§14.12.1τῶν δὲ κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν πράξεων τέλος ἐχουσῶν Ἀθήνησι μὲν ἦν ἄρχων Εὐκλείδης, ἐν Ῥώμῃ δὲ τὴν ὑπατικὴν ἀρχὴν διεδέξαντο χιλίαρχοι τέσσαρες, Πόπλιος Κορνήλιος, Νουμέριος Φάβιος, Λεύκιος Οὐαλέριος.
When the events of this year had come to an end, Eucleides was archon in Athens, and in Rome four military tribunes with consular power succeeded to the consular authority: Publius Cornelius, Numerius Fabius, and Lucius Valerius.
§14.12.2τούτων δὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν παρειληφότων Βυζάντιοι πρὸς μὲν ἀλλήλους στασιάζοντες, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς παροικοῦντας Θρᾷκας πόλεμον ἔχοντες, κακῶς ἀπήλλαττον· οὐ δυνάμενοι δὲ λύσιν πορίσασθαι τῆς πρὸς ἀλλήλους φιλονεικίας, στρατηγὸν ᾐτήσαντο παρὰ Λακεδαιμονίων.
When these men had taken over the office, the Byzantines, who were at strife among themselves and also engaged in war with the neighboring Thracians, were in a bad way; and being unable to find a solution to their mutual rivalry, they requested a general from the Lacedaemonians.
ἐξέπεμψαν οὖν οἱ Σπαρτιᾶται Κλέαρχον καταστήσοντα τὰ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν·
The Spartans therefore sent out Clearchus to settle the affairs of the city.
§14.12.3οὗτος δὲ πιστευθεὶς περὶ τῶν ὅλων καὶ μισθοφόρους πολλοὺς ἀθροίσας, οὐκέτι προστάτης ἦν, ἀλλὰ τύραννος.
But he, having been entrusted with supreme power and having gathered many mercenaries, was no longer a protector, but a tyrant.
καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τοὺς ἄρχοντας αὐτῶν ἐπί τινι θυσίᾳ καλέσας ἀνεῖλε, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἀναρχίας οὔσης ἐν τῇ πόλει, τριάκοντα μὲν τοὺς ὀνομαζομένους Βυζαντίους συνήρπασε καὶ περιθεὶς κάλων ἀπεστραγγάλισε· πάντων δὲ τῶν διαφθαρέντων τὰς οὐσίας σφετερισάμενος ἐπελέγετο καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τοὺς εὐπόρους, καὶ ψευδεῖς αἰτίας ἐπιρρίπτων οὓς μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν, οὓς δʼ ἐφυγάδευσε.
And first, having summoned their magistrates under the pretext of a sacrifice, he put them to death, and after this, while there was anarchy in the city, he seized thirty of the most prominent citizens of Byzantium and strangled them by putting ropes around their necks; then, having appropriated the property of all those who had been destroyed, he began to single out the wealthy among the rest, and bringing false charges against them, he put some to death and banished others.
πολλῶν δὲ χρημάτων κυριεύσας καὶ μισθοφόρων ἀθροίσας πλῆθος τὰ κατὰ τὴν δυναστείαν ἠσφαλίσατο.
Having gained possession of much money and gathered a multitude of mercenaries, he secured his power.
§14.12.4διαβοηθείσης δὲ τῆς κατὰ τὸν τύραννον ὠμότητός τε καὶ δυνάμεως, Λακεδαιμόνιοι τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν πρέσβεις τοὺς πείσοντας ἀποθέσθαι τὴν δυναστείαν· οὐ προσέχοντος δὲ τοῖς ἀξιουμένοις ἔπεμψαν δύναμιν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν καὶ στρατηγὸν Πανθοίδαν.
When the cruelty and power of the tyrant became notorious, the Lacedaemonians at first dispatched ambassadors to him to persuade him to lay down his power; but when he paid no attention to their demands, they sent a force against him and Panthoidas as general.
§14.12.5οὗ τὴν ἔφοδον αἰσθόμενος ὁ Κλέαρχος εἰς Σηλυμβρίαν μετήγαγε τὴν δύναμιν, κύριος ὢν καὶ ταύτης τῆς πόλεως· πολλὰ γὰρ εἰς τοὺς Βυζαντίους ἡμαρτηκὼς ὑπελάμβανεν οὐ μόνον τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει πολεμίους ἕξειν.
Clearchus, perceiving his approach, transferred his forces to Selymbria, since he was master of this city also; for because he had committed many crimes against the Byzantines, he assumed that he would have as enemies not only the Lacedaemonians but also the people in the city.
§14.12.6διόπερ ἐκ Σηλυμβρίας κρίνας ἀσφαλέστερον διαπολεμήσειν, τά τε χρήματα καὶ τὴν δύναμιν μετέστησεν.
Therefore, deciding that it would be safer to conduct the war from Selymbria, he had moved his money and his forces there.
ὡς δʼ ἐπύθετο τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους ἐγγὺς ὄντας, ἀπήντησεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ περὶ τὸν καλούμενον πόρον συνῆψε μάχην τοῖς περὶ τὸν Πανθοίδαν.
But when he learned that the Lacedaemonians were near, he went to meet them, and joined battle with the forces of Panthoidas near the place called Porus.
§14.12.7γενομένου δʼ ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον τοῦ κινδύνου, καὶ λαμπρῶς ἀγωνισαμένων τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων, οἱ τοῦ τυράννου διεφθάρησαν.
The battle having lasted for a long time, and the Lacedaemonians having fought brilliantly, the forces of the tyrant were destroyed.
ὁ δὲ Κλέαρχος τὸ μὲν πρῶτον μετʼ ὀλίγων συγκλεισθεὶς εἰς Σηλυμβρίαν ἐπολιορκεῖτο· μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα φοβηθεὶς διέδρα νυκτὸς καὶ διέπλευσεν εἰς τὴν Ἰωνίαν· ἐκεῖ δʼ εἰς συνήθειαν ἐλθὼν Κύρῳ τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀδελφῷ δυνάμεων ἀφηγήσατο.
Clearchus at first, shut up with a few men in Selymbria, was besieged; but after this, being struck with fear, he escaped by night and sailed across to Ionia, where he entered into friendly relations with Cyrus, the brother of the king, and took command of his forces.
§14.12.8ὁ γὰρ Κῦρος, ἄρχων ἀποδεδειγμένος τῶν ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ σατραπειῶν καὶ φρονήματος πλήρης ὤν, διενοεῖτο στρατεύειν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἀρταξέρξην.
For Cyrus, having been appointed commander of the satrapies on the sea and being full of ambition, was intending to march against his brother Artaxerxes.
§14.12.9ὁρῶν οὖν τὸν Κλέαρχον τόλμαν ἔχοντα καὶ θράσος πρόχειρον, ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ χρήματα καὶ προσέταξεν ὡς πλείστους ξενολογεῖν, νομίζων εὔθετον ἕξειν συναγωνιστὴν τοῖς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ τολμωμένοις.
Seeing therefore that Clearchus possessed daring and a ready boldness, he gave him money and ordered him to recruit as many mercenaries as possible, thinking that he would have in him a suitable fellow-combatant for the enterprises he was daring to undertake.