missī[1], tumultuōsē[2] neque tamen nōn vērē[3] Parthōs[4] in Syriam trānsīsse nūntiāvērunt; quō audītō, vehementer sum commōtus cum . . . tum[5] dē Syriā tum dē meā[6] prōvinciā, dē reliquā dēnique Asiā[7].
Itaque in Cappadociā[8] extrēmā[9] nōn longē ā Taurō apud oppidum Cybistra[10] castra fēcī, ut et Ciliciam tuērer et Cappadociam tenēns[11] nova . . . cōnsilia[12] fīnitimōrum[13] impedīrem.
Intereā cōgnōvī multōrum litterīs atque nūntiīs magnās Parthōrum cōpiās et Arabum ad oppidum Antiochēam accessisse, magnumque eōrum[14] equitātum, quī in Ciliciam trānsīsset, ab equitum meōrum turmīs[15] et a cohorte praetōriā, quae erat Epiphanēae praesidiī causā, occidiōne occisum[16]. Quāre, cum vidērem ā Cappadociā Parthōrum cōpiās āversās, nōn longē ā fīnibus esse Ciliciae, quam potuī maximīs[17] itineribus, ad Amānum[18] exercitum dūxī. Quō ut vēnī[19],
- ↑ missī: not mīsī.
- ↑ tumultuōsē: adv., in great alarm.
- ↑ nōn vērē: without foundation in fact, (vērē, adv., lit. truthfully).
- ↑ Parthōs: two years before, the Romans had suffered crushing defeat at the hands of this warlike people.
- ↑ cum . . . tum: not only . . . but also, edit with reference to dē.
- ↑ meā: note the position of the word.
- ↑ Asiā: f, as on p. 169, l. 6.
- ↑ Cappadociā: f, see the map on p. 179.
- ↑ extrēmā: extrēmus, -a, -um: lit. farthest; translate freely (cf. the rendering of prīmus, summus, etc.).
- ↑ Cybistra: in apposition with oppidum; render, however, as if a genitive.
- ↑ tenēns: while occupying, Cicero anticipated that the Parthian invaders would take this more northern route..
- ↑ nova . . . cōnsilia: cf. rēs novās, p. 28, l. 10.
- ↑ fīnitimōrum: translate the gen. “on the part of.”.
- ↑ eōrum: of theirs.
- ↑ turmīs: f, cf. p. 161, l. 7. The forces here mentioned Cicero had sent south at a venture (cf. the note on l. 7)..
- ↑ occidiōne occisum: had been annihilated, (occīsiō, -ōnis, F., utter destruction).
- ↑ quam potuī maximīs: i.e. the longest possible; cf. the note on p. 142, l. 5.
- ↑ Amānum: m, a mountain range near the eastern border of Cilicia.
- ↑ ut: i.e. ubi.
