§35.39.1Quinctius quoque his auditis, ab Corintho veniens navibus, in Chalcidico Euripo Eumeni regi occurrit.
Quinctius also, having heard these things, coming by ship from Corinth, met King Eumenes in the Chalcidian Euripus.
§35.39.2placuit quingentos milites praesidii causa relinqui Chalcide ab Eumene rege, ipsum Athenas ire.
It was decided that five hundred soldiers should be left at Chalcis by King Eumenes as a garrison, and that he himself should go to Athens.
§35.39.3Quinctius, quo profectus erat, Demetriadem contendit, ratus Chalcidem liberatam momenti aliquid apud Magnetas ad repetendam societatem Romanam facturam, §35.39.4et, ut praesidii aliquid esset suae partis hominibus, Eunomo praetori Thessalorum scripsit, ut armaret iuventutem, et Villium ad Demetriadem praemisit ad temptandos animos, non aliter, nisi pars aliqua inclinaret ad respectum pristinae societatis, rem adgressurus.
Quinctius hastened to Demetrias, where he had set out to go, thinking that the liberation of Chalcis would have some influence among the Magnetes toward renewing their alliance with Rome, and, that there might be some protection for the men of his party, he wrote to Eunomus, the praetor of the Thessalians, to arm the youth, and sent Villius ahead to Demetrias to sound out their inclinations, intending to take action on no other condition than if some part should incline toward a respect for the former alliance.
§35.39.5Villius quinqueremi nave ad ostium portus est invectus.
Villius sailed with a quinquereme to the mouth of the harbor.
eo multitudo omnis Magnetum cum se effudisset, quaesivit Villius, utrum ad amicos an ad hostis venisse se mallent.
When the entire multitude of the Magnetes had poured out to that place, Villius asked whether they preferred that he had come to friends or to enemies.
§35.39.6respondit Magnetarches Eurylochus ad amicos venisse eum; sed abstineret portu et sineret Magnetas in concordia et libertate esse nec per colloquii speciem multitudinem sollicitaret.
Eurylochus, the Magnetarches, replied that he had come to friends; but that he should keep away from the harbor and allow the Magnetes to remain in harmony and freedom, and not agitate the multitude under the guise of a conference.
§35.39.7altercatio inde, non sermo fuit, cum Romanus ut ingratos increparet Magnetas imminentisque praediceret clades, multitudo obstreperet nunc senatum nunc Quinctium accusando.
From that point, it was an altercation, not a conversation, while the Roman rebuked the Magnetes as ungrateful and predicted imminent disasters, and the multitude made an uproar, accusing now the senate, now Quinctius.
ita irrito incepto Villius ad Quinctium sese recepit.
Thus, with his attempt frustrated, Villius returned to Quinctius.
§35.39.8at Quinctius nuntio ad praetorem misso, ut reduceret domum copias, ipse navibus Corinthum rediit.
But Quinctius, having sent a messenger to the praetor to lead the forces back home, returned himself by ship to Corinth.