Sed longe utilius fuit angustias aditus qui Ciliciam aperit valido occupare praesidio iugumque opportune itineri imminens obtinere, unde inultus subeuntem hostem aut prohibere aut opprimere potuisset; nunc paucis, qui callibus praesiderent, relictis, retro ipse concessit, populator terrae quam a populationibus vindicare debebat.
But it would have been far more advantageous to beset with a strong force the narrow pass which opens the way into Cilicia, and to hold possession of a height which opportunely overhangs the road, from which without danger he would have been able to stop or destroy the enemy as they came up. As it was, leaving a few to guard the mountain paths, he himself retreated, a devastator of the land which he ought to have protected against devastation.
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