§14.103.1τοῦ δʼ ἐνιαυσίου χρόνου διεληλυθότος Ἀθήνησι μὲν ἦρχεν Ἀντίπατρος, ἐν δὲ τῇ Ῥώμῃ τὴν ὑπατικὴν ἀρχὴν διῴκουν Λεύκιος Οὐαλέριος καὶ Αὖλος Μάλλιος.
When the period of a year had elapsed, Antipater was archon in Athens, and in Rome Lucius Valerius and Aulus Mallius administered the consular authority.
περὶ δὲ τούτους τοὺς χρόνους Διονύσιος ὁ τῶν Συρακοσίων δυνάστης φανερῶς ἑαυτὸν ἀναδείξας ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰταλίαν στρατευσόμενον, μετὰ πλείστης δυνάμεως ὥρμησεν ἀπὸ Συρακουσῶν.
Around this time, Dionysius, the ruler of the Syracusans, having openly declared that he would campaign against Italy, set out from Syracuse with a very great force.
§14.103.2εἶχε δὲ πεζοὺς μὲν πλείους τῶν δισμυρίων, ἱππεῖς δὲ περὶ τρισχιλίους, ναῦς δὲ μακρὰς μὲν τεσσαράκοντα, τὰς δὲ τὸν σῖτον κομιζούσας οὐκ ἐλάττους τριακοσίων.
He had more than twenty thousand infantry, about three thousand cavalry, forty warships, and no fewer than three hundred vessels carrying grain.
πεμπταῖος δὲ κατανύσας εἰς τὴν Μεσσήνην, αὐτὸς μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει τὴν δύναμιν ἀνελάμβανε, Θεαρίδην δὲ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἐπὶ τὰς Λιπαραίων νήσους ἀπέστειλε μετὰ νεῶν τριάκοντα· πεπυσμένος γὰρ ἦν δέκα ναῦς τῶν Ῥηγίνων περὶ ἐκείνους τοὺς τόπους οὔσας.
Arriving at Messene on the fifth day, he himself refreshed his force in the city, but sent his brother Thearides with thirty ships to the islands of the Liparaeans; for he had learned that ten ships of the Rhegians were around those places.
§14.103.3ὁ δὲ Θεαρίδης ἐκπλεύσας καὶ καταλαβὼν τὴν Ῥηγίνων δεκαναΐαν ἔν τισιν εὐθέτοις τόποις, αὐτάνδρων τῶν σκαφῶν ἐκυρίευσε καὶ ταχέως εἰς Μεσσήνην πρὸς Διονύσιον ἐπέστρεψε.
Thearides, having sailed out and captured the ten-ship fleet of the Rhegians in certain suitable places, took possession of the vessels together with their crews, and quickly returned to Dionysius in Messene.
Διονύσιος δὲ τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους εἰς δεσμὰ καταθέμενος τοῖς Μεσσηνίοις ἔδωκε φυλάττειν, αὐτὸς δὲ περαιώσας τὴν δύναμιν εἰς Καυλωνίαν περιεστρατοπέδευσε τὴν πόλιν, καὶ τὰς μηχανὰς προσερείσας πυκνὰς προσβολὰς ἐποιεῖτο.
Dionysius, having put the captives in chains, gave them to the Messenians to guard, while he himself, having transported his force across to Caulonia, encamped around the city, and bringing up his siege engines, made frequent assaults.
§14.103.4οἱ δὲ κατὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν Ἕλληνες ὡς ἐπύθοντο τὰς τοῦ Διονυσίου δυνάμεις περαιουμένας τὸν διείργοντα πορθμόν, καὶ αὐτοὶ στρατόπεδα συνήθροιζον.
But when the Greeks of Italy learned that the forces of Dionysius were crossing the dividing strait, they also assembled their armies.
τῆς δὲ τῶν Κροτωνιατῶν πόλεως μάλιστα πολυοχλουμένης καὶ πλείστους ἐχούσης Συρακοσίους φυγάδας, τούτοις τὴν ἡγεμονίαν τοῦ πολέμου παρέδωκαν·
Since the city of the Crotoniates was the most populous and had the greatest number of Syracusan exiles, they surrendered the leadership of the war to them.
§14.103.5οἱ δὲ Κροτωνιᾶται τὰς πανταχόθεν δυνάμεις ἀθροίσαντες στρατηγὸν Ἕλωριν τὸν Συρακόσιον εἵλοντο.
The Crotoniates, having gathered the forces from all sides, chose Heloris the Syracusan as general.
οὗτος δὲ πεφευγὼς Διονύσιον καὶ δοκῶν τόλμαν ἔχειν ἔμπρακτον, πιστότατα πρὸς τὸν τύραννον πολεμήσειν διὰ τὸ μῖσος ὑπείληπτο.
He, having fled from Dionysius and being thought to possess practical courage, was believed to be about to wage war against the tyrant with the utmost fidelity because of his hatred.
ὡς δὲ πάντες οἱ σύμμαχοι παρεγενήθησαν εἰς Κρότωνα, κατὰ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ προαίρεσιν Ἕλωρις διατάξας ὥρμησε μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως ἐπὶ Καυλωνίας· §14.103.6ἅμα γὰρ ἐνόμιζεν ἐπιφανεὶς λύσειν τὴν πολιορκίαν, ἅμα δὲ καταπεπονημένους τοὺς πολεμίους ὑπὸ τῶν καθʼ ἡμέραν προσβολῶν διαγωνιεῖσθαι.
When all the allies had arrived in Croton, Heloris, having drawn up his forces according to his own plan, set out with the entire army for Caulonia; for he believed that on the one hand, by appearing he would raise the siege, and on the other hand, he would contend with an enemy already exhausted by the daily assaults.
εἶχε δὲ τοὺς ἅπαντας πεζοὺς μὲν περὶ δισμυρίους πεντακισχιλίους, ἱππεῖς δὲ περὶ δισχιλίους.
In total he had about twenty-five thousand infantry and about two thousand cavalry.