δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
affābĭlĭtas: (better adf-), ātis, f. adfabilis,
I the quality of affabilis, affability, courtesy, kindness: comitas adfabilitasque sermonis, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48.