Liv. 2.20.1Referentibus iam pedem ab eā parte Rōmānīs M. Valerius, Pūblicolae frāter, cōnspicātus ferōcem iuvenem Tarquinium ostentantem sē in prīmā exulum aciē, domesticā etiam glōriā accēnsus, ut, cuius familiae decus ēiectī rēgēs erant, eiusdem interfectī forent, subdit calcāria equō et Tarquinium īnfestō spīculō petit.As the Romans on that side were already giving ground, Marcus Valerius, Publicola's brother, catching sight of the young Tarquinius boldly showing himself off in the front rank of the exiles, and fired also by the glory of his house, so that the family which had won honour from the expulsion of the kings might win it also from their death, sets spurs to his horse and makes for Tarquinius with levelled javelin. Liv. 2.20.2Tarquinius retrō in agmen suōrum īnfēnsō cessit hostī.Tarquinius drew back before his furious enemy into the ranks of his own men. Liv. 2.20.3Valerium temerē invectum in exulum aciem ex trānsversō quīdam adortus trānsfīgit, nec quicquam equitis vulnere equō retardātō moribundus Rōmānus lābentibus super corpus armīs ad terram dēflūxit.As Valerius rode recklessly into the line of the exiles, someone attacked him from the flank and ran him through; and since his horse was in no way slowed by its rider's wound, the dying Roman slid to the ground, his arms falling over his body.
Liv. 2.20.4Dictātor Postumius postquam cecidisse tālem virum, exulēs ferōciter citātō agmine invehī, suōs perculsōs cēdere animadvertit, cohortī suae, quam dēlēctam manum praesidiī causā circā sē habēbat, dat signum, ut, quem suōrum fugientem vīderint, prō hoste habeant.When the dictator Postumius noticed that such a man had fallen, that the exiles were charging boldly at a run, and that his own men were shaken and giving way, he gives the signal to his cohort, a picked band which he kept about him as a guard, to treat as an enemy any of their own men they saw in flight. Liv. 2.20.5Ita metū ancipitī versī ā fugā Rōmānī in hostem et restitūta aciēs.So, caught between two fears, the Romans turned from flight against the enemy and the line was restored. Liv. 2.20.6Cohors dictātōris tum prīmum proelium iniit;The dictator's cohort then entered the battle for the first time; Liv. 2.20.6integrīs corporibus animīsque fessōs adortī exulēs caedunt.fresh in body and spirit, they attack the weary exiles and cut them down. Liv. 2.20.7Ibi alia inter procerēs coorta pugna.Then another fight broke out among the leading men.
Liv. 2.20.7Imperātor Latīnus ubi cohortem exulum ā dictātōre Rōmānō prope circumventam vīdit, ex subsidiāriīs manipulōs aliquot in prīmam aciem sēcum rapit.The Latin commander, when he saw the cohort of exiles almost surrounded by the Roman dictator, hurries several maniples from the reserves into the front line with him. Liv. 2.20.8Hōs agmine venientēs T. Herminius lēgātus cōnspicātus interque eōs īnsignem veste armīsque Mamilium nōscitāns tantō vī maiōre, quam paulō ante magister equitum, cum hostium duce proelium iniit, ut et ūnō ictū trānsfīxum per latus occīderit Mamilium et ipse inter spoliandum corpus hostis verūtō percussus, cum victor in castra esset relātus, inter prīmam cūrātiōnem exspīrāverit.The legate Titus Herminius, catching sight of them as they came on in column and recognising among them Mamilius, conspicuous by his dress and armour, joined battle with the enemy leader with so much greater force than the master of the horse a little before, that he both killed Mamilius, running him through the side with a single thrust, and was himself struck by a javelin while stripping his enemy's body; and though he was carried back to camp as victor, he breathed his last while his wound was first being dressed.
Liv. 2.20.10Tum ad equitēs dictātor advolat obtestāns, ut fessō iam pedite dēscendant ex equīs et pugnam capessant.Then the dictator flies to the cavalry, imploring them, since the infantry were now exhausted, to dismount from their horses and take up the fight. Liv. 2.20.10Dictō pāruēre: dēsiliunt ex equīs, prōvolant in prīmum et prō antesignānīs parmās obiciunt.They obeyed the order: they leap down from their horses, rush forward to the front, and hold their shields before the front-rank men. Liv. 2.20.11Recipit extemplō animum pedestris aciēs, postquam iuventūtis procerēs aequātō genere pugnae sēcum partem perīculī sustinentēs vīdit.The infantry line at once recovers its spirit, when it saw the young nobles fighting on equal terms and sharing part of the danger with them. Liv. 2.20.12Tum dēmum inpulsī Latīnī, perculsaque inclīnāvit aciēs.Then at last the Latins were driven back, and their line, shaken, gave way. Liv. 2.20.12Equitī admōtī equī, ut persequī hostem posset;Horses were brought up to the cavalry so that they could pursue the enemy; Liv. 2.20.12secūta et pedestris aciēs.the infantry line followed as well. Liv. 2.20.12Ibi nihil nec dīvīnae nec hūmānae opis dictātor praetermittēns aedem Castorī vōvisse fertur ac prōnūntiāsse mīlitī praemia, quī prīmus, quī secundus castra hostium intrāsset;Then the dictator, neglecting no help either divine or human, is said to have vowed a temple to Castor and to have announced rewards for the soldiers who should be first and second to enter the enemy's camp; Liv. 2.20.12tantusque ardor fuit, ut eōdem impetū, quō fūderant hostem Rōmānī, castra caperent.and so great was their ardour that the Romans took the camp in the same charge with which they had routed the enemy.
Liv. 2.20.13Hōc modō ad lacum Rēgillum pugnātum est.Such was the battle fought at Lake Regillus. Liv. 2.20.13Dictātor et magister equitum triumphantēs in urbem rediēre.The dictator and the master of the horse returned to the city in triumph.