Liv. 22.27.1Minucius vērō cum iam ante vix tolerābilis fuisset rēbus secundīs ac favōre volgī, tum utique inmodicē inmodestēque nōn Hannibale magis victō ab sē quam Q. Fabiō glōriārī: illum, in rēbus asperīs ūnicum ducem ac parem quaesītum Hannibalī, maiōrem minōrī, dictātōrem magistrō equitum, quod nūlla memoria habeat annālium, iussū populī aequātum in eādem cīvitāte, in quā magistrī equitum virgās ac secūrēs dictātōris tremere atque horrēre solitī sint: tantum suam fēlīcitātem virtūtemque ēnituisse.Minucius, on the other hand, though he had been scarcely bearable even before because of his successes and the favour of the crowd, now indeed boasted beyond all measure and modesty of having defeated Quintus Fabius no less than Hannibal: that man, sought out in adversity as the one commander and the match for Hannibal, had by order of the people, something no record in the annals contained, been made equal, the greater to the lesser, the dictator to the master of the horse, in that very state in which masters of the horse had been used to dread and shudder at the dictator's rods and axes: so brightly had his own good fortune and valour shone out.
Liv. 22.27.4Ergō secūtūrum sē fortūnam suam, sī dictātor in cūnctātiōne ac segnitiē deōrum hominumque iūdiciō damnātā perstāret.He would therefore follow his fortune, if the dictator persisted in delay and sloth, which had been condemned by the judgement of gods and men. Liv. 22.27.5Itaque quō diē prīmum congressus est cum Q. Fabiō, statuendum omnium prīmum ait esse, quem ad modum imperiō aequātō ūtantur: sē optumum dūcere, aut diēbus alternīs aut, sī maiōra intervalla placērent, partītīs temporibus alterīus summum iūs imperiumque esse, ut pār hostī nōn cōnsiliō sōlum sed vīribus etiam esset, sī quam occāsiōnem reī gerendae habuisset.So on the day he first met Quintus Fabius, he said that first of all it must be settled how they were to use their equal command: he thought it best that supreme authority and command should belong to each of them in turn, either on alternate days or, if longer intervals were preferred, for set periods, so that he might be a match for the enemy not only in strategy but in strength too, if he should have any opportunity for action. Liv. 22.27.8Q. Fabiō haudquāquam id placēre: omnia fortūnam eam habitūra, quamcumque temeritās collēgae habuisset.Quintus Fabius by no means approved of this: everything would meet with whatever fortune his colleague's rashness met with.
Liv. 22.27.8Sibi commūnicātum cum illō, nōn adēmptum imperium esse: itaque sē numquam volentem parte quā posset rērum cōnsiliō gerendārum cessūrum, nec sē tempora aut diēs imperiī cum eō, exercitum dīvīsūrum, suīsque cōnsiliīs, quoniam omnia nōn licēret, quae posset, seruātūrum.The command had been shared with that man, not taken from himself: so he would never willingly give up the part in which he could manage affairs by good counsel, nor would he divide periods or days of command with him, but rather the army, and by his own counsels, since he could not save everything, he would save what he could. Liv. 22.27.10Ita obtinuit ut legiōnēs, sīcut cōnsulibus mōs esset, inter sē dīviderent.So he obtained an arrangement by which they divided the legions between them, as was the custom for consuls. Liv. 22.27.10Prīma et quarta Minuciō, secunda et tertia Fabiō ēvēnērunt.The first and fourth fell to Minucius, the second and third to Fabius. Liv. 22.27.11Item equitēs parī numerō ;Likewise they divided the cavalry in equal numbers; Liv. 22.27.11sociumque et Latīnī nōminis auxilia dīvīsērunt.and the auxiliaries of the allies and the Latin name they divided as well.
Liv. 22.27.11Castrīs quoque sē sēparārī magister equitum voluit.The master of the horse wished them to be separated in camp too.