§27.30.1ob haec Philippo in Graeciam descendenti ad Lamiam urbem Aetoli duce Pyrrhia, qui praetor in eum annum cum absente Attalo creatus erat, occurrerunt.
On account of these things, as Philip was descending into Greece, the Aetolians met him near the city of Lamia, under the leadership of Pyrrhias, who had been elected praetor for that year together with the absent Attalus.
§27.30.2habebant et ab Attalo auxilia secum et mille ferme ex Romana classe a P. Sulpicio missos.
They also had with them auxiliaries from Attalus and about a thousand men sent from the Roman fleet by Publius Sulpicius.
adversus hunc ducem atque has copias Philippus bis prospero eventu pugnavit; mille admodum hostium utraque pugna occidit.
Against this general and these forces, Philip fought twice with successful results; in each battle he killed fully a thousand of the enemy.
§27.30.3inde cum Aetoli metu compulsi Lamiae urbis moenibus tenerent sese, Philippus ad Phalara exercitum reduxit.
Then, since the Aetolians, driven by fear, kept themselves within the walls of the city of Lamia, Philip led his army back to Phalara.
in Maliaco sinu is locus est, quondam frequenter habitatus propter egregium portum tutasque circa stationes et aliam opportunitatem maritumam terrestremque.
This place is in the Malian Gulf, once densely inhabited on account of its excellent harbor, the safe anchorages around it, and other maritime and land advantages.
§27.30.4eo legati ab rege Aegypti Ptolomaeo Rhodiisque et Atheniensibus et Chiis venerunt ad dirimendum inter Philippum atque Aetolos bellum.
There came thither legates from Ptolemy, the king of Egypt, from the Rhodians, the Athenians, and the Chians, to put an end to the war between Philip and the Aetolians.
adhibitus ab Aetolis et ex finitimis pacificator Amynander rex Athamanum.
Amynander, king of the Athamanes, was also invited by the Aetolians from the neighborhood as a mediator.
§27.30.5omnium autem non tanta pro Aetolis cura erat, ferociori quam pro ingeniis Graecorum gente, quam ne Philippus regnumque eius grave libertati futurum rebus Graeciae immisceretur.
However, the concern of all was not so much for the Aetolians, a nation more savage than was typical of the Greek character, as lest Philip and his kingdom, which would be a heavy burden to liberty, should interfere in the affairs of Greece.
de pace dilata consultatio est in concilium Achaeorum, §27.30.6concilioque ei et locus et dies certa indicta; interim triginta dierum indutiae impetratae.
The consideration of peace was postponed to the council of the Achaeans, and both a place and a fixed day were appointed for that council; in the meantime, a truce of thirty days was obtained.
§27.30.7profectus inde rex per Thessaliam Boeotiamque Chalcidem Euboeae venit, ut Attalum, quem classe Euboeam petiturum audierat, portibus et litorum adpulsu arceret.
Having set out from there, the king came through Thessaly and Boeotia to Chalcis in Euboea, in order to bar Attalus, whom he had heard was about to seek Euboea with his fleet, from the harbors and landing-places of the shores.
§27.30.8inde praesidio relicto adversus Attalum, si forte interim traiecisset, profectus ipse cum paucis equitum levisque armaturae Argos venit.
Then, having left a garrison there against Attalus, if perchance he should cross over in the meantime, he himself set out with a few horsemen and light-armed troops and came to Argos.
§27.30.9ibi curatione Heraeorum Nemeorumque suffragiis populi ad eum delata, quia se Macedonum reges ex ea civitate oriundos ferunt, Heraeis peractis ab ipso ludicro extemplo Aegium profectus est ad indictum multo ante sociorum concilium.
There, the management of the Heraean and Nemean games having been conferred upon him by the votes of the people, because the kings of the Macedonians claim that they originate from that city, as soon as the spectacle of the Heraean games had been performed by himself, he set out immediately for Aegium to the council of the allies which had been appointed long before.
§27.30.10ibi de Aetolico finiendo bello actum, ne causa aut Romanis aut Attalo intrandi Graeciam esset.
There, they discussed ending the Aetolian war, so that there would be no cause for either the Romans or Attalus to enter Greece.
§27.30.11sed ea omnia vixdum indutiarum tempore circumacto Aetoli turbavere, postquam et Attalum Aeginam venisse et Romanam classem stare ad Naupactum audivere.
But the Aetolians threw all these things into confusion when the time of the truce had scarcely expired, after they heard both that Attalus had come to Aegina and that the Roman fleet was standing at Naupactus.
§27.30.12vocati enim in concilium Achaeorum in quo et eae legationes erant, quae ad Phalara egerant de pace, primum questi sunt quaedam parva contra fidem conventionis tempore indutiarum facta; §27.30.13postremo negarunt dirimi bellum posse, nisi Messeniis Achaei Pylum redderent, Romanis restitueretur Atintania, Scerdilaedo et Pleurato Ardiaei.
For, being summoned to the council of the Achaeans, in which those embassies also were present which had treated of peace at Phalara, they first complained that some small actions had been committed contrary to the faith of the agreement during the time of the truce; finally, they declared that the war could not be brought to an end unless the Achaeans restored Pylos to the Messenians, Atintania was restored to the Romans, and the Ardiaei to Scerdilaedus and Pleuratus.
§27.30.14enimvero indignum ratus Philippus victos victori sibi ultro condiciones ferre, ne antea quidem se aut de pace audisse aut indutias pepigisse dixit spem ullam habentem quieturos Aetolos, sed ut omnes socios testes haberet se pacis, illos belli causam quaesisse.
Indeed, Philip, thinking it unworthy that the conquered should of their own accord dictate terms to him, the victor, said that not even previously had he either listened to peace talks or concluded a truce with any hope that the Aetolians would remain quiet, but in order to have all the allies as witnesses that he had sought peace, while they had sought a cause for war.
§27.30.15ita infecta pace concilium dimisit quattuor milibus armatorum relictis ad praesidium Achaeorum et quinque longis navibus acceptis, §27.30.16quas si adiecisset missae nuper ad se classi Carthaginiensium et ex Bithynia ab rege Prusia venientibus navibus, statuerat navali proelio lacessere Romanos iam diu in regione ea potentes maris.
Thus, with peace unaccomplished, he dismissed the council, leaving four thousand armed men for the protection of the Achaeans, and receiving five warships, which, if he should add them to the fleet of the Carthaginians recently sent to him and to the ships coming from Bithynia from King Prusias, he had determined to challenge the Romans, who had long been powerful at sea in that region, to a naval battle.
§27.30.17ipse ab eo concilio Argos regressus; iam enim Nemeorum adpetebat tempus, quae celebrari volebat praesentia sua.
He himself returned from that council to Argos; for now the time of the Nemean games was approaching, which he wished to be celebrated by his presence.