§43.21.1L. Coelius, legatus Romanus, praeerat Illyrico; qui moveri non ausus, cum in iis locis rex esset, post profectionem demum eius conatus in Penestis Uscanam recipere, a praesidio, quod ibi Macedonum erat, cum multis volneribus repulsus Lychnidum copias reduxit.
Lucius Coelius, the Roman lieutenant, was in command of Illyria; not daring to make any movement while the king was in those parts, he attempted, only after the king's departure, to recover Uscana in the territory of the Penestae, but being repulsed with many casualties by the Macedonian garrison there, he withdrew his forces to Lychnidus.
§43.21.2inde post dies paucos M. Trebellium Fregellanum cum satis valida manu in Penestas misit ad obsides ab iis urbibus, quae in amicitia cum fide permanserant, accipiendos; §43.21.3procedere etiam in Parthinos — ii quoque obsides dare pepigerant — iussit.
A few days later, he sent Marcus Trebellius Fregellanus with a sufficiently strong force into the territory of the Penestae to receive hostages from those cities which had faithfully remained in friendship; he also ordered him to march against the Parthini, who had likewise promised to give hostages.
ab utraque gente sine tumultu exigit.
He exacted them from both nations without any disturbance.
Penestarum equites Apolloniam, Parthinorum Dyrrachium, — tum Epidamni magis celebre nomen Graecis erat — missi.
The horsemen of the Penestae were sent to Apollonia, and those of the Parthini to Dyrrachium—at that time the name Epidamnus was more celebrated among the Greeks.
§43.21.4Ap. Claudius acceptam in Illyrico ignominiam corrigere cupiens Phanotam, Epiri castellum, adortus oppugnare est.
Appius Claudius, wishing to repair the disgrace he had incurred in Illyria, undertook to besiege Phanota, a fortress of Epirus.
auxilia Chaonum Thesprotorumque praeter Romanum exercitum, ad sex milia hominum, secum adduxit; §43.21.5neque operae pretium fecit Cleua, qui relictus a Perseo erat, cum valido praesidio defendente.
Besides the Roman army, he brought with him about six thousand auxiliary troops of the Chaonians and Thesprotians; but he achieved nothing of worth, as Cleuas, who had been left by Perseus, defended it with a strong garrison.
et Perseus, Elimeam profectus et circa eam exercitu lustrato ad Stratum vocantibus Epirotis ducit.
Meanwhile Perseus, having set out for Elimea and having purified his army around it, marched towards Stratus at the invitation of the Epirots.
§43.21.6Stratus validissima tum urbs Aetoliae erat; sita est super Ambracium sinum prope amnem Inachum.
Stratus was at that time the strongest city of Aetolia; it is situated above the Ambracian Gulf near the river Inachus.
cum decem milibus peditum eo profectus est et equitibus trecentis, quos pauciores propter angustias viarum et asperitatem duxit.
He set out thither with ten thousand infantry and three hundred cavalry, of whom he took a smaller number on account of the narrowness and roughness of the roads.
§43.21.7tertio die cum pervenisset ad Citium montem, vix transgressus propter altitudinem nivis locum quoque castris aegre invenit.
When on the third day he had reached Mount Citium, having crossed with difficulty because of the depth of the snow, he found even a place for his camp only with great trouble.
§43.21.8profectus inde, magis quia manere non poterat, quam quod tolerabilis aut via aut tempestas esset, cum ingenti vexatione praecipue iumentorum altero die ad templum Iovis, Nicaeum quem vocant, posuit castra.
Setting out from there, more because he could not remain than because either the road or the weather was tolerable, and with immense suffering especially to the baggage animals, on the second day he pitched his camp near the temple of Jupiter, which they call Nicaeum.
§43.21.9ad Aratthum inde flumen itinere ingenti emenso retentus altitudine amnis mansit.
Then, having completed a great march to the river Aratthus, he stayed there, detained by the depth of the river.
quo spatio temporis ponte perfecto, traductis copiis diei progressus iter obvium Archidamum, principem Aetolorum, per quem ei Stratus tradebatur, habuit.
During this interval of time, when a bridge had been completed and his forces led across, after a day's march he met Archidamus, a chief of the Aetolians, through whom Stratus was to be delivered to him.