§31.42.1Philippus iam suis vallo appropinquantibus receptui cani iussit; fatigatos enim equos virosque non tam proelio quam itineris simul longitudine, simul praepropera celeritate habebat.
Philip, as his men were already approaching the rampart, ordered the signal for retreat to be sounded; for he had both horses and men exhausted, not so much by battle as by the length of the march and, at the same time, by its excessive speed.
§31.42.2itaque turmatim equites, in vicem manipulos levis armaturae aquatum ire et prandere iubet, §31.42.3alios in statione armatos retinet, opperiens agmen peditum tardius ductum propter gravitatem armorum.
Therefore he ordered the cavalry by squadrons, and the maniples of light infantry in turn, to go to fetch water and to dine, while he kept others armed on guard, waiting for the column of infantry which was led more slowly because of the weight of their arms.
§31.42.4quod ubi advenit, et ipsis imperatum, ut statutis signis armisque ante se positis raptim cibum caperent binis ternisve summum ex manipulis aquandi causa missis; interim eques cum levi armatura paratus instructusque stetit, si quid hostis moveret.
When this arrived, they too were ordered to set up their standards and place their arms before them, and quickly take food, sending at most two or three from each maniple to fetch water; meanwhile, the cavalry with the light infantry stood ready and drawn up in case the enemy should make any move.
§31.42.5Aetoli — iam enim et quae per agros sparsa multitudo fuerat receperat se in castra — ut defensuri munimenta circa portas vallumque armatos disponunt, dum quietos hostes ipsi feroces ex tuto spectabant.
The Aetolians—for by now the multitude that had been scattered through the fields had also retreated into the camp—disposed their armed men around the gates and the rampart as if to defend the fortifications, while they themselves, fierce from a safe place, watched the quiet enemy.
§31.42.6postquam mota signa Macedonum sunt et succedere ad vallum parati atque instructi coepere, repente omnes relictis stationibus per aversam partem castrorum ad tumulum ad castra Athamanum perfugiunt.
After the standards of the Macedonians were moved and they, ready and drawn up, began to advance to the rampart, suddenly all of them left their posts and fled through the rear part of the camp to the hill, to the camp of the Athamanes.
multi in hac quoque tam trepida fuga capti caesique sunt Aetolorum.
Many of the Aetolians were captured and slain in this flight, which was also so panic-stricken.
§31.42.7Philippus, si satis diei superesset, non dubius, quin Athamanes quoque exui castris potuissent, die per proelium, deinde per direptionem castrorum absumpto sub tumulo in proxima planitie consedit prima luce insequentis diei hostem adgressurus.
Philip, not doubting that if enough of the day had remained, the Athamanes also could have been driven from their camp, but the day having been spent in battle and then in the plundering of the camp, encamped under the hill in the nearest plain, intending to attack the enemy at the first light of the following day.
§31.42.8sed Aetoli eodem pavore, quo sua castra reliquerant, nocte proxima dispersi fugerunt.
But the Aetolians, with the same panic with which they had left their own camp, fled, dispersed during the next night.
maximo usui fuit Amynander, quo duce Athamanes itinerum periti summis montibus per calles ignotas sequentibus eos hostibus in Aetoliam perduxerunt.
Amynander was of the greatest use, under whose leadership the Athamanes, skilled in the routes, led them through unknown paths along the highest mountains into Aetolia while the enemy pursued them.
§31.42.9non ita multos in dispersa fuga error intulit in Macedonum equites, quos prima luce Philippus, ut desertum tumulum videt, ad carpendum hostium agmen misit.
In their scattered flight, a mistake brought not so many into the hands of the Macedonian cavalry, whom Philip, as soon as he saw the hill deserted at dawn, had sent to harass the enemy's column.