Liv. 22.6.1Trīs ferme hōrās pugnātum est, et ubīque atrōciter;They fought for about three hours, and everywhere fiercely; Liv. 22.6.1circā cōnsulem tamen ācrior īnfestiorque pugna est.around the consul, however, the fight is keener and more bitter. Liv. 22.6.2Eum et rōbora virōrum sequēbantur et ipse, quācumque in parte premī ac labōrāre sēnserat suōs, inpigrē ferēbat opem;The strongest of the men followed him, and he himself, wherever he had perceived his men to be pressed and struggling, tirelessly brought help; Liv. 22.6.3īnsignemque armīs et hostēs summā vī petēbant et tuēbantur cīvēs, dōnec Īnsuber eques — Ducariō nōmen erat — faciē quoque nōscitāns cōnsulem "Ēn" inquit "hic est," populāribus suīs "quī legiōnēs nostrās cecidit agrōsque et urbem est dēpopulātus!and as he was conspicuous by his armour, the enemy sought him with the utmost force and his countrymen defended him, until an Insubrian horseman — his name was Ducario — recognising the consul by his face too, said to his fellow tribesmen, 'Look, here is the man who cut our legions to pieces and laid waste our fields and city! Liv. 22.6.3Iam ego hanc victimam manibus perēmptōrum foedē cīvium dabō."Now I shall give this victim to the shades of our foully slaughtered countrymen.' Liv. 22.6.3Subditīsque calcāribus equō per cōnfertissimam hostium turbam impetum facit, obtruncātōque prius armigerō, quī sē īnfestō venientī obviam obiēcerat, cōnsulem lanceā trānsfīxit;And putting spurs to his horse he charges through the densest throng of the enemy, and having first cut down the armour-bearer who had thrown himself in the way of his onslaught, he ran the consul through with his lance; Liv. 22.6.3spoliāre cupientem triāriī obiectīs scūtīs arcuēre.as he sought to strip him, the triarii kept him off with their shields thrust in front.
Liv. 22.6.4Magnae partis fuga inde prīmum coepit;Then, for the first time, the flight of a large part began; Liv. 22.6.4et iam nec lacūs nec montēs pavōrī obstābant: per omnia arta praeruptaque velut caecī ēvādunt, armaque et virī super aliōs aliī praecipitantur.and now neither lake nor mountains stood in the way of their panic: through every narrow and steep place they escape as if blind, and arms and men are hurled headlong, one upon another. Liv. 22.6.5Pars magna, ubi locus fugae dēest, per prīma vada palūdis in aquam prōgressī, quoad capitibus umerīsque extāre possunt, sēsē inmergunt.A large part, where there is no room for flight, advancing through the first shallows of the marsh into the water, plunge in as far as they can keep their heads and shoulders above it. Liv. 22.6.5Fuēre quōs incōnsultus pavor nandō etiam capessere fugam inpulerit, quae ubi inmēnsa ac sine spē erat, aut dēficientibus animīs hauriēbantur gurgitibus aut nēquīquam fessī vada retrō aegerrimē repetēbant atque ibi ab ingressīs aquam hostium equitibus passim trucīdābantur.There were some whom thoughtless panic drove even to attempt flight by swimming; and when this proved endless and hopeless, they were either swallowed by the depths as their spirits failed, or, wearied in vain, struggled back with great difficulty to the shallows, and there were slaughtered everywhere by the enemy's horsemen, who had entered the water.
Liv. 22.6.7Sex mīlia ferme prīmī agminis per adversōs hostīs ēruptiōne inpigrē factā, ignārī omnium, quae post sē agerentur, ē saltū ēvāsēre, et cum in tumulō quōdam cōnstitissent, clamōrem modo ac sonum armōrum audientēs, quae fortūna pugnae esset, neque scīre nec perspicere prae cālīgine poterant.About six thousand of the head of the column, boldly breaking out through the enemy facing them, escaped from the pass, unaware of all that was happening behind them; and when they had halted on a certain hillock, hearing only the shouting and the clash of arms, they could neither know nor make out through the fog what the fortune of the battle was. Liv. 22.6.9Inclīnātā dēnique rē cum incalēscente sōle dispulsā nebulā diem, tum liquidā iam lūce montēs campīque perditās rēs strātamque ostendere foedē Rōmānam aciem.When at last the issue had been decided and, as the sun grew warmer, the mist had been dispelled to reveal the day, then in the now clear light the mountains and plains showed the ruin of their cause and the Roman army foully laid low.
Liv. 22.6.10Itaque, nē in cōnspectōs procul inmitterētur eques, sublātīs raptim signīs quam citātissimō poterant agmine sēsē abripuērunt.And so, lest the cavalry be sent against them once they were sighted from afar, they hastily raised their standards and took themselves off at the fastest pace they could manage. Liv. 22.6.11Posterō diē, cum super cētera extrēma famēs etiam īnstāret, fidem dante Maharbale, quī cum omnibus equestribus cōpiīs nocte cōnsecūtus erat, sī arma trādidissent, abīre cum singulīs vestīmentīs passūrum, sēsē dēdidērunt;The next day, since on top of everything else extreme hunger also pressed upon them, on the pledge of Maharbal, who had followed them in the night with all the cavalry forces, that if they handed over their arms he would let them go away with a single garment each, they surrendered; Liv. 22.6.12quae Pūnicā religiōne servāta fidēs ab Hannibale est, atque in vincula omnēs coniectī.this pledge was kept by Hannibal with Punic good faith, and they were all thrown into chains.