§38.15.1A Cibyra per agros Sindensium exercitus ductus, transgressusque Caularem amnem posuit castra.
From Cibyra the army was led through the lands of the Sindenses, and having crossed the river Caular, pitched camp.
§38.15.2postero die praeter Caralitin paludem agmen ductum; ad Madamprum manserunt.
On the following day the column was led past the Caralitis marsh; they stayed at Madamprum.
inde progredientibus ab Lago, proxima urbe, metu incolae fugerunt; §38.15.3vacuum hominibus et refertum rerum omnium copia oppidum diripuerunt.
As they were advancing from there, the inhabitants fled in terror from Lagus, the nearest city; they plundered the town, which was empty of men and filled with an abundance of all things.
inde ad Lysis fluminis fontes, §38.15.4postero die ad Cobulatum amnem progressi.
From there they went to the sources of the river Lysis, and on the following day they advanced to the river Cobulatus.
Termessenses eo tempore Isiondensium arcem urbe capta oppugnabant.
At that time the Termessians, having captured the city, were besieging the citadel of the Isiondenses.
inclusi, cum alia spes auxilii nulla esset, §38.15.5legatos ad consulem orantes opem miserunt: cum coniugibus ac liberis in arce inclusos se mortem in dies, aut ferro aut fame patiendam, expectare.
Those who were shut up inside, since there was no other hope of help, sent ambassadors to the consul, begging for aid: they said that, shut up in the citadel with their wives and children, they were daily expecting death, which they must suffer either by the sword or by hunger.
volenti consuli causa in Pamphyliam devertendi oblata est.
To the consul, who was willing, an opportunity of turning aside into Pamphylia was presented.
§38.15.6adveniens obsidione Isiondensis exemit; Termesso pacem dedit quinquaginta talentis argenti acceptis; item Aspendiis ceterisque Pamphyliae populis.
On his arrival, he freed the Isiondenses from the siege; he granted peace to Termessus upon receiving fifty talents of silver; likewise to the Aspendians and the other peoples of Pamphylia.
§38.15.7ex Pamphylia rediens ad fluvium Taurum primo die, postero ad Xylinen quam vocant Comen posuit castra.
Returning from Pamphylia, he pitched camp on the first day at the river Taurus, and on the next day at what they call Xyline Come.
profectus inde continentibus itineribus ad Cormasa urbem pervenit.
Setting out from there, by uninterrupted marches he reached the city of Cormasa.
§38.15.8Darsa proxima urbs erat; eam metu incolarum desertam, plenam omnium rerum copia invenit.
Darsa was the nearest city; he found it abandoned through the fear of its inhabitants, but full of an abundance of all things.
progredienti praeter paludes legati ab Lysinoe dedentes civitatem venerunt.
As he was advancing past the marshes, ambassadors came from Lysinoe, surrendering their state.
§38.15.9inde in agrum Sagalassenum, uberem fertilemque omni genere frugum, ventum est.
From there they came into the territory of Sagalassus, rich and fertile in every kind of produce.
colunt Pisidae, longe optimi bello regionis eius.
The Pisidians cultivate it, by far the best warriors of that region.
cum ea res animos fecit, tum agri fecunditas et multitudo hominum et situs inter paucas munitae urbis.
Not only did this circumstance give them courage, but also the fertility of the land, the multitude of people, and the situation of their city, which was fortified beyond almost any other.
§38.15.10consul, quia nulla legatio ad finem praesto fuerat, praedatum in agros misit.
The consul, because no embassy had been waiting on the frontier, sent troops to plunder the fields.
tum demum fracta pertinacia est, ut ferri agique res suas viderunt; §38.15.11legatis missis pacti quinquaginta talentis et viginti milibus medimnum tritici, viginti hordei, pacem impetraverunt.
Only then was their obstinancy broken, when they saw their property being plundered and carried off; sending ambassadors, they agreed on fifty talents and twenty thousand medimni of wheat and twenty thousand of barley, and thus obtained peace.
§38.15.12progressus inde ad Rhotrinos fontes ad vicum, quem Acoridos Comen vocant, posuit castra.
Having advanced from there to the springs of Rhotrini, at a village which they call Acoridos Come, he pitched camp.
eo Seleucus ab Apamea postero die venit.
Seleucus came there from Apamea on the following day.
§38.15.13aegros inde et inutilia impedimenta cum Apameam dimisisset, ducibus itinerum ab Seleuco acceptis profectus eo die in Metropolitanum campum, postero die Dynias Phrygiae processit.
When he had sent back from there the sick and the useless baggage to Apamea, having received guides for the route from Seleucus, he set out on that day for the Metropolitan plain, and on the following day advanced to Dyniae in Phrygia.
§38.15.14inde Synnada venit, metu omnibus circa oppidis desertis.
From there he came to Synnada, all the towns around being deserted through fear.
quorum praeda iam grave agmen trahens vix quinque milium die toto itinere perfecto ad Beudos, quod vetus appellant, pervenit.
Dragging a column already heavy with the plunder of these towns, and having completed a march of scarcely five miles in a whole day, he arrived at Beudos, which they call the Old.
§38.15.15ad Anabura inde, et altero die ad Alandri fontes, tertio ad Abbassium posuit castra.
From there he marched to Anabura, and on the second day to the sources of the Alander, and on the third day he pitched camp at Abbassium.
ibi plures dies stativa habuit, quia perventum erat ad Tolostobogiorum fines.
There he kept a stationary camp for several days, because they had arrived at the borders of the Tolostobogii.