Liv. 3.2.1Q. Servīlius īnsequentī annō — is enim cum Sp. Postumiō cōnsul fuit — in Aequōs missus in Latīnō agrō statīva habuit.The following year Quintus Servilius — for he was consul with Spurius Postumius — was sent against the Aequi and kept a standing camp in Latin territory. Liv. 3.2.1Quiēs necessāria morbō inplicitum exercitum tenuit.An enforced inactivity held the army, which was gripped by disease. Liv. 3.2.2Extrāctum in tertium annum bellum est Q. Fabiō et T. Quīnctiō cōnsulibus.The war was dragged out into a third year, when Quintus Fabius and Titus Quinctius were consuls. Liv. 3.2.2Fabiō extrā ōrdinem, quia is victor pācem Aequīs dederat, ea prōvincia data.That command was given to Fabius out of the regular order, because as victor he had granted the Aequi peace. Liv. 3.2.3Quī haud dubiā spē profectus fāmam nōminis suī pācātūram Aequōs, lēgātōs in concilium gentis missōs nūntiāre iussit Q. Fabium cōnsulem dīcere, sē ex Aequīs pācem Rōmam tulisse, ab Rōmā Aequīs bellum adferre eādem dexterā armātā, quam pācātam illīs anteā dederat.He set out in no doubtful hope that the fame of his name would bring the Aequi to peace, and he ordered envoys sent to the council of the nation to announce that the consul Quintus Fabius declared that he had brought peace from the Aequi to Rome, and was bringing war from Rome to the Aequi with the same right hand, now armed, which he had earlier given them in peace.
Liv. 3.2.4Quōrum id perfidiā et periūriō fīat, deōs nunc testēs esse, mox fore ultōrēs.By whose treachery and perjury this was happening, the gods were now witnesses and would soon be avengers. Liv. 3.2.4Sē tamen, utcumque sit, etiam nunc paenitēre suā sponte Aequōs quam patī hostīlia mālle.Yet he, however that might be, would even now prefer the Aequi to repent of their own accord rather than suffer the treatment of enemies. Liv. 3.2.5Sī paeniteat, tūtum receptum ad expertam clēmentiam fore;If they repented, there would be a safe refuge in the clemency they had already experienced; Liv. 3.2.5sīn periūriō gaudeant, dīs magis īrātīs quam hostibus gestūrōs bellum.but if they delighted in perjury, they would be waging war with the angry gods more than with their enemies. Liv. 3.2.6Haec dicta adeō nihil mōvērunt quemquam, ut lēgātī prope violātī sint, exercitusque in Algidum adversus Rōmānōs missus.These words so utterly failed to move anyone that the envoys were almost assaulted, and an army was sent to Algidus against the Romans. Liv. 3.2.7Quae ubi Rōmam sunt nūntiāta, indignitās reī magis quam perīculum cōnsulem alterum ab urbe excīvit.When this was reported at Rome, the outrage of the thing rather than the danger called the other consul out from the city.
Liv. 3.2.7Ita duo cōnsulārēs exercitūs ad hostem accessēre aciē īnstrūctā, ut cōnfestim dīmicārent.So two consular armies approached the enemy in battle order, to fight at once. Liv. 3.2.8Sed cum forte haud multum diēī superesset, ūnus ab statiōne hostium exclāmat: "ostentāre hoc est, Rōmānī, nōn gerere bellum.But since, as it happened, not much of the day remained, one man from the enemy outpost shouted: 'This is making a show of war, Romans, not waging it. Liv. 3.2.9In noctem inminentem aciem īnstruitis;You draw up your battle line with night coming on; Liv. 3.2.9longiōre lūce ad id certāmen, quod īnstat, nōbīs opus est.we need a longer daylight for the contest that lies ahead. Liv. 3.2.9Crāstinō diē oriente sōle redīte in aciem;Come back into line tomorrow at sunrise; Liv. 3.2.9erit cōpia pugnandī;there will be a chance to fight; Liv. 3.2.9nē timēte."do not be afraid.' Liv. 3.2.10Hīs vōcibus inrītātus mīles in diem posterum in castra redūcitur longam venīre noctem ratus, quae moram certāminī faceret.Provoked by these words, the soldiers were led back to camp until the next day, thinking that a long night was coming which would delay the contest. Liv. 3.2.10Tum quidem corpora cibō somnōque cūrant;Then indeed they refreshed their bodies with food and sleep; Liv. 3.2.10ubi inlūxit posterō diē, prior aliquantō cōnstitit Rōmāna aciēs;when day dawned the next morning, the Roman line took its stand a good while earlier; Liv. 3.2.10tandem et Aequī prōcessēre.at last the Aequi too came forward.
Liv. 3.2.11Proelium fit utrimque vehemēns, quod et Rōmānus īrā odiōque pugnābat, et Aequōs cōnscientia contrāctī culpā perīculī et dēspērātiō futūrae sibi posteā fideī ultima audēre et experīrī cōgēbat.The battle was fierce on both sides, because the Romans fought with anger and hatred, and the Aequi were driven to dare and to attempt the utmost by the consciousness of a danger brought on by their own fault and by despair of ever being trusted afterwards. Liv. 3.2.12Nōn tamen sustinuēre aciem Rōmānam Aequī;Still, the Aequi did not withstand the Roman line; Liv. 3.2.12pulsīque cum in fīnēs suōs sē recēpissent, nihilō inclīnātiōribus ad pācem animīs ferōx multitūdō increpāre ducēs, quod in aciem, quā pugnandī arte Rōmānus excellat, commissa rēs sit;and when, beaten, they had retreated into their own territory, the fierce multitude, with minds no more inclined to peace, abused their leaders because the matter had been committed to a pitched battle, a style of fighting in which the Romans excelled; Liv. 3.2.12Aequōs populātiōnibus incursiōnibusque meliōrēs esse, et multās passim manūs quam magnam mōlem ūnīus exercitūs rēctius bella gerere.the Aequi, they said, were better at raids and incursions, and many bands here and there waged war more properly than the great mass of a single army.