§32.13.1postero die consul per ipsas angustias, quas inter valle se flumen insinuat, hostem sequitur.
On the following day, the consul followed the enemy through the very defile through which, in the valley, the river winds its way.
§32.13.2rex primo die ad castra Pyrrhi pervenit; locus, quem ita vocant, est in Triphylia terrae Molottidis.
On the first day, the king arrived at the "Camp of Pyrrhus"; the place so called is in Triphylia in the territory of Molossis.
inde postero die — ingens iter agmini, sed metus urgebat — in montes Lyncon perrexit.
From there, on the following day—a huge march for an army, but fear urged them on—he proceeded to the Lyncus mountains.
§32.13.3ipsi Epiri sunt, interiecti Macedoniae Thessaliaeque; latus, quod vergit in Thessaliam, oriens spectat, septentrio a Macedonia obicitur.
These mountains themselves belong to Epirus, lying between Macedonia and Thessaly; the side which slopes toward Thessaly faces east, while the northern side is opposed to Macedonia.
vestiti frequentibus silvis sunt; iuga summa campos patentes aquasque perennis habent.
They are clothed with dense forests; their highest ridges have open plains and perennial waters.
§32.13.4ibi stativis rex per aliquot dies habitis fluctuatus animo est, utrum protinus in regnum se reciperet, an praeverti in Thessaliam posset.
There, after holding his camp for several days, the king wavered in his mind whether he should retreat directly into his kingdom, or whether he could pre-occupy Thessaly.
§32.13.5inclinavit sententia, ut in Thessaliam agmen demitteret, Triccamque proximis limitibus petit; inde obvias urbes raptim peragravit.
His decision inclined toward leading his army down into Thessaly, and he headed for Tricca by the shortest routes; from there, he rapidly traversed the cities in his path.
§32.13.6homines, qui sequi possent, sedibus excibat; oppida incendebat.
He forced from their homes the men who were able to follow; he burned the towns.
rerum suarum, quas possent, ferendarum secum dominis ius fiebat, cetera militis praeda erat.
The owners were allowed the right to carry away such of their property as they could; the rest became the booty of the soldiers.
§32.13.7nec, quod ab hoste crudelius pati possent, reliqui quicquam fuit, quam quae ab sociis patiebantur.
Nor was there anything left which they could suffer more cruelly from an enemy than what they were suffering from their allies.
§32.13.8haec etiam facienti Philippo acerba erant, sed e terra mox futura hostium corpora saltem eripere sociorum volebat.
These actions were painful even to Philip who was performing them, but he wished at least to rescue the persons of his allies from a land that would soon belong to the enemy.
§32.13.9ita evastata oppida sunt Phacium, Iresiae, Euhydrium, Eretria, Palaepharsalus.
In this way, the towns of Phacium, Iresiae, Euhydrium, Eretria, and Palaepharsalus were devastated.
Pheras cum peteret, exclusus, quia res egebat mora, si expugnare vellet, nec tempus erat, omisso incepto in Macedoniam transcendit; §32.13.10nam etiam Aetolos adpropinquare fama erat.
When he headed for Pherae, he was shut out; since the matter required delay if he wished to storm it, and there was no time, he abandoned the attempt and crossed over into Macedonia; for there was a rumor that the Aetolians also were approaching.
qui audito proelio, quod circa amnem Aoum factum erat, proximis prius evastatis circa Sperchias et Macran quam vocant Comen, transgressi inde in Thessaliam Cymenes et Angeias primo impetu potiti sunt.
On hearing of the battle which had taken place around the river Aous, after first devastating the nearest areas around Sperchiae and the place they call Macra Come, they crossed from there into Thessaly and captured Cymene and Angeae at the first assault.
§32.13.11a Metropoli, dum vastant agros, concursu oppidanorum ad tuenda moenia facto repulsi sunt.
At Metropolis, while they were devastating the fields, they were repulsed because a rush of the townspeople had been made to defend the walls.
Callithera inde adgressi similem impetum oppidanorum pertinacius sustinuerunt; §32.13.12compulsisque intra moenia qui eruperant, contenti ea victoria, quia spes nulla admodum expugnandi erat, abscesserunt.
Attacking Callithera next, they sustained a similar onset of the townspeople with greater obstinacy; and having forced back within the walls those who had sallied out, content with that victory, because there was no hope at all of storming the town, they departed.
Teuma inde et Celathara vicos expugnant diripiuntque; §32.13.13Acharras per deditionem receperunt.
From there, they stormed and plundered the villages of Teuma and Celathara; they received Acharras by surrender.
§32.13.14Xyniae simili metu a cultoribus desertae sunt.
Xyniae, from a similar fear, was abandoned by its inhabitants.
hoc sedibus suis extorre agmen in praesidium incidit, quod ad Thaumacum, quo tutior frumentatio esset, ducebatur; incondita inermisque multitudo, mixta et imbelli turba, ab armatis caesa est.
This column, exiled from their homes, fell in with a detachment which was being led to Thaumacus in order that foraging might be safer; the disorderly and unarmed multitude, mixed with a crowd unfit for war, was slaughtered by the armed men.
Xyniae desertae diripiuntur.
Xyniae, being deserted, was plundered.
Cyphaera inde Aetoli capiunt, opportune Dolopiae imminens castellum.
From there, the Aetolians captured Cyphaera, a fortress opportunely commanding Dolopia.
§32.13.15haec raptim intra paucos dies ab Aetolis gesta.
These things were done rapidly within a few days by the Aetolians.
nec Amynander atque Athamanes post famam prosperae pugnae Romanorum quieverunt.
Nor did Amynander and the Athamanes remain inactive after the news of the successful battle of the Romans.