§4.18.1inter hostes variae fuere sententiae.
Among the enemy there were various opinions.
Faliscus, procul ab domo militiam aegre patiens satisque fidens sibi, poscere pugnam; Veienti Fidenatique plus spei in trahendo bello esse.
The Falisci, bearing military service far from home with difficulty and having sufficient confidence in themselves, demanded battle; to the Veientes and Fidenates, there was more hope in dragging out the war.
§4.18.2Tolumnius, quamquam suorum magis placebant consilia, ne longinquam militiam non paterentur Falisci, postero die se pugnaturum edicit.
Tolumnius, although the plans of his own people pleased him more, declared that he would fight on the following day, lest the Falisci should not tolerate a long-lasting campaign.
§4.18.3dictatori ac Romanis, quod detractasset pugnam hostis, animi accessere; posteroque die, iam militibus castra urbemque se oppugnaturos frementibus, ni copia pugnae fiat, utrimque acies inter bina castra in medium campi procedunt.
To the dictator and the Romans, because the enemy had declined battle, courage was added; and on the following day, while the soldiers were already clamoring that they would attack the camp and the city unless an opportunity for battle were given, the battle lines on both sides advanced into the middle of the plain between the two camps.
§4.18.4Veiens multitudine abundans, qui inter dimicationem castra Romana adgrederentur, post montes circummisit.
The Veientes, abounding in numbers, sent a detachment behind the mountains so that they might attack the Roman camp during the conflict.
trium populorum exercitus ita stetit instructus, ut dextrum cornu Veientes, sinistrum Falisci tenerent, medii Fidenates essent.
The army of the three peoples stood drawn up in such a way that the Veientes held the right wing, the Falisci the left, and the Fidenates were in the center.
§4.18.5dictator dextro cornu adversus Faliscos, sinistro contra Veientem Capitolinus Quinctius intulit signa; ante mediam aciem cum equitatu magister equitum processit.
The dictator on the right wing against the Falisci, and Capitolinus Quinctius on the left against the Veientes advanced their standards; in front of the center of the line, the master of the horse advanced with the cavalry.
§4.18.6parumper silentium et quies fuit nec Etruscis, nisi cogerentur, pugnam inituris et dictatore arcem Romanam respectante, ut extemplo proelium committeret,si ab auguribus, simul aves rite admisissent, ex conposito tolleretur signum.
For a short time there was silence and quiet, as the Etruscans were not about to begin the battle unless they were forced, and the dictator was looking back at the Roman citadel, so that he might engage in battle immediately if the signal should be raised by the augurs, as soon as the birds had duly given their approval, according to their agreement.
§4.18.7quod ubi conspexit, primos equites clamore sublato in hostem emisit; §4.18.8secuta peditum acies ingenti vi conflixit.
When he beheld this, having raised a shout, he sent the first of the cavalry against the enemy; the battle line of the infantry, following them, clashed with great force.
nulla parte legiones Etruscae sustinuere impetum Romanorum; eques maxime resistebat; equitumque longe fortissimus ipse rex ab omni parte effuse sequentibus obequitans Romanis trahebat certamen.
In no part did the Etruscan legions withstand the onslaught of the Romans; the cavalry resisted most of all, and the king himself, by far the bravest of the cavalry, riding against the Romans who were pursuing in a scattered manner from every direction, prolonged the contest.