Terrebat eum non hostis, sed iniquitas temporis; Bactriani defecerant, Scythae etiam lacessebant, ipse non insistere in terra, non equo vehi, non docere, non hortari  suos poterat.
It was not the enemy that alarmed him, but the unfavourable condition of the times; the Bactriani had revolted, the Scythians also were provoking him to battle, he himself could not stand on his feet, could not ride a horse, could not  instruct nor encourage his men.
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