§42.18.1haec ad ea, quae ab Eumene delata erant, accessere, quo maturius hostis Perseus iudicaretur, quippe quem non iustum modo apparare bellum regio animo, sed per omnia clandestina grassari scelera latrociniorum ac veneficiorum cernebant.
These facts were added to those which had been reported by Eumenes, so that Perseus might be judged an enemy all the sooner, since indeed they perceived that he was not only preparing a regular war with a kingly mind, but was also raging through all the secret crimes of banditry and poisoning.
§42.18.2belli administratio ad novos consules reiecta est; in praesentia tamen Cn. Sicinium praetorem, cuius inter cives et peregrinos iurisdictio erat, §42.18.3scribere milites placuit, qui Brundisium ducti primo quoque tempore Apolloniam in Epirum traicerentur ad occupandas maritimas urbes, ubi consul, cui provincia Macedonia obvenisset, classem appellere tuto et copias per commodum exponere posset.
The conduct of the war was deferred to the new consuls; for the present, however, it was resolved that Cnaeus Sicinius, the praetor whose jurisdiction was between citizens and foreigners, should enlist soldiers, who, having been led to Brundisium, should be transported at the very first opportunity to Apollonia in Epirus to occupy the coastal cities, where the consul to whom the province of Macedonia should fall might be able to land his fleet safely and disembark his troops conveniently.
§42.18.4Eumenes, aliquamdiu Aeginae retentus periculosa et difficili curatione, cum primum tuto potuit, profectus Pergamum, praeter pristinum odium recenti etiam scelere Persei stimulante summa vi parabat bellum.
Eumenes, having been detained for some time at Aegina by a dangerous and difficult medical treatment, as soon as he could do so safely, set out for Pergamum, and, with the recent crime of Perseus also stimulating him in addition to his former hatred, was preparing for war with the greatest energy.
§42.18.5legati eo ab Roma gratulantes, quod e tanto periculo evasisset, venerunt.
Envoys came there from Rome to congratulate him because he had escaped from so great a danger.
§42.18.6cum Macedonicum bellum in annum dilatum esset, ceteris praetoribus iam in provincias profectis, M. Iunius et Sp.
Since the Macedonian war had been postponed to the following year, and the other praetors had already set out for their provinces, M. Junius and Sp.
Lucretius, quibus Hispaniae provinciae obvenerant, fatigantes saepe idem petendo senatum, tandem pervicerunt, ut supplementum sibi ad exercitum daretur: tria milia peditum, centum et quinquaginta equites in Romanas legiones scribere, in socialem exercitum quinque milia peditum et trecentos equites imperare sociis iussi.
Lucretius, to whom the Spanish provinces had fallen, by frequently importuning the senate with the same request, finally carried their point that a reinforcement should be given to them for their army: they were ordered to enlist three thousand infantry and one hundred and fifty cavalry for the Roman legions, and to requisition five thousand infantry and three hundred cavalry from the allies for the allied force.
§42.18.7hoc copiarum in Hispanias cum praetoribus novis portatum est.
This body of forces was transported to the Spains with the new praetors.