Liv. 22.9.1Hannibal rēctō itinere per Umbriam ūsque ad Spolētium vēnit.Hannibal came by a direct route through Umbria as far as Spoletium. Liv. 22.9.2Inde cum perpopulātō agrō urbem oppugnāre adortus esset, cum magnā caede suōrum repulsus, coniectāns ex ūnīus colōniae minus prosperē temptātae vīribus, quanta mōlēs Rōmānae urbis esset, in agrum Pīcēnum āvertit iter nōn cōpiā sōlum omnis.Then, having thoroughly ravaged the countryside and begun to attack the town, he was driven back with great slaughter of his men, and guessing from the strength of a single colony, unsuccessfully attempted, how great a mass the city of Rome was, he turned his march aside into the Picene territory, which abounded not only in a supply of every Liv. 22.9.3Generis frūgum abundantem sed refertum praedā, quam effūsē avidī atque egentēs rapiēbant.kind of crop but was packed with plunder, which the men, greedy and in want, seized without restraint. Liv. 22.9.4Ibi per diēs aliquot statīva habita, refectusque mīles hībernīs itineribus ac palūstrī viā proeliōque magis ad ēventum secundō quam levī aut facilī adfectus.There a standing camp was kept for several days, and the soldiers, worn out by winter marches, the road through the marshes, and a battle more successful in its outcome than light or easy, were refreshed.
Liv. 22.9.5Ubi satis quiētis datum praedā ac populātiōnibus magis quam ōtiō aut requiē gaudentibus, profectus Praetūtiānum Hadriānumque agrum, Marsōs inde Marrūcīnōsque et Paelignōs dēvastat circāque Arpōs et Lūceriam proximam Āpūliae regiōnem.When enough rest had been given to men who delighted in plunder and pillage rather than in leisure or repose, he set out and ravages the territories of Praetutia and Hadria, then the Marsi, the Marrucini and the Paeligni, and the nearest part of Apulia around Arpi and Luceria. Liv. 22.9.6Cn. Servīlius cōnsul levibus proeliīs cum Gallīs factīs et ūnō oppidō ignōbilī expugnātō postquam dē collēgae exercitūsque caede audīvit, iam moenibus patriae metuēns, nē abesset in discrīmine extrēmō, ad urbem iter intendit.The consul Gnaeus Servilius, having fought minor engagements with the Gauls and stormed one obscure town, after he heard of the slaughter of his colleague and his army, now fearing for the walls of his fatherland, so as not to be absent in the final crisis, directed his march towards the city. Liv. 22.9.7Q. Fabius Maximus dictātor iterum quō diē magistrātum iniit vocātō senātū, ab diīs orsus, cum ēdocuisset patrēs plūs neglegentiā caerimōniārum auspiciōrumque quam temeritāte atque īnscītiā peccātum ā C. Flāminiō cōnsule esse quaeque piācula īrae deum essent ipsōs deōs cōnsulendōs esse, pervīcit, ut, quod nōn ferme dēcernitur, nisi cum taetra prōdigia nūntiāta sunt, decemvirī librōs Sibyllīnōs adīre iubērentur.Quintus Fabius Maximus, dictator for the second time, called the senate on the day he entered office, and beginning with the gods, when he had shown the fathers that the consul Gaius Flaminius had erred more through neglect of ceremonies and auspices than through rashness and ignorance, and that the gods themselves must be consulted as to what expiations there were for the gods' anger, he prevailed on them to have the decemvirs ordered to consult the Sibylline books, a thing not usually decreed except when hideous prodigies have been reported.
Liv. 22.9.9Quī īnspectīs fātālibus librīs rettulērunt patribus quod eius bellī causā vōtum Mārtī foret, id nōn rīte factum dē integrō atque amplius faciundum esse, et Iovī lūdōs magnōs et aedēs Venerī Erycīnae ac Mentī vovendās esse, et supplicātiōnem lectisterniumque habendum, et vēr sacrum vovendum, sī bellātum prosperē esset rēsque pūblica in eōdem, quō ante bellum fuisset, statū permānsisset.Having inspected the books of fate, they reported to the fathers that the vow which had been made to Mars on account of this war had not been duly performed and must be performed afresh and on a larger scale; that great games must be vowed to Jupiter and temples to Venus Erycina and to Mens; that a supplication and lectisternium must be held; and that a sacred spring must be vowed, if the war went well and the republic remained in the same condition as it had been before the war. Liv. 22.9.11Senātus, quoniam Fabium bellī cūra occupātūra esset, M. Aemilium praetōrem, ex collēgī pontificum sententiā omnia ea ut mātūrē fīant, cūrāre iubet.The senate, since the conduct of the war would occupy Fabius, orders the praetor Marcus Aemilius to see that all these things are done promptly, in accordance with the opinion of the college of pontiffs.