§14.98.1κατὰ δὲ τὴν Κύπρον Εὐαγόρας ὁ Σαλαμίνιος, ὃς ἦν μὲν εὐγενέστατος, τῶν γὰρ κτισάντων τὴν πόλιν ἦν ἀπόγονος, πεφευγὼς δʼ ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν χρόνοις διά τινας στάσεις, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα κατελθὼν μετʼ ὀλίγων, τὸν μὲν δυναστεύοντα τῆς πόλεως Ἀβδήμονα τὸν Τύρσιον ἐξέβαλε, φίλον ὄντα τοῦ Περσῶν βασιλέως, αὐτὸς δὲ τὴν πόλιν κατασχὼν τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐβασίλευσε τῆς Σαλαμῖνος, μεγίστης οὔσης καὶ δυνατωτάτης τῶν ἐν Κύπρῳ πόλεων·
In Cyprus, Evagoras of Salamis—who was of most noble birth, being a descendant of the founders of the city, but had fled in former times because of certain factions, and after this had returned with a few men—expelled Abdemon of Tyre, the ruler of the city, who was a friend of the king of the Persians.
ταχὺ δὲ χρημάτων πολλῶν εὐπορήσας καὶ δύναμιν προχειρισάμενος ἐπεχείρησεν ἅπασαν τὴν νῆσον σφετερίσασθαι. §14.98.2τῶν δὲ πόλεων ἃς μὲν βίᾳ χειρωσάμενος, ἃς δὲ πειθοῖ προσλαβόμενος, τῶν μὲν ἄλλων πόλεων ταχὺ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν παρέλαβεν, Ἀμαθούσιοι δὲ καὶ Σόλιοι καὶ Κιτιεῖς ἀντέχοντες τῷ πολέμῳ πρέσβεις ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς Ἀρταξέρξην τὸν τῶν Περσῶν βασιλέα περὶ βοηθείας·
Having himself seized the city, he at first ruled over Salamis, which was the largest and most powerful of the cities in Cyprus; but soon, having acquired abundant wealth and prepared a force, he attempted to appropriate the whole island for himself. Having subdued some of the cities by force and won over others by persuasion, he quickly took over the leadership of the other cities.
καὶ τοῦ μὲν Εὐαγόρου κατηγόρουν, ὅτι τὸν Ἄγυριν βασιλέα σύμμαχον ὄντα Περσῶν ἀνεῖλε, τὴν δὲ νῆσον ὡμολόγησαν αὐτῷ συγκατακτήσασθαι. §14.98.3ὁ δὲ βασιλεύς, οὐ βουλόμενος ἅμα μὲν τὸν Εὐαγόραν ἐπὶ πλεῖον προκόπτειν, ἅμα δὲ διανοούμενος τὴν Κύπρον εὐφυῶς εἶναι κειμένην καὶ ναυτικὴν δύναμιν μεγάλην ἔχειν, ᾗ δυνήσεται προπολεμεῖν τῆς Ἀσίας, ἔκρινε συμμαχεῖν, καὶ τούτους μὲν ἐξέπεμψεν, αὐτὸς δὲ πρὸς μὲν τὰς ἐπιθαλαττίους πόλεις καὶ τοὺς ἀφηγουμένους τῶν πόλεων σατράπας ἔπεμψεν ἐπιστολὰς ναυπηγεῖσθαι τριήρεις καὶ τὰ πρὸς τὸν στόλον χρήσιμα ὄντα κατὰ σπουδὴν παρασκευάζεσθαι, Ἑκατόμνῳ δὲ τῷ Καρίας δυνάστῃ προσέταξε πολεμεῖν τῷ Εὐαγόρᾳ. §14.98.4οὗτος δὲ τὰς ἐν ταῖς ἄνω σατραπείαις πόλεις ἐπιπορευόμενος μεγάλαις δυνάμεσι διαβαίνει εἰς τὴν Κύπρον.
However, the Amathusians, the Solians, and the Citians, resisting in the war, sent envoys to Artaxerxes, the king of the Persians, to ask for aid; they accused Evagoras of having slain King Agyris, who was an ally of the Persians, and promised to help him conquer the island. The king, on the one hand not wishing Evagoras to advance any further, and on the other hand considering that Cyprus was advantageously situated and possessed a great naval force, with which he would be able to defend Asia, decided to form an alliance. He sent these envoys away, and himself dispatched letters to the coastal cities and to the satraps commanding them, ordering them to build triremes and to prepare with all speed whatever was useful for the fleet, while he commanded Hecatomnus, the ruler of Caria, to make war upon Evagoras. The latter, going through the cities in the upper satrapies, crossed over to Cyprus with large forces. Such, then, was the state of affairs in Asia.
§14.98.5τὰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐν τούτοις ἦν, κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἰταλίαν Ῥωμαῖοι πρὸς Φαλίσκους εἰρήνην ποιησάμενοι, πρὸς δὲ Αἰκίκλους πόλεμον τὸ τέταρτον, καὶ Σούτριον μὲν ᾤκισαν, ἐκ δὲ Οὐερρηγῖνος πόλεως ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων ἐξεβλήθησαν.
In Italy, the Romans, having made peace with the Falisci and war for the fourth time against the Aequi, founded a colony at Sutrium, but were driven out of the city of Verrugo by their enemies.