1While these things are being done in Italy, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio, who had been sent to Spain with a fleet and army, having set out from the mouth of the Rhône and sailed round the Pyrenees, put in with his fleet at Emporiae; landing his army there, and beginning with the Lacetani, he brought the whole coast as far as the river Ebro under Roman sway, partly by renewing alliances and partly by forming new ones. 4The reputation for clemency and justice won in this way had its effect not only on the coastal peoples but also on the fiercer tribes in the interior and the mountains; 4and not only peace was obtained among them but even an alliance in arms, and several strong cohorts of auxiliaries were enrolled from them.
5The province this side of the Ebro was Hanno's; 5Hannibal had left him to guard that region. 5So, thinking he must go to meet the enemy before everything was alienated, he pitched camp in sight of them and led his army out into line. 6Nor did the Roman think the battle should be put off, since he knew that he would have to fight with Hanno and Hasdrubal and preferred to deal with each separately rather than with both at once. 7Nor was that a hard-fought engagement. 7Six thousand of the enemy were slain, two thousand captured along with the guard of the camp; 7for the camp too was stormed, and the general himself is captured with several leading men, and Cissis, a town near the camp, is stormed.
8But the booty from the town was of little value, barbarian household goods and cheap slaves; 9the camp enriched the soldiers, since not only the army that had been beaten but also the one serving with Hannibal in Italy had left almost all their valuables this side of the Pyrenees, so as not to have heavy baggage to carry.