§40.28.1bina cis montes castra Ligurum erant.
There were two camps of the Ligurians on this side of the mountains.
ex iis primis diebus sole orto pariter omnes compositi et instructi procedebant; §40.28.2tum nisi exsatiati cibo vinoque arma non capiebant, dispersi inordinati exibant, ut quibus prope certum esset hostes extra vallum non elaturos signa.
From these, in the first days, they all used to march out at sunrise, equally well-ordered and drawn up; then, they would not take up arms unless sated with food and wine, and they went out dispersed and disordered, as men who were almost certain that the enemy would not bring their standards outside the rampart.
§40.28.3adversus ita incompositos eos venientes clamore pariter omnium, qui in castris erant, calonum quoque et lixarum sublato simul omnibus portis Romani eruperunt.
Against them, as they came on in such disorder, the Romans burst forth from all the gates at once, with a shout raised simultaneously by all who were in the camp, including even the camp-servants and sutlers.
§40.28.4Liguribus adeo improvisa res fuit, ut perinde ac si insidiis circumventi forent trepidarent.
To the Ligurians, the event was so unexpected that they were thrown into panic, just as if they had been surrounded by an ambush.
exiguum temporis aliqua forma pugnae fuit: §40.28.5fuga deinde effusa et fugientium passim caedes erat, equitibus dato signo, ut conscenderent equos nec effugere quemquam sinerent.
For a brief space of time, there was some semblance of a battle; then followed a headlong flight and a slaughter of the fugitives on all sides, a signal being given to the cavalry to mount their horses and not suffer anyone to escape.
in castra omnes trepida fuga compulsi sunt, deinde ipsis exuti castris.
They were all driven back to their camp in a panicked flight, and then stripped of the camp itself.
§40.28.6supra quindecim milia Ligurum eo die occisa, capti duo milia et trecenti.
More than fifteen thousand of the Ligurians were slain on that day, and two thousand three hundred were captured.
triduo post Ligurum Ingaunorum nomen omne obsidibus datis in dicionem venit.
Three days later, the entire nation of the Ingaunian Ligurians, having given hostages, came under subjection.
§40.28.7gubernatores nautaeque conquisiti, qui in praedatoriis fuissent navibus, atque omnes in custodiam coniecti. et a C. Matieno duumviro naves eius generis in Ligustina ora triginta duae captae sunt.
The helmsmen and sailors who had been on the predatory ships were sought out, and all were thrown into custody; and thirty-two ships of that kind were captured on the Ligurian coast by Gaius Matienus, the duumvir.
§40.28.8haec qui nuntiarent litterasque ad senatum ferrent, L. Aurelius Cotta C. Sulpicius Gallus Romam missi, simulque peterent, ut L. Aemilio confecta provincia decedere et deducere secum milites liceret atque dimittere.
To report these events and carry the letters to the senate, Lucius Aurelius Cotta and Gaius Sulpicius Gallus were sent to Rome, and at the same time to request that Lucius Aemilius, having completed his province, might be permitted to depart, bring back his soldiers with him, and disband them.
§40.28.9utrumque permissum ab senatu et supplicatio ad omnia pulvinaria per triduum decreta, iussique praetores Petilius urbanas dimittere legiones, Fabius sociis atque nomini Latino remittere dilectum; §40.28.10et uti praetor urbanus consulibus scriberet senatum aequum censere subitarios milites, tumultus causa conscriptos, primo quoque tempore dimitti.
Both requests were granted by the senate, and a thanksgiving of three days at all the shrines was decreed; and the praetors were ordered, Petilius to disband the city legions, and Fabius to remit the levy to the allies and the Latin name; and that the city praetor should write to the consuls that the senate thought it right that the emergency soldiers, who had been enlisted on account of the sudden uprising, should be disbanded at the earliest possible moment.