§31.27.1consul Sulpicius eo tempore inter Apolloniam ac Dyrrachium ad Apsum flumen habebat castra, quo arcessitum L. Apustium legatum cum parte copiarum ad depopulandos hostium fines mittit.
The consul Sulpicius at that time had his camp at the river Apsus between Apollonia and Dyrrachium, whither he sent the lieutenant Lucius Apustius, whom he had summoned, with part of his forces to ravage the enemy's territory.
§31.27.2Apustius, extrema Macedoniae populatus, Corrhago et Gerrunio et Orgesso castellis primo impetu captis ad Antipatream, in faucibus angustis sitam urbem, venit.
Apustius, having ravaged the borderlands of Macedonia, captured the fortresses of Corrhagus, Gerrunium, and Orgessus at the first assault, and came to Antipatrea, a city situated in a narrow pass.
§31.27.3ac primo evocatos principes ad colloquium, ut fidei Romanorum se committerent, perlicere est conatus; deinde, ubi magnitudine ac moenibus situque urbis freti dicta aspernabantur, §31.27.4vi atque armis adortus expugnavit puberibusque interfectis, praeda omni militibus concessa diruit muros atque urbem incendit.
And at first he tried to persuade the leading men, whom he had summoned to a conference, to entrust themselves to the good faith of the Romans; then, when they, relying on the size, the walls, and the situation of the city, rejected his words, he attacked and captured it by force of arms, and having slain the adult males and granted all the plunder to the soldiers, he demolished the walls and burned the city.
§31.27.5hic metus Codrione, satis validum et munitum oppidum, §31.27.6sine certamine ut dederetur Romanis, effecit.
This terror caused Codrion, a fairly strong and fortified town, to be surrendered to the Romans without a contest.
praesidio ibi relicto Cnidus — nomen propter alteram in Asia urbem quam oppidum notius — vi capitur.
Having left a garrison there, Cnidus—a name more famous because of another city in Asia than this town—was taken by force.
revertentem legatum ad consulem cum satis magna praeda Athenagoras quidam, regius praefectus, in transitu fluminis a novissimo agmine adortus postremos turbavit.
As the lieutenant was returning to the consul with a fairly large amount of booty, a certain Athenagoras, a royal prefect, attacked the rear guard during the crossing of a river and threw the hindmost troops into confusion.
§31.27.7ad quorum clamorem et trepidationem cum revectus equo propere legatus signa convertisset et coniectis in medium sarcinis aciem derexisset, non tulere impetum Romanorum militum regii.
When the lieutenant, riding back quickly at their clamor and panic, had turned the standards, and having thrown the baggage into the center, had formed a battle line, the king's troops did not withstand the charge of the Roman soldiers.
multi ex iis occisi, plures capti.
Many of them were killed, and more were captured.
§31.27.8legatus incolumi exercitu reducto ad consulem remittitur inde extemplo ad classem.
The lieutenant, having brought back his army safe and sound to the consul, was immediately sent back from there to the fleet.