Proinde cum primam consultae rationes copiam praebuissent, rumore praecurso, hostiles occupare properans terras, nondum adulto vere, missa per militares numeros expeditionali tessera cunctos transire iussit Euphraten.
Thereupon, as soon as regard for prudence offered the opportunity, he hastened to invade the enemys country, outstripping the report of his coming; and spring had barely arrived, when he ordered all to cross the Euphrates, sending marching orders to every division of his army.
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