Liv. 3.28.1Ibi dictātor, quantum nocte prōspicī poterat, equō circumvectus contemplātusque, quī tractus castrōrum quaeque fōrma esset, tribūnīs mīlitum imperāvit, ut sarcinās in ūnum conicī iubeant, mīlitem cum armīs vallōque redīre in ōrdinēs suōs.There the dictator, after riding round and observing, as far as could be seen by night, what the extent and shape of the camp was, ordered the military tribunes to have the packs thrown together in one heap and the soldiers return to their ranks with their arms and stakes. Liv. 3.28.1Facta quae imperāvit.His orders were carried out. Liv. 3.28.1Tum, quō fuerant ōrdine in viā, exercitum omnem longō agmine circumdat hostium castrīs et, ubi signum datum sit, clamōrem omnēs tollere iubet, clamōre sublātō ante sē quemque dūcere fossam et iacere vallum.Then, in the order they had kept on the march, he surrounds the enemy's camp with his whole army in a long column and orders that, when the signal was given, all should raise a shout, and, the shout raised, each man should dig a trench in front of himself and throw up a rampart.
Liv. 3.28.3Ēditō imperiō signum secūtum est.The order given, the signal followed. Liv. 3.28.3Iussa mīles exsequitur.The soldiers carry out their orders. Liv. 3.28.3Clamor hostēs circumsonat;The shout echoes round the enemy; Liv. 3.28.3superat inde castra hostium et in castra cōnsulis venit;then it passes over the enemy's camp and reaches the consul's camp; Liv. 3.28.4alibī pavōrem, alibī gaudium ingēns facit.in one place it causes panic, in the other great joy. Liv. 3.28.4Rōmānī cīvīlem esse clamōrem atque auxilium adesse inter sē grātulantēs ultrō ex statiōnibus ac vigiliīs territant hostem.The Romans, congratulating one another that it was the shout of fellow-citizens and that help was at hand, take the initiative in alarming the enemy from their posts and watches. Liv. 3.28.5Cōnsul differendum negat: illō clamōre nōn adventum modo significārī, sed rem ab suīs coeptam;The consul says there must be no delay: that shout signified not only their arrival but that their comrades had begun the action; Liv. 3.28.5mīrumque esse, nī iam exteriōre parte castra hostium oppugnentur.and it would be a wonder if the enemy's camp were not already being assaulted on its outer side.
Liv. 3.28.6Itaque arma suōs capere et sē subsequī iubet.So he orders his men to take up arms and follow him. Liv. 3.28.6Nocte initum proelium est;Battle was joined by night; Liv. 3.28.6legiōnibus dictātōris clamōre significant ab eā quoque parte rem in discrīmine esse.with a shout they signal to the dictator's legions that on that side too the issue had come to the crisis. Liv. 3.28.7Iam sē ad prohibenda circumdarī opera Aequī parābant, cum ab interiōre hoste proeliō coeptō, nē per media sua castra fieret ēruptiō, ā mūnientibus ad pugnantēs intrōrsum versī vacuam noctem operī dedēre;The Aequi were already preparing to prevent the works being drawn around them, when, as battle was begun by the enemy within, they turned inwards from the builders of the works to those fighting, lest a sally be made through the middle of their camp, and left the night free for the work; Liv. 3.28.7pugnātumque cum cōnsule ad lūcem est.and the fight with the consul went on until daylight. Liv. 3.28.8Lūce prīmā iam circumvallātī ab dictātōre erant et vix adversus ūnum exercitum pugnam sustinēbant.At first light they were already walled in by the dictator, and were scarcely holding out in the fight against one army.
Liv. 3.28.8Tum ā Quīnctiānō exercitū, quī cōnfestim ā perfectō opere ad arma rediit, invāditur vallum.Then their rampart is attacked by the army of Quinctius, which had returned to arms at once on finishing the work. Liv. 3.28.8Hīc īnstābat nova pugna;Here a new battle was pressing upon them; Liv. 3.28.8illa nihil remīserat prior.the earlier one had in no way slackened. Liv. 3.28.9Tum ancipitī malō urgente ā proeliō ad precēs versī hinc dictātōrem, hinc cōnsulem ōrāre, nē in occīdiōne victōriam pōnerent, ut inermēs sē inde abīre sinerent.Then, with danger pressing on two sides, they turned from fighting to entreaties, and begged the dictator on one side and the consul on the other not to make their victory consist in a massacre, but to let them depart from there unarmed. Liv. 3.28.9Ab cōnsule ad dictātōrem īre iussī;They were told by the consul to go to the dictator; Liv. 3.28.9is ignōminiam īnfēnsus addidit: Gracchum Cloelium ducem prīncipēsque aliōs vinctōs ad sē addūcī iubet, oppidō Corbiōne dēcēdī.he in his anger added disgrace: he orders Gracchus Cloelius, their leader, and the other chief men to be brought to him in chains, and the town of Corbio to be evacuated.
Liv. 3.28.10Sanguinis sē Aequōrum nōn egēre;He had no need, he said, of the blood of the Aequi; Liv. 3.28.10licēre abīre;they might go; Liv. 3.28.10sed, ut exprimātur tandem cōnfessiō subāctam domitamque esse gentem, sub iugum abitūrōs.but, so that an admission might at last be wrung from them that their nation was subdued and tamed, they would go under the yoke. Liv. 3.28.11Tribus hastīs iugum fit humī fīxīs duābus superque eās trānsversā ūnā dēligātā.A yoke is made of three spears, two fixed in the ground and one tied across on top of them. Liv. 3.28.11Sub hoc iugum dictātor Aequōs mīsit.Under this yoke the dictator sent the Aequi.