第4巻 第11章

Greek Σολόμων δὲ τὰ ἐς Ῥουφῖνον καὶ Ἀιγὰν ξυνενεχθέντα ἀκούσας τόν τε πόλεμον ἐν παρασκευῇ ἐποιεῖτο καὶ πρὸς τοὺς Μαυρουσίων ἄρχοντας ἔγραψε τάδε·

Dewing Now when Solomon heard what had befallen Rufinus and Aïgan, he made ready for war and wrote as follows to the commanders of the Moors:

Greek “Ἤδη μὲν καὶ ἄλλοις ἀνθρώπων τισὶν ἀπονενοῆσθαί τε καὶ ἀπολωλέναι τετύχηκεν, οἳ οὐδενὶ πρότερον τεκμηριῶσαι ἔσχον ὅπη ποτὲ αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς ἀπονοίας ἐκβήσεται.

Dewing "Other men than you have even before this had the ill fortune to lose their senses and to be destroyed, men who had no means of judging beforehand how their folly would turn out.

Greek ὑμεῖς δέ, οἷς τὸ παράδειγμα ἐγγύθεν ἐκ τῶν συνοίκων ὑμῖν Βανδίλων ἐστί, τί ποτε ἆρα παθόντες χεῖράς τε ἀνταίρειν ἔγνωτε βασιλεῖ τῷ μεγάλῳ καὶ τὴν ὑμῶν αὐτῶν σωτηρίαν προέσθαι,

Dewing But as for you, who have the example near at hand in your neighbours, the Vandals, what in the world has happened to you that you have decided to raise your hands against the great emperor and throw away your own security,

Greek καὶ ταῦτα ὅρκους τε τοὺς δεινοτάτους ἐν γράμμασι δόντες καὶ τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ὑμετέρους τῶν ὡμολογημένων ἐνέχυρα παρασχόμενοι;

Dewing and that too when you have given the most dread oaths in writing and have handed over your children as pledges to the agreement?

Greek ἢ ἐπίδειξίν τινα ἐγνώκατε ποιεῖσθαι, ὡς ὑμῖν οὔτε θεοῦ οὔτε πίστεως οὔτε τῆς ξυγγενείας αὐτῆς οὔτε τῆς σωτηρίας οὔτε ἄλλου ὁτουοῦν ἐστί τις λόγος;

Dewing Is it that you have determined to make a kind of display of the fact that you have no consideration either for God or for good faith or for kinship itself or for safety or for any other thing at all?

Greek καίτοι, εἰ τὰ ἐς τὸ θεῖον ὑμῖν οὕτως ἤσκηται, τίνι ξυμμάχῳ πιστεύοντες ἐπὶ τὸν Ῥωμαίων βασιλέα χωρεῖτε;

Dewing And yet, if such is your practice in matters which concern the divine, in what ally do you put your trust in marching against the emperor of the Romans?

Greek εἰ δὲ τοὺς παῖδας ἀπολοῦντες στρατεύεσθε, τί ποτέ ἐστιν ὑπὲρ ὅτου κινδυνεύειν βεβούλησθε;

Dewing And if you are taking the field to the destruction of your children, what in the world is it in behalf of which you have decided to endanger yourselves?

Greek ἀλλ’ εἰ μὲν ἤδη τις εἰσῆλθεν ὑμᾶς τῶν φθασάντων μετάμελος, γράψατε ὅπως ὑμῖν εὖ τὰ πεπραγμένα θησόμεθα· εἰ δὲ τὰ τῆς ἀπονοίας ὑμῖν οὔπω λελώφηκε, δέξασθε Ῥωμαϊκὸν πόλεμον μετὰ τῶν ὅρκων οἷς ἐλωβήσασθε καὶ τῆς ἐς τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ὑμετέρους ἀδικίας ὑμῖν προσιόντα.”

Dewing But if any repentance has by now entered your hearts for what has already taken place, write to us, that we may satisfactorily arrange with you touching what has already been done; but if your madness has not yet abated, expect a Roman war, which will come upon you together with the oaths which you have violated and the wrong which you are doing to your own children."

Greek Τοσαῦτα μὲν Σολόμων ἔγραψεν. οἱ δὲ Μαυρούσιοι ἀπεκρίναντο ὧδε· “Βελισάριος μὲν ἐπαγγελίαις μεγάλαις ἡμᾶς περιελθὼν ἔπεισε βασιλέως Ἰουστινιανοῦ κατηκόους εἶναι· Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἡμῖν οὐδενὸς μεταδόντες λιμῷ πιεζομένους ἠξίουν φίλους τε ἡμᾶς καὶ ξυμμάχους ἔχειν.

Dewing Such was the letter which Solomon wrote. And the Moors replied as follows: "Belisarius deluded us with great promises and by this means persuade us to become subjects of the Emperor Justinian; but the Romans, while giving us no share in any good thing, expected to have us, though pinched with hunger, as their friends and allies.

Greek ὥστε εἰκότως ἂν μᾶλλον ὑμῖν ἢ Μαυρουσίοις τὸ μὴ πιστοῖς καλεῖσθαι προσήκει.

Dewing Therefore it is more fitting that you should be called faithless than that the Moors should be.

Greek λύουσι γὰρ τὰς σπονδὰς οὐχ ὅσοι ἀδικούμενοι ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανοῦς τῶν πέλας κατηγοροῦντες ἀφίστανται, ἀλλ’ ὅσοι ὑποσπόνδους ἔχειν ἀξιοῦντές τινας εἶτα βιάζονται.

Dewing For the men who break treaties are not those who, when manifestly wronged, bring accusation against their neighbours and turn away from them, but those who expect to keep others in faithful alliance with them and then do them violence.

Greek καὶ τὸν θεὸν πολέμιον σφίσι ποιοῦνται οὐχ οἳ ἂν τὰ σφέτερα αὐτῶν κομιούμενοι ἐφ’ ἑτέρους χωροῖεν, ἀλλ’ ὅσοι τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἐπιβατεύοντες ἐς κίνδυνον πολέμου καθίστανται.

Dewing And men make God their enemy, not when they march against others in order to recover their own possessions, but when they get themselves into danger of war by encroaching upon the possessions of others.

Greek παίδων μέντοι ἕνεκεν ὑμῖν μελήσει, οἷς μίαν ἄγεσθαι γυναῖκα ἀνάγκη· ἡμᾶς γάρ, οἷς καὶ κατὰ πεντήκοντα, ἂν οὕτω τύχῃ, συνοικοῦσι γυναῖκες, παίδων οὐκ ἄν ποτε ἐπιλίποι γονή.”

Dewing And as for children, that will be your concern, who are not permitted to marry more than one wife; but with us, who have, it may be, fifty wives living with each of us, offspring of children can never fail."

Greek Ταῦτα ἀναλεξαμένῳ Σολόμωνι τὸ στράτευμα ὅλον ἐπὶ Μαυρουσίους ἐπάγειν ἔδοξε. διαθέμενός τε τὰ ἐν Καρχηδόνι πράγματα, παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ ἐς Βυζάκιον ᾔει.

Dewing When Solomon had read this letter, he decided to lead his whole army against the Moors. So after arranging matters in Carthage, he proceeded with all his troops to Byzacium.

Greek γενόμενος δὲ ἐς Μάμμης τὸ χωρίον, ἔνθα δὴ οἱ τέτταρες τῶν Μαυρουσίων ἄρχοντες ἐστρατοπεδεύσαντο ὧν ὀλίγῳ πρότερον ἐπεμνήσθην, χαράκωμα ἐποιήσατο.

Dewing And when he reached the place which is called Mammes,⁠ where the four Moorish commanders, whom I have mentioned a little before,⁠ were encamped, he made a stockade for himself.

Greek ὄρη δέ εἰσιν ἐνταῦθα ὑψηλὰ καὶ χωρίον ὁμαλὲς περὶ τὸν πρόποδα τῶν ὀρῶν, ἔνθα οἱ βάρβαροι παρασκευασάμενοι ἐς τὴν μάχην ἐποιοῦντο τὴν παράταξιν ὧδε.

Dewing Now there are lofty mountains there, and a level space near the foothills of the mountains, where the barbarians had made preparations for the battle and arranged their fighting order as follows.

Greek κύκλον ἐκ τῶν καμήλων ταξάμενοι, ὅπερ καὶ τὸν Καβάωνα ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις εἰργάσθαι ἐρρήθη, κατὰ δυοκαίδεκα μάλιστα τοῦ μετώπου βάθος ἐποίουν.

Dewing They formed a circle of their camels, just as, in the previous narrative,⁠ I have said Cabaon did, making the front •about twelve feet deep.

Greek καὶ γυναῖκας μὲν ξὺν τοῖς παισὶ κατέθεντο τοῦ κύκλου ἐντός· ʽτοῖς γὰρ Μαυρουσίοις καὶ γυναῖκας ὀλίγας ξὺν τοῖς παισὶν ἐς παράταξιν ἐπάγεσθαι νόμος, αἵπερ αὐτοῖς χαρακώματά τε καὶ καλύβας ποιοῦσι, καὶ ἱπποκομοῦσιν ἐμπείρως, καὶ τῶν τε καμήλων τῆς τε τροφῆς ἐπιμελοῦνται·

Dewing And they placed the women with the children within the circle; (for among the Moors it is customary to take also a few women, with their children, to battle, and these make the stockades and huts for them and tend the horses skilfully, and have charge of the camels and the food;

Greek καὶ θήγουσαι τὰ τῶν ὅπλων σιδήρια πολλοὺς σφίσι παραιροῦνται τῶν ἐν ταῖς παρατάξεσι πόνων·̓ αὐτοὶ δὲ πεζοὶ ἐς μέσους τῶν καμήλων τοὺς πόδας ἵσταντο, ἀσπίδας τε καὶ ξίφη ἔχοντες καὶ δοράτια, οἷς ἀκοντίζειν εἰώθασι. τινὲς δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν ἔχοντες τοὺς ἵππους ἡσύχαζον.

Dewing they also sharpen the iron weapons and take upon themselves many of the tasks in connection with the preparation for battle); and the men themselves took their stand on foot in between the legs of the camels, having shields and swords and small spears which they are accustomed to hurl like javelins. And some of them with their horses remained quietly among the mountains.

Greek Σολόμων δὲ τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ τοῦ Μαυρουσίων κύκλου ὃ πρὸς τῷ ὄρει ἐτύγχανεν ὂν ἀφῆκεν, οὐδένα ἐνταῦθα καταστησάμενος.

Dewing But Solomon disregarded one half of the circle of the Moors, which was towards the mountain, pla­cing no one there.

Greek ἔδεισε γὰρ μὴ κατιόντες τε οἱ ἐν τῷ ὄρει πολέμιοι καὶ οἱ ἐν τῷ κύκλῳ ἐπιστρεφόμενοι ἀμφιβόλους ἐν τῇ παρατάξει τοὺς ἐκείνῃ ταττομένους ποιήσωνται.

Dewing For he feared lest the enemy on the mountain should come down and those in the circle should turn about and thus make the men drawn up there exposed to attack on both sides in the battle.

Greek ἐς δὲ τοῦ κύκλου τὸ λειπόμενον ὅλον ἀντιτάξας τὸ στράτευμα, ἐπειδὴ αὐτῶν τοὺς πολλοὺς εἶδε πεφοβημένους τε καὶ ἀθαρσοῦντας, διὰ τὰ ἐς Ἀιγάν τε καὶ Ῥουφῖνον ξυνενεχθέντα, βουλόμενος ὑπόμνησιν ποιήσασθαι αὐτοῖς τοῦ θαρσεῖν ἔλεξε τάδε·

Dewing But against the remainder of the circle he drew up his whole army, and since he saw the most of them frightened and without courage, on account of what had befallen Aïgan and Rufinus, and wishing to admonish them to be of good cheer, he spoke as follows:

Greek “Ἄνδρες οἱ Βελισαρίῳ ξυστρατευσάμενοι, μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶνδε φόβος εἰσίτω, μηδέ, εἰ Μαυρούσιοι κατὰ μυριάδας πέντε συνειλεγμένοι Ῥωμαίων ἤδη πεντακοσίων ἐκράτησαν, τοῦτο ὑμῖν ἐν παραδείγματος μοίρᾳ γινέσθω.

Dewing "Men who have campaigned with Belisarius, let no fear of these men enter your minds, and, if Moors gathered to the number of fifty thousand have already defeated five hundred Romans, let not this stand for you as an example.

Greek ἀλλ’ ἀναμνήσθητε μὲν τῆς ἀρετῆς τῆς ὑμετέρας, ἐκλογίζεσθε δὲ ὡς Βανδίλοι μὲν Μαυρουσίων ἐκράτουν, ὑμεῖς δὲ Βανδίλων ἀκονιτὶ κύριοι τῷ πολέμῳ γεγένησθε, καὶ ὡς τοὺς τῶν μειζόνων κεκρατηκότας περὶ τῶν καταδεεστέρων πεφοβῆσθαι οὐ δίκαιον.

Dewing But call to mind your own valour, and consider that while the Vandals defeated the Moors, you have become masters of the Vandals in war without any effort, and that it is not right that those who have conquered the greater should be terrified before those who are inferior.

Greek καίτοι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐς ἀγῶνα πολέμου φαυλότατον εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸ Μαυρουσίων ἔθνος.

Dewing And indeed of all men the Moorish nation seems to be the most poorly equipped for war's struggle.

Greek γυμνοί τε γὰρ οἱ πλεῖστοί εἰσι καὶ αὐτῶν ὅσοι ἀσπίδας ἔχουσι, βραχείας τε ταύτας καὶ οὐκ εὖ πεποιημένας οὐδὲ ἀπωθεῖσθαι τὰ προσιόντα δυναμένας προβέβληνται.

Dewing For the most of them have no armour at all, and those who have shields to hold before themselves have only small ones which are not well made and are not able to turn aside what strikes against them.

Greek καὶ τὰ δύο ταῦτα δοράτια ἀπορρίψαντες, ἢν μή τι δράσωσιν,

Dewing And after they have thrown those two small spears, if they do not accomplish anything, they turn of their own accord to flight.

Greek αὐτόματοι ἐς φυγὴν τρέπονται. ὥστε πάρεστιν ὑμῖν τὴν πρώτην φυλαξαμένοις τῶν βαρβάρων ὁρμὴν ἀνελέσθαι οὐδενὶ πόνῳ τὸ τοῦ πολέμου κράτος.

Dewing So that it is possible for you, after guarding against the first attack of the barbarians, to win the victory with no trouble at all.

Greek τῆς δὲ ὑμετέρας ὁπλίσεως ἡλίκον πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντίους τὸ διαλλάσσον ἐστὶν ὁρᾶτε δήπου.

Dewing But as to your equipment of arms, you see, of course, how great is the difference between it and that of your opponents.

Greek καὶ τούτων ἔξω, ψυχῶν μὲν ἀρετὴ καὶ σωμάτων ἀλκὴ καὶ πολέμων ἐμπειρία καὶ τὸ θαρσεῖν, διὰ τὸ πάντας ἤδη νενικηκέναι τοὺς πολεμίους, ὑμῖν πρόσεστιν· οἱ δὲ Μαυρούσιοι τούτων ἁπάντων ἐστερημένοι μόνῳ τῷ σφῶν αὐτῶν ὁμίλῳ πιστεύουσι.

Dewing And apart from this, both valour of heart and strength of body and experience in war and confidence because you have already conquered all your enemies, — all these advantages you have; but the Moors, being deprived of all these things, put their trust only in their own great throng.

Greek ῥᾷον δὲ ὀλίγοι ὡς ἄριστα παρεσκευασμένοι πλῆθος οὐκ ἀγαθῶν τὰ πολέμια νικῶσιν ἀνθρώπων ἢ πρὸς αὐτῶν ἡσσῶνται.

Dewing And it is easier for a few who are most excellently prepared to conquer a multitude of men not good at warfare than it is for the multitude to defeat them.

Greek τῷ μὲν γὰρ ἀγαθῷ στρατιώτῃ τὸ θαρσεῖν ἐφ’ ἑαυτῷ πάρεστι, τῷ δὲ ἀνάνδρῳ τὸ τῶν συντεταγμένων πλῆθος ἐς ἐπισφαλῆ στενοχωρίαν ὡς τὰ πολλὰ περιίσταται.

Dewing For while the good soldier has his confidence in himself, the cowardly man generally finds that the very number of those arrayed with him produces a want of room that is full of peril.

Greek καὶ μὴν καὶ καμήλων τῶνδε ὑμᾶς ὑπερφρονεῖν ἄξιον, αἳ οὔτε ἀμύνειν τοῖς πολεμίοις οἷαί τέ εἰσι καὶ πληγεῖσαι, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, μείζονος ταραχῆς τε καὶ ἀταξίας αἴτιαι τούτοις γενήσονται.

Dewing Furthermore, you are warranted in despising these camels, which cannot fight for the enemy, and when struck by our missiles will, in all probability, become the cause of considerable confusion and disorder among them.

Greek καὶ τὸ προπετὲς ὃ διὰ τὸ πρότερον εὐημερῆσαι οἱ πολέμιοι κέκτηνται, ὑμῖν συναγωνιεῖσθαι ξυμβήσεται.

Dewing And the eagerness for battle which the enemy have acquitted on account of their former success will be your ally in the fight.

Greek τόλμα γὰρ τῇ μὲν δυνάμει ξυμμετρουμένη τάχα τι καὶ τοὺς αὐτῇ χρωμένους ὀνήσει,

Dewing For daring, when it is kept commensurate with one's power, will perhaps be of some benefit even to those who make use of it, but when it exceeds one's power it leads into danger.

Greek ὑπεραίρουσα δὲ ταύτην ἐς κίνδυνον ἄγει. ὧν ἐνθυμούμενοι καὶ τῶν πολεμίων καταφρονοῦντες σιγήν τε καὶ κόσμον ἀσκεῖτε· τούτων γὰρ ἐπιμελούμενοι ῥᾷόν τε καὶ ἀπονώτερον τῆς τῶν βαρβάρων ἀκοσμίας κρατήσομεν.” ταῦτα μὲν Σολόμων εἶπεν.

Dewing Bearing these things in mind and despising the enemy, observe silence and order; for by taking thought for these things we shall win the victory over the disorder of the barbarians more easily and with less labour." Thus spoke Solomon.

Greek Οἱ δὲ τῶν Μαυρουσίων ἄρχοντες ἐπειδὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους καταπεπληγμένους τὴν τῶν Ῥωμαίων εὐκοσμίαν εἶδον, βουλόμενοι αὐτῶν τὸ πλῆθος ἐπὶ τὸ θαρσεῖν αὖθις ἀντικαθιστάναι, τοιάδε παρεκελεύσαντο·

Dewing And the commanders of the Moors also, seeing the barbarians terrified at the orderly array of the Romans, and wishing to recall center host to confidence again, exhorted them in this wise:

Greek “Ὡς μὲν ἀνθρώπεια Ῥωμαῖοι σώματα ἔχουσι καὶ οἷα σιδήρῳ πλησσόμενα εἴκειν μεμαθήκαμεν, ὦ ξυστρατιῶται, οἷς αὐτῶν ἔναγχος τοὺς πάντων ἀρίστους πὴ μὲν καταχωσθέντας τοῖς δόρασι τοῖς ἡμετέροις ἐκτείναμεν, πὴ δὲ ἁρπάσαντες δορυαλώτους ἡμῶν αὐτῶν πεποιήμεθα.

Dewing "That the tense have human bodies, the kind that yield when struck with iron, we have been taught, O fellow-soldiers, by those of them whom we have recently met, the best of them all, some of whom we have overwhelmed with our spears and killed, and the others we have seized and made our prisoners of war.

Greek τούτων δὲ τοιούτων ὄντων, ὡς καὶ νῦν αὐτῶν τῷ πλήθει παρὰ πολὺ προέχειν αὐχοῦμεν, ὁρᾶν πάρεστι.

Dewing And not only is this so, but it is now possible to see also that we boast great superiority over them in numbers.

Greek καὶ μὴν καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν μεγίστων ἡμῖν ὁ ἀγών ἐστιν, ἢ Λιβύης πάσης κυρίοις εἶναι,

Dewing And, furthermore, the struggle for us involves the very greatest things, either to be masters of all Libya or to be slaves to these braggarts.

Greek ἢ τοῖς ἀλαζόσι τοῖσδε δουλεύειν. ὥστε ἡμῖν ἀνάγκη ὡς μάλιστα ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀνδραγαθίζεσθαι. οἷς γὰρ ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων ὁ κίνδυνος, μὴ οὐχὶ εὐψυχοτάτοις εἶναι ἀξύμφορον.

Dewing It is therefore necessary for us to be in the highest degree brave men at the present time. For it is not expedient that those whose all is at stake should be other than exceedingly courageous.

Greek τῆς δὲ τῶν πολεμίων ὁπλίσεως ὑπερφρονεῖν ἡμᾶς προσήκει. ἤν τε γὰρ πεζῇ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ἴωσιν, οὐκ εὐσταλεῖς ἔσονται, ἀλλ’ ἡσσηθήσονται τοῦ Μαυρουσίων τάχους, καὶ τὴν ἵππον αὐτοῖς ἥ τε τῶν καμήλων ὄψις ἐκπλήξασα καὶ τὸν ἄλλον τοῦ πολέμου θόρυβον ἡ τούτων κραυγὴ ὑπερηχοῦσα εἰς ἀταξίαν, ὥς γε τὸ εἰκός, καταστήσεται.

Dewing And it behoves us to despise the equipment of arms which the enemy have. For if they come on foot against us, they will not be able to move rapidly, but will be worsted by the agility of the Moors, and their cavalry will be terrified both by the sight of the camels, and by the noise they make, which, rising above the general tumult of battle, will, in all likelihood, throw them into disorder.

Greek καὶ τὴν ἐς Βανδίλους νίκην εἴ τις ἐκλογιζόμενος μὴ ἀνταγωνίστους αὐτοὺς οἴεται εἶναι, γνώμης ἁμαρτάνει.

Dewing And if anyone by taking into consideration the victory of the Romans over the Vandals thinks them not to be withstood, he is mistaken in his judgment.

Greek ἡ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ πολέμου ῥοπὴ τῇ τοῦ στρατηγοῦντος ἀρετῇ ἢ τύχῃ κρίνεσθαι πέφυκε· Βελισάριον δέ, ὃς τῆς Βανδίλων ἐπικρατήσεως αἴτιος γέγονεν, ἐκποδὼν νῦν ἡμῖν ἑστηκέναι πεποίηκε τὸ δαιμόνιον.

Dewing For the scales of war are, in the nature of the case, turned by the valour of the commander or by fortune; and Belisarius, who was responsible for their gaining the mastery over the Vandals, has now, thanks to Heaven, been removed out of our way.

Greek ἄλλως τε καὶ ἡμεῖς Βανδίλους πολλάκις νενικηκότες περιελόντες τε τὴν αὐτῶν δύναμιν, ἑτοιμότερόν τε καὶ ἀπονώτερον Ῥωμαίοις τὸ κατ’ αὐτῶν πεποιήμεθα κράτος.

Dewing And, besides, we too have many times conquered the Vandals and stripped them of their power, and have thus made the victory over them a more feasible and an easier risk for the Romans.

Greek καὶ νῦν δὲ πολεμίων τῶνδε κρατήσειν, ἢν ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ ἀνδραγαθίζησθε, ἐλπίδα ἔχομεν.”

Dewing And now we have reason to hope to conquer this enemy also if you shew yourselves brave men in the struggle."

Greek Τοσαῦτα καὶ οἱ Μαυρουσίων ἄρχοντες παρακελευσάμενοι τῆς ξυμβολῆς ἦρχον. καὶ τὰ μὲν πρῶτα πολλὴ ἀκοσμία ἐς τὸ Ῥωμαίων στράτευμα ἐγεγόνει.

Dewing After the officers of the Moors had delivered this exhortation, they began the engagement. And at first there arose great disorder in the Roman army.

Greek οἱ γὰρ ἵπποι αὐτοῖς τῇ τε κραυγῇ καὶ τῇ ὄψει τῶν καμήλων ἀχθόμενοι ἀνεχαιτίζοντό τε καὶ ἀπορριπτοῦντες τοὺς ἐπιβάτας οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ οἱ πλεῖστοι ἔφευγον.

Dewing For their horses were offended by the noise made by the camels and by the sight of them, and reared up and threw off their riders and the most of them fled in complete disorder.

Greek καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἐπεκδρομὰς ποιούμενοι οἱ Μαυρούσιοι καὶ τὰ δοράτια ὅσα σφίσιν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ἦν ἀκοντίζοντες, θορύβου τε αὐτῶν ἐμπίπλασθαι τὸ στράτευμα ἐποίουν καὶ οὔτε ἀμυνομένους οὔτε ἐν τάξει μένοντας ἔπλησσον.

Dewing And in the meantime the Moors were making sallies and hurling all the small spears which they had in their hands, thus causing the Roman army to be filled with tumult, and they were hitting them with their missiles while they were unable to defend themselves or to remain in position.

Greek ὕστερον δὲ Σολόμων, κατιδὼν τὰ πρασσόμενα, ἔκ τε τοῦ ἵππου ἀποθρώσκει πρῶτος καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἅπαντας ἐς τοῦτο ἐνάγει.

Dewing But after this, Solomon, observing what was happening, leaped down from his horse himself first and caused all the others to do the same.

Greek καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἀπέβησαν, τοῖς μὲν ἄλλοις ἐνετέλλετο ἡσυχάζουσι καὶ τὰς ἀσπίδας προβαλλομένοις δεχομένοις τε τὰ παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων πεμπόμενα ἐν τῇ τάξει μένειν· αὐτὸς δὲ στρατιώτας οὐχ ἧσσον ἢ πεντακοσίους ἐπαγόμενος ἐς τὴν τοῦ κύκλου ἐπέσκηψε μοῖραν.

Dewing And when they had dismounted, he commanded the others to stand still, and, holding their shields before them and receiving the missiles sent by the enemy, to remain in their position; but he himself, leading forward not less than five hundred men, made an attack upon the other portion of the circle.⁠

Greek οὓς δὴ τὰ ξίφη ἀνελομένους ἐκέλευε τὰς καμήλους αἳ ταύτῃ εἱστήκεσαν κτείνειν.

Dewing These men he commanded to draw their swords and kill the camels which stood at that point.

Greek τότε Μαυρούσιοι μὲν ὅσοι ἐκείνῃ ἐτετάχατο ἐς φυγὴν ὥρμηντο, οἱ δὲ ξὺν τῷ Σολόμωνι κτείνουσι καμήλους ἀμφὶ διακοσίας, αὐτίκα τε ὁ κύκλος, ἐπεὶ αἱ κάμηλοι ἔπεσον,

Dewing Then the Moors who were stationed there beat a hasty retreat, and the men under Solomon killed about two hundred camels, and straightway, when the camels fell, the circle became accessible to the Romans.

Greek ἐσβατὸς Ῥωμαίοις ἐγένετο. καὶ αὐτοὶ μὲν δρόμῳ ἐς τὸ τοῦ κύκλου μέσον ἐχώρουν, ἔνθα αἱ Μαυρουσίων γυναῖκες ἐκάθηντο· οἱ δὲ βάρβαροι ἐκπεπληγμένοι ἐς τὸ ὄρος ὅπερ ἄγχιστα ἦν ἀποχωροῦσι, φεύγοντάς τε αὐτοὺς ξὺν πάσῃ ἀκοσμίᾳ ἐπισπόμενοι Ῥωμαῖοι ἔκτεινον.

Dewing And they advanced on the run into the middle of the circle where the women of the Moors were sitting; meanwhile the barbarians in consternation withdrew to the mountain which was close by, and as they fled in complete disorder the Romans followed behind and killed them.

Greek καὶ λέγονται Μαυρουσίων μύριοι ἐν τούτῳ τῷ πόνῳ ἀποθανεῖν· γυναῖκές τε πᾶσαι ξὺν τοῖς παισὶν ἐν ἀνδραπόδων λόγῳ ἐγένοντο.

Dewing And it is said that ten thousand of the Moors perished in the encounter, while all the women together with the children were made slaves.

Greek καὶ καμήλους οἱ στρατιῶται πάσας, ὅσας οὐκ ἔκτειναν, ἐληίσαντο. οὕτω τε Ῥωμαῖοι μὲν ξὺν πάσῃ τῇ λείᾳ ἐς Καρχηδόνα ᾔεσαν, τὴν ἐπινίκιον ἑορτὴν ἄξοντες.

Dewing And the soldiers secured as booty all the camels which they had not killed. Thus the Romans with all their plunder went to Carthage to celebrate the festival of triumph.