第4巻 第17章

Greek Χρόνον μὲν οὖν τινα ἑκάτεροι ἀλλήλοις ἀντικαθήμενοι ἔμενον. μετὰ δὲ οἱ στασιῶται οὐδὲν σφίσι προχωροῦν ἐνορῶντες ὧν προὔλεγε Στότζας, ἔδεισάν τε ἅτε τῆς ἐλπίδος παρὰ δόξαν ψευσθέντες, καὶ τὴν τάξιν διαλύσαντες ἀνεχώρησαν, ἔς τε Νουμίδας ἀπήλαυνον, οὗ δὴ αὐτοῖς αἵ τε γυναῖκες καὶ τὰ τῆς λείας χρήματα ἦσαν.

Dewing Now for some time the two armies remained in position opposite each other. But when the mutineers saw that nothing of what Stotzas had foretold was coming to pass, they began to be afraid as having been unexpectedly cheated of their hope, and they broke their ranks and withdrew, and marched off to Numidia, where were their women and the money from their booty.

Greek ἔνθα καὶ ὁ Γερμανὸς παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ οὐκ ἐς μακρὰν ἦλθε, τά τε ἄλλα παρεσκευασμένος ὡς ἄριστα καὶ ἁμάξας πολλὰς τῷ στρατοπέδῳ ἐπαγαγόμενος.

Dewing And Germanus too came there with the whole army not long afterwards, having made all preparations in the best way possible and also bringing along many wagons self the army.

Greek καταλαβών τε τοὺς ἐναντίους ἐν χωρίῳ ὃ δὴ Σκάλας Βέτερες καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι, τὰ ἐς τὴν παράταξιν ἐξηρτύετο τρόπῳ τοιῷδε.

Dewing And overtaking his opponents in a place which the Romans call Scalae Veteres, he made his preparations for battle in the following manner.

Greek τὰς ἁμάξας μετωπηδὸν στήσας τοὺς πεζοὺς πάντας κατ’ αὐτὰς ἔταξεν, ὧν Δόμνικος ἦρχεν, ὅπως τὰ νῶτα ἐν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ ἔχοντες θαρσήσωσι μᾶλλον.

Dewing Pla­cing the wagons in line fa­cing the front, he arrayed all the infantry along them under the leader­ship of Domnicus, so that by reason of having their rear in securely timid fight with the greater courage.

Greek τῶν δὲ ἱππέων ἄνδρας τε ἀρίστους καὶ τοὺς ἐκ Βυζαντίου ξὺν αὐτῷ ἥκοντας αὐτὸς ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τῶν πεζῶν εἶχε, τοὺς δὲ ἄλλους ἅπαντας ἐς κέρας τὸ δεξιὸν οὐ ξυντεταγμένους, ἀλλὰ κατὰ λόχους τρεῖς μάλιστα ἔστησε.

Dewing And the best of the horsemen and those who had come with him from Byzantium he himself had on the left of the infantry, while all the others he placed on the right wing, not marshalled in one body but in three divisions.

Greek καὶ αὐτῶν Ἰλδίγερ μὲν ἑνὸς ἡγεῖτο, ἑτέρου δὲ Θεόδωρος ὁ Καππαδόκης, τοῦ δὲ λειπομένου, μείζονος ὄντος, Ἰωάννης ὁ Πάππου ἀδελφός, τέταρτος αὐτός. οὕτω μὲν Ῥωμαῖοι ἐτάξαντο.

Dewing And Ildiger led one of them, Theodorus the Cappadocian another, while the remaining one, which was larger, was commanded by John, the brother of Pappus, with three others. Thus did the Romans array themselves.

Greek Οἱ δὲ στασιῶται ἀντίξοοι μὲν αὐτοῖς ἔστησαν, οὐκ ἐν κόσμῳ μέντοι ταξάμενοι, ἀλλὰ βαρβαρικώτερον ἐσκεδασμένοι.

Dewing And the mutineers took their stand opposite them, not in order, however, but scattered, more in the manner of barbarians.

Greek εἵποντο δὲ αὐτοῖς οὐ μακρὰν ἄποθεν Μαυρουσίων μυριάδες πολλαί, ὧν ἄλλοι τε πολλοὶ καὶ Ἰαύδας καὶ Ὀρταΐας ἦρχον.

Dewing And at no great distance many thousands of Moors followed them, who were commanded by a number of leaders, and especially by Iaudas and Ortaïas.

Greek οὐ μέντοι ἅπαντες πιστοὶ τοῖς ἀμφὶ τὸν Στότζαν ἐτύγχανον ὄντες, ἀλλὰ πολλοὶ παρὰ Γερμανὸν πέμποντες πρότερον ὡμολόγουν, ἐπειδὰν ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ γένωνται, ξὺν τῷ βασιλέως στρατῷ ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους τετάξεσθαι.

Dewing But not all of them, as it happened, were faithful to Stotzas and his men, for many had sent previously to Germanus and agreed that, when they came into the fight, they would array themselves with the emperor's army against the enemy.

Greek οὐ μὴν αὐτοῖς πιστεύειν παντάπασιν ὁ Γερμανὸς εἶχεν, ἐπεὶ ἄπιστον φύσει τὸ Μαυρουσίων γένος ἐστὶν ἐς πάντας ἀνθρώπους.

Dewing However, Germanus could not trust them altogether, for the Moorish nation is by nature faithless to all men.

Greek διὸ δὴ οὐδὲ ξὺν τοῖς στασιώταις ἐτάξαντο, ἀλλ’ ὄπισθεν ἔμενον, καραδοκοῦντες τὸ ἐσόμενον, ὅπως ξὺν τοῖς νικήσουσι καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν δίωξιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἡσσημένους ποιήσωνται.

Dewing It was for this reason that they did not array themselves with the mutineers, but remained behind, waiting for what would come to pass, in order that with those who should be victorious they might join in the pursuit of the vanquished.

Greek Μαυρούσιοι μὲν τοιαύτῃ γνώμῃ οὐκ ἀναμιγνύμενοι τοῖς στασιώταις ὄπισθεν εἵποντο.

Dewing Such was the purpose, then, of the Moors, in following behind and not mingling with the mutineers.

Greek Στότζας δὲ ἄγχιστά πη τῶν πολεμίων γενόμενος, ἐπειδὴ σημεῖον τὸ Γερμανοῦ εἶδε, τοῖς παροῦσιν ἐγκελευσάμενος ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ᾔει.

Dewing And when Stotzas came close to the enemy and saw the standard of Germanus, he exhorted his men and began to charge against him.

Greek Ἔρουλοι δὲ ὅσοι στασιῶται ἀμφ’ αὐτὸν τεταγμένοι ἐτύγχανον, οὐδὲ εἵποντο, ἀλλὰ καὶ παντὶ σθένει ἐκώλυον, φάσκοντες οὐκ εἰδέναι μὲν τὴν Γερμανοῦ δύναμιν, ὁποία ποτέ ἐστιν, ἐξεπίστασθαι μέντοι ὡς οὐδαμῆ σφίσιν ἀνθέξουσιν ὅσοι ἐς κέρας τὸ δεξιὸν τῶν πολεμίων ἐτάξαντο.

Dewing But the mutinous Eruli who were arrayed about him did not follow and even tried with all their might to prevent him, saying that they did not know the character of the forces of Germanus, but that they did know that those arrayed on the enemy's right would by no means withstand them.

Greek ἢν μὲν οὖν ἐπ’ ἐκείνους χωρήσαιεν, αὐτοί τε οὐχ ὑποστάντες ἐς φυγὴν τρέψονται καὶ τὸ ἄλλο στράτευμα, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, συνταράξουσιν· ἢν δέ γε σφᾶς ἀπωσάμενος Γερμανὸς τρέψηται, ἅπαντα σφίσι διαφθαρήσεται αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα τὰ πράγματα.

Dewing If, therefore, they should advance against these, they would not only give way themselves and turn to flight, but would also, in all probability, throw the rest of the Roman army into confusion; but if they should attack Germanus and be driven back and put to rout, their whole cause would be ruined on the spot.

Greek τούτοις ὁ Στότζας ἀναπεισθεὶς τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους τοῖς ἀμφὶ Γερμανὸν μάχεσθαι εἴασεν, αὐτὸς δὲ ξὺν τοῖς ἀρίστοις ἐπί τε Ἰωάννην καὶ τοὺς ξὺν αὐτῷ τεταγμένους ᾔει.

Dewing And Stotzas was persuaded by these words, and permitted the others to fight with the men of Germanus, while he himself with the best men went against John and those arrayed with him.

Greek οἱ δὲ οὐχ ὑποστάντες κόσμῳ οὐδενὶ ἐς φυγὴν ὥρμηντο. οἵ τε στασιῶται πάντα μὲν τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν εὐθὺς ἔλαβον, φεύγοντας δὲ ἀνὰ κράτος ἐδίωκον, τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς πεζοὺς ἤλαυνον,

Dewing And they failed to withstand the attack and hastened to flee in complete disorder. And the mutineers took all their standards immediately, and pursued them as they fled at top speed, while some too charged upon the infantry, who had already begun to abandon their ranks.

Greek ἤδη τε τὴν τάξιν ἐκλείπειν οἱ πεζοὶ ἤρξαντο. ἐν τούτῳ δὲ Γερμανὸς αὐτός τε τὸ ξίφος σπασάμενος καὶ ἅπαν τὸ ταύτῃ στράτευμα ἐς τοῦτο ὁρμήσας, πόνῳ τε πολλῷ τοὺς κατ’ αὐτὸν στασιώτας ἐτρέψατο καὶ δρόμῳ ἐπὶ τὸν Στότζαν ἐχώρησε.

Dewing But at this juncture Germanus himself, drawing his sword and urging the whole of that part of the army to do the same with great difficulty routed the mutineers opposed to him and advanced on the turn against Stotzas.

Greek τούτου δέ οἱ ἐνταῦθα τοῦ ἔργου καὶ τῶν ἀμφὶ Ἰλδίγερά τε καὶ Θεόδωρον ξυναραμένων, οὕτως ἀλλήλοις ἑκάτεροι ἀνεμίγνυντο, ὥστε διώκοντες οἱ στασιῶται τῶν τινας πολεμίων ὑφ’ ἑτέρων καταλαμβανόμενοι ἔθνησκον.

Dewing And then, since he was joined in this effort by the men of Ildiger and Theodorus, the two armies mingled with each other in such a way that, while the mutineers were pursuing some of their enemy, they were being overtaken and killed by others.

Greek τῆς τε ξυγχύσεως ἐπὶ μέγα χωρούσης οἱ μὲν ἀμφὶ Γερμανόν, ὄπισθεν ἰόντες, ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐνέκειντο, οἱ δὲ στασιῶται ἐς πολὺ δέος ἐμπεπτωκότες οὐκέτι ἐς ἀλκὴν ἔβλεπον.

Dewing And as the confusion became greater and greater, the troops of Germanus, who were in the rear, pressed on still more, and the mutineers, falling into great fear, thought no longer of resistance.

Greek ἔνδηλοι μέντοι οὐδέτεροι οὔτε σφίσιν αὐτοῖς οὔτε ἀλλήλοις ἐγίνοντο. μιᾷ τε γὰρ φωνῇ καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ τῶν ὅπλων σκευῇ οἱ πάντες ἐχρῶντο, οὔτε μορφῇ τινι οὔτε σχήματι οὔτε ἄλλῳ ὁτῳοῦν διαλλάσσοντες.

Dewing But neither side could be distinguished either by their own comrades or by their opponents. For all used one language and the same equipment of arms, and they differed neither in figure nor in dress nor in any other thing whatever.

Greek διὸ δὴ Γερμανοῦ γνώμῃ οἱ τοῦ βασιλέως στρατιῶται, ὅτου ἂν λάβοιντο, ἐπυνθάνοντο ὅστις ποτὲ εἴη· ἔπειτα, ἤν τις Γερμανοῦ στρατιώτης φήσειεν εἶναι, οὐκοῦν τὸ Γερμανοῦ ξύμβολον ἐκέλευον λέγειν, τοῦτο δὲ εἰπεῖν οὐδαμῆ ἔχοντα εὐθὺς ἔκτεινον.

Dewing For this reason the soldiers of the emperor by the advice of Germanus, whenever they captured anyone, asked who he was; and then, if he said that he was a soldier of Germanus, they bade him give the watchword of Germanus, and if he was not at all able to give this, they killed him instantly.

Greek ἐν τούτῳ τῷ πόνῳ τὸν Γερμανοῦ ἵππον τῶν τις πολεμίων λαθὼν ἔκτεινεν, αὐτός τε ὁ Γερμανὸς ἐς τὸ ἔδαφος ἐκπεσὼν ἐς κίνδυνον ἦλθεν, εἰ μὴ κατὰ τάχος οἱ δορυφόροι ἐσώσαντο, φραξάμενοί τε ἀμφ’ αὐτὸν καὶ ἀναβιβάσαντες ἐφ’ ἕτερον ἵππον.

Dewing In this struggle one of the enemy got by unnoticed and killed the horse of Germanus, and Germanus himself fell to the ground and came into danger, and would have been lost had not his guards quickly saved him by forming an enclosure around him and mounting him on another horse.

Greek Ὁ μὲν οὖν Στότζας ἐν τῷ θορύβῳ τούτῳ ξὺν ὀλίγοις τισὶ διαφυγεῖν ἴσχυσε. Γερμανὸς δὲ τοῖς ἀμφ’ αὑτὸν ἐγκελευσάμενος εὐθὺ τοῦ τῶν πολεμίων στρατοπέδου ἐχώρησεν.

Dewing As for Stotzas, he succeeded in this tumult in escaping with a few men. But Germanus, urging on his men, went straight for the enemy's camp.

Greek ἐνταῦθά οἱ τῶν στασιωτῶν ὑπηντίαζον ὅσοι τοῦ χαρακώματος ἐπὶ τῇ φυλακῇ ἐτετάχατο.

Dewing There he was encountered by those of the mutineers who had been stationed to guard the stockade.

Greek μάχης τε ἀμφὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ εἴσοδον καρτερᾶς γενομένης παρ’ ὀλίγον μὲν οἱ στασιῶται ἦλθον τοὺς ἐναντίους ἀπώσασθαι, πέμψας δὲ ὁ Γερμανὸς τῶν οἱ ἑπομένων τινὰς κατ’ ἄλλην ἀποπειρᾶσθαι χώραν τοῦ στρατοπέδου ἐκέλευεν.

Dewing A stubborn fight took place around its entrance, and the mutineers came within a little of forcing back their opponents, but Germanus sent some of his followers and bade them make trial of the camp at another point.

Greek οἳ δὴ οὐδενὸς ταύτῃ ἀμυνομένου ἐντὸς τοῦ χαρακώματος ξὺν βραχεῖ πόνῳ ἐγένοντο.

Dewing These men, since no one was defending the camp at this place, got inside the stockade with little trouble.

Greek οἵ τε στασιῶται κατιδόντες αὐτοὺς ἐς φυγὴν ὥρμηντο, καὶ Γερμανὸς παντὶ τῷ ἄλλῳ στρατῷ ἐσεπήδησεν εἰς τὸ τῶν πολεμίων στρατόπεδον.

Dewing And the mutineers, upon seeing them, rushed off in flight, and Germanus with all the rest of the army dashed into the enemy's camp.

Greek ἐνταῦθα τὰ χρήματα οἱ στρατιῶται οὐδενὶ πόνῳ ἁρπάζοντες οὔτε τοὺς ἐναντίους ἐν λόγῳ ἐποιοῦντό τινι οὔτε τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ἐγκελευομένου ἔτι κατήκουον, παρόντων χρημάτων διὸ δὴ ὁ Γερμανός,

Dewing There the soldiers, finding it easy to plunder the goods of the camp, neither took any account of the enemy nor paid any further heed to the exhortations of their general, since booty was at hand.

Greek δείσας μὴ ξυμφρονήσαντες οἱ πολέμιοι ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἴωσιν, αὐτὸς ξὺν ὀλιγοις τισὶν ἐς τοῦ χαρακώματος τὴν εἴσοδον ἔστη, πολλά τε ὀλοφυρόμενος καὶ τοὺς οὐδὲν ἐπαΐοντας ἐς εὐκοσμίαν παρακαλῶν.

Dewing For this reason Germanus, fearing lest the enemy should get together and come upon them, himself with so few men took his stand at the entrance of the stockade, uttering many laments and urging his unheeding men to return to good order.

Greek τῶν δὲ Μαυρουσίων πολλοὶ τῆς τροπῆς οὕτω γεγενημένης τούς τε στασιώτας ἐδίωκον ἤδη καὶ ξὺν τῷ βασιλέως στρατῷ σφᾶς αὐτοὺς τάξαντες ἐληίζοντο τὸ τῶν ἡσσημένων στρατόπεδον.

Dewing And many of the Moors when the rest had taken place in this way, were now pursuing the mutineers, and, arraying themselves with the emperor's troops, were plundering the camp of the vanquished.

Greek Στότζας δέ, κατ’ ἀρχὰς μὲν ἐπὶ τῷ Μαυρουσίων στρατῷ τὸ θαρσεῖν ἔχων, ὡς ἀναμαχούμενος παρ’ αὐτοὺς ἤλαυνεν.

Dewing But Stotzas, at first having confidence in the Moorish army, rode to them in order to renew the battle.

Greek αἰσθόμενος δὲ τῶν ποιουμένων, ξὺν ἑκατὸν ἀνδράσι διαφυγεῖν μόλις ἴσχυσεν.

Dewing But perceiving what was being done, he fled with a hundred men, and succeeded with difficulty in making his escape.

Greek αὖθις δὲ ἀμφ’ αὐτὸν πολλοὶ ξυλλεγέντες ἐνεχείρησαν μὲν τοῖς πολεμίοις ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν, ἀποκρουσθέντες δὲ οὐδέν τι ἧσσον, εἰ μὴ καὶ μᾶλλον, Γερμανῷ ἅπαντες προσεχώρησαν.

Dewing And once more many gathered about him and attempted to engage with the enemy, but being repulsed no less decisively than before, if not even more so, they all came over to Germanus.

Greek μόνος δὲ ὁ Στότζας ξὺν Βανδίλοις ὀλίγοις τισὶν ἐς Μαυριτανοὺς ἀνεχώρησε, καὶ παῖδα τῶν τινος ἀρχόντων γυναῖκα λαβὼν αὐτοῦ ἔμεινε. καὶ ἡ μὲν στάσις αὕτη ἐς τοῦτο ἐτελεύτα.

Dewing And Stotzas alone with some few Vandals withdrew to Mauretania, and taking to wife the daughter of one of the rulers, remained there. And this was the conclusion of that mutiny.