Liv. 21.58.1Haud longī inde temporis, dum intolerābilia frīgora erant, quiēs mīlitī data est;After that a rest of no long duration was given to the soldiers, while the cold was unbearable; Liv. 21.58.2et ad prīma ac dubia signa vēris profectus ex hībernīs in Etrūriam dūcit, eam quoque gentem, sīcut Gallōs Ligurēsque, aut vī aut voluntāte adiūnctūrus.and at the first uncertain signs of spring he set out from winter quarters and led them into Etruria, intending to win that people too, like the Gauls and Ligurians, either by force or by consent. Liv. 21.58.3Trānseuntem Appennīnum adeō atrōx adorta tempestās est, ut Alpium prope foeditātem superāverit.As he was crossing the Apennines, so fierce a storm fell upon him that it almost surpassed the horrors of the Alps. Liv. 21.58.3Ventō mīxtus imber cum ferrētur in ipsa ōra, prīmō, quia aut arma omittenda erant aut contrā ēnītentēs vertice intortī adflīgēbantur, cōnstitēre;Since rain mixed with wind was driving right into their faces, at first they halted, because either they had to let go of their arms or, if they struggled against it, they were whirled round and dashed to the ground; Liv. 21.58.4Dein, cum iam spīritum inclūderet nec reciprocāre animam sineret, āversī ā ventō parumper cōnsēdēre.then, when it began to stop their breath and would not let them breathe in and out, they turned their backs to the wind and sat down for a while.
Liv. 21.58.5Tum vērō ingentī sonō caelum strepere et inter horrendōs fragōrēs micāre ignēs;Then indeed the sky roared with a huge din and amid fearful crashes lightning flashed; Liv. 21.58.5captī auribus et oculīs metū omnēs torpēre.robbed of hearing and sight, all were numb with fear. Liv. 21.58.6Tandem effūsō imbre, cum eō magis accēnsa vīs ventī esset, ipsō illō, quō dēprēnsī erant, locō castra pōnere necessārium vīsum est.At last, when the rain had spent itself and the force of the wind had become all the fiercer for it, it seemed necessary to pitch camp in the very place where they had been caught. Liv. 21.58.7Id vērō labōris velut dē integrō initium fuit: nam nec explicāre quicquam nec statuere poterant nec, quod statūtum esset, manēbat omnia perscindente ventō et rapiente.But that was, as it were, the beginning of their toil all over again: for they could neither spread out nor set up anything, nor did what had been set up stay in place, as the wind tore and snatched everything away. Liv. 21.58.8Et mox aqua levāta ventō cum super gelida montium iuga concrēta esset, tantum nivōsae grandinis dēiēcit, ut omnibus omissīs prōcumberent hominēs tegminibus suīs magis obrutī quam tēctī;And soon, when the water lifted by the wind had frozen above the icy ridges of the mountains, it hurled down so much snowy hail that the men abandoned everything and threw themselves down, buried rather than sheltered by their coverings; Liv. 21.58.8tantaque vīs frīgoris īnsecūta est, ut ex illā miserābilī hominum iūmentōrumque strāge cum sē quisque attollere ac levāre vellet, diū nequīret, quia torpentibus rigōre nervīs vix flectere artūs poterant.and so severe a cold followed that, when each man wished to raise and lift himself out of that pitiful heap of men and beasts, for a long time he could not, because with their sinews stiff and numb they could scarcely bend their limbs.
Liv. 21.58.10Deinde, ut tandem agitandō sēsē movēre ac recipere animōs et rārīs locīs ignis fierī est coeptus, ad aliēnam opem quisque inops tendere.Then, when at last by moving about they began to stir and recover their spirits, and fires began to be made in a few places, each man in his helplessness reached out for help from others. Liv. 21.58.11Bīduum eō locō velut obsessī mānsēre.For two days they stayed in that place as if besieged. Liv. 21.58.11Multī hominēs, multa iūmenta, elephantī quoque ex iīs, quī proeliō ad Trebiam factō superfuerant, septem absūmptī.Many men, many pack animals, and also seven of the elephants that had survived the battle fought at the Trebia, perished.