§42.61.1ad regem spolia caesorum hostium referebantur.
To the king, the spoils of the slain enemies were being brought.
§42.61.2ex his aliis arma insignia, aliis equos, quibusdam captivos dono dabat.
From these, he gave to some conspicuous arms, to others horses, and to certain ones captives as a gift.
scuta erant supra mille quingenta; loricae thoracesque mille amplius summam explebant; galearum gladiorumque et missilium omnis generis maior aliquanto numerus.
The shields were over one thousand five hundred; the corslets and breastplates made up a total of more than a thousand; of helmets, swords, and missiles of all kinds, the number was considerably greater.
§42.61.3haec per se ampla laetaque multiplicata verbis regis, quae ad contionem vocato exercitu habuit.
These things, ample and joyful in themselves, were magnified by the words of the king, which he delivered having called the army to an assembly.
§42.61.4“praeiudicatum eventum belli habetis.
"You have the outcome of the war already prejudged.
meliorem partem hostium, equitatum Romanum, quo invictos se esse gloriabantur, fudistis.
You have routed the better part of the enemy, the Roman cavalry, in which they boasted that they were invincible.
§42.61.5equites enim illis principes iuventutis, equites seminarium senatus; inde lectos in patres consules, inde imperatores creant: horum spolia paulo divisimus inter vos.
For to them the cavalry are the chiefs of the youth, the cavalry are the seminary of the senate; from them they elect consuls chosen into the patricians, from them they create commanders: the spoils of these men we have just now divided among you.
§42.61.6nec minorem de legionibus peditum victoriam habetis, quae nocturna fuga vobis subtractae naufragorum trepidatione passim natantium flumen conpleverunt.
Nor do you have a less victory over the legions of infantry, which, withdrawn from you by a nocturnal flight, filled the river in the panic of shipwrecked men swimming in all directions.
§42.61.7sed facilius nobis sequentibus victos Peneum superare erit, quam illis trepidantibus fuit; transgressique extemplo castra oppugnabimus, quae hodie cepissemus, ni fugissent; §42.61.8aut si acie decernere volent, eundem pugnae pedestris eventum expectate, qui equitum in certamine fuit. ” et qui vicerant, §42.61.9alacres, spolia caesorum hostium umeris gerentes, decora sua audivere, ex eo, quod acciderat, spem futuri praecipientes, §42.61.10et pedites aliena gloria accensi, praecipue qui Macedonum phalangis erant, sibi quoque et navandae regi operae et similem gloriam ex hoste pariendi occasionem optabant.
But it will be easier for us, pursuing the defeated, to cross the Peneus than it was for them in their panic; and having crossed, we will immediately assault the camp, which we would have captured today, had they not fled; or if they wish to decide the issue in a pitched battle, expect the same outcome of the infantry fight as there was in the contest of the cavalry." And those who had conquered, spirited, carrying the spoils of the slain enemies on their shoulders, heard their own glories, anticipating from what had happened the hope of the future, and the infantry, inflamed by the glory of others, especially those who were of the Macedonian phalanx, wished also for themselves an opportunity both to do active service for the king and to win similar glory from the enemy.
§42.61.11contione dimissa, postero die profectus inde ad Mopselum posuit castra.
The assembly having been dismissed, having set out from there on the following day, he pitched camp at Mopselus.
tumulus hic ante Tempe eminet et Larisa medius abest Gonnum eunti.
This hill rises up before Tempe and lies midway for one going from Larisa to Gonnus.