§15.27.1οἱ δʼ ἐν τῇ Καδμείᾳ φρουροῦντες παρακληθέντες ὑπὸ τῶν ἡγεμόνων εὐρώστως ἠμύνοντο τοὺς πολεμίους, ἐλπίζοντες συντόμως ἥξειν τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους μετὰ μεγάλης δυνάμεως.
Those who were on guard in the Cadmeia, encouraged by their commanders, defended themselves vigorously against the enemy, hoping that the Lacedaemonians would arrive shortly with a large force.
ἕως μὲν οὖν εἶχον τροφὰς ἱκανάς, ἐνεκαρτέρουν τοῖς δεινοῖς, καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν πολιορκούντων ἀπέκτεινον καὶ κατετραυμάτιζον, συνεργὸν ἔχοντες τὴν τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ὀχυρότητα· ὡς δʼ ἡ μὲν τῶν ἀναγκαίων σπάνις ἐπέτεινεν, οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ περὶ τὰς παρασκευὰς ὄντες ἐχρόνιζον, ἐστασίαζον πρὸς ἀλλήλους.
As long, therefore, as they had sufficient provisions, they held out against their hardships, and killed and wounded many of the besiegers, having the strength of the acropolis as an ally; but when the scarcity of necessities became acute, and the Lacedaemonians, being occupied with preparations, delayed, they began to mutiny against one another.
§15.27.2οἱ μὲν γὰρ Λακεδαιμόνιοι μέχρι θανάτου καρτερεῖν ᾤοντο δεῖν, οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν συμμαχίδων πόλεων συστρατεύσαντες, ὄντες πολλαπλάσιοι, παραδιδόναι τὴν Καδμείαν ἀπεφήναντο· συνηναγκάσθησαν δὲ καὶ οἱ ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς Σπάρτης, ὄντες ὀλίγοι, παραχωρῆσαι τῆς ἀκροπόλεως.
For the Lacedaemonians thought they ought to endure until death, but those who had joined the campaign from the allied cities, who were many times more numerous, declared that they should surrender the Cadmeia; and those from Sparta itself, being few, were also forced to yield the acropolis.
διόπερ οὗτοι μὲν ὑπόσπονδοι καθʼ ὁμολογίαν ἀφεθέντες εἰς τὴν Πελοπόννησον ἀπηλλάγησαν,
Therefore, these were dismissed under a truce according to an agreement and departed for the Peloponnese.
§15.27.3οἱ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι δυνάμεσιν ἀξιολόγοις προσιόντες ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας, καὶ βραχὺ τῶν καιρῶν ὑστερήσαντες, ἄπρακτον ἔσχον τὴν ἐπιβολήν.
But the Lacedaemonians, who were marching against Thebes with notable forces, having missed the critical moment by a little, found their attempt of no avail.
τοὺς δὲ ἡγεμόνας τῆς φρουρᾶς τρεῖς ὄντας μετέστησαν εἰς κρίσιν, καὶ τοὺς μὲν δύο κατεδίκασαν θανάτῳ, τὸν μέντοι τρίτον τοσούτῳ πλήθει χρημάτων, ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ τοσαῦτα χρήματα ἐκτῖσαι.
They brought the three commanders of the garrison to trial, and condemned two of them to death, but the third they fined such a large sum of money that his property was unable to pay so much.
§15.27.4μετὰ δὲ ταῦτʼ Ἀθηναῖοι μὲν ἐπανῆλθον εἰς τὴν πατρίδα, Θηβαῖοι δὲ Θεσπιὰς πολιορκήσαντες ἄπρακτον ἔσχον τὴν ἐπιβολήν.
After these events, the Athenians returned to their homeland, and the Thebans besieged Thespiae but had their attempt of no avail.
ἅμα δὲ τούτοις πραττομένοις Ῥωμαῖοι μὲν ἐπὶ ἀτελείᾳ πεντακοσίους ἀποίκους εἰς Σαρδονίαν ἀπέστειλαν.
While these things were being done, the Romans sent five hundred colonists to Sardinia under exemption from taxation.