§40.40.1atrox ubique proelium, sed varia fortuna erat.
The battle was fierce everywhere, but the fortune was varied.
egregie legiones, nec segnius duae alae pugnabant: externa auxilia ab simili armatura, meliore aliquantum militum genere urgebantur, nec locum tueri poterant.
The legions fought outstandingly, and the two wings fought no less actively: the foreign auxiliaries were hard pressed by an enemy with similar armor but somewhat better class of soldiers, and they could not maintain their position.
§40.40.2Celtiberi ubi ordinata acie et signis collatis se non esse pares legionibus senserunt, §40.40.3cuneo impressionem fecerunt, quo tantum valent genere pugnae, ut quamcumque partem perculere impetu suo, sustineri nequeant.
When the Celtiberians perceived that they were not equal to the legions in an organized battle line and in close combat, they made an attack with a wedge, in which kind of fighting they are so strong that whatever part they strike with their onset, they cannot be withstood.
tunc quoque turbatae legiones sunt, prope interrupta acies.
Then also the legions were thrown into confusion, and the line was almost broken.
§40.40.4quam trepidationem ubi Flaccus conspexit, equo advehitur ad legionarios equites, et “ni quid auxilii in vobis est, actum iam de hoc exercitu erit. ” cum undique acclamassent, quin ederet, quid fieri vellet: non segniter imperium exsecuturos; §40.40.5“duplicate turmas” inquit, “duarum legionum equites, et permittite equos in cuneum hostium, quo nostros urgent.
When Flaccus saw this panic, he rode up to the legionary cavalry and said: "If there is no help in you, it will be all over with this army." When they had cried out from all sides, asking him to declare what he wanted done, promising they would execute his order with no delay; he said: "Double your squadrons, cavalry of the two legions, and charge your horses into the enemy's wedge, with which they are pressing our men.
id cum maiore vi facietis, si effrenatos in eos equos immittitis; §40.40.6quod saepe Romanos equites cum magna laude fecisse sua memoriae proditum est. ” §40.40.7dicto paruerunt detractisque frenis bis ultro citroque cum magna strage hostium, infractis omnibus hastis, transcurrerunt.
You will do this with greater force if you let your horses loose against them; which it has been handed down to memory that the Roman cavalry have often done with great praise." They obeyed his word, and having removed the reins, they galloped through twice, this way and that, with great slaughter of the enemy, breaking all their spears.
dissipato cuneo, §40.40.8in quo omnis spes fuerat, Celtiberi trepidare et prope omissa pugna locum fugae circumspicere.
When the wedge was dispersed, in which all their hope had been, the Celtiberians panicked and, almost abandoning the fight, looked around for a place of flight.
§40.40.9et alarii equites postquam Romanorum equitum tam memorabile facinus videre, et ipsi virtute eorum accensi sine ullius imperio in perturbatos iam hostes equos immittunt.
And after the allied cavalry saw such a memorable feat of the Roman cavalry, they themselves, kindled by their courage, charged their horses without anyone's command into the already confused enemy.
§40.40.10tunc vero Celtiberi omnes in fugam effunduntur, et imperator Romanus aversos hostes contemplatus aedem Fortunae equestri Iovique optimo maximo ludos vovit.
Then indeed all the Celtiberians turned and fled, and the Roman commander, beholding the retreating enemy, vowed a temple to Equestrian Fortune and games to Jupiter Optimus Maximus.
§40.40.11caeduntur Celtiberi per totum saltum dissipati fuga.
The Celtiberians, scattered in flight, were slaughtered throughout the entire pass.
decem et septem milia hostium caesa eo die tradiintur, vivi capti plus tria milia septingenti, cum signis militaribus septuaginta septem, equis prope sescentis.
Seventeen thousand of the enemy are reported to have been slain on that day, and more than three thousand seven hundred taken alive, along with seventy-seven military standards and nearly six hundred horses.
§40.40.12in suis castris eo die victor exercitus mansit.
On that day, the victorious army remained in its own camp.
victoria non sine iactura militum fuit: §40.40.13quadringenti septuaginta duo milites Romani, socium ac Latini nominis mille decem et novem, cum his tria milia militum auxiliariorum perierunt.
The victory was not without the loss of soldiers: four hundred and forty-two Roman soldiers, one thousand and nineteen of the allies and Latin name, and with these three thousand auxiliary soldiers perished.
ita victor exercitus renovata priore gloria Tarraconem est perductus.
Thus the victorious army, with its former glory renewed, was led back to Tarraco.
§40.40.14venienti Fulvio Ti. Sempronius praetor, qui biduo ante venerat, obviam processit gratulatusque est, quod rem publicam egregie gessisset.
Tiberius Sempronius the praetor, who had arrived two days before, went to meet the arriving Fulvius and congratulated him on having conducted the affairs of the state excellently.
cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent quosque retinerent milites, composuerunt.
With the greatest harmony, they settled which soldiers to discharge and which to retain.
§40.40.15inde Fulvius exauctoratis militibus in naves impositis Romam est profectus, Sempronius in Celtiberiam legiones duxit.
Then Fulvius, having discharged his soldiers and put them on board ships, set out for Rome, while Sempronius led the legions into Celtiberia.