§522καὶ οἱ μὲν Σκιπίωνες ἔτι ἦσαν ἐν παρασκευῇ, Λίουιος δʼ ὁ φύλαξ τῆς Ἰταλίας, ἐπὶ τὴν ναυαρχίαν αἱρεθεὶς Ἀτιλίῳ διάδοχος, αὐτίκα ταῖς τε ἰδίαις ναυσίν, αἷς τὴν Ἰταλίαν περιέπλει, καὶ παρὰ Καρχηδονίων αὐτῷ τισὶ δοθείσαις καὶ συμμαχίσιν ἄλλαις ἐς Πειραιᾶ κατήχθη, καὶ τὸν ὑπʼ Ἀτιλίῳ στόλον παραλαβὼν ἔπλει καταφράκτοις ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ μιᾷ, ἑπομένου καὶ Εὐμένους πεντήκοντα ἰδίαις· καὶ ἦν κατάφρακτον καὶ τῶνδε τὸ ἥμισυ.
And while the Scipios were still in preparation, Livius, the guardian of Italy, having been chosen as admiral to succeed Atilius, immediately with his own ships, with which he was sailing around Italy, and some given to him by the Carthaginians, and other allied ones, put into Piraeus, and taking over the fleet under Atilius, sailed with eighty-one decked ships, with Eumenes also following with fifty of his own, of which also half were decked.
ἔς τε Φώκαιαν ὑπήκοον μὲν Ἀντιόχου, ὑπὸ δʼ ἐκπλήξεως αὐτοὺς δελομένην κατήγοντο, καὶ τῆς ἐπιούσης ἐς ναυμαχίαν ἀνέπλεον.
And they put into Phocaea, which was subject to Antiochus, but received them out of panic, and on the following day they sailed out for battle.
ἀντανήγετο δʼ αὐτοῖς ὁ ναύαρχος ὁ Ἀντιόχου Πολυξενίδας διακοσίαις ναυσί, κουφοτέραις τῶν πολεμίων παρὰ πολύ· ᾧ δὴ καὶ μάλιστα προύλαβε τοῦ πελάγους ἔτι Ῥωμαίων ἀναπειρωμένων.
And Polyxenidas, the admiral of Antiochus, sailed out against them with two hundred ships, which were much lighter than those of the enemy; by which indeed he especially anticipated them in gaining the open sea, while the Romans were still training.
καὶ δύο τῶν Καρχηδονίων ναῦς ἰδὼν προπλεούσας, τρεὶς τῶν ἰδίων ἐπιπέμψας εἷλε τὰς δύο κενάς, ἐξαλομένων τῶν Λιβύων ἐς τὸ πέλαγος.
And seeing two Carthaginian ships sailing ahead, he sent three of his own and captured the two empty, the Libyans having jumped out into the sea.
Λίουιος δʼ ἐπὶ τὰς τρεῖς ἐφέρετο πρῶτος ὑπʼ ὀργῆς τῇ στρατηγίδι νηί, πολὺ προύχων τοῦ στόλου.
But Livius, out of anger, rushed first against the three with his flagship, far ahead of the fleet.
αἱ δʼ, ὡς μιᾷ, σὺν καταφρονήσει χεῖράς τε σιδηρᾶς ἐπέβαλον, καὶ συνεστηκότων τῶν σκαφῶν ὁ ἀγὼν ἦν ὥσπερ ἐν γῇ.
And they, as against a single ship, with contempt threw iron grappling irons on her, and with the vessels locked together, the fight was just like on land.
πολὺ δὲ κρείσσους ὄντες οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ταῖς εὐτολμίαις, ἐπιβάντες ἐς τὰς ἀλλοτρίας ἐκράτουν, καὶ μιᾷ νηὶ δύο ὁμοῦ φέροντες ἐπανῄεσαν. καὶ τόδε μὲν τῆς ναυμαχίας προαγώνισμα ἦν·
And the Romans, being much superior in courage, boarded the enemy's ships and mastered them, and returned bringing two ships together with their single one.
ἐπεὶ δὲ οἱ στόλοι συνέπεσον ἀλλήλοις, ἰσχύι μὲν καὶ προθυμίᾳ τὰ Ῥωμαίων ἐπεκράτει, διὰ δὲ βαρύτητα τῶν σκαφῶν τοὺς ἐχθροὺς οὐκ ἐδύναντο καταλαμβάνειν κούφαις ναυσὶν ὑποφεύγοντας, ἕως οἳ μὲν ἐς τὴν Ἔφεσον ὀξέως κατέφυγον, οἳ δʼ ἐς Χίον ἀπῇραν, ἔνθα αὐτοῖς Ῥοδίων νῆες συμμαχίδες ἦλθον ἑπτὰ καὶ εἴκοσιν.
And this was the prelude to the sea battle; but when the fleets clashed with each other, the Roman side prevailed in strength and eagerness, but owing to the heaviness of their vessels they could not catch the enemy who were fleeing in light ships, until the latter fled swiftly to Ephesus, while the former withdrew to Chios, where twenty-seven allied ships of the Rhodians joined them.
Ἀντίοχος δὲ περὶ τῆσδε τῆς ναυμαχίας πυθόμενος, Ἀννίβαν ἔστελλεν ἐπὶ Συρίας ἐς νεῶν ἄλλων ἐκ τε Φοινίκης καὶ Κιλικίας παρασκευήν.
Antiochus, hearing about this sea battle, sent Hannibal to Syria for the preparation of other ships from Phoenicia and Cilicia.
καὶ τόνδε μὲν ἐπανιόντα Ῥόδιοι κατέκλεισαν ἐς Παμφυλίαν, καί τινας αὐτοῦ τῶν νεῶν εἷλον, καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς ἐφεδρεύοντες ἐφύλασσον·
And as he was returning, the Rhodians blockaded him in Pamphylia, captured some of his ships, and watched the rest, keeping them under blockade.
§523Πόπλιος δὲ Σκιπίων ἀφικόμενος ἐς Αἰτωλίαν μετὰ τοῦ ὑπάτου, καὶ τὸν Μανίου στρατὸν παραλαβών, τὰς μὲν ἐν Αἰτωλίᾳ πολιορκίας ὑπερεῖδεν ὡς μικρὸν ἔργον, καὶ τοῖς Αἰτωλοῖς δεομένοις ἐπέτρεψεν αὖθις ἐς Ῥώμην πρεσβεῦσαι περὶ σφῶν, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν Ἀντίοχον ἠπείγετο πρὶν ἐκβῆναι τῷ ἀδελφῷ τὴν στρατηγίαν.
And Publius Scipio, having arrived in Aetolia with the consul, and taking over the army of Manius, overlooked the sieges in Aetolia as a small business, and permitted the Aetolians, who petitioned him, to send embassies again to Rome concerning themselves, and hastened against Antiochus before his brother's command should expire.
διὰ δὲ Μακεδόνων ὥδευε καὶ Θρᾳκῶν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον, δυσχερῆ καὶ χαλεπὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῷ γενομένην ἄν, εἰ μὴ Φίλιππος ὁ Μακεδὼν ὡδοποίει καὶ ὑπεδέχετο καὶ παρέπεμπεν ἐζευγμένοις τε ποταμοῖς ἐκ πολλοῦ καὶ ἀγοραῖς ἑτοίμοις· ἐφʼ οἷς αὐτὸν οἱ Σκιπίωνες αὐτίκα τῶν ὑπολοίπων χρημάτων ἀπέλυσαν, ἐπιτετραμμένοι τοῦθʼ ὑπὸ τῆς βουλῆς, εἰ πρόθυμον εὕροιεν.
And he marched through Macedonia and Thrace to the Hellespont, a journey which would have been difficult and troublesome for him, had not Philip the Macedonian built roads, received him, and escorted him, with rivers bridged long before and provisions made ready; for which things the Scipios immediately released him from the remaining money, having been authorized to do this by the senate if they should find him cooperative.
ἐπέστελλον δὲ καὶ ἐς Προυσίαν τὸν Βιθυνῶν βασιλέα, καταλέγοντες ὅσοις βασιλεῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι συμμαχήσασι τὰς ἀρχὰς ἐπηύξησαν· Φίλιππον δέ, φασί, τὸν Μακεδόνα καὶ πολέμῳ κρατήσαντες ἄρχειν ἐῶσι, καὶ τὸν παῖδα αὐτῷ τῆς ὁμηρείας ἀπελύσαμεν, καὶ τὸ ἔτι ὄφλημα τῶν χρημάτων.
And they also wrote to Prusias, the king of the Bithynians, enumerating to how many kings the Romans, by becoming allies, had increased their empires; and they said that Philip the Macedonian, whom they had conquered even in war, they allowed to rule, and they had released his son from hostage-status, and the remaining debt of money.
οἷς ὁ Προυσίας ἡσθεὶς συνέθετο συμμαχήσειν ἐπʼ Ἀντίοχον.
Pleased with these things, Prusias agreed to ally with them against Antiochus.
Λίουιος δʼ ὁ ναύαρχος ἐπεὶ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας τῶν Σκιπιώνων ἐπύθετο, Παυσίμαχον μὲν τὸν Ῥόδιον μετὰ τῶν Ῥοδίων νεῶν ἐν τῇ Αἰολίδι κατέλιπε, καὶ μέρος τι τοῦ ἰδίου στόλου, ταῖς δὲ πλείοσιν ἐς τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ἔπλει τὸν στρατὸν ὑποδεξόμενος.
And Livius the admiral, when he heard of the march of the Scipios, left Pausimachus the Rhodian with the Rhodian ships in Aeolis, along with some part of his own fleet, and with the majority sailed to the Hellespont to receive the army.
καὶ Σηστὸς μὲν αὐτῷ καὶ Ῥοίτειον καὶ ὁ Ἀχαιῶν λιμὴν καί τινα ἄλλα προσέθετο, Ἀβυδον δὲ ἀπειθοῦσαν ἐπολιόρκει.
And Sestos, Rhoeteium, the Harbor of the Achaeans, and some other places surrendered to him, but Abydos, refusing to obey, he besieged.