Liv. 22.40.1Adversus ea ōrātiō cōnsulis haud sānē laeta fuit, magis fatentis ea, quae dīceret, vēra quam facilia factū esse.The consul's reply to this was far from cheerful, as he admitted that what Fabius said was true rather than easy to do. Liv. 22.40.2Dictātōrī magistrum equitum intolerābilem fuisse: quid cōnsulī adversus collēgam sēditiōsum ac temerārium vīrium atque auctōritātis fore?The master of the horse had been intolerable to a dictator: what strength and authority would a consul have against a mutinous and rash colleague? Liv. 22.40.3Sē populāre incendium priōre cōnsulātū sēmustum effūgisse;In his former consulship he had escaped the popular blaze half-burnt; Liv. 22.40.3optāre, ut omnia prosperē ēvenīrent;he hoped that all would turn out well; Liv. 22.40.3sed sī quid adversī caderet, hostium sē tēlīs potius quam suffrāgiīs īrātōrum cīvium caput obiectūrum.but if any misfortune befell, he would expose his life to the weapons of the enemy rather than to the votes of angry citizens. Liv. 22.40.4Ab hōc sermōne profectum Paulum trādunt prōsequentibus prīmōribus patrum;They record that after this conversation Paulus set out escorted by the leading senators; Liv. 22.40.4plēbēium cōnsulem sua plēbēs prōsecūta, turba cōnspectior, cum dignitātēs dēessent.the plebeian consul was escorted by his own plebs, a more conspicuous crowd, though men of rank were lacking.
Liv. 22.40.5Ut in castra vēnērunt, permixtō novō exercitū ac vetere castrīs bifāriam factīs, ut nova minōra essent propius Hannibalem, in veteribus maior pars et omne rōbur vīrium esset, cōnsulum annī priōris M. Atīlium aetātem excūsantem Rōmam mīsērunt, Geminum Servīlium in minōribus castrīs legiōnī Rōmānae et socium peditum equitumque duōbus mīlibus praeficiunt.When they came to the camp, the new and the old armies were mixed together and two camps made, so that the new, smaller one was nearer Hannibal, while the old held the greater part and all the main strength of the forces; of the consuls of the previous year they sent Marcus Atilius, who pleaded his age, to Rome, and put Geminus Servilius in charge of a Roman legion and two thousand allied infantry and cavalry in the smaller camp. Liv. 22.40.7Hannibal quamquam parte dīmidiā auctās hostium cōpiās cernēbat, tamen adventū cōnsulum mīrē gaudēre.Hannibal, although he saw that the enemy's forces had been increased by half, was nevertheless wonderfully glad at the consuls' arrival. Liv. 22.40.8Nōn sōlum enim nihil ex raptīs in diem commeātibus superābat, sed nē unde raperet quidem quicquam reliquī erat omnī undique frūmentō, postquam ager parum tūtus erat, in urbēs mūnītās convectō, ut vix decem diērum, quod conpertum posteā est, frūmentum superesset, Hispānōrumque ob inopiam trānsitiō parāta fuerit, sī mātūritās temporum expectāta foret.For not only was nothing left of the supplies plundered from day to day, but there was not even anything left from which to plunder, since all the grain on every side, once the countryside became insufficiently safe, had been carried into fortified cities, so that scarcely ten days' grain remained, as was discovered later, and the Spaniards, because of the shortage, had prepared to desert, if the ripening of the season had been waited for.