§44.30.1iam veris principium erat novique duces in provincias venerant, consul Aemilius in Macedoniam, Octavius Oreum ad classem, Anicius in Illyricum, cui bellandum adversus Gentium erat.
Already it was the beginning of spring, and the new commanders had arrived in their provinces: the consul Aemilius in Macedonia, Octavius at Oreus to the fleet, and Anicius in Illyricum, who had to wage war against Gentius.
§44.30.2Gentius patre Pleurato, rege Illyriorum, et matre Eurydica genitus fratres duos, Platorem utroque parente, Caravantium matre eadem natum, habuit.
Gentius, born of his father Pleuratus, king of the Illyrians, and his mother Eurydice, had two brothers: Plator, born of both the same parents, and Caravantius, born of the same mother.
§44.30.3hoc propter ignobilitatem paternam minus suspecto Platorem occidit et duos amicos eius, Ettritum et Epicadum, impigros viros, quo tutius regnaret.
Since the latter was less suspected on account of his father's low birth, Gentius killed Plator and two of his friends, Ettritus and Epicadus, active men, in order to reign more securely.
§44.30.4fama fuit Monuni, Dardanorum principis, filiam Etutam pacto fratri eum invidisse, tamquam his nuptiis adiungenti sibi Dardanorum gentem; et simillimum id vero fecit ducta ea virgo Platore interfecto.
There was a rumor that he had envied the daughter of Monunius, prince of the Dardanians, named Etuta, who had been betrothed to his brother, as if by this marriage his brother were attaching the Dardanian nation to himself; and he made this seem very like the truth by marrying the maiden himself after Plator had been killed.
§44.30.5gravis deinde dempto a fratre metu popularibus esse coepit; et violentiam insitam ingenio intemperantia vini accendebat.
Then, the fear of his brother having been removed, he began to be oppressive to his countrymen; and the excess of wine inflamed the violence natural to his character.
§44.30.6ceterum, sicut ante dictum est, ad Romanum incitatus bellum Lissum omnis copias contraxit.
However, as has been said before, having been incited to the Roman war, he assembled all his forces at Lissus.
quindecim milia armatorum fuerunt.
There were fifteen thousand armed men.
§44.30.7inde fratre in Caviorum gentem vi aut terrore subigendam cum mille peditibus et quinquaginta equitibus misso, ipse ad Bassaniam urbem quinque milia ab Lisso ducit.
From there, having sent his brother with a thousand infantry and fifty cavalry to subjugate the nation of the Cavii by force or terror, he himself led his forces to the city of Bassania, five miles from Lissus.
§44.30.8socii erant Romanorum; itaque per praemissos nuntios prius temptati obsidionem pati quam dedere sese maluerunt.
They were allies of the Romans; therefore, having been sounded out beforehand by messengers sent ahead, they preferred to endure a siege rather than surrender themselves.
§44.30.9Caravantium in Caviis Durnium oppidum advenientem benigne accepit; Caravandis, altera urbs, exclusit; et agros eorum cum effuse vastaret, aliquot palati milites agrestium concursu interfecti sunt.
The town of Durnium received Caravantius kindly upon his arrival among the Cavii; Caravandis, the other city, shut him out; and while he was widely devastating their lands, several of his straggling soldiers were killed by a gathering of the rustics.
§44.30.10iam et Ap. Claudius adsumptis ad eum exercitum, quem habebat, Bullinorum et Apolloniatium et Dyrrachinorum auxiliis profectus ex hibernis circa Genusum amnem castra habebat, audito foedere inter Persea et Gentium et legatorum violatorum iniuria accensus, bellum haud dubie adversus eum gesturus.
Already Appius Claudius also, having added to the army which he had the auxiliary troops of the Bullini, Apolloniates, and Dyrrachini, and having set out from his winter quarters, had his camp near the river Genusus, incensed on hearing of the treaty between Perseus and Gentius and the outrage against the violated envoys, being undoubtedly about to wage war against him.
§44.30.12Anicius praetor eo tempore Apolloniae auditis, quae in Illyrico gererentur, praemissisque ad Appium litteris, ut se ad Genusum opperiretur, triduo et ipse in castra venit et ad ea, quae habebat, auxilia e Parthinorum iuventute adiunctis duobus milibus peditum et equitibus ducentis — peditibus Epicadus, equitibus Algalsus praeerat — parabat ducere in Illyricum, maxime ut Bassanitas solveret obsidione.
The praetor Anicius, having heard at Apollonia at that time what was going on in Illyricum, and having sent a letter ahead to Appius to wait for him at the Genusus, himself also came to the camp within three days; and having added to the forces he had auxiliary troops from the youth of the Parthini, consisting of two thousand infantry and two hundred cavalry—Epicadus commanded the infantry, Algalsus the cavalry—he was preparing to lead them into Illyricum, chiefly to relieve the Bassanites from the siege.
§44.30.13tenuit impetum eius fama lemborum vastantium maritimam oram.
The report of the lembuses devastating the maritime coast checked his advance.
§44.30.14octoginta erant lembi, auctore Pantaucho missi a Gentio ad Dyrrachinorum et Apolloniatium agros populandos.
There were eighty lembuses, sent by Gentius at the instigation of Pantauchus to plunder the lands of the Dyrrachini and Apolloniates.
§44.30.15tum classis ad to eo tradiderunt se.
Then the fleet... with that they surrendered themselves.