§4.66.1ἔτι δὲ περὶ ταῦτα γινομένου τοῦ βασιλέως, παρῆν ἐκ Μακεδονίας ἄγγελος διασαφῶν ὅτι συμβαίνει τοὺς Δαρδανεῖς, ὑπονενοηκότας τὴν εἰς Πελοπόννησον αὐτοῦ στρατείαν, ἁθροίζειν δυνάμεις καὶ παρασκευὴν ποιεῖσθαι μεγάλην, κεκρικότας ἐμβαλεῖν εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν.
While the king was still occupied with these matters, a messenger arrived from Macedonia, reporting that the Dardanians, having suspected his expedition into the Peloponnese, were gathering forces and making great preparations, having decided to invade Macedonia.
§4.66.2ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα καὶ νομίσας ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι βοηθεῖν κατὰ τάχος τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ, τοὺς μὲν παρὰ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν πρέσβεις ἀπέστειλε, δοὺς ἀπόκρισιν ὅτι τοῖς προσηγγελμένοις ἐπαρκέσας οὐδὲν προυργιαίτερον ποιήσεται μετὰ ταῦτα τοῦ βοηθεῖν σφίσι κατὰ δύναμιν,
On hearing this, and thinking it necessary to bring help to Macedonia with speed, he dismissed the envoys from the Achaeans, giving them the answer that, after having dealt with the reported situation, he would consider nothing more urgent thereafter than to help them according to his power.
§4.66.3αὐτὸς δʼ ἀναζεύξας μετὰ σπουδῆς ἐποιεῖτο τὴν ἐπάνοδον, ᾗπερ καὶ τὴν παρουσίαν ἐπεποίητο.
He himself, breaking up his camp in haste, made his return journey by the very same route by which he had come.
§4.66.4μέλλοντος δʼ αὐτοῦ διαβαίνειν τὸν Ἀμβρακικὸν κόλπον ἐξ Ἀκαρνανίας εἰς Ἤπειρον, παρῆν ἐφʼ ἑνὸς λέμβου Δημήτριος ὁ Φάριος, ἐκπεπτωκὼς ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐκ τῆς Ἰλλυρίδος· ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐν τοῖς πρὸ τούτων ἡμῖν δεδήλωται.
As he was about to cross the Ambracian Gulf from Acarnania to Epirus, Demetrius of Pharos arrived in a single light vessel, having been expelled from Illyria by the Romans; concerning which events we have spoken in the preceding part.
§4.66.5τοῦτον μὲν οὖν Φίλιππος ἀποδεξάμενος φιλανθρώπως ἐκέλευσε πλεῖν ὡς ἐπὶ Κόρινθον κἀκεῖθεν ἥκειν διὰ Θετταλίας εἰς Μακεδονίαν· αὐτὸς δὲ διαβὰς εἰς τὴν Ἤπειρον προῆγε κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν.
Philip, having received him kindly, ordered him to sail toward Corinth and from there to come through Thessaly to Macedonia; he himself, crossing into Epirus, continued to advance steadily forward.
§4.66.6παραγενομένου δʼ αὐτοῦ τῆς Μακεδονίας εἰς Πέλλαν, ἀκούσαντες οἱ Δαρδάνιοι παρὰ Θρᾳκῶν τινων αὐτομόλων τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ Φιλίππου, καταπλαγέντες παραχρῆμα διέλυσαν τὴν στρατείαν, καίπερ ἤδη σύνεγγυς ὄντες τῆς Μακεδονίας.
When he arrived at Pella in Macedonia, the Dardanians, hearing of Philip's arrival from some Thracian deserters, were struck with terror and immediately disbanded their army, although they were already near Macedonia.
§4.66.7Φίλιππος δὲ πυθόμενος τὴν τῶν Δαρδανέων μετάνοιαν, τοὺς μὲν Μακεδόνας διαφῆκε πάντας ἐπὶ τὴν τῆς ὀπώρας συγκομιδήν, αὐτὸς δὲ πορευθεὶς εἰς Θετταλίαν τὸ λοιπὸν μέρος τοῦ θέρους ἐν Λαρίσῃ διῆγε.
Philip, learning of the change of mind of the Dardanians, dismissed all the Macedonians to gather in their harvest, while he himself went to Thessaly and spent the remainder of the summer in Larissa.
§4.66.8κατὰ δὲ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον Αἰμίλιος ἐκ τῆς Ἰλλυρίδος εἰσῆγε λαμπρῶς εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην τὸν θρίαμβον, Ἀννίβας δὲ Ζάκανθαν ᾑρηκὼς κατὰ κράτος διέλυσε τὰς δυνάμεις εἰς παραχειμασίαν· §4.66.9Ῥωμαῖοι δέ, προσπεσούσης αὐτοῖς τῆς Ζακανθαίων ἁλώσεως, πρεσβευτὰς ἔπεμπον ἐξαιτήσοντας Ἀννίβαν παρὰ Καρχηδονίων, ἅμα δὲ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον παρεσκευάζοντο, καταστήσαντες ὑπάτους Πόπλιον Κορνήλιον καὶ Τεβέριον Σεμπρώνιον.
At this same time, Aemilius was celebrating a brilliant triumph in Rome after his return from Illyria, and Hannibal, having taken Zacantha by force, had dismissed his forces into winter quarters; and the Romans, when the news of the capture of Zacantha reached them, sent envoys to demand the surrender of Hannibal from the Carthaginians, and at the same time prepared for war, having appointed Publius Cornelius and Tiberius Sempronius as consuls.
§4.66.10ὑπὲρ ὧν ἡμεῖς τὰ μὲν κατὰ μέρος ἐν τῇ προτέρᾳ βύβλῳ δεδηλώκαμεν· νῦν δʼ ἀναμνήσεως χάριν αὐτὰ προηνεγκάμεθα κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐπαγγελίαν, ἵνα γινώσκηται τὰ κατάλληλα τῶν πραγμάτων.
Concerning these matters, we have indeed declared them in detail in the preceding book; but now, for the sake of recollection, we have brought them forward in accordance with our original promise, so that the chronological connection of events may be understood.
§4.66.11καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἔτος ἔληγε τῆς ὑποκειμένης
And the first year was ending of the subject-matter