§32.12.1interim die tertio cum verticem, quem petierant, Romani cepisse ac tenere se fumo significarent, tum vero trifariam divisis copiis consul valle media cum militum robore succedit, cornua dextra laevaque admovet castris; §32.12.2nec segnius hostes obviam eunt.
Meanwhile, on the third day, when the Romans indicated by smoke that they had captured and were holding the summit which they had sought, then indeed the consul, having divided his forces into three parts, advanced through the middle of the valley with the strength of his soldiers, and moved his right and left wings toward the camp; nor did the enemy advance to meet them any less sluggishly.
et dum aviditate certaminis provecti extra munitiones pugnant, haud paulo superior est Romanus miles et virtute et scientia et genere armorum; §32.12.3postquam multis vulneratis interfectisque recepere se regii in loca aut munimento aut natura tuta, verterat periculum in Romanos temere in loca iniqua nec facilis ad receptum angustias progressos.
And while, carried forward by their eagerness for battle, they fought outside the fortifications, the Roman soldier was not a little superior both in courage, skill, and the type of weapons; after many had been wounded and killed, the king's troops retreated into places safe either by fortification or by nature, and the danger had turned upon the Romans, who had recklessly advanced into unfavorable ground and into passes from which retreat was not easy.
§32.12.4neque impunita temeritate inde recepissent sese, ni clamor primum ab tergo auditus, dein pugna etiam coepta amentis repentino terrore regios fecisset.
Nor would they have retreated from there without paying for their rashness, had not a shout first heard from behind, and then even the beginning of a battle, thrown the king's men into panic with sudden terror.
§32.12.5pars in fugam effusi sunt; pars, magis quia locus fugae deerat, quam quod animi satis esset ad pugnam, cum substitissent, ab hoste et a fronte et ab tergo urgente circumventi sunt.
Some were scattered in flight; others, rather because they lacked a place for flight than because they had enough courage for battle, when they made a stand, were surrounded by the enemy pressing them both from the front and from behind.
§32.12.6deleri totus exercitus potuit, si fugientis persecuti victores essent; §32.12.7sed equitem angustiae locorumque asperitas, peditem armorum gravitas impediit.
The entire army could have been destroyed if the victors had pursued the fugitives; but the narrow passages and the ruggedness of the terrain hindered the cavalry, and the weight of their arms hindered the infantry.
§32.12.8rex primo effuse ac sine respectu fugit; dein quinque milium spatium progressus, cum ex iniquitate locorum, id quod erat, suspicatus esset, sequi non posse hostem, substitit in tumulo quodam dimisitque suos per omnia iuga vallesque, qui palatos in unum colligerent.
The king at first fled in disorder and without looking back; then, having advanced a distance of five miles, when from the unfavorable nature of the terrain he suspected—as was indeed the case—that the enemy could not follow, he halted on a certain hill and sent out his men through all the ridges and valleys to collect the stragglers into one place.
§32.12.9non plus duobus milibus hominum amissis cetera omnis multitudo, velut signum aliquod secuta, in unum cum convenisset, frequenti agmine petunt Thessaliam.
Having lost not more than two thousand men, all the rest of the multitude, as if following some signal, when they had assembled in one place, headed for Thessaly in a crowded column.
§32.12.10Romani, quoad tutum fuit, insecuti caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia, etiam sine defensoribus difficili aditu, diripiunt; atque ea nocte in suis castris manserunt.
The Romans, pursuing as far as it was safe, slaying and despoiling the slain, plundered the king's camp, which, even though without defenders, was difficult of access; and they remained that night in their own camp.