§11.86.1ἐπʼ ἄρχοντος δʼ Ἀθήνησιν Ἀρίστωνος Ῥωμαῖοι μὲν κατέστησαν ὑπάτους Κόιντον Φάβιον Οὐιβουλανὸν καὶ Λεύκιον Κορνήλιον Κουριτῖνον.
When Ariston was archon in Athens, the Romans appointed Quintus Fabius Vibulanus and Lucius Cornelius Curitinus as consuls.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Ἀθηναίοις καὶ Πελοποννησίοις πενταετεῖς ἐγένοντο σπονδαί, Κίμωνος τοῦ Ἀθηναίου συνθεμένου ταύτας.
Under these consuls, a five-year truce was concluded between the Athenians and the Peloponnesians, Cimon the Athenian having negotiated it.
§11.86.2κατὰ δὲ τὴν Σικελίαν Ἐγεσταίοις καὶ Λιλυβαίταις ἐνέστη πόλεμος περὶ χώρας τῆς πρὸς τῷ Μαζάρῳ ποταμῷ· γενομένης δὲ μάχης ἰσχυρᾶς συνέβη πολλοὺς παρʼ ἀμφοτέροις ἀναιρεθῆναι καὶ τῆς φιλοτιμίας μὴ λῆξαι τὰς πόλεις.
In Sicily, a war broke out between the Egestaeans and the Lilybaeans over the land near the Mazarus River; and a fierce battle having taken place, it happened that many on both sides were slain and that the cities did not cease from their rivalry.
§11.86.3μετὰ δὲ τὴν πολιτογραφίαν τὴν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι γενομένην καὶ τὸν ἀναδασμὸν τῆς χώρας, πολλῶν εἰκῇ καὶ ὡς ἔτυχε πεπολιτογραφημένων, ἐνόσουν αἱ πόλεις καὶ πάλιν εἰς πολιτικὰς στάσεις καὶ ταραχὰς ἐνέπιπτον· μάλιστα δὲ τὸ κακὸν ἐπεπόλασεν ἐν ταῖς Συρακούσαις.
After the enrollment of citizens that took place in the cities and the redistribution of the land, since many had been enrolled as citizens at random and by chance, the cities were sick and fell again into civil strife and confusion; and this evil prevailed especially in Syracuse.
§11.86.4Τυνδαρίδης γάρ τις τοὔνομα, θράσους καὶ τόλμης γέμων ἄνθρωπος, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον πολλοὺς τῶν πενήτων ἀνελάμβανε, καὶ σωματοποιῶν τούτους ἑαυτῷ πρὸς τυραννίδα ἑτοίμους ἐποίει δορυφόρους.
For a certain man named Tyndarides, a fellow full of effrontery and boldness, at first won over many of the poor, and by organizing them into a body made them ready bodyguards for himself for a tyranny.
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἤδη φανερὸς ὢν ὅτι δυναστείας ὀρέγεται, θανάτου κρίσιν ὑποσχὼν κατεδικάσθη.
After this, when it was already obvious that he was grasping at supreme power, he was brought to trial on a capital charge and condemned to death.
§11.86.5ἀπαγομένου δὲ εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον οἱ πολυωρηθέντες ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ συνεστράφησαν καὶ τοῖς ἀπάγουσι τὰς χεῖρας ἐπέφερον.
As he was being led away to the prison, those who had been favored by him banded together and laid hands on those who were leading him away.
ταραχῆς δὲ γενομένης κατὰ τὴν πόλιν, συνεστράφησαν οἱ χαριέστατοι τῶν πολιτῶν, καὶ τοὺς νεωτερίσαντας συναρπάσαντες ἅμα τῷ Τυνδαρίδῃ ἀνεῖλον.
When a tumult arose in the city, the most respectable of the citizens banded together, and seizing those who had attempted a revolution, they put them to death along with Tyndarides.
πλεονάκις δὲ τούτου γινομένου, καὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τυραννίδος ἐπιθυμούντων, ὁ δῆμος ἐπηνέχθη μιμήσασθαι τοὺς Ἀθηναίους, καὶ νόμον θεῖναι παραπλήσιον τῷ παρʼ ἐκείνοις γεγραμμένῳ περὶ ὀστρακισμοῦ.
Since this happened quite often and men were desiring tyranny, the people were led to imitate the Athenians and to establish a law similar to the one written among them concerning ostracism.