§13.1ὁ δὲ Τίτος τότε καλλίστου καὶ δικαιοτάτου τοῦ πρὸς Νάβιν ἀρξάμενος πολέμου, τὸν Λακεδαιμονίων ἐξωλέστατον καὶ παρανομώτατον τύραννον, ἐν τῷ τέλει διεψεύσατο τὰς τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἐλπίδας, ἑλεῖν παρασχὸν οὐκ ἐθελήσας, ἀλλὰ σπεισάμενος καὶ προέμενος τὴν Σπάρτην ἀναξίως δουλεύουσαν, εἴτε δείσας μὴ τοῦ πολέμου μῆκος λαμβάνοντος ἄλλος ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ἐπελθὼν στρατηγὸς ἀνέληται τὴν δόξαν, εἴτε φιλονεικίᾳ καὶ ζηλοτυπίᾳ τῶν Φιλοποίμενος τιμῶν, §13.2ὃν ἔν τε τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν ἄνδρα δεινότατον τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὄντα καὶ περὶ ἐκεῖνον τὸν πόλεμον ἔργα θαυμαστὰ τόλμης καὶ δεινότητος ἀποδειξάμενον ἴσα τῷ Τίτῳ κυδαίνοντες Ἀχαιοὶ καὶ τιμῶντες ἐν τοῖς θεάτροις ἐλύπουν ἐκεῖνον, οὐκ ἀξιοῦντα Ῥωμαίων ὑπάτῳ προπολεμοῦντι τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἄνθρωπον Ἀρκάδα, μικρῶν καὶ ὁμόρων πολέμων στρατηγόν, ὅμοια θαυμάζεσθαι παρʼ αὐτοῖς.
But Titus, although he had then begun a most noble and just war against Nabis, the most destructive and lawless tyrant of the Lacedaemonians, in the end disappointed the hopes of Greece; for he was unwilling to capture him when the opportunity presented itself, but made peace and abandoned Sparta to an unworthy servitude, either because he feared that, if the war dragged on, another general coming from Rome might rob him of the glory, or because of rivalry and jealousy of the honors paid to Philopoemen, whom the Achaeans, by extolling and honoring in their theaters on an equal footing with Titus—since he was in all other respects the ablest man among the Greeks and had in that very war displayed wonderful deeds of courage and ability—vexed him, as he did not think it right that an Arcadian, a general of petty and neighboring wars, should receive equal admiration among them as a Roman consul fighting for the liberty of Greece.
§13.3οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς ὁ Τίτος ὑπὲρ τούτων ἀπελογεῖτο, καταθέσθαι τὸν πόλεμον ὡς ἑώρα σὺν κακῷ μεγάλῳ τῶν ἄλλων Σπαρτιατῶν ἀπολούμενον τὸν τύραννον·
Nevertheless, Titus himself defended his conduct in this matter, saying that he had ended the war because he saw that the tyrant could not be destroyed without great disaster to the rest of the Spartans.
τῶν δὲ Ἀχαιῶν αὐτῷ πολλὰ πρὸς τιμὴν ψηφισαμένων οὐδὲν ἐδόκει πρὸς τὰς εὐεργεσίας ἐξισοῦσθαι πχὴν μιᾶς δωρεᾶς, ἣν ἐκεῖνος ἀντὶ πάντων ἠγάπησεν.
And although the Achaeans passed many decrees in his honor, nothing seemed to equal his benefits except for one gift, which he cherished above all others.
ἦν δὲ τοιάδε.
And it was of this sort.
§13.4Ῥωμαίων οἱ δυστυχήσαντες ἐν τῷ πρὸς Ἀννίβαν πολέμῳ πολλαχοῦ μὲν ὤνιοι γενόμενοι καὶ διασπαρέντες ἐδούλευον·
Of the Romans who had been unfortunate in the war against Hannibal, many had been sold in various places and were living in slavery, scattered abroad; in Greece, they numbered twelve hundred.
ἐν δὲ τῇ Ἑλλάδι χίλιοι καὶ διακόσιοι τὸ πλῆθος ἦσαν, ἀεὶ μὲν οἰκτροὶ τῆς μεταβολῆς, τότε δὲ καὶ μᾶλλον, ὡς εἰκός, ἐντυγχάνοντες οἱ μὲν υἱοῖς, οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοῖς, οἱ δὲ συνήθεσιν, ἐλευθέροις δοῦλοι καὶ νικῶσιν αἰχμάλωτοι.
They were always pitiable because of their change of fortune, but then even more so, as was natural, when they met, some with their sons, some with their brothers, and some with their acquaintances, themselves being slaves to free men and captives to victors.
§13.5τούτους ὁ μὲν Τίτος οὐκ ἀφείλετο τῶν κεκτημένων, καίπερ ἀνιώμενος ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς, οἱ δὲ Ἀχαιοὶ λυτρωσάμενοι πέντε μνῶν ἕκαστον ἄνδρα καὶ συναγαγόντες εἰς ταὐτὸ πάντας ἤδη περὶ πλοῦν ὄντι τῷ Τίτῳ παρέδωκαν, ὥστε αὐτὸν εὐφραινόμενον ἀποπλεῖν, ἀπὸ καλῶν ἔργων καλὰς ἀμοιβὰς καὶ πρεπούσας ἀνδρὶ μεγάλῳ καὶ φιλοπολίτῃ κεκομισμένον·
These men Titus did not take away from their owners, although he was grieved on their account; but the Achaeans, having ransomed each man for five minae and gathered them all together, delivered them to Titus as he was already about to sail, so that he set sail rejoicing, having received for noble deeds noble rewards fitting for a great man who loved his country.
§13.6ὃ δὴ δοκεῖ πρὸς τὸν θρίαμβον αὐτῷ πάντων ὑπάρξαι λαμπρότατον.
This indeed seems to have been the most glorious feature of all for his triumph.
οἱ γὰρ ἄνδρες οὗτοι, καθάπερ ἔθος ἐστὶ τοῖς οἰκέταις ὅταν ἐλευθερωθῶσιν, ξύρεσθαί τε τὰς κεφαλὰς καὶ πιλία φορεῖν, ταῦτα δράσαντες αὐτοὶ θριαμβεύοντι τῷ Τίτῳ παρείποντο.
For these men, following the custom for slaves when they are set free, which is to shave their heads and wear felt caps, did this and followed Titus as he celebrated his triumph.