§3.88.1Ἀννίβας δὲ κατὰ βραχὺ μεταθεὶς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἐνδιέτριβε τῇ παρὰ τὸν Ἀδρίαν χώρᾳ καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἵππους ἐκλούων τοῖς παλαιοῖς οἴνοις διὰ τὸ πλῆθος ἐξεθεράπευσε τὴν καχεξίαν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν ψώραν,
Hannibal, on his part, shifting his camp by short stages, remained in the country along the Adriatic; and by washing his horses with old wine, owing to its great abundance, he cured them of their ill-health and mange.
§3.88.2παραπλησίως δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τοὺς μὲν τραυματίας ἐξυγίασε, τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς εὐέκτας παρεσκεύασε καὶ προθύμους εἰς τὰς ἐπιφερομένας χρείας.
In like manner, among his men, he restored the wounded to health and made the rest vigorous and eager for the services that lay before them.
§3.88.3διελθὼν δὲ καὶ καταφθείρας τήν τε Πραιτεττιανὴν καὶ τὴν Ἀδριανὴν ἔτι δὲ τὴν Μαρρουκίνην καὶ Φρεντανὴν χώραν ὥρμησε ποιούμενος τὴν πορείαν εἰς τὴν Ἰαπυγίαν.
Having passed through and devastated the territories of Praetuttia and Hadriana, and further those of Marrucina and Frentana, he set out, making his march towards Japygia.
§3.88.4ἧς διῃρημένης εἰς τρεῖς ὀνομασίας, καὶ τῶν μὲν προσαγορευομένων Δαυνίων, τῶν δὲ Πευκετίων, τῶν δὲ Μεσσαπίων, εἰς πρώτην ἐνέβαλε τὴν Δαυνίαν.
This country is divided into three districts, called respectively those of the Daunii, the Peucetii, and the Messapii, and he invaded the first of these, Daunia.
§3.88.5ἀρξάμενος δὲ ταύτης ἀπὸ Λουκαρίας, οὔσης ἀποικίας Ῥωμαίων, ἐπόρθει τὴν χώραν.
Beginning from Luceria, which was a Roman colony, he plundered the country.
§3.88.6μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καταστρατοπεδεύσας περὶ τὸ καλούμενον Οἰβώνιον ἐπέτρεχε τὴν Ἀργυριππανὴν καὶ πᾶσαν ἀδεῶς ἐλεηλάτει τὴν Δαυνίαν.
After this, having encamped near the place called Vibonium, he overran the territory of Argyrippa and plundered the whole of Daunia without fear.
§3.88.7ἐν ᾧ καιρῷ καὶ Φάβιος μετὰ τὴν κατάστασιν θύσας τοῖς θεοῖς ἐξώρμησε μετὰ τοῦ συνάρχοντος καὶ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ καιροῦ καταγραφέντων τεττάρων στρατοπέδων.
At this time, Fabius also, after his appointment, having sacrificed to the gods, set out with his colleague and the four legions that had been enrolled for the occasion.
§3.88.8συμμίξας δὲ ταῖς ἀπʼ Ἀριμίνου βοηθούσαις δυνάμεσι περὶ τὴν Ναρνίαν, Γνάιον μὲν τὸν ὑπάρχοντα στρατηγὸν ἀπολύσας τῆς κατὰ γῆν στρατείας ἐξαπέστειλε μετὰ παραπομπῆς εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην, ἐντειλάμενος, ἐάν τι κατὰ θάλατταν κινῶνται Καρχηδόνιοι, βοηθεῖν ἀεὶ τοῖς ὑποπίπτουσι καιροῖς,
Having joined the forces coming to assist from Ariminum near Narnia, he relieved Gnaeus, the existing consul, of his command on land and sent him with an escort to Rome, with orders that if the Carthaginians made any movement by sea, he should always assist as occasion demanded.
§3.88.9αὐτὸς δὲ μετὰ τοῦ συνάρχοντος παραλαβὼν τὰς δυνάμεις ἀντεστρατοπέδευσε τοῖς Καρχηδονίοις περὶ τὰς Αἴκας καλουμένας, ἀπέχων τῶν πολεμίων περὶ πεντήκοντα στα
He himself, having taken over the forces with his colleague, encamped opposite the Carthaginians near the place called Aecae, at a distance of about fifty sta