56.1. At about the same time Gaius Lucretius too, the praetor who commanded the ships at Cephallania, ordering his brother Marcus Lucretius to make for Chalcis around Malea with the fleet, himself embarked on a trireme, sailing for the Corinthian Gulf in order to be the first in the field in Boeotia.
56.1. sub idem tempus et C. Lucretius praetor, qui navibus praeerat ad Cephallaniam, M. Lucretio fratre cum classe super Maleum Chalcidem iusso petere, ipse triremem conscendit, sinum Corinthium petens ad praeoccupandas in Boeotia res.
56.2. His voyage was somewhat slow because of his bodily weakness.
56.2. tardior ei navigatio propter infirmitatem corporis fuit.
56.3. Marcus Lucretius, on his arrival at Chalcis, hearing that Haliartus was being besieged by Publius Lentulus, sent a messenger to order him in the name of the praetor to depart from there.
56.3. M. Lucretius Chalcidem adveniens cum a P. Lentulo Haliartum oppugnari audisset, nuntium, praetoris verbis qui abscedere eum inde iuberet, misit.
56.4. The commissioner, who had undertaken this enterprise with the Boeotian young men of the party supporting the Romans, departed from the walls.
56.4. Boeotorum iuventute, quae pars cum Romanis stabat, eam rem adgressus legatus a moenibus abscessit.
56.5. The raising of this siege gave room for another new siege; for immediately Marcus Lucretius with the naval force, ten thousand men-at-arms, and in addition the two thousand king's men who were under Athenaeus, blockaded Haliartus; and while they were preparing also to assault it, the praetor joined them from Creüsa.
56.5. haec soluta obsidio [cuius] locum alteri novae obsidioni dedit; namque extemplo M. Lucretius cum exercitu navali, decem milibus armatorum, ad hoc duobus milibus regiorum, qui sub Athenaeo erant, Haliartum circumsedit, parantibusque iam oppugnare supervenit a Creusa praetor.
56.6. At about the same time ships from the allies also assembled at Chalcis —two Carthaginian quinqueremes, two triremes from Heraclea on the Euxine, four from Chalcedon, as many from Samos, and also five quadriremes from Rhodes. These, since there was no naval warfare in any quarter, the praetor sent back to the allies.
56.6. ad idem fere tempus et ab sociis naves Chalcidem convenerunt, duae Punicae quinqueremes, duae ab Heraclea ex Ponto triremes, quattuor Chalcedone, totidem Samo, tum quinque Rhodiae quadriremes.
56.7. Quintus Marcius also came to Chalcis with ships, after capturing Alopê in Phthiotis and attacking Larisa which is called Cremastê.
56.7. has praetor, quia nusquam erat maritumum bellum, remisit sociis. et Q. Marcius Chalcidem navibus venit Alope capta, Larisa, quae Cremaste dicitur, obpugnata.
56.8. While this was the situation in Boeotia, and Perseus, as has been said above, had his permanent camp at Sycurium, after all the grain had been brought in from the fields round about, he sent a force to devastate the territory of Pherae, thinking that thus he might catch the Romans drawn a rather long distance from their camp for the purpose of aiding the cities of their allies.
56.8. cum hic status in Boeotia esset, Perseus, cum ad Sycurium, sicut ante dictum est, stativa haberet, frumento undique circa ex agris convecto, ad vastandum Pheraeorum agrum misit, ratus ad iuvandas sociorum urbes longius a castris abstractos deprehendi Romanos posse.
56.10. When he discovered that they had not stirred at all because of this raid, he divided all the booty at least, only the human beings excepted —it consisted chiefly of all sorts of livestock —among his soldiers for feasting.
56.10. quos cum eo tumultu nihil motos animadvertisset, praedam quidem praeterquam hominum — pecora autem maxume omnis generis fuere — divisit ad epulandum militibus ….
57.1. Then about the same time both the consul and the king held a council to consider how to open the campaign.
57.1. sub idem deinde tempus consilium et consul et rex habuerunt, unde bellum ordirentur.
57.2. The spirits of the king's men had risen when the devastated area of Pheraean territory had been yielded to their side by the enemy; and so they advised going thence at once against the enemy's camp and giving him no further time for delay.
57.2. regiis creverant animi vastatione concessa sibi ab hoste Pheraei agri; itaque eundum inde ad castra nec dandum ultra spatium cunctandi censebant.
57.3. The Romans also were aware that their delay was being roundly criticized among their allies, who were especially incensed that aid had not been given the Pheraeans.
57.3. et Romani censebant cunctationem suam infamem apud socios esse, maxume indigne ferentis non latam Pheraeis opem.
57.4. While they were conferring as to what to do —for Eumenes and Attalus were present in the council —an alarmed messenger reported that the enemy was at hand with a large column. The council was dismissed and the signal for arming immediately given. Meanwhile it was decided to send out from the king's auxiliary troops a hundred cavalry and an equal number of javelin-throwers on foot.
57.4. consultantibus, quid agerent — aderant autem Eumenes et Attalus in concilio — trepidus nuntius adfert hostem magno agmine adesse. consilio dimisso signum extemplo datur, uti arma capiant interim placet ex regiis auxiliis centum equites et parem numerum iaculatorum peditum exire.
57.6. At about the fourth hour of the day Perseus ordered the ranks of the infantry to halt at a distance of a little over a mile from the Roman camp; he himself led the way with the cavalry and light-armed force; Cotys too and the leaders of the other auxiliaries went on with him.
57.6. Perseus hora ferme diei quarta, cum paulo plus mille passus abesset a castris Romanis, consistere signa peditum iussit. praegressus ipse cum equitibus ac levi armatura; et Cotys cum eo ducesque aliorum auxiliorum praecesserunt.
57.7. They were less than half a mile from the camp when enemy cavalry came in sight; there were two squadrons made up mostly of Gauls —Cassignatus was the commander —and of light-armed troops about one hundred and fifty Mysians and Cretans.
57.7. minus quingentos passus ab castris aberant, cum in conspectu fuere hostium equites; duae alae erant magna ex parte Gallorum, Cassignatus praeerat, et levis armaturae centum fere et quinquaginta Mysi aut Cretenses.
57.8. The king halted, not being sure how large the enemy forces were. Then he sent from the column two troops of Thracians and two of Macedonians with two cohorts each of Cretans and Thracians.
57.8. constitit rex, incertus, quantum esset hostium. duas inde ex agmine turmas Threcum, duas Macedonum cum binis Cretensium cohortibus et Threcum misit.
57.9. Since they were equally matched as to numbers and from neither the one side nor the other were reinforcements sent up, the battle ended in a draw. Of Eumenes' men about thirty were killed, among whom Cassignatus, leader of the Gauls, fell.
57.9. proelium, cum pares numero essent neque ab hac aut illa parte nova auxilia subvenirent, incerta victoria finitum est. Eumenis ferme triginta interfecti, inter quos Cassignatus dux Gallorum cecidit. et tunc quidem Perseus ad Sycurium copias reduxit;
57.10. And for the time being Perseus led back his forces to Sycurium; on the next day at about the same hour to the same place the king brought up his troops, followed by wagons with water; for the journey of twelve miles was all waterless and exceedingly dusty; it was clear that they would have fought under the handicap of thirst if the battle had begun at the first sight of the foe.
57.10. postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit plaustris cum aqua sequentibus; nam duodecim milium passuum via omnis sine aqua et plurimi pulveris erat, adfectosque siti, si primo in conspectu dimicassent, pugnaturos fuisse apparebat.
57.11. When the Romans kept quiet, even withdrawing their outposts within the rampart, the king's men also returned to camp. This they did during several days, hoping that the Roman cavalry would attack the rear of their departing column;
57.11. cum Romani quiessent stationibus etiam intra vallum reductis, regii quoque in castra redeunt. hoc per aliquot dies fecerunt sperantes fore, ut Romani equites abeuntium novissimum agmen adgrederentur;
57.12. then after a fight had begun, when they had lured them too far from camp, they could easily, wheresoever they might be, turn the tide of battle by their superior power in cavalry and light troops.
57.12. inde certamine orto cum longius a castris eos elicuissent, facile, ubiubi essent, se, qui equitatu et levi armatura plus possent, conversuros aciem.
58.1. After the attempt failed of success, the king moved his camp nearer the enemy and fortified it at five miles' distance.
58.1. postquam inceptum non succedebat, castra propius hostem movit rex et a quinque milibus passum communiit.
58.2. From there at dawn he drew up his battle-line of infantry in the usual place and led all his cavalry and light troops to the camp of the enemy.
58.2. inde luce prima in eodem, quo solebat, loco peditum acie instructa equitatum omnem levemque armaturam ad castra hostium ducit.
58.3. The sight of dust nearer to them and from a larger force than usual caused alarm in the Roman camp. At first they hardly believed their sentry's report, because regularly on previous days the enemy had never appeared before the fourth hour; this time it was at sunrise.
58.3. visus et plurium et propior solito pulvis trepidationem in castris Romanis fecit. et primo vix creditum nuntianti est, quia prioribus continuis diebus numquam ante horam quartam hostis apparuerat;
58.4. Then as doubt vanished at the shouting and dashing back from the gates of a larger number of men, a great confusion arose. The tribunes, prefects and centurions rushed to headquarters, the rank-and-file each to his own tent.
58.4. tum solis ortus erat. deinde ut plurium clamore et cursu a portis dubitatio exempta est, tumultus ingens oboritur. tribuni praefectique et centuriones in praetorium, miles ad sua quisque tentoria discurrit.
58.5. Less than half a mile from the rampart Perseus drew up his men about the hill which they call Callinicus. King Cotys was in charge of the left wing with all his tribesmen; light-armed troops, placed between, divided the units of cavalry.
58.5. minus quingentos passus a vallo instruxerat Perseus suos circa tumulum, quem Callicinum vocant.
58.6. On the right wing were Macedonian cavalry, and Cretans interspersed among their troops; Midon of Beroea was in charge of the latter force, Menon of Antigonea commanded the cavalry and the formation as a whole.
58.6. laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat cum omnibus suae gentis; equitum ordines levis armatura interposita distinguebat. in dextro cornu Macedones erant equites, intermixti turmis eorum Cretenses;
58.7. Next to the wings were posted the royal cavalry and mixed units of the picked auxiliaries of many nations;
58.7. huic armaturae Midon Beroeaeus, equitibus et summae partis eius Meno Antigonensis praeerat.
58.8. Patrocles of Antigonea and Didas the governor of Paeonia were in command of these. The king was in the centre of the whole line; around him was what they call the Guard, and the sacred squadrons of the cavalry. Before him he placed the slingers and javelin-throwers;
58.8. proximi cornibus constiterant regii equites et mixtum genus, delecta plurium gentium auxilia; Patrocles Antigonensis his et Paeoniae praefectus Didas erant praepositi. medius omnium rex erat, circa eum agema quod vocant, equitumque sacrae alae.
58.10. each band attained to the number of four hundred; Ion of Thessalonica and Artemon, a Dolopian, he put in command of these. Thus the king's men were arrayed.
58.10. ante se statuit funditores iaculatoresque, quadringentorum manus utraque numerum explebat; Ionem Thessalonicensem et … Neoptolemum iis praefecit. sic regii constiterant.
58.11. After the Roman infantry had been drawn up within the rampart, the consul likewise sent out all his cavalry with the light troops; they were arrayed before the rampart.
58.11. consul intra vallum peditum acie instructa et ipse equitatum omnem cum levi armatura emisit; pro vallo instructi sunt:
58.12. On the right wing the commander was Gaius Licinius Crassus, the brother of the consul, with all the Italian cavalry, and the light infantry of the legions intermingled; on the left Marcus Valerius Laevinus had the allied cavalry from the peoples of Greece and the light troops of the same nation; the centre, however, Quintus Mucius held with the picked Élite Cavalry.
58.12. dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus consulis frater cum omni Italico equitatu velitibus intermixtis; sinistro M. Valerius Laevinus sociorum ex Graecis populis equites habebat et eiusdem gentis levem armaturam;
58.13. Before the standards of the centre were arrayed two hundred Gallic cavalry and three hundred of Eumenes' Cyrtian auxiliaries. Four hundred Thessalian cavalry were placed at a short distance beyond the left wing.
58.13. mediam autem aciem cum delectis equitibus extraordinariis tenebat Quintus Mucius. ducenti equites Galli ante signa horum instructi et de auxiliis Eumenis Cyrtiorum gentis trecenti.
58.14. King Eumenes and Attalus with all their forces were posted behind, between the rear line and the rampart.
58.14. Thessali quadringenti equites parvo intervallo super laevum cornu locati. Eumenes rex Attalusque cum omni manu sua ab tergo inter postremam aciem ac vallum steterunt.
59.1. Drawn up in very nearly this fashion and with numbers of cavalry and light troops about even on both sides, the lines clashed, the battle beginning with the slingers and javelin-throwers, who were in advance.
59.1. in hunc modum maxime instructae acies, par ferme utrimque numerus equitum ac levis armaturae, concurrunt, a funditoribus iaculatoribusque, qui praecesserant, proelio orto.
59.2. First of all the Thracians, like beasts of prey long held behind bars, charged so vigorously with a great shout upon the Roman right wing, the Italian cavalry, that this people, courageous by nature and through experience in war, was thrown into confusion...
59.2. primi omnium Thraces, haud secus quam diu claustris retentae ferae, ita concitati cum ingenti clamore in dextrum cornu, Italicos equites, incurrerunt, ut usu belli et ingenio inpavida gens turbaretur.
59.3. spears to attack the infantry... now to cut off the horses' legs, now to pierce their loins.
59.3. … gladiis hastas petere pedites … mque, nunc succidere crura equis, nunc ilia suffodere.
59.4. Perseus, charging the centre of the line, thrust back the Greeks with his first attack; in the rout of these when the enemy pressed heavily from the rear, the Thessalian cavalry, which had been in support, away a short distance from the left wing and beyond the melee, though at first spectators of the conflict, were later, when the decision had been reached, of the greatest use.
59.4. Perseus in mediam invectus aciem Graecos primo impetu avertit; quibus cum gravis ab tergo instaret hostis, Thessalorum equitatus, qui a laevo cornu brevi spatio diiunctus in subsidiis fuerat extra concursum, primo spectator certaminis, deinde inclinata re maxumo usui fuit.
59.5. For, retreating gradually with formation intact, after they had joined the auxiliaries of Eumenes, with him they both provided a safe retreat between their units for their allies scattered in flight, and when the enemy pressed on in less close order, they even risked advancing and met many of the fugitives half-way. Nor did the king's men, now themselves scattered in a general pursuit, dare to close in battle with an enemy in formation and advancing steadily.
59.5. cedentes enim sensim integris ordinibus, postquam se Eumenis auxiliis adiunxerunt, et cum eo tutum inter ordines suos receptum sociis fuga dissipatis dabant et, cum minus conferti hostes instarent, progredi etiam ausi multos fugientium obvios exceperunt.
59.6. While the king, victorious in the cavalry battle, was crying out that if he had helped with a slight impulse a decisive victory would have been won, the phalanx also arrived appropriately at the very moment of his urging;
59.6. nec regii, sparsi iam ipsi passim sequendo, cum ordinatis et certo incedentibus gradu manus conserere audebant.
59.7. Hippias and Leonnatus had brought the phalanx up swiftly on their own initiative, in order not to fail the bold beginning, after they had received the report that the cavalry had won their battle.
59.7. cum victor equestri proelio rex, parvo momento si adiuvissent, debellatum esse …, opportune ad hortandum supervenit phalanx, quam sua sponte, ne audaci coepto deessent, Hippias et Leonnatus raptim adduxerant, postquam prospere pugnasse equitem acceperunt.
59.8. While the king was wavering between hope and fear of attempting so great a feat, the Cretan Evander, whom the king had used as his tool at Delphi in the ambushing of Eumenes, on seeing the column of infantry with their standards advancing, ran to the king and pressed the warning that he should not be so puffed up by good fortune as to stake his whole enterprise rashly on a needless throw of the dice; if, satisfied with his success, he should rest for that day, either he would have a basis for an honourable peace or an abundance of such allies in war as would follow the lead of fortune, in case he should prefer to fight.
59.8. fluctuanti rege inter spem metumque tantae rei conandae Cretensis Euander, quo ministro Delphis ad insidias Eumenis regis usus erat, postquam agmen peditum venientium sub signis vidit, ad regem adcurrit et monere institit, ne elatus felicitate summam rerum temere in non necessariam aleam daret:
59.10. To this advice the mind of the king was more inclined. And so, praising Evander, he ordered a withdrawal, and that the column of infantry should return to camp, while for the cavalry the signal for returning should be sounded.
59.10. si contentus bene re gesta quiesset eo die, vel pacis honestae condicionem habiturum, vel plurimos belli socios, qui fortunam sequerentur, si bellare mallet. in hoc consilium pronior erat animus regis. itaque conlaudato Euandro signa referri peditumque agmen redire in castra iubet, equitibus receptui canere.
60.1. That day there fell on the Roman side two hundred cavalry, and hardly less than two thousand infantry; about six hundred were captured. Of the king's men, however, twenty cavalrymen and forty infantrymen were killed.
60.1. cecidere eo die ab Romanis ducenti equites, duo milia haud minus peditum, capti sescenti ferme; ex regiis autem viginti equites, quadraginta pedites interfecti.
60.2. After the victors returned to camp, all indeed rejoiced, but above the others the swaggering joy of the Thracians was conspicuous; for they returned bearing with songs the heads of their enemies impaled on spears.
60.2. postquam rediere in castra victores, omnes quidem laeti, ante alios Thracum insolens laetitia eminebat; cum cantu enim superfixa hastis capita hostium portantes redierunt.
60.3. On the Roman side there was not only gloom because of their lack of success, but also fear that the enemy might immediately attack the camp. Eumenes advised the consul to move his camp across the Peneüs, so that he might have the river as a fortification while the soldiers were recovering their shattered morale. The consul was affected by the disgrace of admitting timidity; but being overcome by reason, he led his troops across in the dead of night and fortified a camp on the farther bank.
60.3. apud Romanos non maestitia tantum ex male gesta re, sed pavor etiam erat, ne extemplo castra hostis adgrederetur. Eumenes suadere, ut trans Peneum transferret castra, ut pro munimento amnem haberet, dum perculsi milites animos colligerent.
60.4. The king came up next day to harass the enemy with battle, and, after finding out that the camp had been placed in safety across the river, admitted that he had indeed been at fault in not having pressed home the previous day his attack against the conquered, but that a somewhat greater mistake was that he had been inactive during the night; for even if he had not stirred one other man of his forces, he could, by an attack of the light troops, have to a great extent destroyed the enemy's troops while they were in confusion as they crossed the river.
60.4. consul moveri flagitio timoris fatendi; victus tamen ratione silentio noctis transductis copiis castra in ulteriore ripa communiit. rex postero die ad lacessendos proelio hostes progressus, postquam trans amnem in tuto posita castra animadvertit, fatebatur quidem peccatum, quod pridie non institisset victis, sed aliquanto maiorem culpam esse, quod nocte foret cessatum; nam ut neminem alium suorum moveret, levi armatura inmissa trepidantium in transitu fluminis hostium deleri magna ex parte copias potuisse.
60.7. For the Romans indeed the immediate fear was removed, since they had a camp safely placed; but the loss, among other things, of reputation particularly disturbed them.
60.7. Romanis quidem praesens pavor demtus erat, in tuto castra habentibus; damnum inter cetera praecipue famae movebat.
60.8. And in the conference before the consul each in his own defence assigned the blame to the Aetolians; the beginning, they said, of the flight and panic had been made by them; the other allies from the peoples of Greece had also followed the rout of the Aetolians.
60.8. et in consilio apud consulem pro se quisque in Aetolos conferebant causam: ab is fugae terrorisque principium ortum;
60.9. Five chiefs of the Aetolians, who were the first said to have been seen turning their backs, were sent to Rome. The Thessalians were praised before an assembly, and their leaders were even rewarded presents for valour.
60.9. secutos pavorem Aetolorum et ceteros socios Graecorum populorum. quinque principes Aetolorum, qui primi terga vertentes conspecti dicebantur, Romam missi. Thessali pro contione laudati ducesque eorum etiam virtutis causa donati.
61.1. To the king were brought the spoils of the slain enemy. Of these he gave as gifts, to some the noteworthy arms, to others horses, and to some few prisoners. There were over fifteen hundred shields; coats of mail and breastplates made up a total of over a thousand; of helmets, swords and missiles of all sorts the number was somewhat greater.
61.1. ad regem spolia caesorum hostium referebantur. dona ex his aliis arma insignia, aliis equos, quibusdam captivos [dono] dabat. scuta erant supra mille quingenta, loricae thoracesque mille amplius summam explebant, galearum gladiorumque et missilium omnis generis maior aliquanto numerus.
61.3. These gifts, splendid and agreeable in themselves, were augmented by the words of the king, which he pronounced before the army summoned to assembly. “You have advance notice of the outcome of the war!”
61.3. haec per se ampla laetaque multiplicata verbis regis, quae ad contionem vocato exercitu habuit.
61.4. “You have routed the better part of the enemy, the Roman cavalry, in which they used to boast that they were unconquered.”
61.4. “praeiudicatum eventum belli habetis. meliorem partem hostium, equitatum Romanum, quo invictos se esse gloriabantur, fudistis.
61.5. “For among the Romans the cavalrymen are the leading young men, the cavalry is the training-school for the senate; from it their consuls are chosen to be among the Fathers; from it they select their generals: it is the spoils of these men which we have recently divided among you.”
61.5. equites enim illis principes iuventutis, equites seminarium senatus; inde lectos in patres consules, inde imperatores creant; horum spolia paulo ante divisimus inter vos.
61.6. “And no less a victory have you over the legions of the infantry, which, escaping from you by a night retreat, filled the river everywhere with the panic of shipwrecked swimmers.”
61.6. nec minorem de legionibus peditum victoriam habetis, quae nocturna fuga vobis subtractae naufragorum trepidatione passim natantium flumen conpleverunt.
61.7. “But it will be easier for us as we pursue the conquered to pass over the Peneiis than it was for them in their panic; once we have crossed, we shall immediately attack their camp, which we would have captured to-day if they had not fled;”
61.7. sed facilius nobis sequentibus victos Peneum superare erit, quam illis trepidantibus fuit; transgressique extemplo castra oppugnabimus, quae hodie cepissemus, ni fugissent;
61.8. “or if they wish to decide the issue by battle in the open, look for the same outcome of the infantry fight as took place in the clash of the cavalry.”
61.8. aut si acie decernere volent, eundem pugnae pedestris eventum expectate, qui equitum in certamine fuit.
61.9. Both those who had conquered, wearing on their shoulders the spoils of the slain enemy, eagerly heard their own praises, anticipating a happy outcome in the future because of what had happened, and also the infantry, fired by the glory which others had won, especially those of the Macedonian phalanx, hoped for themselves also an opportunity both of achieving some service for the king and of winning a like glory from the enemy.
61.9. ” et qui vicerant alacres, spolia caesorum hostium umeris gerentes, facinora sua audivere, ex eo quod acciderat spem futuri praecipientes, et pedites aliena gloria accensi, praecipue qui Macedonum phalangis erant, sibi quoque et navandae regi operae et similem gloriam ex hoste pariendi occasionem optabant.
61.10. The assembly was dismissed. Next day the king set out from there and pitched camp at Mopselus. This is a hill looming up before Tempê and halfway as one goes from Larisa to Gonnus.
61.10. contione dimissa, postero die profectus inde ad Mopselum posuit castra. tumulus hic ante Tempe … eminet Larisae medius abestonum ….
62.1. The Romans, not departing from the bank of the Peneüs, transferred their camp to a safer place.
62.1. Romani non abscedentes ab ripa Penei transtulerunt in locum tutiorem castra.
62.2. There Misagenes the Numidian arrived with a thousand cavalry, an equal number of infantry, and in addition twenty-two elephants.
62.2. eo Misagenes Numida venit cum mille equitibus, pari peditum numero, ad hoc elephantis duobus et viginti.
62.3. As during these days the king was holding a council concerning his general policy, now that his overboldness resulting from success had subsided, some of his friends took courage to advise him to use his good fortune as a basis for an honourable peace rather than, led astray by idle hope, to throw himself into irrevocable disaster. To impose restraint on success and not to trust too much to the calm of his present fortune, they said, was the way of a wise man and one who was deservedly fortunate.
62.3. per eos dies consilium habenti regi de summa rerum, cum iam consedisset ferocia ab re bene gesta, ausi sunt quidam amicorum consilium dare, ut secunda fortuna in condicionem honestae pacis uteretur potius, quam spe vana evectus in casum inrevocabilem se daret:
62.4. Let him send to the consul men to renew the treaty on the same terms as those on which his father Philip had received peace from the victorious Titus Quinctius.
62.4. modum inponere secundis rebus nec nimis credere serenitati praesentis fortunae prudentis hominis et merito felicis esse.
62.5. The war could not be ended more gloriously than with so memorable a fight, nor could a more well-founded hope of lasting peace present itself than that which would make the Romans, shaken by the loss of a battle, more moderate in framing the treaty.
62.5. mitteret ad consulem, qui foedus in easdem leges renovarent, quibus Philippus pater eius pacem ab T. Quinctio victore accepisset.
62.6. But if then too the innate stubbornness of the Roman should scorn fair terms, gods and men would be witnesses both of Perseus' moderation and of his opponents' stiff-necked haughtiness.
62.6. neque finiri bellum magnificentius quam ab tam memorabili pugna posse, neque spem firmiorem pacis perpetuae dari, quam quae perculsos adverso proelio Romanos molliores factura sit ad paciscendum.
62.7. The king's mind was never averse to such counsels. And so as the opinion was approved by the assent of the majority, envoys were sent to the consul; they were heard in the presence of a full council. They asked for peace, promising that Perseus would pay the Romans as much tribute as Philip had promised, and that he would yield with all speed the cities, land and places which Philip had yielded.
62.7. quodsi Romani tum quoque insita pertinacia aequa aspernarentur, deos hominesque et moderationis Persei et illorum pervicacis superbiae futuros testes. numquam ab talibus consiliis abhorrebat regis animus; itaque plurium adsensu conprobata est sententia. legati ad consulem missi adhibito frequenti consilio auditi sunt.
62.10. So far the envoys. When after the withdrawal of the envoys the matter was discussed, Roman steadfastness carried the day in the council.
62.10. pacem petiere, vectigal, quantum Philippus pactus esset, daturum Persea Romanis pollicentes; urbibus, agris locisque, quibus Philippus cessisset, cessurum et ipsum.
62.11. The custom of that age was to wear in misfortune the aspect of success and to be of temperate disposition in successes. It was decided to reply that peace would be granted on condition that the king should give to the senate the unconditional right of deciding on a general policy concerning the king himself and concerning all Macedonia.
62.11. haec legati. summotis his cum consultarent, Romana constantia vicit in consilio. ita tum mos erat, in adversis voltum secundae fortunae gerere, moderari animos in secundis.
62.12. When the envoys reported these terms, to those ignorant of the Roman character their obstinacy was portentous, and many advised against any further reference to peace;
62.12. responderi placuit, ita pacem dari, si de summa rerum liberum senatui permittat rex de se deque universa Macedonia statuendi ius.
62.13. for soon, they said, the Romans would of their own accord seek what they scorned when offered. Perseus feared this very haughtiness —thinking that it sprang from confidence in their strength-and, increasing the sum of money, if perchance he might buy peace for a price, he did not cease to test the purpose of the consul.
62.13. haec cum renuntiassent legati, miraculo ignaris moris Romani pertinacia esse, et plerique vetare amplius mentionem pacis facere: ultro mox quaesituros, quod oblatum fastidiant. Perseus hanc ipsam superbiam, quippe ex fiducia virium esse, timere, et summam pecuniae augens, si pretio pacem emere posset, non destitit animum consulis temptare.
62.15. After the latter would make no change in the terms of his first answer, Perseus, giving up hope of peace, returned to Sycurium from whence he had set out, intending to try anew the fortunes of war.
62.15. postquam nihil ex eo, quod primo responderat, mutabat, desperata pace ad Sycurium, unde profectus erat, rediit belli casum de integro temptaturus.
63.1. The report of the cavalry battle, as it spread abroad throughout Greece, laid bare the inclinations of the inhabitants. For not only partisans of Macedonia but many who were indebted to the Romans for huge benefits, and some few who had felt the violence and tyranny of Perseus, received this news gladly, for no other reason than the morbid eagerness which the mob feels in athletic contests also —the eagerness to cheer on the worse and weaker party.
63.1. fama equestris pugnae vulgata per Graeciam nudavit voluntates hominum. non enim solum qui partis Macedonum erant, sed plerique ingentibus Romanorum obligati beneficiis, quidam vim superbiamque experti Persei, laeti eam famam accepere, non ob aliam causam quam pravo studio, quo etiam in certaminibus ludicris vulgus utitur, deteriori atque infirmiori favendo. Eodem tempore in Boeotia summa vi Haliartum Lucretius praetor oppugnabat;
63.3. At the same time in Boeotia Lucretius the praetor was assaulting Haliartus with the utmost violence; and although the besieged had no reinforcements from outside except the younger men of Coronea, who had entered the walls at the beginning of the siege, and there was no hope of aid, yet they held out alone more by spirit than by strength.
63.3. et quamquam nec habebant externa auxilia obsessi praeter Coronaeorum iuniores, qui prima obsidione moenia intraverant, neque sperabant, tamen ipsi animis magis quam viribus resistebant.
63.4. For they kept making frequent sallies against the siege-works and as the ram was brought up they pressed it to earth, weighing it down now with huge stones, now with a mass of lead, and if they were at any point unable to turn aside the stroke, they built, in place of the destroyed wall, a new one of slapdash construction by hastily assembling stones from the very debris of the collapse.
63.4. nam et eruptiones in opera crebro faciebant, et arietem admotum nunc … nunc libramento plumbi gravatum ad terram urguebant et, si qua declinare nequiverant ictum, pro diruto muro novum tumultuario opere raptim ex ipsa ruinae strage congestis saxis extruebant.
63.5. Since assault by siege-works was too slow, the praetor ordered ladders distributed among the maniples, intending to attack the wall everywhere, as it were in a ring, with the thought that his numbers would suffice the more surely for this purpose because, on the side where the swamp girds the city, attack was neither important nor possible.
63.5. cum operibus lentior oppugnatio esset, scalas per manipulos dividi praetor iussit [ut] corona undique moenia adgressurus, eo magis suffecturam ad id multitudinem ratus, quod qua parte palus urbem cingit nec adtinebat oppugnari nec poterat.
63.6. On the side where two towers and the section of wall which had been between them had collapsed, he himself brought up two thousand picked troops so that at the same moment that he tried to scale the wreckage, as a rally of the townspeople took place to oppose him, the walls stripped of defenders might at some point or other be captured by the ladders.
63.6. ipse ab ea parte, qua duae turres quodque inter eas muri fuerat …, duo milia militum delectorum admovit, ut eodem tempore, quo ipse transcendere ruinas conaretur, concursu adversus se oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi parte aliqua possent.
63.7. With no slackness the townsfolk prepared to ward off his assault. For on the area strewn with wreckage they tossed dry bundles of brush and standing by with blazing torches threatened that they would fire this barrier, so that, barred off from the enemy by the blaze, they might have time to put an inner wall in the way.
63.7. haud segniter oppidani vim eius arcere parant. nam super stratum ruinis locum facibus aridis sarmentorum iniectis stantes cum ardentibus facibus accensuros eam se saepem minabantur, ut incendio intersaepti ab hoste spatium ad obiciendum interiorem murum haberent.
63.8. This preparation of theirs was hindered by chance; for such a rain suddenly poured down that it made the firing of the brush difficult and put out what had been fired.
63.8. quod inceptum eorum fors inpediit: nam tantus repente effusus est imber, ut nec accendi facile pateretur et extingueret accensa.
63.9. And so a passage lay open through the smoking twigs which were dragged aside and with all the citizens intent on the defense of one spot the walls too were taken by ladders in several places at once.
63.9. itaque et transitus per distracta fumantia virgulta patuit et in unius loci praesidium omnibus versis moenia quoque pluribus simul partibus scalis capiuntur.
63.10. In the first confusion of the city's capture the elders and the beardless whom chance brought in the way were cut down everywhere; the men-at-arms fled to the citadel; and the next day, when no ray of hope remained, on surrendering they were sold at auction.
63.10. in primo tumultu captae urbis seniores inpubesque, quos casus obvios optulit, passim caesi; armati in arcem confugerunt et postero die, cum spei nihil superesset, deditione facta sub corona venierunt.
63.11. These were, moreover, about twenty-five hundred. The adornments of the city, statues and paintings and whatever costly booty there was, were taken to the fleet; the city was razed to the ground.
63.11. fuerunt autem duo milia ferme et quingenti. ornamenta urbis, statuae et tabulae pictae, et quidquid pretiosae praedae fuit, ad naves delatum; urbs diruta a fundamentis.
63.12. Thence the army was led to Thebes; this the praetor took over without struggle and put in the hands of the exiles and the party which favoured Rome; the estates of the men of the opposing faction and of the supporters of the king and the Macedonians he sold at auction. After these achievements in Boeotia Lucretius returned to the sea and the fleet.
63.12. inde Thebas ductus exercitus; quibus sine certamine receptis urbem tradidit exulibus et qui Romanorum partis erant, adversae factionis hominum fautorumque regis ac Macedonum familias sub corona vendidit. his gestis in Boeotia ad mare ac naves rediit.
64.1. While these things in Boeotia were being accomplished, Perseus remained a few days in camp at Sycurium.
64.1. cum haec in Boeotia gererentur, Perseus ad Sycurium stativa dierum aliquot habuit.
64.2. When he heard there that the Romans were hastily bringing in reaped grain from the fields round about, and then, each before his own tent, was clipping the ears with his sickle, so that the grain might be threshed out more cleanly, and that they had made great piles of straw throughout the whole camp, the king thought that this was a time suitable for a conflagration, and ordered torches and pitch-pine and fire-spears of tow smeared with pitch to be prepared, and with this equipment set out at midnight, so as to make a surprise attack at dawn.
64.2. ubi cum audisset raptim Romanos circa ex agris demessum frumentum convehere, deinde ante sua quemque tentoria spicas fascibus desecantem, quo purius frumentum tereret, ingentis acervos per tota castra stramentorum fecisse, ratus incendio opportuna esse, faces taedamque et malleolos stuppae inlitos pice parari iubet; atque ita media nocte profectus est, ut prima luce adgressus falleret.
64.4. Vainly the first outposts were overwhelmed; by their uproar and panic they roused the rest, and the signal was given to take arms at once; at the same time the soldiery was posted on the rampart and at the gates.
64.4. nequidquam. primae stationes oppressae tumultu ac terrore suo ceteros excitaverunt signumque datum est arma extemplo capiendi; simulque in vallo, ad portas, miles instructus erat.
64.5. Then indeed, in shame at the rash and foolish beginning of an attack on the camp, Perseus at once wheeled his line around and ordered the baggage to go first, then the infantry to move out; he himself with the cavalry and light troops halted to form the rear-guard, thinking that the enemy would, as actually happened, pursue to harass the last units from behind.
64.5. et … oppugnationis castrorum Perseus et extemplo circumegit aciem et prima impedimenta ire, deinde peditum signa ferri iussit. ipse cum equitatu et levi armatura substitit ad agmen cogendum, ratus, id quod accidit, insecuturos ad extrema ab tergo carpenda hostis.
64.6. There was a short struggle particularly of the light troops against skirmishers; the cavalry and infantry returned without disturbance to camp. After reaping the crops round about, the Romans moved their camp to Crannon, an untouched territory.
64.6. breve certamen levis armaturae maxime cum procursatoribus fuit; equites peditesque sine tumultu in castra redierunt.
64.7. There while they were remaining in camp with a feeling of safety, both because of the distance and the difficulty of the almost waterless road between Sycurium and Crannon, suddenly at dawn on commanding hills the king's cavalry with the light troops was sighted and caused a great uproar.
64.7. demessis circa segetibus Romani ad Crannona, intactum agrum, castra movent. ibi cum securi et propter longinquitatem et viae inopis aquarum difficultatem, quae inter Sycurium et Crannona est, stativa haberent, repente prima luce in imminentibus tumulis equitatus regius cum levi armatura visus ingentem tumultum fecit.
64.8. They had set out from Sycurium during the middle of the previous day; just before dawn they had left the column of infantry in the nearest plain. Perseus halted a while on the hills, thinking that possibly the Romans might be enticed to a cavalry struggle; after they would not budge, he sent a horseman to order the infantry to return to Sycurium; he presently followed.
64.8. pridie per meridiem profecti ab Sycurio erant; peditum agmen sub lucem reliquerant in proxuma planitie. stetit paulisper in tumulis, elici posse ratus ad equestre certamen Romanos. hi postquam nihil movebant, equitem mittit, qui pedites referre ad Sycurium signa iuberet, ipse mox insecutus.
64.10. The Roman cavalry followed at a moderate distance, so that they might at any point be able to attack scattered or straggling men, but after they saw that the enemy was retreating in a body, keeping to his formations and ranks, they also returned to camp.
64.10. Romani equites modico intervallo sequentes, sicubi sparsos ac dissipatos invadere possent, postquam confertos abire signa atque ordines servantes viderunt, et ipsi in castra redeunt.
65.1. From Sycurium the king, disliking the length of the journey, moved his camp to Mopselus; and the Romans, having reaped the harvests of Crannon, moved to the fields of Phalanna.
65.1. inde offensus longinquitate loginquitate itineris rex ad Mopselum castra movit, et Romani demessis Crannonis segetibus in Phalannaeum agrum transeunt.
65.2. When the king learned from a deserter that there the Romans were reaping, wandering everywhere through the fields with no armed guard, he set out with a thousand cavalry, and two thousand of the Thracians and Cretans, and since he marched with as great speed as he could attain, in a scattered column, he fell without warning upon the Romans.
65.2. ibi cum ex transfuga cognosset rex sine ullo armato praesidio passim vagantis per agros Romanos metere, cum mille equitibus, duobus milibus Thracum et Cretensium profectus, cum quantum adcelerare poterat effuso agmine isset, inproviso adgressus est Romanos.
65.3. Wagons with their teams, many of them loaded, were captured to the number of quite a thousand, and about six hundred men.
65.3. iuncta vehicula, pleraque onusta, mille admodum capiuntur, sescenti ferme homines.
65.4. He gave the booty to three hundred Cretans to guard and bring to camp;
65.4. praedam custodiendam ducendamque in castra trecentis Cretensium dedit;
65.5. he himself, recalling from the slaughter far and wide the cavalry and the rest of the infantry led them against the nearest guard detachment, thinking that with no great struggle it could be crushed.
65.5. ipse revocato ab effusa caede equite et reliquis peditum ducit ad proximum praesidium, ratus haud magno certamine opprimi posse.
65.6. Lucius Pompeius, military tribune, was in command; he withdrew the soldiers, who were dismayed by the sudden arrival of the enemy, to a nearby hill, intending to defend himself by the strength of the position since he was no match in numbers and power.
65.6. L. Pompeius tribunus militum praeerat, qui perculsos milites repentino hostium adventu in propinquum tumulum recepit, loci se praesidio, quia numero et viribus impar erat, defensurus.
65.7. There when he had gathered his soldiers in a circle, so that with their close-packed shields they could protect themselves from the blows of arrows and javelins, Perseus, with his men-at-arms surrounding the hill, ordered some to try the ascent from all sides and join battle at close quarters, others to hurl weapons from a distance.
65.7. ibi cum in orbem milites coegisset, ut densatis scutis ab ictu sagittarum et iaculorum sese tuerentur, Perseus circumdato armatis tumulo alios ascensum undique temptare iubet et comminus proelium conserere, alios eminus tela ingerere.
65.8. A terrific threat surrounded the Romans, for when massed they could not thrust back those who were struggling up the hill, and whenever they broke ranks by charging forward, they were exposed to javelins and arrows. They suffered particularly from the dart-slings.
65.8. ingens Romanos terror circumstabat; nam neque conferti … propter eos, qui in tumulum conitebantur, poterant et, ubi ordines procursando solvissent, patebant iaculis sagittisque.
65.9. This was a new kind of weapon, invented in that war. A sharp iron two spans long was set in a wooden shaft of half a cubit, a finger in thickness;
65.9. maxime cestrosphendonis vulnerabantur. hoc illo bello novum genus teli inventum est. bipalme spiculum hastili semicubitali infixum erat crassitudine digiti;
65.10. around this latter three short fir-wood “feathers,” like those usual on arrows, were attached; the sling had in the middle two unequal thongs; when the slinger swung and spun it by the strap with an extra effort, the missile, shaken loose, shot out like a ball.
65.10. huic abiegnae breves pinnae tres, velut sagittis solent, circumdabantur; funda media duo scutalia inparia habebat. cum maiore nisu libratum funditor habena rotaret, excussum velut glans emicabat.
65.11. When with this and with every other sort of weapon part of the soldiers had been wounded and it was no longer easy for the weary men to hold up their weapons, the king urged them to surrender, gave them his guaranty, at times offered rewards. But no one's mind could be bent to surrender, when in unhopedfor fashion hope dawned upon men who had already determined to die.
65.11. cum et hoc et alio omni genere telorum pars vulnerata militum esset nec facile iam arma fessi sustinerent, instare rex, ut dederent se, fidem dare, praemia interdum polliceri; nec cuiusquam ad deditionem flectebatur animus, cum ex insperato iam obstinatis mori spes adfulsit.
65.12. For when a few of the foragers, taking refuge in the camp, reported to the consul that the guard was surrounded, he, moved by the danger of so large a number of citizens —for there were about eight hundred, and all Romans —with the cavalry and light troops (there were added the new auxiliaries, the Numidian infantry, cavalry and elephants) marched out of camp and instructed the military tribunes that the legionary units were to follow. He himself, adding the light infantry of the legions to strengthen the light-armed auxiliaries, marched ahead to the hill.
65.12. nam cum ex frumentatoribus refugientes quidam in castra nuntiassent consuli circumsideri praesidium, motus periculo tot civium—nam octingenti ferme, et omnes Romani erant—cum equitatu ac levi armatura—accesserant nova auxilia, Numidiae pedites equitesque et elephanti—castris egreditur et tribunis militum imperat, ut legionum signa sequantur.
65.13. Eumenes, Attalus, and Misagenes, the prince of the Numidians, covered the consul's flanks. When the first standards of their fellows came in sight of the beleaguered, the spirits of the Romans indeed were revived from the depths of despair.
65.13. ipse velitibus ad firmanda levium armorum auxilia adiectis ad tumulum praecedit. consulis latera tegunt Eumenes, Attalus et Misagenes, regulus Numidarum. cum in conspectu prima signa suorum circumsessis fuerunt, Romanis quidem ab ultuma desperatione desparatione recreatus est animus;
66.2. Perseus, whose best course of all would have been to be satisfied with his chance success in capturing and killing a certain number of foragers, and not to waste time besieging the guard, or, as second best, after trying the latter enterprise too in some fashion, when he became aware that he had no strength on his side, to depart unscathed while he might —Perseus, puffed up by success, both awaited the approach of the enemy himself and sent men hastily to summon the phalanx;
66.2. Perseus, cui primum omnium fuerat, ut contentus fortuito successu, captis aliquot frumentatoribus occisisque, non tereret tempus in obsidione praesidii, secundum, ea quoque temptata utcumque, cum sciret nihil roboris secum esse, dum liceret intacto abire, et ipse hostium adventum elatus successu mansit et qui phalangem arcesserent propere misit;
66.4. this being brought up later than circumstances required and in haste, would have come in confusion from its forced march against men in formation and ready. The consul, arriving first, immediately joined battle.
66.4. quae et serius, quam res postulabat, et, raptim acta, turbata cursu adversus instructos et praeparatos erat adventura. consul anteveniens extemplo proelium conseruit.
66.5. At first the Macedonians stood fast; then, as they were in no respect equally matched, with a loss of three hundred infantry and twenty-four of their finest cavalrymen from the squadron which they call sacred, among whom also fell Antimachus the squadron commander, they attempted to retreat. However, the march was almost more of a hurly-burly than the battle itself.
66.5. primo resistere Macedones, deinde, ut nulla re pares erant, amissis trecentis peditibus, viginti quattuor primoribus equitum ex ala, quam sacram vocant, inter quos Antimachus etiam praefectus alae cecidit, abire conantur.
66.6. While the phalanx, summoned by an alarmed messenger, was being hastily led up, first meeting the column of prisoners and the wagons laden with grain in some narrows, it was stuck.
66.6. ceterum iter prope ipso proelio tumultuosius fuit. phalanx, abs trepido nuntio accita, cum raptim duceretur, primo in angustiis captivorum agmini oblata vehiculisque frumento onustis haesit.
66.7. Thereupon there was great turmoil on both sides, with no one waiting till somehow or other the column should be disentangled, but with the men-at-arms hurling the obstructing wagons down the steep slope —for the road could not otherwise be cleared —and the draft-animals, as they were goaded, lashing out at the crowd.
66.7. ingens ibi vexatio partis utriusque fuit nullo expectante, dum utcumque explicaretur agmen, sed armatis deicientibus per praeceps inpedimenta—neque enim aliter via aperiri poterat—,iumentis, cum stimularentur, in turba saevientibus.
66.8. Hardly had they freed themselves from the disorganized column of prisoners when they ran into the king's column and the routed cavalry. Then indeed the shouting of those ordering a retreat also produced an alarm almost like a complete disaster, so that if the enemy, daring to enter the narrows, had pursued farther, a great loss might have been incurred.
66.8. vix ab incondito agmine captivo rum expedierant sese, cum regio agmini perculsisque equitibus occurrunt. ibi vero clamor iubentium referre signa ruinae [quoque] prope similem trepidationem fecit, ut, si hostes intrare angustias ausi longius insecuti essent, magna clades accipi potuerit.
66.9. The consul, having picked up the guard from the hill and being satisfied with a moderate success, led his troops back to camp. There are those who declare that a great battle was fought on that day, that eight thousand of the enemy were killed, among them Sopater and Antipater, officers of the king, that there were taken alive about two thousand and eight hundred, and that twenty-seven military standards were taken.
66.9. consul recepto ex tumulo praesidio, contentus modico successu, in castra copias reduxit. sunt, qui eo die magno proelio pugnatum auctores sint: octo milia hostium caesa, in his Sopatrum et Antipatrum regios duces, vivos captos circiter duo milia octingentos, signa militaria capta viginti septem.
66.10. Nor was the victory bloodless, they say; more than four thousand and three hundred of the consul's army fell, and five standards of the left squadron were lost.
66.10. nec incruentam victoriam fuisse: supra quattuor milia et trecentos de exercitu consulis cecidisse, signa sinistrae alae quinque amissa.
67.1. This day both revived the spirits of the Romans and dismayed Perseus, so that after a few days' delay at Mopselus, more especially to attend to the burial of the soldiers who had been lost, having left a sufficiently strong garrison at Gonnus he retreated to Macedonia.
67.1. hic dies et Romanis refecit animos et Persea perculit, ut dies paucos ad Mopselum moratus sepulturae maxume militum amissorum cura, praesidio satis valido ad Gonnum relicto in Macedoniam reciperet copias.
67.2. A certain Timotheus, one of the royal governors, he left with a small force at Phila, with orders to make overtures from near-by to the people of Magnesia.
67.2. Timotheum quendam ex regiis praefectis cum modica manu relinquit ad Philam, iussum Magnetas ex propinquo temptare.
67.3. When the king arrived at Pella, he sent his army into winter quarters and himself left with Cotys for Thessalonica.
67.3. cum Pellam venisset, exercitu in hiberna dimisso ipse cum Cotye Thessalonicam est profectus.
67.4. There a report arrived that Autlesbis, a chieftain of the Thracians, and Corragus, Eumenes' governor, had made an attack on the territory of Cotys and had captured the district called Marenê.
67.4. eo fama adfertur Autlebim, regulum Thracum, et Corragum, Eumenis praefectum, in Cotyis fines impetum fecisse et regionem Marenem quam vocant cepisse.
67.5. Therefore Perseus thought best to send Cotys back to protect his own, and marked his departure by great gifts. He paid two hundred talents, a half-year's pay, to the cavalry, although he had planned at first to give a full year's amount.
67.5. itaque dimittendum Cotyn ad sua tuenda ratus magnis proficiscentem donis prosequitur. ducenta talenta, semestre stipendium, equitatui numerat, cum primo annuum dare constituisset.
67.6. After the consul heard that Perseus had set out, he moved camp to Gonnus, in case he might be able to take the town. Placed in the entrance to Tempê itself, the town offers a very securely closed door to Macedonia and a sally-port to Thessaly favourable to the Macedonians.
67.6. consul postquam profectum Persea audivit, ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset. ante ipsa Tempe in faucibus situm Macedoniae claustra tutissima praebet et in Thessaliam opportunum Macedonibus decursum.
67.7. Since both because of its situation and its strong garrison the city was impregnable, the consul abandoned the undertaking. Having turned aside to Perrhaebia, after capturing Malloea at the first assault and sacking it, and recovering the Tripolis and the rest of Perrhaebia, he returned to Larisa.
67.7. cum et loco et praesidio valido inexpugnabilis arx esset, abstitit incepto. in Perrhaebiam flexis itineribus Malloea primo impetu capta ac direpta, Tripoli aliaque Perrhaebia recepta Larisam rediit.
67.8. Thence having sent Eumenes and Attalus home, he assigned winter quarters in the nearest Thessalian cities to Misagenes and the Numidians, and scattered a portion of his army throughout all Thessaly in such a way that all had comfortable winter quarters and formed a protection for the cities.
67.8. inde Eumene atque Attalo domum remissis Misageni Numidisque hiberna in proxumis Thessalis urbibus distribuit et partem exercitus ita per totam Thessaliam divisit, ut et hiberna commoda omnes haberent et praesidio urbibus essent.
67.9. His staff-officer Quintus Mucius he sent with two thousand to hold Ambracia. All the allies from the Greek states except the Achaeans he dismissed. With a part of his army he set out into Phthiotic Achaea, razed to the ground Pteleum, which had been abandoned by the flight of its inhabitants, and received Antronae by voluntary surrender of the inhabitants.
67.9. Q. Mucium legatum cum duobus milibus ad optinendam Ambraciam misit, Graecarum civitatium socios omnes praeter Achaeos dimisit consul. cum exercitus parte profectus in Achaiam Phthiotim, Pteleum desertum fuga oppidanorum diruit a fundamentis, Antronas voluntate incolentium recepit.
67.10. Then he brought his army up to Larisa. The city was abandoned; the whole population had taken refuge in the citadel; the consul advanced to attack this.
67.10. ad Larisam deinde exercitum admovit. urbs deserta erat; in arcem omnis multitudo concesserat; eam oppugnare adgreditur.
67.11. First of all the Macedonians, the king's garrison, departed in fear; deserted by these, the townsfolk immediately capitulated. Then as the consul debated whether he should first attack Demetrias or take a look at the situation in Boeotia, the Thebans, harassed by the people of Coronea, called him to Boeotia.
67.11. primi omnium Macedones, regium praesidium, metu excesserant; a quibus relicti oppidani in deditionem extemplo veniunt. dubitare inde, utrum Demetrias prius adgredienda foret an in Boeotia aspiciendae res.
67.12. In answer to their entreaties, since for winter quarters the district was more suitable than Magnesia, he marched into Boeotia.
67.12. Thebani vexantibus eos Coronaeis in Boeotiam arcessebant. et ad horum preces et quia hibernis aptior regio quam Magnesia erat, in Boeotiam duxit.