Agr. 37.1Et Britannī, quī adhūc pugnae expertēs summa collium īnsēderant et paucitātem nostrōrum vacuī spernēbant, dēgredī paulātim et circumīre terga vincentium coeperant, nī id ipsum veritus Agricola quattuor equitum alās, ad subita bellī retentās, venientibus opposuisset, quantōque ferōcius adcucurrerant, tantō ācrius pulsōs in fugam disiēcisset.And the Britons who, not yet engaged in the fight, had occupied the hilltops and, at leisure, despised our small numbers, had begun to come down gradually and to surround the rear of the victors, had not Agricola, fearing exactly this, set against them as they came four squadrons of cavalry held back for the emergencies of war, and driven them back and scattered them in flight all the more sharply for the fierceness of their charge. Agr. 37.2Ita cōnsilium Britannōrum in ipsōs versum, trānsvectaeque praeceptō ducis ā fronte pugnantium alae āversam hostium aciem invāsēre.So the Britons' plan was turned against themselves, and the squadrons, brought round from the front of the battle by the general's order, attacked the enemy line from behind. Agr. 37.2Tum vērō patentibus locīs grande et atrōx spectāculum: sequī, vulnerāre, capere, atque eōsdem oblātīs aliīs trucīdāre.Then indeed in the open ground there was a great and grim spectacle: men pursued, wounded, took prisoners, and slaughtered them when others came in their way.
Agr. 37.3Iam hostium, prōut cuique ingenium erat, catervae armātōrum pauciōribus terga praestāre, quīdam inermēs ultrō ruere ac sē mortī offerre.Now among the enemy, according to each man's character, columns of armed men fled before smaller numbers, while some, unarmed, rushed forward of their own accord and offered themselves to death. Agr. 37.3Passim arma et corpora et lacerī artūs et cruenta humus;Everywhere there were weapons and bodies and mangled limbs and bloody earth; Agr. 37.3et aliquandō etiam victīs īra virtūsque.and at times even the vanquished showed anger and courage. Agr. 37.4Postquam silvīs adpropinquāvērunt, īdem prīmōs sequentium incautōs collēctī et locōrum gnārī circumveniēbant.When they drew near the woods, they rallied and, knowing the ground, began to surround the foremost pursuers, who were off their guard. Agr. 37.4Quod nī frequēns ubīque Agricola validās et expedītās cohortīs indāginis modō et, sīcubi artiōra erant, partem equitum dīmissīs equīs, simul rāriōrēs silvās equitem persultāre iussisset, acceptum aliquod vulnus per nimiam fīdūciam foret.And had not Agricola, present everywhere, ordered strong cohorts in light order to form a ring like hunters, and, where the ground was denser, some of the cavalry to dismount, and at the same time the cavalry to scour the thinner woods, some wound would have been suffered through overconfidence.
Agr. 37.5Cēterum ubi compositōs firmīs ōrdinibus sequī rūrsus vīdēre, in fugam versī, nōn agminibus, ut prius, nec alius alium respectantēs: rārī et vītābundī in vicem longinqua atque āvia petiēre.But when they saw our men pursuing again in steady and close order, they turned to flight, not in columns as before, nor any looking out for another: scattered and avoiding one another they made for distant and trackless places. Agr. 37.6Fīnis sequendī nox et satietās fuit.The pursuit was ended by night and weariness. Agr. 37.6Caesa hostium ad decem mīlia: nostrōrum trecentī sexāgintā cecidēre, in quīs Aulus Atticus praefectus cohortis, iuvenīlī ardōre et ferōciā equī hostibus inlātus.Of the enemy some ten thousand were killed: of ours three hundred and sixty fell, among them Aulus Atticus, prefect of a cohort, who had been carried among the enemy by his youthful ardour and the spirit of his horse.