Liv. 3.60.1Cōnsulēs rēbus urbānīs conpositīs fundātōque plēbis statū in prōvinciās dīversī abiēre.The consuls, having settled affairs in the city and established the position of the plebs, departed in different directions to their provinces. Liv. 3.60.1Valerius adversus coniūnctōs iam in Algidō exercitūs Aequōrum Volscōrumque sustinuit cōnsiliō bellum;Valerius, against the armies of the Aequi and Volsci, now united on Algidus, held off the war by strategy; Liv. 3.60.2quod sī extemplō rem fortūnae commīsisset, haud sciō an, quī tum animī ab Decemvirōrum īnfēlīcibus auspiciīs Rōmānīs hostibusque erant, magnō dētrīmentō certāmen statūrum fuerit.for if he had committed the issue to fortune at once, I am inclined to think, such were the feelings of Romans and enemies at that time after the ill-starred auspices of the decemvirs, that the contest would have come at a heavy cost. Liv. 3.60.2Castrīs mīlle passuum ab hoste positīs cōpiās continēbat.Pitching his camp a mile from the enemy, he kept his forces within it. Liv. 3.60.3Hostēs medium inter bīna castra spatium aciē īnstrūctā conplēbant, prōvocantibusque ad proelium respōnsum Rōmānus nēmō reddēbat.The enemy filled the space between the two camps with their line drawn up, and when they challenged them to battle, no Roman gave any answer.
Liv. 3.60.4Tandem fatīgātī standō ac nēquīquam expectandō certāmen Aequī Volscīque, postquam concessum propemodum dē victōriā crēdēbant, pars in Hernicōs, pars in Latīnōs praedātum abeunt;At last, wearied with standing and waiting in vain for a fight, the Aequi and Volsci, believing that the victory had all but been conceded to them, went off to plunder, some against the Hernici, some against the Latins; Liv. 3.60.4relinquitur magis castrīs praesidium quam satis vīrium ad certāmen.there was left in the camp more of a garrison than strength enough for a battle. Liv. 3.60.5Quod ubi cōnsul sēnsit, reddit inlātum anteā terrōrem īnstrūctāque aciē ultrō hostem lacessit.When the consul perceived this, he turned back on them the terror they had earlier inflicted, and, drawing up his line, provoked the enemy himself. Liv. 3.60.5Ubi illī cōnscientiā, quid abesset vīrium, dētractāvēre pugnam, crēvit extemplō Rōmānīs animus, et prō victīs habēbant paventēs intrā vallum.When they, conscious of how much strength they lacked, declined battle, the Romans' courage at once rose, and they regarded as beaten men who were cowering inside their rampart. Liv. 3.60.7Cum per tōtum diem stetissent intentī ad certāmen, noctī cessēre.Having stood all day intent on battle, they gave way to night.
Liv. 3.60.7Et Rōmānī quidem plēnī speī corpora cūrābant;And the Romans, full of hope, refreshed their bodies; Liv. 3.60.7haudquāquam parī hostēs animō nūntiōs passim trepidī ad revocandōs praedātōrēs dīmittunt.the enemy, in a far different frame of mind, anxiously sent messengers in all directions to recall the plunderers. Liv. 3.60.7Recurritur ex proximīs locīs;Men hurried back from the nearest places; Liv. 3.60.7ulteriōrēs nōn inventī.those further off were not found. Liv. 3.60.8Ubi inlūxit, ēgreditur castrīs Rōmānus vallum invāsūrus, nī cōpia pugnae fieret.When day broke, the Romans marched out of camp, ready to assault the rampart if no opportunity for battle were offered. Liv. 3.60.8Et postquam multa iam diēs erat neque movēbātur quicquam ab hoste, iubet signa īnferrī cōnsul;And when the day was now well advanced and the enemy made no move, the consul ordered the standards to advance; Liv. 3.60.8mōtāque aciē indignātiō Aequōs et Volscōs incessit, sī victōrēs exercitūs vallum potius quam virtūs et arma tegerent.and as the line moved, indignation came upon the Aequi and Volsci at the thought that victorious armies should be protected by a rampart rather than by courage and arms.
Liv. 3.60.8Igitur et ipsī efflāgitātum ab ducibus signum pugnae accēpēre.So they too demanded the signal for battle from their leaders and received it. Liv. 3.60.9Iamque pars ēgressa portīs erat, deincepsque aliī servābant ōrdinem in suum quisque locum dēscendentēs, cum cōnsul Rōmānus, priusquam tōtīs vīribus fulta cōnstāret hostium aciēs, intulit signa;And now part had gone out of the gates, and the rest were keeping their order, each going down to his own place, when the Roman consul, before the enemy's line could stand firm, supported by its whole strength, advanced to the attack; Liv. 3.60.10adortusque nec omnēs dum ēductōs nec, quī erant, satis explicātīs ōrdinibus, prope flūctuantem turbam trepidantium hūc atque illūc circumspectantiumque sē ac suōs additō turbātīs mentibus clamōre atque impetū invādit.and falling upon them when not all had yet been led out, and those who had were not in properly deployed ranks, he charged into what was almost a heaving mob of men rushing this way and that and looking round at themselves and their comrades, adding a shout and an onset to their already confused minds.
Liv. 3.60.11Rettulēre prīmō pedem hostēs;At first the enemy fell back; Liv. 3.60.11deinde, cum animōs collēgissent et undique ducēs, victīsne cessūrī essent, increpārent, restituitur pugna.then, when they had collected their spirits and their leaders on every side reproached them, asking whether they meant to yield to beaten men, the battle was restored.