Dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum ex fumo castrorum eius suspicio adlata est ad Eumenem hostem appropinquare. Conveniunt duces; quaeritur quid opus sit facto. Intellegebant omnes tam celeriter copias ipsorum contrahi non posse, quam Antigonus adfuturus videbatur. Hic, omnibus titubantibus et de rebus summis desperantibus, Eumenes ait, si celeritatem velint adhibere et imperata facere, quod ante non fecerint, se rem expediturum. Nam quod diebus quinque hostis transisse posset, se effecturum ut non minus totidem dierum spatio retardaretur; qua re circumirent, suas quisque contraheret copias.
He had covered nearly half the distance, when the smoke from his camp led Eumenes to suspect that the enemy were approaching. He held a meeting with his generals; they deliberated as to what should be done. It was evident to all that their own troops could not be assembled quickly enough to meet the arrival of Antigonus. At this juncture, when all were in a panic and believed that they were lost, Eumenes said that if they would act quickly and obey his orders, which they had not done before, he would save the day. For whereas the enemy had but five days journey left, he would contrive to delay them at least as many days longer; therefore his officers must go about and each collect his own troops.
final_alignments\Cornelius_Nepos_Eumenes.json