Liv. 22.46.1Hannibal lūce prīmā Baliāribus levīque aliā armātūrā praemissā trānsgressus flūmen, ut quōsque trādūxerat, ita in aciē locābat, Gallōs Hispānōsque equitēs prope rīpam laevō in cornū adversus Rōmānum equitātum;Hannibal, at first light, having sent ahead the Balearics and the other light-armed troops, crossed the river and placed each body in the line as he brought it across, the Gallic and Spanish cavalry near the bank on the left wing, facing the Roman horse; Liv. 22.46.3dextrum cornū Numidīs equitibus datum, mediā aciē peditibus firmātā, ita ut Āfrōrum utraque cornua essent, interpōnerentur hīs mediī Gallī atque Hispānī.the right wing was given to the Numidian cavalry, while the centre was strengthened with infantry, so arranged that the Africans held both its ends, and between them in the middle were placed the Gauls and Spaniards. Liv. 22.46.4Āfrōs Rōmānam crēderēs aciem: ita armātī erant armīs et ad Trebiam, cēterum magnā ex parte ad Trasumennum captīs.You would have taken the Africans for a Roman line: so armed were they with weapons captured at the Trebia and, for the most part, at Trasimene. Liv. 22.46.5Gallīs Hispānīsque scūta eiusdem fōrmae ferē erant, disparēs ac dissimilēs gladiī, Gallīs praelongī ac sine mūcrōnibus, Hispānō, punctim magis quam caesim adsuētō petere hostem, brevitāte habilēs et cum mūcrōnibus.The Gauls and Spaniards had shields of nearly the same shape, but unequal and unlike swords, the Gauls very long ones without points, the Spaniard, who was used to attacking the enemy with the thrust rather than the cut, handy short ones with points.
Liv. 22.46.5Ante aliōs habitus gentium hārum cum magnitūdine corporum tum speciē terribilis erat: Gallī super umbilīcum erant nūdī;Above the others the look of these nations was terrifying, both for the size of their bodies and for their appearance: the Gauls were naked above the navel; Liv. 22.46.6Hispānī linteīs praetextīs purpurā tunicīs candōre mīrō fulgentibus cōnstiterant.the Spaniards had taken their stand in linen tunics bordered with purple, gleaming with a wonderful whiteness. Liv. 22.46.6Numerus omnium peditum, quī tum stetēre in aciē, mīlium fuit quadrāgintā, decem equitum.The number of all the infantry who then stood in the line was forty thousand, of the cavalry ten thousand. Liv. 22.46.7Ducēs cornibus praeerant sinistrō Hasdrubal, dextrō Maharbal;The commanders on the wings were Hasdrubal on the left, Maharbal on the right; Liv. 22.46.7mediam aciem Hannibal ipse cum frātre Magōne tenuit.the centre Hannibal himself held with his brother Mago. Liv. 22.46.8Sōl, seu dē industriā ita locātīs seu quod forte ita stetēre, peropportūnē utrīque partī oblīquus erat, Rōmānīs in merīdiem, Poenīs in septentriōnem versīs;The sun, whether they had been placed so on purpose or because they happened to stand so, fell very conveniently aslant on both sides, the Romans facing south, the Carthaginians north; Liv. 22.46.9ventus — Volturnum regiōnis incolae vocant — adversus Rōmānīs coortus multō pulvere in ipsa ōra volvendō prōspectum adēmit.a wind (the inhabitants of the region call it the Volturnus) rising against the Romans, by rolling much dust into their very faces, took away their view.