Agricola 38

Agr. 38.1Et nox quidem gaudiō praedāque laeta victōribus: Britannī pālantēs mīxtōque virōrum mulierumque plōrātū trahere vulnerātōs, vocāre integrōs, dēserere domōs ac per īram ultrō incendere, ēligere latebrās et statim relinquere;That night was joyful for the victors with gladness and plunder: the Britons, wandering about, amid the mingled wailing of men and women, dragged off the wounded, called out to the unhurt, abandoned their homes and even set them on fire in their anger, chose hiding places and at once left them; Agr. 38.1miscēre in vicem cōnsilia aliqua, Dein sēparāre;they made some plans together, then broke apart; Agr. 38.1aliquandō frangī aspectū pignorum suōrum, saepius concitārī.sometimes they were broken by the sight of their dear ones, more often roused. Agr. 38.2Satisque cōnstābat saevīsse quōsdam in coniugēs ac līberōs, tamquam miserērentur.And it was well established that some of them had used violence against their wives and children, as if out of pity. Agr. 38.2Proximus diēs faciem victōriae lātius aperuit: vāstum ubīque silentium, sēcrētī collēs, fūmantia procul tēcta, nēmō explōrātōribus obvius.The next day revealed more widely the face of victory: everywhere a vast silence, the hills deserted, houses smoking in the distance, no one met by the scouts.

Agr. 38.3Quibus in omnem partem dīmissīs, ubi incerta fugae vestīgia neque usquam conglobārī hostīs compertum (et exāctā iam aestāte spargī bellum nequībat), in fīnīs Borestōrum exercitum dēdūcit.These were sent out in every direction, and when it was established that the tracks of the flight were uncertain and the enemy were not massing anywhere (and with summer now over the war could not be extended), he led his army down into the territory of the Boresti. Agr. 38.4Ibi acceptīs obsidibus, praefectō classis circumvehī Britanniam praecipit.There, having received hostages, he ordered the prefect of the fleet to sail round Britain. Agr. 38.4Datae ad id vīrēs, et praecesserat terror.Forces were given for the purpose, and terror had gone before. Agr. 38.4Ipse peditem atque equitēs lentō itinere, quō novārum gentium animī ipsā trānsitūs morā terrērentur, in hībernīs locāvit.He himself, marching slowly with the infantry and cavalry, so that the spirits of the new peoples might be terrified by the very slowness of his passage, settled them in winter quarters. Agr. 38.5Et simul classis secundā tempestāte ac fāmā Trucculēnsem portum tenuit, unde proximō Britanniae latere lēctō omnī redierat.And at the same time the fleet, with favourable weather and fame, reached the Trucculensian harbour, from which, having coasted all the nearest side of Britain, it had returned.