§12.68.1διὸ καὶ θαρρήσας τῷ πλήθει τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἐστράτευσεν ἐπὶ τὴν καλουμένην Ἀμφίπολιν.
Therefore, having also taken courage from the multitude of his soldiers, he marched against the so-called Amphipolis.
ταύτην δὲ τὴν πόλιν πρότερον μὲν ἐπεχείρησεν οἰκίζειν Ἀρισταγόρας ὁ Μιλήσιος, φεύγων Δαρεῖον τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Περσῶν· §12.68.2ἐκείνου δὲ τελευτήσαντος, καὶ τῶν οἰκητόρων ἐκπεσόντων ὑπὸ Θρᾳκῶν τῶν ὀνομαζομένων Ἠδωνῶν, μετὰ ταῦτα ἔτεσι δυσὶ πρὸς τοῖς τριάκοντα Ἀθηναῖοι μυρίους οἰκήτορας εἰς αὐτὴν ἐξέπεμψαν.
And this city Aristagoras of Miletus had previously attempted to colonize, when fleeing from Darius, the king of the Persians; and after he had died and the settlers had been driven out by the Thracians who are called Edonians, thirty-two years after these events the Athenians sent out ten thousand settlers to it.
ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τούτων ὑπὸ Θρᾳκῶν διαφθαρέντων περὶ Δράβησκον, διαλιπόντες ἔτη δύο πάλιν ἀνεκτήσαντο τὴν πόλιν Ἅγνωνος ἡγουμένου.
And likewise, when these too had been destroyed by the Thracians near Drabescus, after an interval of two years they again recovered the city under the leadership of Hagnon.
§12.68.3περιμαχήτου δʼ αὐτῆς πολλάκις γεγενημένης, ἔσπευδεν ὁ Βρασίδας κύριος γενέσθαι τῆς πόλεως.
And since it had often been fought over, Brasidas was eager to become master of the city.
διὸ καὶ στρατεύσας ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ἀξιολόγῳ δυνάμει, καὶ στρατοπεδεύσας πλησίον τῆς γεφύρας, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον εἷλε τὸ προάστειον τῆς πόλεως, τῇ δʼ ὑστεραίᾳ καταπληξάμενος τοὺς Ἀμφιπολίτας παρέλαβε τὴν πόλιν καθʼ ὁμολογίαν, ὥστʼ ἐξεῖναι τῷ βουλομένῳ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ λαβόντα ἀπελθεῖν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως.
Therefore, having marched against it with a noteworthy force and having encamped near the bridge, first he captured the suburb of the city, and on the following day, having intimidated the Amphipolitans, he took over the city by agreement, on the condition that it was permitted for anyone who wished to take his own belongings and depart from the city.
§12.68.4εὐθὺς δὲ καὶ τῶν πλησιοχώρων πόλεων πλείονας προσηγάγετο, ἐν αἷς ἦσαν ἀξιολογώταται Οἰσύμη καὶ Γαληψός, ἀμφότεραι Θασίων ἄποικοι, καὶ Μύρκινον, Ἠδωνικὸν πολισμάτιον.
And immediately he also won over several of the neighboring cities, among which the most noteworthy were Oesyme and Galepsus, both colonies of the Thasians, and Myrkinos, an Edonian town.
ἐπεβάλετο δὲ καὶ ναυπηγεῖσθαι τριήρεις πλείους ἐπὶ τῷ Στρυμόνι ποταμῷ, καὶ στρατιώτας ἔκ τε Λακεδαίμονος καὶ παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων συμμάχων μετεπέμπετο.
He also undertook to build more triremes on the Strymon River, and sent for soldiers from Lacedaemon and from the other allies.
§12.68.5κατεσκεύαζε δὲ καὶ πανοπλίας πολλάς, καὶ τοῖς ἀόπλοις τῶν νέων ἀνεδίδου ταύτας, καὶ βελῶν καὶ σίτου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων παρασκευὰς ἐποιεῖτο.
He also prepared many suits of armor and distributed them to those of the young men who were unarmed, and made preparations of missiles, grain, and all other things.
ὡς δʼ αὐτῷ πάντα παρεσκεύαστο, ἀνέζευξεν ἐκ τῆς Ἀμφιπόλεως μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως, καὶ παραγενόμενος εἰς τὴν καλουμένην Ἀκτὴν κατεστρατοπέδευσεν.
When everything had been prepared for him, he marched from Amphipolis with his force, and arriving at the so-called Acte, he encamped.
ἐν ταύτῃ δʼ ὑπῆρχον πέντε πόλεις, ὧν αἱ μὲν Ἑλληνίδες ἦσαν, Ἀνδρίων ἄποικοι, αἱ δὲ εἶχον ὄχλον βαρβάρων διγλώττων Βισαλτικόν.
In this region there were five cities, of which some were Greek, colonies of the Andrians, while others had a population of bilingual barbarians of Bisaltic origin.
§12.68.6ταύτας δὲ χειρωσάμενος ἐστράτευσεν ἐπὶ πόλιν Τορώνην, ἄποικον μὲν Χαλκιδέων, κατεχομένην δὲ ὑπʼ Ἀθηναίων.
Having subdued these, he marched against the city of Torone, which was a colony of the Chalcidians but held by the Athenians.
προδιδόντων δέ τινων τὴν πόλιν, ὑπὸ τούτων εἰσαχθεὶς νυκτὸς ἐκράτησε τῆς Τορώνης ἄνευ κινδύνων.
Since some were betraying the city, having been let in by them at night, he gained control of Torone without danger.
τὰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ τὸν Βρασίδαν μέχρι τούτου προέβη κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν ἐνιαυτόν.
Now the affairs concerning Brasidas proceeded as far as this during this year.