Liv. 21.51.1Ā Lilybaeō cōnsul Hierōne cum classe rēgiā dīmissō relictōue praetōre ad tuendam Siciliae ōram ipse in īnsulam Melitam, quae ā Carthāginiēnsibus tenēbātur, trāiēcit.From Lilybaeum, having dismissed Hiero with the royal fleet and left the praetor to guard the coast of Sicily, the consul himself crossed to the island of Melita, which was held by the Carthaginians. Liv. 21.51.2Advenientī Hamilcar Gisgōnis fīlius praefectus praesidiī, cum paulō minus duōbus mīlibus mīlitum oppidumque cum īnsulā trāditur.On his arrival Hamilcar, son of Gisgo, commander of the garrison, is surrendered to him with a little under two thousand soldiers, together with the town and the island. Liv. 21.51.2Inde post paucōs diēs reditum Lilybaeum, captīvīque et ā cōnsule et ā praetōre praeter īnsignēs nōbilitāte virōs sub corōnā vēniērunt.From there after a few days they returned to Lilybaeum, and the prisoners taken both by the consul and by the praetor, except for men distinguished by rank, were sold as slaves. Liv. 21.51.3Postquam ab eā parte satis tūtam Siciliam cēnsēbat cōnsul, ad īnsulās Vulcānī, quia fāma erat stāre ibi Pūnicam classem, trāiēcit;When the consul judged that Sicily was safe enough on that side, he crossed to the islands of Vulcan, because there was a report that a Punic fleet was stationed there; Liv. 21.51.3nec quisquam hostium circā eās īnsulās inventus.but not one of the enemy was found around those islands.
Liv. 21.51.4Iam forte trānsmīserant ad vāstandam Ītaliae ōram, dēpopulātōque Uībōnēnsī agrō urbem etiam terrēbant.As it happened, they had already crossed over to lay waste the coast of Italy, and having ravaged the territory of Vibo they were even threatening the city. Liv. 21.51.5Repetentī Siciliam cōnsulī ēscēnsiō hostium in agrum Uībōnēnsem facta nūntiātur, litteraeque ab senātū dē trānsitū in Ītaliam Hannibalis, et ut prīmō quōque tempore collēgae ferret auxilium, missae trāduntur.As the consul was heading back to Sicily, news is brought to him that the enemy has made a landing in the territory of Vibo, and a letter from the senate is delivered to him about Hannibal's crossing into Italy, bidding him bring help to his colleague at the earliest opportunity. Liv. 21.51.6Multīs simul ānxius cūrīs exercitum extemplō in nāvēs inpositum Arīminum marī superō mīsit, Sextō Pompōniō lēgātō cum vīgintī quīnque longīs nāvibus Uībōnēnsem agrum maritimamque ōram Ītaliae tuendam adtribuit, M. Aemiliō praetōrī quīnquāgintā nāvium classem explēvit.Troubled by many cares at once, he immediately put his army aboard ships and sent it by the Upper Sea to Ariminum; to Sextus Pomponius, his legate, with twenty-five warships, he assigned the defence of the territory of Vibo and the coast of Italy; and for Marcus Aemilius the praetor he made up a fleet of fifty ships.
Liv. 21.51.7Ipse conpositīs Siciliae rēbus decem nāvibus ōram Ītaliae legēns Arīminum pervēnit.He himself, having settled affairs in Sicily, coasted along Italy with ten ships and reached Ariminum. Liv. 21.51.7Inde cum exercitū suō profectus ad Trebiam flūmen conlēgae coniungitur.Setting out from there with his army, he joins his colleague at the river Trebia.