§31.45.1Attalus Romanique, cum Piraeum primo ab Hermione petissent, §31.45.2paucos ibi morati dies oneratique aeque immodicis ad honores sociorum, atque in ira adversus hostem fuerant, §31.45.3Atheniensium decretis navigant a Piraeo Andrum.
Attalus and the Romans, having first steered for the Piraeus from Hermione, stayed there a few days and, loaded with the decrees of the Athenians, which were as immoderate in the honors bestowed on their allies as they had been in their wrath against the enemy, sailed from the Piraeus to Andros.
et cum in portu, quem Gaurion vocant, constitissent, §31.45.4missis, qui temptarent oppidanorum animos, si voluntate tradere urbem quam vim experiri mallent, postquam praesidio regio arcem teneri nec se potestatis suae esse respondebant, expositis copiis apparatuque omni urbium oppugnandarum diversis partibus rex et legatus Romanus ad urbem subeunt.
And when they had anchored in the harbor which they call Gaurium, having sent men to sound the minds of the townsfolk, whether they preferred to surrender the city voluntarily rather than to experience force, after they replied that the citadel was held by a royal garrison and that they were not in their own power, the king and the Roman lieutenant, having landed their forces and all the equipment for besieging cities, approached the city from different sides.
§31.45.5plus aliquanto Graecos Romana arma signaque non ante visa animique militum tam prompte succedentium muros terruere; §31.45.6itaque fuga extemplo in arcem facta est, urbe hostes potiti.
The Roman arms and standards, never seen before, and the spirit of the soldiers advancing so promptly under the walls, terrified the Greeks considerably more; therefore, a flight into the citadel was immediately made, and the enemy possessed themselves of the city.
et in arce cum biduum loci se magis quam armorum fiducia tenuissent, tertio die pacti ipsi praesidiumque, ut cum singulis vestimentis Delium Boeotiae transveherentur, urbem arcemque tradiderunt.
And when they had held out in the citadel for two days, trusting more to the strength of the place than to their arms, on the third day, having agreed both themselves and the garrison that they should be transported to Delium in Boeotia with one garment each, they surrendered the city and the citadel.
§31.45.7ea ab Romanis regi Attalo concessa; praedam ornamentaque urbis ipsi avexerunt.
These were granted by the Romans to King Attalus; they themselves carried away the booty and ornaments of the city.
Attalus, ne desertam haberet insulam, et Macedonum fere omnibus et quibusdam Andriorum, ut manerent, persuasit.
Attalus, lest he should have the island deserted, persuaded almost all of the Macedonians and some of the Andrians to remain.
§31.45.8postea et ab Delio, qui ex pacto travecti eo fuerant, promissis regis, cum desiderium quoque patriae facilius ad credendum inclinaret animos, revocati.
Afterward, those also who had been transported to Delium according to the agreement were recalled from there by the promises of the king, since the longing for their country also inclined their minds more easily to believe.
§31.45.9ab Andro Cythnum traiecerunt.
From Andros they crossed to Cythnus.
ibi dies aliquot oppugnanda urbe nequiquam absumpti, et, quia vix operae pretium erat, abscessere.
There some days were spent in vain in besieging the city, and, because it was scarcely worth the effort, they departed.
§31.45.10ad Prasias — continentis Atticae is locus est — Issaeorum viginti lembi classi Romanorum adiuncti sunt.
At Prasiae—this is a place on the mainland of Attica—twenty lembi of the Issaeans joined the fleet of the Romans.
ii missi ad populandos Carystiorum agros; cetera classis Geraestum, nobilem Euboeae portum, dum ab Carysto Issaei redirent, tenuit.
These were sent to ravage the lands of the Carystians; the rest of the fleet held Geraestus, a famous harbor of Euboea, until the Issaeans should return from Carystus.
§31.45.11inde omnes velis in altum datis mari medio praeter Scyrum insulam Icum pervenere.
Thence, all setting sail into the open sea, they reached Icus through the middle of the sea past the island of Scyros.
ibi paucos dies saeviente Borea retenti, ubi prima tranquillitas data est, §31.45.12Sciathum traiecere vastatam urbem direptamque nuper a Philippo.
There they were detained for a few days by a raging north wind; when the first calm was granted, they crossed to Sciathus, a city recently devastated and plundered by Philip.
§31.45.13per agros palati milites frumentum et si qua alia usui esse ad vescendum poterant ad naves rettulere; praedae nec erat quicquam, §31.45.14nec meruerant Graeci, cur diriperentur.
The soldiers, dispersing through the fields, brought back to the ships corn and whatever else could be of use for food; of booty there was none, nor had the Greeks deserved to be plundered.
inde Cassandream petentes primo ad Mendaeum, maritimum civitatis eius vicum, tenuere.
Thence, steering for Cassandrea, they first made Mendaeum, a coastal village of that state.
inde cum superato promunturio ad ipsa moenia urbis circumagere classem vellent, saeva coorta tempestate prope obruti fluctibus, dispersi, magna ex parte amissis armamentis in terram effugerunt.
Thence, when having rounded the promontory they wished to bring the fleet around to the very walls of the city, a fierce storm having arisen, they were almost overwhelmed by the waves, dispersed, and escaped to the land having lost a great part of their rigging.
§31.45.15omen quoque ea maritima tempestas ad rem terra gerendam fuit.
This maritime storm was also an omen for the operations to be conducted on land.
nam conlectis in unum navibus expositisque copiis adgressi urbem, cum multis vulneribus repulsi — et erat validum ibi regium praesidium — irrito incepto regressi ad Canastraeum Pallenes traiecere.
For having gathered the ships into one place and landed the forces, they attacked the city, but being repulsed with many wounds—and there was a strong royal garrison there—they returned with their attempt in vain and crossed to Canastraeum in Pallene.
inde superato Toronae promunturionavigantes Acanthum petiere.
Thence, having rounded the promontory of Torone, they steered for Acanthus.
§31.45.16ibi primo ager vastatus, deinde ipsa urbs vi capta ac direpta.
There first the land was ravaged, then the city itself was taken by force and plundered.
nec ultra progressi — iam enim et graves praeda naves habebant — retro, unde venerant, Sciathum et ab Sciatho Euboeam repetunt.
Proceeding no further—for they already had ships heavy with booty—they returned to Sciathus, whence they had come, and from Sciathus back to Euboea.