§32.15.1primam urbem Thessaliae Phaloriam est adgressus.
He attacked Phaloria, the first city of Thessaly.
duo milia Macedonum in praesidio habebat, qui primo summa vi restiterunt, quantum arma, quantum moenia tueri poterant.
It had a garrison of two thousand Macedonians, who at first resisted with their utmost force, as far as arms and walls could protect them.
§32.15.2sed oppugnatio continua, non nocte non die remissa, cum consul in eo verti crederet ceterorum Thessalorum animos, si primi vim Romanam non sustinuissent, vicit pertinaciam Macedonum.
But the continuous assault, relaxed neither by night nor by day, broke the obstinacy of the Macedonians, since the consul believed that the minds of the other Thessalians would turn upon this, if the first did not withstand the Roman force.
§32.15.3capta Phaloria legati a Metropoli et a Cierio dedentes urbes venerunt.
Once Phaloria was captured, envoys came from Metropolis and Cierium surrendering their cities.
venia petentibus datur: Phaloria incensa ac direpta est.
Pardon was granted to those who petitioned; Phaloria was burned and plundered.
§32.15.4inde Aeginium petit: quem locum cum vel modico praesidio tutum m ac prope inexpugnabilem vidisset, paucis in stationem proximam telis coniectis ad Gomphorum regionem agmen vertit.
Thence he headed for Aeginium; when he saw that this place was safe and almost impregnable even with a modest garrison, having thrown only a few missiles into the nearest outpost, he turned his column toward the territory of Gomphi.
§32.15.5degressusque in campos Thessaliae, cum iam omnia exercitui deessent, quia Epirotarum pepercerat agris, explorato ante, utrum Leucadem an sinum Ambracium onerariae tenuissent, frumentatum Ambraciam in vicem cohortes misit;
And having descended into the plains of Thessaly, since everything was already lacking for the army because he had spared the lands of the Epirotes, having first scouted whether the transport ships had reached Leucas or the Ambracian Gulf, he sent cohorts to Ambracia in turn to forage for grain.
§32.15.6et est iter a Gomphis Ambraciam sicut impeditum ac difficile, ita spatio perbrevi.
And the route from Gomphi to Ambracia, though obstructed and difficult, is nevertheless extremely short in distance.
§32.15.7intra paucos itaque dies transvectis a mari commeatibus repleta omni rerum copia sunt castra.
Thus within a few days, supplies having been brought from the sea, the camp was filled with an abundance of all things.
§32.15.8inde Atracem est profectus.
From there he set out for Atrax.
decem ferme milia ab Larisa abest; ex Perrhaebia oriundi sunt; sita est urbs super Peneum amnem.
It is about ten miles distant from Larisa; the inhabitants originate from Perrhaebia; the city is situated above the river Peneus.
§32.15.9nihil trepidavere Thessali ad primum adventum Romanorum; et Philippus sicut in Thessaliam ipse progredi non audebat, ita intra Tempe stativis positis, ut quisque locus ab hoste temptabatur, praesidia per occasiones summittebat.
The Thessalians were not at all alarmed by the first arrival of the Romans; and Philip, just as he himself did not dare to advance into Thessaly, so keeping his stationary camp within Tempe, whenever any place was threatened by the enemy, sent reinforcements as opportunities offered.