§15.5.1ἅμα δὲ τούτοις πραττομένοις Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν ἔγνωσαν στρατεύειν ἐπὶ τὴν Μαντίνειαν, οὐδὲν φροντίσαντες τῶν γεγενημένων σπονδῶν, διὰ τοιαύτας αἰτίας.
At the same time as these things were being done, the Lacedaemonians decided to campaign against Mantinea, caring nothing for the treaties that had been made, for the following reasons.
προϋπαρχούσης τοῖς Ἕλλησι κοινῆς εἰρήνης τῆς ἐπὶ Ἀνταλκίδου, καθʼ ἣν αἱ πόλεις ἅπασαι τὰς μὲν φρουρὰς ἀπετρίψαντο, τὴν δʼ αὐτονομίαν καθʼ ὁμολογίαν παρέλαβον, Λακεδαιμόνιοι φύσει φιλαρχοῦντες καὶ πολεμικοὶ ταῖς αἱρέσεσιν ὄντες, τὴν εἰρήνην ὥσπερ βαρὺ φορτίον οὐχ ὑπέμενον, τὴν δὲ προγεγενημένην τῆς Ἑλλάδος δυναστείαν ἐπιποθοῦντες μετέωροι ταῖς ὁρμαῖς ὑπῆρχον πρὸς καινοτομίαν.
While a common peace, that of Antalcidas, was already in existence for the Greeks, according to which all the cities got rid of their garrisons and received their autonomy by agreement, the Lacedaemonians, being by nature fond of ruling and warlike in their choices, did not tolerate the peace, as if it were a heavy burden, but longing for their former hegemony over Greece, they were excited in their impulses toward innovation.
§15.5.2εὐθὺς οὖν τὰς μὲν πόλεις συνετάραττον καὶ διὰ τῶν ἰδίων φίλων στάσεις ἐγκατεσκεύαζον ἐν αὐταῖς, ὧν ἔνιαι πιθανὰς ἀφορμὰς αὐτοῖς παρέσχοντο τῆς ταραχῆς.
Immediately, therefore, they threw the cities into confusion and, through their own friends, engineered factions within them, some of which provided them with plausible pretexts for the disturbance.
ἀπολαβοῦσαι γὰρ τὰς αὐτονομίας λόγον ἀπῄτουν παρὰ τῶν ἐπεστατηκότων ἐπὶ τῆς Λακεδαιμονίων ἡγεμονίας· πικρῶν δὲ τῶν ἐλέγχων γινομένων διὰ τὸ μνησικακεῖν τοὺς δήμους, καὶ πολλῶν φυγαδευομένων, ἀπέδειξαν ἑαυτοὺς βοηθοὺς τοῖς καταστασιαζομένοις.
For having recovered their autonomy, the democracies demanded an accounting from those who had been in charge during the Lacedaemonian hegemony; and since the investigations were harsh because the common people harbored grudges, and many were being exiled, they showed themselves as helpers to those who were being worsted in the factions.
§15.5.3ὑποδεχόμενοι δὲ τούτους καὶ μετὰ δυνάμεως ἐκπέμποντες ἐπὶ τὰς καθόδους, κατεδουλοῦντο τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τὰς ἀσθενεστέρας πόλεις, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ τὰς ἀξιολογωτέρας καταπολεμοῦντες ὑπηκόους ἐποίουν, οὐδὲ δύο ἔτη φυλάξαντες τὰς κοινὰς σπονδάς.
By receiving these exiles and sending them back with a force for their restoration, they first enslaved the weaker cities, and after this they also subdued the more noteworthy ones and made them subjects, not even keeping the common treaty for two years.
πλησιόχωρον δʼ ὁρῶντες οὖσαν τὴν τῶν Μαντινέων πόλιν καὶ πλήθουσαν ἀνδρῶν ἀλκίμων, ὑπώπτευσαν αὐτῆς τὴν αὔξησιν τὴν γινομένην ἐκ τῆς εἰρήνης, καὶ τὰ φρονήματα τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἔσπευδον ταπεινῶσαι.
And seeing that the city of the Mantineans was near and full of brave men, they grew suspicious of its growth resulting from the peace, and hastened to humble the pride of its men.
§15.5.4διὸ καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον πρέσβεις ἀποστείλαντες πρὸς τὴν Μαντίνειαν προσέταττον τὰ μὲν τείχη καθελεῖν, αὐτοὺς δὲ μετοικῆσαι πάντας εἰς τὰς ἀρχαίας πέντε κώμας, ἐξ ὧν εἰς τὴν Μαντίνειαν τὸ παλαιὸν συνῴκησαν· οὐδενὸς δὲ αὐτοῖς προσέχοντος, δύναμιν ἐκπέμψαντες ἐπολιόρκουν τὴν πόλιν.
Therefore, at first they sent ambassadors to Mantinea and ordered them to pull down their walls, and for all of them to relocate back to the ancient five villages from which they had originally joined together to form Mantinea in ancient times; but when no one paid attention to them, they sent out a force and besieged the city.
§15.5.5οἱ δὲ Μαντινεῖς εἰς τὰς Ἀθήνας πρέσβεις ἀποστείλαντες ἠξίουν ἑαυτοῖς βοηθῆσαι.
The Mantineans, having sent ambassadors to Athens, requested them to help.
οὐ προαιρουμένων δὲ τῶν Ἀθηναίων παραβαίνειν τὰς κοινὰς συνθήκας, ὅμως καθʼ αὑτοὺς ὑποστάντες τὴν πολιορκίαν εὐρώστως ἠμύνοντο τοὺς πολεμίους.
Since the Athenians did not choose to violate the common treaty, they nevertheless withstood the siege on their own and vigorously defended themselves against the enemy.
καὶ τὰ μὲν κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον καινῶν πολέμων ἀρχὴν ἐλάμβανεν.
And in this way, affairs in Greece began to enter a period of new wars.