ccc stadia processerant, cum occurrit Brochubelus, Mazaei filius, Syriae quondam praetor; is quoque transfuga nuntiabat Bessum haud amplius quam cc stadia abesse, exercitum, utpote praedae avidum, incompositum inordinatumque procedere.
He had gone on for 300 stadia, when Brochubelus, son of Mazaeus, formerly satrap of Syria, met him; he also was a deserter and reported that Bessus was not more than 200 stadia distant, and that his army, being greedy for plunder, was marching in confusion and disorder.
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