Iug. 105.1Quīs rēbus cognitīs Bocchus per litterās ā Mariō petīvit, utī Sullam ad sē mitteret, quoius arbitrātū commūnibus negōtiīs cōnsulerētur, is missus cum praesidiō equitum atque funditōrum Baleārum.When he learned of this, Bocchus asked Marius by letter to send Sulla to him, so that their common affairs might be settled by his judgement; he was sent with a guard of cavalry and Balearic slingers. Iug. 105.2Praetereā iēre sagittāriī et cohors Paeligna cum vēlitāribus armīs, itineris properandī causā, neque hīs secus atque aliīs armīs advorsum tēla hostium, quod ea levia sunt, mūnītī.Besides, there went archers and a Paelignian cohort with the arms of light skirmishers, for the sake of speed on the march, and with these they were no less protected than with other arms against the enemy's missiles, since those are light. Iug. 105.3Sed in itinere quīntō dēnique diē Volux, fīlius Bocchī, repente in campīs patentibus cum mīlle nōn amplius equitibus sēsē ostendit, quī temerē et effūsē euntēs Sullae aliīsque omnibus et numerum ampliōrem vērō et hostīlem metum efficiēbant.But on the march, on the fifth day at last, Volux, the son of Bocchus, suddenly appears on the open plains with not more than a thousand horsemen, who, riding at random and in loose order, gave Sulla and all the others the impression of a greater number than the truth and the fear of an enemy.
Iug. 105.4Igitur sē quisque expedīre, arma atque tēla temptāre, intendere;So each man got himself ready, tried and bent his arms and weapons; Iug. 105.4timor aliquantus, sed spēs amplior, quippe victōribus et advorsum eōs, quōs saepe vīcerant.there was considerable fear, but greater hope, since they were victors and facing those whom they had often defeated. Iug. 105.5Interim equitēs explōrātum praemissī rem, utī erat, quiētam nūntiant.Meanwhile horsemen sent ahead to reconnoitre report that the situation, as indeed it was, was peaceful.