Macedonia profecti ultra Euphraten in mediis hostibus novum imperium aspernantibus destitutos se esse cernebant; sine certo regis herede, sine herede regni publicas vires ad se quemque tracturum.
Having left Macedonia, they saw themselves abandoned beyond the Euphrates and in the midst of foes dissatisfied with the new rule; without a sure heir to their king, without an heir to the throne, each man would be trying to draw the public forces into his own power.
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