§33.11.1Philippus conlectis ex fuga, qui variis casibus pugnae dissipati vestigia eius secuti fuerant, missisque Larisam ad commentarios regios comburendos, ne in hostium venirent potestatem, in Macedoniam concessit.
Philip, having collected from the flight those who, scattered by various chances of the battle, had followed his tracks, and having sent men to Larissa to burn the royal archives lest they should fall into the hands of the enemy, withdrew into Macedonia.
§33.11.2Quinctius captivis praedaque partim venumdatis, partim militi concessis Larisam est profectus, hauddum satis gnarus, quam regionem petisset rex quidve pararet.
Quinctius, after the captives and booty had been partly sold and partly granted to the soldiers, set out for Larissa, not yet knowing well enough which region the king had headed for or what he was preparing.
§33.11.3caduceator eo regius venit, specie ut indutiae essent, donec tollerentur ad sepulturam, qui in acie cecidissent, re vera ad petendam veniam legatis mittendis.
A royal herald came there, ostensibly to obtain a truce until those who had fallen in battle could be gathered for burial, but in reality to seek peace by sending envoys.
§33.11.4utrumque ab Romano impetratum.
Both requests were granted by the Roman.
adiecta etiam illa vox, bono animo esse regem ut iuberet, quae maxime Aetolos offendit iam tumentis querentisque mutatum victoria imperatorem: §33.11.5ante pugnam omnia magna parvaque communicare cum sociis solitum; nunc omnium expertes consiliorum esse, suo ipsum arbitrio cuncta agere, §33.11.6cum Philippo iam gratiae privatae locum quaerere, ut dura atque aspera belli Aetoli exhauserint, §33.11.7pacis gratiam et fructum Romanus in se vertat.
There was also added this expression, that he should bid the king to be of good courage, which especially offended the Aetolians, who were already swollen with pride and complaining that the general had been changed by victory: that before the battle he had been accustomed to share all things great and small with the allies; but now they were excluded from all counsels, and he did everything by his own sole judgment, and that he was now seeking room for private favor with Philip, so that while the Aetolians had exhausted the hard and bitter trials of the war, the Roman was turning the gratitude and fruit of peace to himself.
et haud dubie decesserat iis aliquantum honoris; sed cur neglegerentur, ignorabant.
And indeed, some portion of their honor had undoubtedly departed; but why they were neglected, they did not know.
donis regis inminere credebant invicti ab ea cupiditate animi virum; §33.11.8sed et suscensebat non inmerito Aetolis ob insatiabilem aviditatem praedae et arrogantiam eorum, victoriae gloriam in se rapientium, §33.11.9quae vanitate sua omnium aures offendebat, et Philippo sublato, fractis opibus Macedonici regni Aetolos habendos Graeciae dominos cernebat.
They believed that a man of an spirit unconquered by such desire was intent upon the gifts of the king; but he also, not without reason, was angry with the Aetolians on account of their insatiable greed for plunder and their arrogance, snatching the glory of the victory for themselves, which by its vanity offended the ears of all, and he saw that if Philip were removed and the power of the Macedonian kingdom broken, the Aetolians would have to be regarded as the masters of Greece.
§33.11.10ob eas causas multa sedulo, ut viliores levioresque apud omnis essent et viderentur, faciebat.
For these reasons he did many things of set purpose, so that they might be and appear cheaper and lighter in the eyes of all.