Liv. 21.33.1Prīmā deinde lūce castra mōta et agmen reliquum incēdere coepit.Then at first light the camp was struck, and the rest of the column began to move forward. Liv. 21.33.2Iam montānī signō datō ex castellīs ad statiōnem solitam conveniēbant, cum repente cōnspiciunt aliōs arce occupātā suā super caput inminentīs, aliōs viā trānsīre hostīs.The mountaineers, at a given signal, were already gathering from their forts at their usual post, when suddenly they see some of the enemy above their heads, in possession of their own stronghold, and others passing along the road. Liv. 21.33.3Utraque simul obiecta rēs oculīs animīsque immōbilēs parumper eōs dēfīxit;Both sights, presented at once to their eyes and minds, held them rooted and motionless for a short while; Liv. 21.33.3deinde, ut trepidātiōnem in angustiīs suōque ipsum tumultū miscērī agmen vīdēre, equīs maximē cōnsternātīs, quidquid adiēcissent ipsī terrōris, satis ad perniciem fore ratī, dīversīs rūpibus, iūxtā in viās ac dēvia adsuētī, dēcurrunt.then, when they saw the confusion in the pass and the column thrown into disorder by its own turmoil, with the horses especially panic-stricken, thinking that whatever terror they themselves added would be enough to destroy it, they run down from different crags, being equally used to roads and to trackless ground.
Liv. 21.33.5Tum vērō simul ab hostibus simul inīquitāte locōrum Poenī oppugnābantur, plūsque inter ipsōs, sibi quōque tendente, ut perīculō prīmus ēvāderet, quam cum hostibus certāminis erat.Then indeed the Carthaginians were assailed at once by the enemy and by the difficulty of the ground, and there was more of a struggle among themselves than with the enemy, as each strove to be the first to escape the danger. Liv. 21.33.6Equī maximē īnfestum agmen faciēbant quī et clamōribus dissonīs, quōs nemora etiam repercussaeque vallēs augēbant, territī trepidābant et ictī forte aut vulnerātī adeō cōnsternābantur, ut strāgem ingentem simul hominum ac sarcinārum omnis generis facerent;The horses most of all endangered the column; terrified by the discordant shouts, which the woods and the echoing valleys magnified still further, they kept plunging about, and when struck or wounded by chance they became so panic-stricken that they caused huge havoc among men and baggage of every kind alike; Liv. 21.33.7multōsque turba, cum praecipitēs dēruptaeque utrimque angustiae essent, in inmēnsum altitūdinis dēiēcit, quōsdam et armātōs;and the crush, since the pass was sheer and precipitous on both sides, hurled many down to an immense depth, some of them armed men too; Liv. 21.33.7sed ruīnae maximē modō iūmenta cum oneribus dēvolvēbantur.but it was above all the pack animals with their loads that went rolling down like a falling building.
Liv. 21.33.8Quae quamquam foeda vīsū erant, stetit parumper tamen Hannibal ac suōs continuit, nē tumultum ac trepidātiōnem augēret;Although these things were hideous to see, Hannibal nevertheless stood still for a short while and held his men back, so as not to increase the turmoil and confusion; Liv. 21.33.9deinde, postquam interrumpī agmen vīdit perīculumque esse, nē exūtum inpedīmentīs exercitum nēquīquam incolumem trādūxisset, dēcurrit ex superiōre locō et, cum impetū ipsō fūdisset hostem, suīs quoque tumultum auxit.then, when he saw that the column was being cut in two and that there was a danger that he would have brought his army across safe but to no purpose, stripped of its baggage, he ran down from the higher ground, and though he routed the enemy by the very force of his charge, he increased the confusion among his own men as well. Liv. 21.33.10Sed is tumultus mōmentō temporis, postquam līberāta itinera fugā montānōrum erant, sēdātur, nec per ōtium modo sed prope silentiō mox omnēs trāductī.But this turmoil is calmed in a moment, once the roads had been cleared by the flight of the mountaineers, and soon all were brought across not only undisturbed but almost in silence.
Liv. 21.33.11Castellum inde, quod caput eius regiōnis erat, vīculōsque circumiectōs capit, et captīvō cibō ac pecoribus per trīduum exercitum aluit;Next he takes the fort, which was the chief place of that district, and the hamlets around it, and fed his army for three days on the captured grain and cattle; Liv. 21.33.11et quia nec ā montānīs prīmō perculsīs nec locō magnō opere impediēbantur, aliquantum eō trīduō viae cōnfēcit.and because they were hindered to no great extent either by the mountaineers, who had been cowed at the outset, or by the terrain, he covered a good deal of road in those three days.