§33.38.1eodem anno Antiochus rex, cum hibernasset Ephesi, omnes Asiae civitates in antiquam imperii formulam redigere est conatus.
In the same year, King Antiochus, having wintered at Ephesus, attempted to reduce all the cities of Asia to the ancient formula of empire.
§33.38.2et ceteras quidem, aut quia locis planis positae erant aut quia parum moenibus armisque ac iuventuti fidebant, haud difficulter videbat iugum accepturas; §33.38.3Zmyrna et Lampsacus libertatem usurpabant, periculumque erat, ne si concessum iis foret quod intenderent, Zmyrnam in Aeolide Ioniaque, Lampsacum in Hellesponto aliae urbes sequerentur.
And indeed, he saw that the others would accept the yoke without difficulty, either because they were situated in flat places or because they had little confidence in their walls, weapons, and youth; Smyrna and Lampsacus, however, were claiming their freedom, and there was a danger lest, if what they intended were granted to them, the other cities in Aeolis and Ionia would follow Smyrna, and those on the Hellespont would follow Lampsacus.
§33.38.4igitur et ipse ab Epheso ad Zmyrnam obsidendam misit et, quae Abydi copiae erant, praesidio tantum modico relicto duci ad Lampsacum oppugnandam iussit.
Therefore, he himself sent forces from Ephesus to besiege Smyrna, and ordered the troops that were at Abydos, leaving only a moderate garrison, to be led to attack Lampsacus.
§33.38.5nec vi tantum terrebat, sed per legatos leniter adloquendo castigandoque temeritatem ac pertinaciam spem conabatur facere, brevi quod peterent habituros, §33.38.6sed cum satis et ipsis et omnibus aliis appareret, ab rege impetratam eos libertatem, §33.38.7non per occasionem raptam habere. adversus quae respondebatur, nihil neque mirari neque suscensere Antiochum debere, si spem libertatis differri non satis aequo animo paterentur.
Nor was he only terrifying them by force, but through envoys, by addressing them gently and chastising their rashness and obstacy, he was trying to give them hope that they would shortly have what they were seeking, but since it was sufficiently clear both to themselves and to all others that they held their freedom as obtained by request from the king, and not as seized on occasion, to this it was answered that Antiochus ought neither to wonder at anything nor to be angry if they did not bear with sufficiently calm minds the delay of their hope of liberty.
§33.38.8ipse initio veris navibus ab Epheso profectus Hellespontum petit, terrestris copias traici ab Abydo Chersonesum iussit.
He himself, at the beginning of spring, having set out by ship from Ephesus, sought the Hellespont, and ordered the land forces to be crossed from Abydos to the Chersonese.
§33.38.9cum ad Madytum, Chersonesi urbem, terrestri navalem exercitum iunxisset, quia clauserant portas, circumdedit moenia armatis; et iam opera admoventi deditio facta est.
When he had joined the naval and land armies at Madytus, a city of the Chersonese, because they had closed their gates, he surrounded the walls with armed men; and as he was already bringing up siege works, a surrender was made.
idem metus Sestum incolentis aliasque Chersonesi urbes in deditionem dedit.
The same fear gave Sestus' inhabitants and the other cities of the Chersonese into surrender.
§33.38.10Lysimachiam inde omnibus simul navalibus terrestribusque copiis venit.
From there, he came to Lysimachia with all his naval and land forces at the same time.
quam cum desertam ac stratam prope omnem ruinis invenisset — §33.38.11ceperant autem direptamque incenderant Thraces paucis ante annis —, cupido eum restituendi nobilem urbem et loco sitam opportuno cepit.
When he had found it deserted and almost entirely laid low in ruins — for the Thracians had captured, plundered, and burned it a few years before —, a desire seized him to rebuild the noble city, situated in an advantageous place.
§33.38.12itaque omnia simul est aggressus et tecta murosque restituere et partim redimere servientis Lysimachenses, partim fuga sparsos per Hellespontum Chersonesumque conquirere et contrahere, §33.38.13partim novos colonos spe commodorum proposita adscribere et omni modo frequentare; §33.38.14simul, ut Thracum summoveretur metus, ipse parte dimidia terrestrium copiarum ad depopulanda proxima Thraciae est profectus, partem navalisque omnis socios reliquit in operibus reficiendae urbis.
Therefore, he undertook all things at once: both to rebuild the houses and walls, and partly to ransom the enslaved Lysimachians, partly to search out and gather together those scattered in flight through the Hellespont and the Chersonese, partly to enroll new colonists by proposing the hope of advantages, and in every way to repopulate it; at the same time, in order that the fear of the Thracians might be removed, he himself, with half of the land forces, set out to devastate the nearest parts of Thrace, and left the other half and all the naval allies at the works of rebuilding the city.