§41.11.1paucis ante diebus Iunius Manliusque oppidum Nesattium, quo se principes Histrorum et regulus ipse Aepulo receperat, summa vi oppugnare coeperant.
A few days before, Junius and Manlius had begun to attack with the utmost force the town of Nesattium, where the leaders of the Histrians and the petty king Aepulo himself had retreated.
§41.11.2eo Claudius duabus legionibus novis adductis, vetere exercitu cum suis ducibus dimisso, ipse oppidum circumsedit et vineis oppugnare intendit,
Thither Claudius, having brought up two new legions and dismissed the old army with its generals, besieged the town himself and intended to attack it with penthouses.
§41.11.3amnemque praeterfluentem moenia, qui et impedimento oppugnantibus erat et aquationem Histris praebebat, multorum dierum opere exceptum novo alveo avertit.
And the river flowing past the walls, which was both a hindrance to the besiegers and provided water to the Histrians, he diverted into a new channel, having intercepted it by a work of many days.
§41.11.4ea res barbaros miraculo terruit abscisae aquae: et ne tum quidem memores pacis, in caedem coniugum ac liberorum versi, etiam ut spectaculo hostibus tam foedum facinus esset, palam in muris trucidatos praecipitabant.
This wonder of the cut-off water terrified the barbarians; and not even then mindful of peace, they turned to the slaughter of their wives and children, and even so that so foul a deed might be a spectacle to the enemy, they openly slaughtered them on the walls and cast them down.
§41.11.5inter simul complorationem feminarum puerorumque, simul nefandam caedem, milites transgressi murum oppidum intrarunt.
Amidst both the wailing of women and children and, at the same time, the unspeakable slaughter, the soldiers crossed the wall and entered the town.
§41.11.6cuius capti tumultum ubi ex pavido clamore fugientium accepit rex, traiecit ferro pectus, ne vivus caperetur; §41.11.7ceteri capti aut occisi.
When the king heard the tumult of its capture from the panicked cry of those fleeing, he pierced his breast with his sword, lest he should be taken alive; the rest were captured or slain.
duo deinde oppida, Mutila et Faveria, vi capta et deleta.
Next, two towns, Mutila and Faveria, were taken by force and destroyed.
§41.11.8praeda, ut in gente inopi, spe maior fuit, et omnis militibus concessa est.
The booty, as was to be expected among a poor people, was greater than hoped for, and all of it was granted to the soldiers.
quinque milia capitum sescenta triginta duo sub corona venierunt.
Five thousand six hundred and thirty-two persons were sold under the crown.
auctores belli virgis caesi et securi percussi.
The authors of the war were beaten with rods and beheaded.
§41.11.9Histria tota trium oppidorum excidio et morte regis pacata est; omnesque undique populi obsidibus datis in dicionem venerunt.
The whole of Istria was pacified by the destruction of the three towns and the death of the king; and all the peoples from all sides, having given hostages, came under subjection.
§41.11.10sub Histrici finem belli apud Ligures concilia de bello haberi coepta.
Near the end of the Histrian war, councils concerning war began to be held among the Ligurians.