudden arrival and consulting how he might have thrown confusion into them as they were trembling in the very passage of the river.
§39.30.11interim Romani, impedimentis quoque omnibus traductis contractisque in unum locum, quia iam moveri videbant hostem nec spatium erat castra communiendi, aciem instruxerunt.
Meanwhile, the Romans, having crossed all their baggage also and collected it in one place, since they now saw the enemy moving and there was no time to fortify a camp, drew up their line of battle.
§39.30.12in medio locatae quinta Calpurnii legio et octava Quinctii: id robur totius exercitus erat.
In the center were placed the fifth legion of Calpurnius and the eighth of Quinctius; this was the strength of the whole army.
campum apertum usque ad hostium castra habebant, liberum a metu insidiarum.
They had an open plain, free from fear of ambush, all the way to the enemy's camp.