§12.82.1τῷ δʼ ἑκκαιδεκάτῳ παρὰ μὲν Ἀθηναίοις ἦν ἄρχων Ἀρίμνηστος, ἐν Ῥώμῃ δʼ ἀντὶ τῶν ὑπάτων χιλίαρχοι κατεστάθησαν τέτταρες, Τίτος Κλαύδιος καὶ Σπόριος Ναύτιος, ἔτι δὲ Λούκιος Σέντιος καὶ Σέξτος Ἰούλιος.
In the sixteenth year, Arimnestus was archon in Athens, and in Rome, in place of the consuls, four military tribunes were established: Titus Claudius, Spurius Nautius, and furthermore Lucius Sentius and Sextus Julius.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων παρὰ μὲν Ἠλείοις ἤχθη Ὀλυμπιὰς πρώτη πρὸς ταῖς ἐνενήκοντα, καθʼ ἣν ἐνίκα στάδιον Ἐξαίνετος Ἀκραγαντῖνος.
Under their administration, among the Eleans, the ninety-first Olympiad was celebrated, in which Exaenetus of Acragas won the stadion.
§12.82.2Βυζάντιοι δὲ καὶ Καλχηδόνιοι παραλαβόντες Θρᾷκας ἐστράτευσαν εἰς τὴν Βιθυνίαν πολλοῖς πλήθεσι, καὶ τήν τε χώραν ἐπόρθησαν καὶ πολλὰ τῶν μικρῶν πολισματίων ἐκπολιορκήσαντες ἐπετελέσαντο πράξεις ὠμότητι διαφερούσας· πολλῶν γὰρ αἰχμαλώτων κρατήσαντες ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν καὶ παίδων ἅπαντας ἀπέσφαξαν.
The Byzantines and Calchedonians, having taken Thracians along with them, marched into Bithynia with a large force, and they both ravaged the territory and, having captured many of the small towns by siege, committed acts of outstanding cruelty; for having taken many captives—men, women, and children—they slaughtered them all.
§12.82.3περὶ δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς χρόνους κατὰ τὴν Σικελίαν Ἐγεσταῖοι πρὸς Σελινουντίους ἐπολέμησαν περὶ χώρας ἀμφισβητησίμου, ποταμοῦ τὴν χώραν τῶν διαφερομένων πόλεων ὁρίζοντος.
Around the same time, in Sicily, the Egestaeans went to war with the Selinuntians over disputed territory, a river marking the boundary between the lands of the disputing cities.
§12.82.4Σελινούντιοι δὲ διαβάντες τὸ ῥεῖθρον τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τῆς παραποταμίας βίᾳ κατέσχον, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ τῆς προσκειμένης χώρας πολλὴν ἀποτεμόμενοι κατεφρόνησαν τῶν ἠδικημένων.
The Selinuntians, having crossed the river, at first occupied the riverside land by force, and after this, having cut off and seized much of the adjacent territory, they looked down on those who had been wronged.
§12.82.5οἱ δʼ Ἐγεσταῖοι παροξυνθέντες τὸ μὲν πρῶτον διὰ τῶν λόγων πείθειν ἐπεβάλοντο μὴ ἐπιβαίνειν τῆς ἀλλοτρίας γῆς· ὡς δὲ οὐδεὶς αὐτοῖς προσεῖχεν, ἐστράτευσαν ἐπὶ τοὺς κατέχοντας τὴν χώραν, καὶ πάντας ἐκβαλόντες ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν αὐτοὶ τὴν χώραν κατέσχον.
The Egestaeans, having been provoked, at first attempted by arguments to persuade them not to trespass on others' land; but since no one paid attention to them, they marched against those who occupied the territory, and having expelled them all from the fields, they themselves occupied the land.
§12.82.6γενομένης δὲ διαφορᾶς μεγάλης ἀμφοτέραις ταῖς πόλεσι, στρατιώτας ἀθροίσαντες διὰ τῶν ὅπλων ἐποιοῦντο τὴν κρίσιν.
When a great dispute arose between both cities, they gathered soldiers and sought to decide the matter by force of arms.
διόπερ ἀμφοτέρων παραταξαμένων ἐγένετο μάχη καρτερά, καθʼ ἣν Σελινούντιοι νικήσαντες ἀπέκτειναν τῶν Ἐγεσταίων οὐκ ὀλίγους.
Consequently, with both sides drawn up for battle, a fierce fight ensued, in which the Selinuntians were victorious and killed not a few of the Egestaeans.
§12.82.7οἱ δʼ Ἐγεσταῖοι ταπεινωθέντες καὶ καθʼ ἑαυτοὺς οὐκ ὄντες ἀξιόμαχοι, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον Ἀκραγαντίνους καὶ Συρακοσίους ἔπειθον συμμαχῆσαι· ἀποτυχόντες δὲ τούτων ἐξέπεμψαν πρεσβευτὰς εἰς τὴν Καρχηδόνα, δεόμενοι βοηθῆσαι·
The Egestaeans, having been humbled and being unable by themselves to wage a successful war, at first tried to persuade the Acragantini and the Syracusans to form an alliance; but failing in this, they dispatched ambassadors to Carthage, begging for help.
οὐ προσεχόντων δʼ αὐτῶν, ἐζήτουν τινὰ διαπόντιον συμμαχίαν· οἷς συνήργησε ταὐτόματον.
When the Carthaginians paid no attention to them, they sought some overseas alliance; and in this, chance worked in their favor.