Liv. 22.51.1Hannibalī victōrī cum cēterī circumfūsī grātulārentur suādērentque, ut tantō perfūnctus bellō diēī quod reliquum esset noctisque īnsequentis quiētem et ipse sibi sūmeret et fessīs daret mīlitibus, Maharbal praefectus equitum, minimē cessandum ratus " immō ut, quid hāc pugnā sit āctum, sciās, diē quīntō" inquit "victor in Capitōliō epulāberis.When everyone else was crowding round the victorious Hannibal, congratulating him and urging that, having finished so great a war, he should both take rest himself for what remained of the day and the following night and give it to his weary soldiers, Maharbal, the cavalry commander, thinking there should be no delay at all, said: 'No: so that you may know what has been achieved by this battle, on the fifth day you will feast as victor on the Capitol. Liv. 22.51.2Sequere;Follow; Liv. 22.51.2cum equite ut prius vēnisse quam ventūrum sciant, praecēdam."I will go ahead with the cavalry, so that they will know I have come before they know I am coming.' Liv. 22.51.2Hannibalī nimis laeta rēs est vīsa maiorque, quam ut eam statim capere animō posset.The thing seemed to Hannibal too joyful and too great for him to grasp it in his mind at once.
Liv. 22.51.3Itaque voluntātem sē laudāre Maharbalis ait;So he says that he praises Maharbal's goodwill; Liv. 22.51.3ad cōnsilium pēnsandum temporis opus esse.but that time was needed to weigh the plan. Liv. 22.51.4Tum Maharbal: "nōn omnia nīmīrum eīdem dī dedēre: vincere scīs, Hannibal, victōriā ūtī nescīs."Then Maharbal said: 'The gods, it seems, have not given everything to the same man: you know how to win, Hannibal; you do not know how to use victory.' Liv. 22.51.4Mora eius diēī satis crēditur salūtī fuisse urbī atque imperiō.That day's delay is widely believed to have been the salvation of the city and the empire. Liv. 22.51.5Posterō diē ubi prīmum inlūxit, īre ad spolia legenda foedamque etiam hostibus spectandam strāgem īnsistunt.On the next day, as soon as it was light, they set about collecting the spoils and viewing the carnage, a horrible sight even for enemies. Liv. 22.51.6Iacēbant tot Rōmānōrum mīlia, peditēs passim equitēsque, ut quem cuique fors aut pugna iūnxerat aut fugā.There lay so many thousands of Romans, infantry and cavalry everywhere, as chance had joined each man to another, in the battle or in flight.
Liv. 22.51.6Adsurgentēs quīdam ex strāge mediā cruentī, quōs stricta mātūtīnō frīgore excitāverant vulnera, ab hoste oppressī sunt;Some, rising all bloody from the midst of the slaughter, roused by their wounds, which had stiffened in the morning cold, were cut down by the enemy; Liv. 22.51.7quōsdam et iacentīs vīvōs succīsīs feminibus poplitibusque invēnērunt, nūdantīs cervīcem iugulumque et reliquum sanguinem iubentēs haurīre;some they found lying still alive with thighs and hamstrings cut, baring their necks and throats and bidding them drain the blood that remained; Liv. 22.51.8inventī quīdam sunt mersīs in effossam terram capitibus, quōs sibi ipsōs fēcisse foveās obruentēsque ōra superiectā humō interclūsisse spīritum appārēbat.some were found with their heads buried in holes dug in the earth; it was clear that they had made the pits for themselves and, heaping soil over their faces, had shut off their breath. Liv. 22.51.9Praecipuē convertit omnēs subtractus Numida mortuō superincubantī Rōmānō uīvus nāsō auribusque lacerātīs, cum ille manibus ad capiendum tēlum inūtilibus in rabiem īrā versā laniandō dentibus hostem expīrāsset.What especially drew everyone's attention was a Numidian dragged out alive from under a dead Roman lying on top of him, with nose and ears torn, since the Roman, his hands useless for grasping a weapon, his anger turned to madness, had died tearing his enemy with his teeth.