§37.60.1eodem fere tempore et Cn. Manlius consul in Asiam et Q. Fabius Labeo praetor ad classem venit.
At almost the same time, both the consul Gnaeus Manlius arrived in Asia and the praetor Quintus Fabius Labeo came to the fleet.
§37.60.2ceterum consuli non deerat cum Gallis belli materia.
However, the consul did not lack materials for war with the Gauls.
mare pacatum erat devicto Antiocho, cogitantique Fabio, cui rei potissimum insisteret, ne otiosam provinciam habuisse videri posset, optimum visum est in Cretam insulam traicere.
The sea had been pacified now that Antiochus was defeated, and as Fabius was considering what matter he should chiefly apply himself to, so that he might not seem to have held an inactive province, it appeared best to cross over to the island of Crete.
§37.60.3Cydoniatae bellum adversus Gortynios Gnosiosque gerebant, et captivorum Romanorum atque Italici generis magnus numerus in servitute esse per totam insulam dicebatur.
The Cydoniatae were waging war against the Gortynians and the Gnosians, and a great number of Roman and Italian captives was said to be in servitude throughout the whole island.
§37.60.4classe ab Epheso profectus cum primum Cretae litus attigit, nuntios circa civitates misit, ut armis absisterent captivosque in suis quaeque urbibus agrisque conquisitos reducerent, et legatos mitterent ad se, cum quibus de rebus ad Cretensis pariter Romanosque pertinentibus ageret.
Setting out from Ephesus with his fleet, as soon as he touched the shore of Crete, he sent messengers around the states, ordering them to desist from arms, to return the captives whom each had searched out in their own cities and fields, and to send ambassadors to him, with whom he might treat on matters pertaining equally to the Cretans and the Romans.
§37.60.5nihil magnopere ea Cretenses moverunt; captivos praeter Gortynios nulli reddiderunt.
The Cretans were not greatly moved by these things; none returned the captives except the Gortynians.
Valerius Antias quattuor milia captivorum, §37.60.6quia belli minas timuerint, ex tota insula reddita scripsit; eamque causam Fabio, cum rem nullam aliam gessisset, triumphi navalis impetrandi ab senatu fuisse.
Valerius Antias wrote that four thousand captives, because they feared the threats of war, were returned from the whole island; and that this was the reason for Fabius, although he had performed no other action, to obtain a naval triumph from the senate.
§37.60.7a Creta Ephesum Fabius redit; inde tribus navibus in Thraciae oram missis ab Aeno et Maronia praesidia Antiochi deduci iussit, ut in libertate eae civitates essent.
From Crete Fabius returned to Ephesus; from there, having sent three ships to the coast of Thrace, he ordered the garrisons of Antiochus to be withdrawn from Aenus and Maronia, so that those states might be in liberty.