Liv. 21.28.1Gallī occursant in rīpā cum variīs ululātibus cantūque mōris suī quatientēs scūta super capita vibrantēsque dextrīs tēla, quamquam et ex adversō terrēbat tanta vīs nāvium cum ingentī sonō flūminis et clamōre variō nautārum mīlitumque, et quī nītēbantur perrumpere impetum flūminis et quī ex alterā rīpā trāicientēs suōs hortābantur;The Gauls rush to meet them on the bank with various howls and songs after their custom, shaking their shields above their heads and brandishing spears in their right hands, although they were alarmed too by the huge number of ships opposite, with the immense roar of the river and the mingled shouting of sailors and soldiers, both of those who were struggling to break through the force of the current and of those who were cheering on their comrades from the other bank as they crossed; Liv. 21.28.3et iam satis paventēs adversō tumultū terribilior ab tergō adortus clamor castrīs ab Hannōne captīs.and as they were already sufficiently alarmed by the tumult in front, a more terrifying shout assailed them from behind, their camp having been taken by Hanno.
Liv. 21.28.3Mox et ipse aderat, ancepsque terror circumstābat et ē nāvibus tantā vī armātōrum in terram ēvādente et ab tergō inprōvīsā premente aciē.Soon he himself was upon them, and terror surrounded them on both sides, as so great a force of armed men was landing from the ships and an unexpected battle line was pressing on them from behind. Liv. 21.28.4Gallī postquam utrōque vim facere cōnātī pellēbantur, quā patēre vīsum maximē iter, perrumpunt trepidīque in vīcōs passim suōs diffugiunt.After the Gauls, having tried to use force in both directions, were being driven back, they break through where the way seemed most open and scatter in alarm to their villages in all directions. Liv. 21.28.4Hannibal cēterīs cōpiīs per ōtium trāiectīs spernēns iam Gallicōs tumultūs castra locat.Hannibal, having taken the rest of his forces across at leisure, and now scorning the Gaulish tumults, pitches camp. Liv. 21.28.5Elephantōrum trāiciendōrum varia cōnsilia fuisse crēdō, certē variat memoria āctae reī.I believe there were various plans for taking the elephants across; at any rate the tradition of how it was done varies.
Liv. 21.28.5Quīdam congregātīs ad rīpam elephantīs trādunt ferōcissimum ex iīs inrītātum ab rēctōre suō, cum refugientem in aquam sequerētur, trāxisse gregem, ut quemque timentem altitūdinem dēstitueret vadum, impetū ipsō flūminis in alteram rīpam rapiente.Some report that, when the elephants had been herded together on the bank, the fiercest of them, provoked by its driver, pursued him as he fled into the water and drew the herd after it, the very force of the river sweeping each one to the other bank as the bottom failed it, frightened at the depth. Liv. 21.28.6Cēterum magis cōnstat ratibus trāiectōs;But it is more generally agreed that they were taken across on rafts; Liv. 21.28.6id ut tūtius cōnsilium ante rem foret, ita āctā rē ad fidem prōnius est.just as that plan would have been safer beforehand, so, now that the thing has been done, it is more readily believed. Liv. 21.28.7Ratem ūnam ducentōs longam pedēs quīnquāgintā lātam ā terrā in amnem porrēxērunt, quam, nē secunda aqua dēferrētur, plūribus validīs retināculīs parte superiōre rīpae religātam pontis in modum humō iniectā cōnstrāvērunt, ut bēluae audācter velut per sōlum ingrederentur;They extended from the land into the river one raft two hundred feet long and fifty feet wide, and, after fastening it upstream to the bank by several strong cables so that it should not be carried downstream, they covered it like a bridge with earth thrown on, so that the beasts might step on boldly as if on solid ground; Liv. 21.28.8altera ratis aequē lāta, longa pedēs centum, ad trāiciendum flūmen apta, huic cōpulāta est;a second raft, equally wide and a hundred feet long, fit for crossing the river, was joined to this; Liv. 21.28.8tum elephantī per stabilem ratem tamquam viam praegredientibus fēminīs āctī ubi in minōrem adplicātam trānsgressī sunt, extemplō resolūtīs, quibus leviter adnexa erat, vinculīs ab āctuāriīs aliquot nāvibus ad alteram rīpam pertrahitur.then, when the elephants, driven along the fixed raft as along a road with the females going ahead, had passed onto the smaller raft attached to it, at once the ropes by which it was lightly fastened were loosed, and it is towed by several light vessels to the other bank.
Liv. 21.28.10Ita prīmīs expositīs aliī deinde repetītī ac trāiectī sunt.So, when the first had been landed, others were then fetched and taken across. Liv. 21.28.10Nihil sānē trepidābant, dōnec continentī velut ponte agerentur;They showed no alarm at all as long as they were being driven along what was, as it were, a continuous bridge; Liv. 21.28.10prīmus erat pavor, cum solūtā ab cēterīs rate in altum raperentur;the first panic came when the raft was loosed from the rest and they were swept out into the stream; Liv. 21.28.11ibi urgentēs inter sē cēdentibus extrēmīs ab aquā trepidātiōnis aliquantum ēdēbant, dōnec quiētem ipse timor circumspectantibus aquam fēcisset.then, crowding against one another as those at the edges drew back from the water, they showed a good deal of alarm, until fear itself produced calm as they looked round at the water. Liv. 21.28.12Excidēre etiam saevientēs quīdam in flūmen;Some even fell into the river in their frenzy; Liv. 21.28.12sed pondere ipsō stabilēs dēiectīs rēctōribus quaerendīs pedetemptim vadīs in terram ēvāsēre.but, steadied by their very weight, after their drivers had been thrown off, feeling for the shallows step by step, they got out onto land.