Liv. 2.47.1Proeliō ex parte ūnā restitūtō nihilō segnius in cornū alterō Cn. Mānlius cōnsul pugnam ciēbat, ubi prope similis fortūna est versāta.When the battle had been restored on one side, the consul Gnaeus Manlius was stirring up the fight no less vigorously on the other wing, where much the same fortune played out. Liv. 2.47.2Nam ut alterō in cornū Q. Fabium, sīc in hōc ipsum cōnsulem Mānlium iam velut fūsōs agentem hostīs et inpigrē mīlitēs secūtī sunt et, ut ille gravī vulnere ictus ex aciē cessit, interfectum ratī gradum rettulēre;For just as on the other wing they had followed Quintus Fabius, so on this the soldiers briskly followed the consul Manlius himself as he drove the enemy before him as if already routed, and when he was struck by a severe wound and withdrew from the line, believing him killed, they fell back; Liv. 2.47.3cessissentque locō, nī cōnsul alter cum aliquot turmīs equitum in eam partem citātō equō advectus, vīvere clāmitāns collēgam, sē victōrem fūsō alterō cornū adesse, rem inclīnātam sustinuisset.and they would have given ground, had not the other consul, riding at full gallop to that quarter with several troops of cavalry, shouting that his colleague was alive and that he himself was there victorious, having routed the other wing, held up the faltering situation.
Liv. 2.47.4Mānlius quoque ad restituendam aciem sē ipse cōram offert.Manlius too presents himself in person to restore the line. Liv. 2.47.4Duōrum cōnsulum cognita ōra accendunt mīlitum animōs.The familiar faces of the two consuls fire the soldiers' spirits. Liv. 2.47.4Simul et vānior iam erat hostium aciēs, dum abundante multitūdine frētī subtracta subsidia mittunt ad castra oppugnanda.At the same time the enemy line was already thinner, since, trusting in their abundant numbers, they had withdrawn their reserves and were sending them to attack the camp. Liv. 2.47.5In quae haud magnō certāmine impetū factō, dum praedae magis quam pugnae memorēs tererent tempus, triāriī Rōmānī, quī prīmam inruptiōnem sustinēre nōn potuerant, missīs ad cōnsulēs nūntiīs, quō locō rēs essent, conglobātī ad praetōrium redeunt et suā sponte ipsī proelium renovant.An assault was made on it without much fighting, and while the enemy wasted time, more mindful of plunder than of battle, the Roman triarii, who had been unable to withstand the first onrush, sent messengers to the consuls to report how matters stood, massed together, returned to the general's tent and of their own accord renewed the fight themselves.
Liv. 2.47.6Et Mānlius cōnsul revectus in castra ad omnēs portās mīlite oppositō hostibus viam clauserat.And the consul Manlius, riding back to the camp, had posted soldiers at all the gates and closed the way out to the enemy. Liv. 2.47.6Ea dēspērātiō Tuscīs rabiem magis quam audāciam accendit.This desperate plight kindled madness rather than daring in the Tuscans. Liv. 2.47.6Nam cum incursantēs, quācumque exitum ostenderet spēs, vānō aliquotiēns impetū īssent, globus iuvenum ūnus in ipsum cōnsulem īnsignem armīs invādit.For when, rushing wherever hope showed a way out, they had several times made fruitless attacks, one band of young men makes for the consul himself, conspicuous by his armour. Liv. 2.47.7Prīma excepta ā circumstantibus tēla;The first missiles were intercepted by those standing around him; Liv. 2.47.7sustinērī deinde vīs nequit.then the violence could not be withstood. Liv. 2.47.7Cōnsul mortiferō vulnere ictus cadit, fūsīque circā omnēs.The consul falls, struck by a mortal wound, and all around him were routed. Liv. 2.47.8Tuscīs crēscit audācia;The Tuscans' daring grows; Liv. 2.47.8Rōmānōs terror per tōta castra trepidōs agit, et ad extrēma ventum foret, nī lēgātī raptō cōnsulis corpore patefēcissent ūnā portā hostibus viam.terror drives the Romans in panic through the whole camp, and it would have come to the worst, had not the legates snatched up the consul's body and opened one gate as a way out for the enemy.
Liv. 2.47.9Eā ērumpunt;Through it they burst out; Liv. 2.47.9cōnsternātōque agmine abeuntēs in victōrem alterum incidunt cōnsulem.and as they went off in a disordered column they ran into the other, victorious consul. Liv. 2.47.9Ibi iterum caesī fūsīque passim.There again they were cut down and scattered in every direction. Liv. 2.47.9Victōria ēgregia parta, trīstis tamen duōbus tam clārīs fūneribus.A splendid victory was won, though saddened by two such illustrious deaths. Liv. 2.47.10Itaque cōnsul dēcernente senātū triumphum, sī exercitus sine imperātōre triumphāre possit, prō eximiā eō bellō opera facile passūrum respondit;So when the senate voted a triumph, the consul replied that if an army could triumph without its general, he would readily allow it for its outstanding service in that war; Liv. 2.47.10sē, familiā fūnestā Q. Fabī frātris morte, rē pūblicā ex parte orbā, cōnsule alterō āmissō, pūblicō prīvātōque dēfōrmem lūctū lauream nōn acceptūrum.for himself, with his family in mourning for the death of his brother Quintus Fabius, and the state half bereaved by the loss of one consul, he would not accept a laurel disfigured by public and private grief.
Liv. 2.47.11Omnī āctō triumphō dēpositus triumphus clārior fuit;The triumph declined was more glorious than any triumph celebrated; Liv. 2.47.11adeō sprēta in tempore glōria interdum cumulātior redit.so true is it that glory spurned at the right moment sometimes returns more abundantly. Liv. 2.47.11Fūnera deinde duo deinceps collēgae frātrisque dūcit, īdem in utrōque laudātor, cum concēdendō illīs suās laudēs ipse maximam partem eārum ferret.He then held the two funerals one after the other, of his colleague and of his brother, delivering the eulogy for each himself, and while yielding his own praises to them he himself won the greatest share of them. Liv. 2.47.12Neque inmemor eius, quod initiō cōnsulātūs inbiberat, reconciliandī animōs plēbis, sauciōs mīlitēs cūrandōs dīvidit patribus.And not forgetting the aim he had embraced at the beginning of his consulship, of reconciling the feelings of the plebs, he distributes the wounded soldiers among the senators to be cared for. Liv. 2.47.12Fabiīs plūrimī datī nec alibī maiōre cūrā habitī.The largest number were given to the Fabii, and nowhere were they treated with greater care.
Liv. 2.47.12Inde populārēs iam esse Fabiī nec hoc ūllā rē nisi salūbrī reī pūblicae arte.From then on the Fabii were popular, and won this by no means other than ones wholesome for the state.