§42.58.1postquam inceptum non succedebat, castra propius hostem movit rex et a quinque milibus passuum communivit.
After the attempt did not succeed, the king moved his camp closer to the enemy and fortified it at a distance of five miles.
§42.58.2inde luce prima in eodem, quo solebat, loco peditum acie instructa, equitatum omnem levemque armaturam ad castra hostium ducit.
From there, at early dawn, having drawn up the line of infantry in the same place as he was accustomed to do, he led all the cavalry and light-armed troops toward the enemy's camp.
§42.58.3visus et plurium et propior solito pulvis trepidationem in castris Romanis fecit.
The sight of the dust, both more abundant and closer than usual, caused excitement in the Roman camp.
et primo vix creditum nuntianti est, quia prioribus continuis diebus numquam ante horam quartam hostis apparuerat; §42.58.4tum solis ortus erat.
And at first, the one who brought the news was scarcely believed, because on the previous continuous days the enemy had never appeared before the fourth hour; at that time, it was just sunrise.
deinde ut plurium clamore et cursu a portis dubitatio exempta est, tumultus ingens oboritur.
Then, when the doubt was removed by the shouting and running of more people from the gates, a huge tumult arose.
tribuni praefectique et centuriones in praetorium, miles ad sua quisque tentoria discurrit.
The tribunes, prefects, and centurions rushed to the praetorium, and the soldiers ran each to their own tents.
§42.58.5minus quingentos passus a vallo instruxerat Perseus suos circa tumulum, quem Callinicum vocant.
Perseus had drawn up his men less than five hundred paces from the rampart, around the hill which they call Callinicus.
§42.58.6laevo cornu Cotys rex praeerat cum omnibus suae gentis; equitum ordines levis armatura interposita distinguebat.
King Cotys was in command of the left wing with all of his own nation; the lines of cavalry were separated by light-armed troops placed between them.
in dextro cornu Macedones erant equites, intermixti turmis eorum Cretenses; §42.58.7huic armaturae Midon Beroeaeus, equitibus et summae partis eius Meno Antigonensis praeerat.
On the right wing were the Macedonian cavalry, with Cretans intermingled in their squadrons; Midon of Beroea was in command of these light-armed troops, and Meno of Antigonea commanded the cavalry and the general direction of that wing.
§42.58.8proximi cornibus constiterant regii equites, et, mixtum genus, delecta plurium gentium auxilia; Patrocles Antigonensis his et Paeoniae praefectus Didas erant praepositi.
Next to the wings stood the king's cavalry, and, a mixed body, the chosen auxiliaries of several nations; Patrocles of Antigonea and Didas, the governor of Paeonia, were put in command of these.
§42.58.9medius omnium rex erat; circa eum agema quod vocant, equitumque sacrae alae.
The king was in the center of all; around him was what they call the agema, and the sacred squadrons of cavalry.
§42.58.10ante se statuit funditores iaculatoresque: quadringentorum manus utraque numerum explebat; Ionem Thessalonicensem et Artemona Dolopem iis praefecit.
In front of himself, he placed the slingers and javelin-throwers: each band made up the number of four hundred; he put Ion of Thessalonica and Artemon the Dolopian in command of them.
sic regii constiterant.
In this manner, the king's troops had taken their positions.
§42.58.11consul intra vallum peditum acie instructa et ipse equitatum omnem cum levi armatura emisit; §42.58.12pro vallo instructi sunt.
The consul, having drawn up the line of infantry inside the rampart, also sent out all the cavalry with the light-armed troops; they were drawn up in front of the rampart.
dextro cornu praepositus C. Licinius Crassus, consulis frater, cum omni Italico equitatu, velitibus intermixtis; sinistro M. Valerius Laevinus sociorum ex Graecis populis equites habebat et eiusdem gentis levem armaturam; §42.58.13mediam autem aciem cum delectis equitibus extraordinariis tenebat Q. Mucius.
Over the right wing was placed Gaius Licinius Crassus, the consul's brother, with all the Italian cavalry, with velites intermingled; on the left, Marcus Valerius Laevinus had the cavalry of the allies from the Greek peoples and the light-armed troops of the same nation; Quintus Mucius held the center of the line with the chosen extraordinary cavalry.
ducenti equites Galli ante signa horum instructi et de auxiliis Eumenis Cyrtiorum gentis trecenti.
Two hundred Gallic cavalry were drawn up in front of their standards, and three hundred of Eumenes' auxiliaries of the Cyrtian nation.
§42.58.14Thessali quadringenti equites parvo intervallo super laevum cornu locati.
Four hundred Thessalian cavalry were stationed at a short distance above the left wing.
Eumenes rex Attalusque cum omni manu sua ab tergo inter postremam aciem ac vallum steterunt.
King Eumenes and Attalus, with all their force, stood in the rear between the last line and the rampart.