§36.10.1intra decimum diem, quam Pheras venerat, his perfectis Crannonem profectus cum toto exercitu primo adventu cepit.
Within ten days after he had come to Pherae, having completed these things, he set out for Crannon with his whole army and captured it upon his first arrival.
§36.10.2inde Cierium et Metropolim et iis circumiecta castella recepit; omniaque iam regionis eius praeter Atracem et Gyrtonem in potestate erant.
From there he recovered Cierium and Metropolis and the forts situated around them; and all things of that region, except Atrax and Gyrton, were now under his power.
§36.10.3tunc adgredi Larisam constituit ratus vel terrore ceterarum expugnatarum vel beneficio praesidii dimissi vel exemplo tot civitatium dedentium sese non ultra in pertinacia mansuros.
Then he resolved to attack Larisa, thinking that, whether through terror of the other captured cities, or by the benefit of the dismissed garrison, or by the example of so many states surrendering themselves, they would not remain any longer in their stubbornness.
§36.10.4elephantis agi ante signa terroris causa iussis quadrato agmine ad urbem incessit, ut incerti fluctuarentur animi magnae partis Larisacorum inter metum praesentem hostium et verecundiam absentium sociorum.
Having ordered the elephants to be driven before the standards for the sake of inspiring terror, he marched toward the city in a square column, so that the minds of a great part of the Larisaeans might waver uncertainly between their present fear of the enemy and their respect for their absent allies.
§36.10.5per eosdem dies Amynander cum Athamanum iuventute occupat Pellinaeum, et Menippus cum tribus milibus peditum Aetolorum et ducentis equitibus in Perrhaebiam profectus Malloeam et Cyretias vi cepit et depopulatus est agrum Tripolitanum.
During the same days, Amynander with the youth of the Athamanes occupied Pellinaeum, and Menippus, having set out for Perrhaebia with three thousand Aetolian infantry and two hundred cavalry, took Malloea and Cyretiae by force and plundered the Tripolitan territory.
§36.10.6his raptim peractis Larisam ad regem redeunt; consultanti, quidnam agendum de Larisa esset, §36.10.7supervenerunt.
Having rapidly completed these things, they returned to the king at Larisa; to him as he was deliberating what ought to be done about Larisa, they arrived.
ibi in diversum sententiae tendebant aliis vim adhibendam et non differendum censentibus, quin operibus ac machinis simul undique moenia adgrederetur urbis sitae in plano, aperto et campestri undique aditu, §36.10.8aliis nunc vires urbis nequaquam Pheris conferendae memorantibus, nunc hiemem et tempus anni nulli bellicae rei, minime obsidioni atque oppugnationi urbium aptum.
There opinions were divided in opposite directions, with some thinking that force should be applied and that they should not delay in attacking the walls of the city—situated on a flat, open, and plain approach from all sides—with works and engines at the same time from every direction; others now mentioning that the strength of the city was by no means to be compared to Pherae, now that the winter and the season of the year were fit for no military operation, and least of all for the siege and assault of cities.
§36.10.9incerto regi inter spem metumque legati a Pharsalo, qui ad dedendam urbem suam forte venerant, animos auxerunt.
To the king, who was uncertain between hope and fear, envoys from Pharsalus, who had happened to come to surrender their city, increased his spirits.
§36.10.10M. Baebius interim cum Philippo in Dassaretiis congressus Ap. Claudium ex communi consilio ad praesidium Larisae misit, qui per Macedoniam magnis itineribus in iugum montium, quod super Gonnos est, pervenit.
Marcus Baebius meanwhile, having met with Philip in the territory of the Dassaretii, sent Appius Claudius by common counsel to the defense of Larisa, who by forced marches through Macedonia reached the ridge of the mountains which is above Gonni.
§36.10.11oppidum Gonni viginti milia ab Larisa abest, in ipsis faucibus saltus, quae Tempe appellantur, situm.
The town of Gonni is twenty miles away from Larisa, situated in the very jaws of the pass which is called Tempe.
ibi castra metatus latius quam pro copiis et plures quam quot satis in usum erant ignes cum accendisset, speciem, quam quaesierat, hosti fecit omnem ibi Romanum exercitum cum rege Philippo esse.
Having measured out a camp there wider than in proportion to his forces, and having lit more fires than were sufficient for use, he produced the appearance, which he had sought, to the enemy that the entire Roman army was there with King Philip.
§36.10.12itaque hiemem instare apud suos causatus rex unum tantum moratus diem ab Larisa recessit et Demetriadem rediit, Aetolique et Athamanes in suos receperunt se fines.
Therefore, the king, having alleged to his men that winter was pressing, having delayed only one day, withdrew from Larisa and returned to Demetrias, and the Aetolians and Athamanes withdrew into their own territories.
§36.10.13Appius etsi, cuius rei causa missus erat, solutam cernebat obsidionem, tamen Larisam ad confirmandos in reliquum sociorum animos descendit; §36.10.14duplexque laetitia erat, quod et hostes excesserant finibus, et intra moenia praesidium Romanum cernebant.
Appius, although he saw the siege raised, for which purpose he had been sent, nevertheless descended to Larisa to strengthen the minds of the allies for the future; and there was a double joy, both because the enemy had departed from their borders, and because they saw a Roman garrison within their walls.