Hist. 2.16.1Nec Vitelliānī quamquam victī quiēvēre: accītīs auxiliīs sēcūrum hostem ac successū rērum sōcordius agentem invādunt.Nor did the Vitellians, though beaten, stay quiet: summoning reinforcements, they attack the enemy, who were off their guard and acting more carelessly because of their success. Hist. 2.16.1Caesī vigilēs, perrupta castra, trepidātum apud nāvīs, dōnec sīdente paulātim metū, occupātō iūxtā colle dēfēnsī, mox inrūpēre.The sentries were cut down, the camp broken into, there was panic at the ships, until, as the fear gradually subsided, the Othonians seized a nearby hill and defended themselves, and soon burst out to attack. Hist. 2.16.1Atrōx ibi caedēs, et Tungrārum cohortium praefectī sustentātā diū aciē tēlīs obruuntur.There was terrible slaughter there, and the prefects of the Tungrian cohorts, after holding their line for a long time, were overwhelmed by missiles. Hist. 2.16.1Nē Othōniānīs quidem incruenta victōria fuit, quōrum imprōvidē secūtōs conversī equitēs circumvēnērunt.Nor was the victory bloodless even for the Othonians, for the cavalry wheeled round and surrounded those who had pursued incautiously. Hist. 2.16.1Ac velut pactīs indūtiīs, nē hinc classis inde eques subitam formīdinem īnferrent, Vitelliānī retrō Antipolim Narbōnēnsis Galliae mūnicipium, Othōniānī Albingaunum interiōris Liguriae revertēre.And, as if a truce had been agreed, so that the fleet on one side and the cavalry on the other should not cause sudden alarm, the Vitellians went back to Antipolis, a town of Narbonese Gaul, and the Othonians to Albingaunum in inner Liguria.
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Histories 2.16
A second clash, then withdrawal
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| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| Vitelliānus, -a, -um | of Vitellius; as noun, a Vitellian soldier |
| quamquam, conj. | however much, although |
| vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum | conquer, defeat |
| quiēscō, -ere, quiēvī, quiētus | rest, keep quiet |
| acciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | summon, send for |
| auxilium, -ī, n. | help, aid |
| sēcūrus, -a, -um | free from care, untroubled; careless (of: gen.) |
| hostis, -is, m. and f. | enemy, foe |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| successus, -ūs m. | outcome, success |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| sōcorditer (adv.) | lazily, carelessly |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| invādō, -ere, -vāsī, -vāsus | go into, attack, seize; come upon |
| caedō, -ere, cecīdī, caesum | cut, cut down; kill |
| vigil, -is m. | watchman, sentry |
| perrumpō, -rumpere, -rūpī, -ruptus | break or burst through, break |
| castra, -ōrum, n. plur. | camp |
| trepidō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | be in a panic, hurry about in alarm |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| dōnec (conj.) | until; while, as long as |
| sīdō, -ere, sīdī | settle, alight |
| paulātim (adv.) | little by little, gradually |
| metus, -ūs m. | fear, dread |
| occupō, -cupāre, -cupāvī, -cupātus | seize; fill |
| iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.) | nearby; next to |
| collis, -is m. | hill |
| dēfendō, -fendere, -fendī, -fēnsus | ward off; defend |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| inrumpō, -rumpere, -rūpī, -ruptus | burst into or in |
| atrōx, -ōcis | savage, cruel, dreadful |
| ibi, adv. | in that place, there |
| caedēs, -is, f. | cutting down, killing, slaughter |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| Tungrus, -a, -um | of the Tungri, a people of Gallia Belgica |
| cohors, cohortis f. | cohort (a tenth of a legion); company |
| praefectus, -ī m. | commander, officer |
| sustentō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | hold out, endure |
| diū, adv. | for a long time, a long time or while, long; comp |
| aciēs, -ēī, f. | line of battle |
| tēlum, -ī, n. | missile, spear, weapon |
| obruō, -ere, -ruī, -rutus | overwhelm, bury, crush |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| Othōniānus, -a, -um | of Otho, Othonian; (m. pl. as noun) Otho's supporters |
| quidem, adv. | in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even |
| incruentus, -a, -um | bloodless, without bloodshed |
| victōria, -ae, f. | victory |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| imprōvidē (adv.) | without foresight, incautiously, rashly |
| sequor, sequī, secūtus | follow |
| convertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versus | turn round, turn, change; in fugam convertere, to put to flight |
| eques, equitis m. | horseman; (pl.) cavalry |
| circumveniō, -īre, -vēnī, -ventum | surround |
| velut | even or just as, as |
| pacīscor, -ī, pactus sum | agree, arrange; pactus: agreed upon |
| indūtiae, -ārum f. pl. | truce, armistice |
| hinc, adv. | from this place, hence |
| classis, -is f. | fleet |
| inde (adv.) | from there; then |
| subitus, -a, -um | sudden |
| formīdō, -inis f. | fear, dread; something to be dreaded |
| īnferō, īnferre, intulī, inlātus | bring in or against, wage against; inflict |
| retrō (adv.) | backwards, behind, from behind |
| Narbōnēnsis, -e | of Narbo; Gallia Narbonensis, the province of southern Gaul |
| mūnicipium, -ī n. | municipium, a self-governing Italian town with Roman citizenship |
| interior, -ius, adj. | interior, inner |
| revertor, -vertī, -versus, perf. act. -vertī | turn back, return |
Tacitus, Historiae II. Latin text: C. D. Fisher, Cornelii Taciti Historiarum Libri (Oxford, 1911), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.