§41.12.1Ti. Claudius proconsul, qui praetor priore anno fuerat, cum praesidio legionis unius Pisis praeerat.
Tiberius Claudius, the proconsul, who had been praetor the previous year, was in command at Pisa with a garrison of one legion.
§41.12.2cuius litteris senatus certior factus, eas ipsas litteras ad C. Claudium — nam alter consul iam in Sardiniam traiecerat — §41.12.3deferendas censet et adicit decretum, quoniam Histria provincia confecta esset, si ei videretur, exercitum traduceret in Ligures.
The senate, having been informed by his letter, decided that this very letter should be sent to Gaius Claudius—for the other consul had already crossed over to Sardinia— and added a decree that, since the province of Istria was settled, if it seemed good to him, he should transfer his army to the Ligurians.
§41.12.4simul ex litteris consulis, quas de rebus in Histria gestis scripserat, in biduum supplicatio decreta.
At the same time, on the basis of the consul's letter, which he had written about the achievements in Istria, a thanksgiving of two days was decreed.
et ab altero consule Ti. Sempronio in Sardinia prospere res gesta.
And by the other consul, Tiberius Sempronius, affairs were successfully conducted in Sardinia.
§41.12.5exercitum in agrum Sardorum Iliensium induxit.
He led his army into the territory of the Ilienses Sardinians.
Balarorum magna auxilia Iliensibus venerant; cum utraque gente signis conlatis conflixit.
Large auxiliary forces of the Balari had come to the aid of the Ilienses; he clashed with both nations in a pitched battle.
fusi fugatique hostes castrisque exuti, duodecim milia armatorum caesa.
The enemy were routed and put to flight, and stripped of their camp; twelve thousand armed men were slain.
§41.12.6postero die arma lecta conici in acervum iussit consul sacrumque id Vulcano cremavit.
On the following day, the consul ordered the collected arms to be thrown into a heap, and burned them as a sacred offering to Vulcan.
victorem exercitum in hiberna sociarum urbium reduxit.
He then led the victorious army back into winter quarters in the allied cities.
§41.12.7et C. Claudius litteris Ti. Claudi et senatus consulto accepto ex Histria legiones in Ligures transduxit.
And Gaius Claudius, having received Tiberius Claudius's letter and the decree of the senate, transferred the legions from Istria to the Ligurians.
§41.12.8ad Scultennam flumen in campos progressi castra habebant hostes, ibi cum iis acie dimicatum.
The enemy, having advanced into the plains near the river Scultenna, had their camp there, and there a pitched battle was fought with them.
quindecim milia caesa, plus septingenti aut in proelio aut in castris — nam ea quoque expugnata sunt — capti, et signa militaria unum et quinquaginta capta.
Fifteen thousand were slain; more than seven hundred were captured either in the battle or in the camp—for that too was taken by storm—and fifty-one military standards were captured.
§41.12.9Ligures, reliquiae caedis, in montes refugerunt, passimque populanti campestris agros consuli nulla usquam apparuerunt arma.
The Ligurians, the remnants of the slaughter, fled into the mountains, and no armed force appeared anywhere before the consul as he ravaged the flat country far and wide.
§41.12.10Claudius duarum gentium uno anno victor, duabus, quod raro alius, in consulatu pacatis provinciis Romam revertit.
Claudius, victor over two nations in a single year, having pacified two provinces during his consulship—an achievement rare for anyone else—returned to Rome.