§44.32.1Anicius Scodra recepta nihil prius quam requisitos Petilium Perpennamque legatos ad se duci iussit.
Anicius, having recovered Scodra, ordered nothing prior to having the searched-for envoys, Petilius and Perpenna, brought to him.
§44.32.2quibus splendore suo restituto Perpennam extemplo mittit ad conprehendendos amicos cognatosque regis; §44.32.3qui Meteonem, Labeatium gentis urbem, profectus Etlevam uxorem cum filiis duobus, Scerdilaedo Pleuratoque, et Caravantium fratrem Scodram in castra adduxit.
To these men, their dignity having been restored, he immediately sent Perpenna to arrest the friends and kinsmen of the king; who, having set out for Meteon, a city of the Labeatian nation, brought the wife Etleva with her two sons, Scerdilaedus and Pleuratus, and the brother Caravantius to the camp at Scodra.
§44.32.4Anicius bello Illyrico intra triginta dies perfecto nuntium victoriae Perpennam Romam misit et post dies paucos Gentium regem ipsum cum parente, coniuge ac liberis ac fratre aliisque principibus Illyriorum.
Anicius, having finished the Illyrian war within thirty days, sent Perpenna to Rome with the news of the victory, and a few days later, King Gentius himself, along with his mother, his wife and children, and his brother, and other leading men of the Illyrians.
§44.32.5hoc unum bellum prius perpetratum quam coeptum Romae auditum est.
This was the only war that was heard of at Rome as having been completed before it was heard of as having been begun.
quibus diebus haec agebantur, Perseus quoque in magno terrore erat propter adventum simul Aemili novi consulis, quem cum ingentibus minis adventare audiebat, simul Octavi praetoris.
During the days these things were being done, Perseus also was in great terror because of the approach of both the new consul Aemilius, whom he heard was approaching with immense threats, and at the same time the praetor Octavius.
§44.32.6nec minus terroris a classe Romana et periculo maritumae orae habebat.
Nor did he have less terror from the Roman fleet and the danger to the maritime coast.
Thessalonicae Eumenes et Athenagoras praeerant cum parvo praesidio duorum milium caetratorum.
At Thessalonica, Eumenes and Athenagoras were in command with a small garrison of two thousand targeteers.
§44.32.7eo et Androclen praefectum mittit iussum sub ipsis navalibus castra habere.
To that place he also sent Androcles as commander, who was ordered to keep his camp right below the naval dockyards.
§44.32.8Aenean mille equites et Creon Antigonensis missi ad tutandam maritumam oram, ut, quocumque litore adplicuisse naves hostium audissent, extemplo ferrent agrestibus opem.
To Aenea, a thousand cavalry and Creon of Antigonea were sent to protect the maritime coast, so that, on whatever shore they heard that the enemy's ships had landed, they might immediately bring aid to the country people.
§44.32.9quinque milia Macedonum missa ad praesidium Pythoi et Petrae, quibus praepositi erant Histiaeus et Theogenes et Midon.
Five thousand Macedonians were sent to garrison Pythium and Petra, over whom Histiaeus, Theogenes, and Midon were placed in command.
§44.32.10his profectis ripam munire Elpei fluminis adgressus est, quia sicco alveo transiri poterat.
After these had set out, he began to fortify the bank of the river Elpeus, because it could be crossed with a dry bed.
§44.32.11huic rei ut omnis multitudo vacaret, feminae ex propinquis urbibus coactae cibaria in castra adferebant; miles iussus ex propinquis silvis benigne.
In order that the entire multitude might be free for this work, women gathered from the neighboring cities brought provisions into the camp; the soldiers, being ordered from the neighboring woods bountifully...