Book 18
7.9
And now they had come to a hamlet called Bebase, from which as far as the town of Constantina,Formerly Antoninupolis, renamed after its restoration by Constantine, see 9, 1, below. which is a hundred miles distant, everything is parched by constant drought except for a little water to be found in wells. There they hesitated for a long time what to do, and finally were planning to cross, being confident of the hardiness of their men, when they learned from a faithful scout that the Euphrates was swollen by the melted snows and overflowing in wide pools, and hence could not be forded anywhere.
