§15.77.1ἐπʼ ἄρχοντος δʼ Ἀθήνησι Χίωνος ἐν Ῥώμῃ ἀντὶ τῶν ὑπάτων χιλίαρχοι κατεστάθησαν Κόιντος Σερουίλιος καὶ Γάιος Οὐετόριος καὶ Αὖλος Κορνήλιος, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις Μάρκος Κορνήλιος καὶ Μάρκος Φάβιος.
When Chion was archon in Athens, in Rome military tribunes were appointed instead of consuls: Quintus Servilius, Gaius Veturius, and Aulus Cornelius, and in addition to these, Marcus Cornelius and Marcus Fabius.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων εἰρήνης οὔσης κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα, πάλιν ἀρχαὶ πολέμων συνέστησάν τισι τῶν πόλεων καὶ νεωτέρων πραγμάτων καινοτομία παράλογος.
During their term of office, although there was peace throughout all Greece, the beginnings of wars again arose for some of the cities, and an unexpected attempt at political revolution.
οἱ γὰρ τῶν Ἀρκάδων φυγάδες ὁρμηθέντες ἐξ Ἤλιδος κατελάβοντο τῆς ὀνομαζομένης Τριφυλίας χωρίον ὀχυρόν, ὃ προσηγόρευται Λασίων.
For the exiles of the Arcadians, setting out from Elis, seized a stronghold of the region called Triphylia, which is named Lasion.
§15.77.2ἐκ πολλῶν δὲ χρόνων περὶ τῆς Τριφυλίας ἠμφεσβήτουν Ἀρκάδες καὶ Ἠλεῖοι, καὶ κατὰ τὰς ἑκατέρων ἐν ταῖς μεταβολαῖς ὑπεροχὰς ἐναλλὰξ ἐκυρίευον τῆς χώρας· κατὰ δὲ τοὺς ὑποκειμένους καιροὺς τῶν Ἀρκάδων κρατούντων τὴν Τριφυλίαν, προφάσει τῶν φυγάδων ἀφῃροῦντο ταύτην τῶν Ἀρκάδων οἱ Ἠλεῖοι.
For a long time, the Arcadians and the Eleans had been disputing over Triphylia, and according to the fluctuations of superiority on either side, they ruled the territory by turns; but during the period under question, while the Arcadians were in control of Triphylia, the Eleans, under the pretext of the exiles, attempted to deprive the Arcadians of it.
§15.77.3διὸ καὶ παροξυνθέντες οἱ Ἀρκάδες τὸ μὲν πρῶτον πρέσβεις ἐξαποστείλαντες ἀπῄτουν τὸ χωρίον· ὡς δʼ οὐδεὶς αὐτοῖς προσεῖχε, μετεπέμψαντο παρʼ Ἀθηναίων συμμαχίαν καὶ μετὰ ταύτης ἐστράτευσαν ἐπὶ τὸν Λασίωνα.
Therefore, the Arcadians, being provoked, at first sent envoys and demanded the stronghold back; but when no one paid attention to them, they summoned an alliance from the Athenians, and with this they campaigned against Lasion.
τῶν δὲ Ἠλείων βοηθησάντων τοῖς φυγάσιν ἐγένετο μάχη πλησίον τοῦ Λασίωνος, καὶ τῶν Ἀρκάδων πολλαπλασίων ὄντων ἡττήθησαν Ἠλεῖοι καὶ πλείους τῶν διακοσίων στρατιωτῶν ἀπέβαλον.
When the Eleans came to the aid of the exiles, a battle took place near Lasion, and since the Arcadians were many times more numerous, the Eleans were defeated and lost more than two hundred soldiers.
§15.77.4ταύτης δὲ ἀρχῆς τοῦ πολέμου γενομένης συνέβη τὴν διαφορὰν ἐπὶ πλέον προβῆναι τοῖς Ἀρκάσι καὶ τοῖς Ἠλείοις· εὐθὺς γὰρ οἱ μὲν Ἀρκάδες μετεωρισθέντες τῷ προτερήματι ἐστράτευσαν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἠλείαν, καὶ εἷλον πόλεις Μάργανα καὶ Κρόνιον, ἔτι δὲ Κυπαρισσίαν καὶ Κορυφάσιον.
With this beginning of the war, it happened that the dispute proceeded further for the Arcadians and the Eleans; for immediately the Arcadians, elated by their success, campaigned against Eleia, and captured the cities of Margana and Cronion, and furthermore Kyparissia and Koryphasion.
§15.77.5—ἅμα δὲ τούτοις πραττομένοις κατὰ τὴν Μακεδονίαν Πτολεμαῖος μὲν ὁ Ἀλωρίτης ἐδολοφονήθη ὑπὸ τἀδελφοῦ Περδίκκα, βασιλεύσας ἔτη τρία· τὴν δὲ ἀρχὴν διαδεξάμενος ὁ Περδίκκας ἐβασίλευσε τῆς Μακεδονίας ἔτη πέντε.
—At the same time that these things were being done, in Macedonia, Ptolemy of Alorus was treacherously murdered by his brother Perdiccas, after having ruled for three years; and Perdiccas, having succeeded to the rule, reigned over Macedonia for five years.