Proinde egredi iam coeptantes, adoriuntur nos elephantis praeviis Persae, ad quorum faetorem inaccessum terribilemque, equis inter initia turbatis et viris, Ioviani et Herculiani, occisis beluis paucis, cataphractis equitibus acriter resistebant.
But when we were just beginning to leave, the Persians attacked us with the elephants in front. The unapproachable and frightful stench of these beasts threw horses and men into confusion at first. However, the Joviani and Herculiani bravely resisted the mailclad horsemen after killing a few of the animals.