§42.55.1consul Romanus, per eosdem dies Thessaliam cum exercitu petens, iter expeditum primo per Epirum habuit; §42.55.2deinde, postquam in Athamaniam est transgressus, asperi ac prope invii soli, cum ingenti difficultate parvis itineribus aegre Gomphos pervenit; §42.55.3cui si vexatis hominibus equisque tironem exercitum ducenti acie instructa et loco suo et tempore obstitisset rex, ne Romani quidem abnuunt magna sua cum clade fuisse pugnaturos.
The Roman consul, heading for Thessaly with his army during those same days, had at first an unimpeded march through Epirus; then, after he had crossed into Athamania, a land of rugged and almost impassable soil, with great difficulty and by short marches he scarcely reached Gomphi; if the king, at a place and time of his own choosing, had opposed him with a formed army as he led a raw army of exhausted men and horses, not even the Romans deny that they would have fought with great disaster to themselves.
§42.55.4postquam Gomphos sine certamine ventum est, praeter gaudium periculosi saltus superati, contemptus quoque hostium adeo ignoruntium opportunitates suas accessit.
After they had arrived at Gomphi without a fight, besides the joy of having crossed the dangerous pass, there was added also a contempt for the enemy, who were so ignorant of their own opportunities.
§42.55.5sacrificio rite perfecto consul et frumento dato militibus paucos ad requiem iumentorum hominumque moratus dies, cum audiret vagari Macedonas effusos per Thessaliam vastarique sociorum agros, satis iam refectum militem ad Larisam ducit.
The consul, having duly performed the sacrifice and distributed grain to the soldiers, delayed for a few days for the rest of the beasts of burden and the men; but when he heard that the Macedonians were wandering, scattered throughout Thessaly, and that the lands of the allies were being laid waste, he led his now sufficiently refreshed soldiers to Larisa.
§42.55.6inde cum tria milia ferme abesset, ad Tripolim — Scaeam vocant —, super Peneum amnem posuit castra.
When he was about three miles from there, near Tripolis — which they call Scaea —, he pitched his camp above the river Peneus.
§42.55.7per idem tempus Eumenes ad Chalcidem navibus accessit cum Attalo atque Athenaeo fratribus, Philetaero fratre relicto Pergami ad tutelam regni.
At the same time, Eumenes arrived by ship at Chalcis with his brothers Attalus and Athenaeus, having left his brother Philetaerus at Pergamum for the defense of the kingdom.
Chalcide cum Attalo et quattuor milibus peditum, mille equitum ad consulem venit; §42.55.8Chalcide relicta duo milia peditum, quibus Athenaeus praepositus.
From Chalcis, he came to the consul with Attalus and four thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry; having left two thousand infantry at Chalcis, over whom Athenaeus was placed in command.
et alia eodem auxilia Romanis ex omnibus undique Graeciae populis convenerunt, quorum pleraque — adeo parva erant — in oblivionem adducta.
Other auxiliary forces also assembled there for the Romans from all the peoples of Greece on every side, most of which, because they were so small, have fallen into oblivion.
§42.55.9Apolloniatae trecentos equites, centum pedites miserunt.
The Apollonians sent three hundred cavalry and one hundred infantry.
Aetolorum alae unius instar erat, quantum ab tota gente equitum venerat, et Thessalorum, quorum omnis equitatus speratus erat, non plus quam trecenti erant equites in castris Romanis.
The cavalry that had come from the entire nation of the Aetolians was about equivalent to a single squadron, and of the Thessalians, whose entire cavalry had been expected, there were no more than three hundred cavalry in the Roman camp.
§42.55.10Achaei iuventutis suae, Cretico maxime armatu, ad mille quingentos dederunt.
The Achaeans provided about fifteen hundred of their young men, mostly with Cretan equipment.