§15.82.1τοῦ δʼ ἔτους τούτου διεληλυθότος Ἀθήνησι μὲν ἦρχε Χαρικλείδης, ἐν Ῥώμῃ δʼ ὕπατοι κατεστάθησαν Λεύκιος Αἰμίλιος Μάμερκος καὶ Λεύκιος Σέξτιος Λατερίας.
When this year had passed, Charicleides became archon in Athens, and in Rome Lucius Aemilius Mamercus and Lucius Sextius Lateranus were established as consuls.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Ἀρκάδες μετὰ Πισαίων κοινῇ τεθεικότες ὑπῆρχον τὸν ἀγῶνα τῶν Ὀλυμπίων, καὶ ἐκυρίευον τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ χρημάτων.
Under these, the Arcadians, together with the Pisans, had jointly established the Olympic games, and were in control of the temple and the funds within it.
τῶν δὲ Μαντινέων ἀναλαβόντων εἰς τοὺς ἰδίους βίους οὐκ ὀλίγα τῶν ἀναθημάτων ἔσπευδον οἱ παρανομήσαντες διακατέχειν τὸν πρὸς Ἠλείους πόλεμον, ἵνα μὴ δῶσιν ἐν εἰρήνῃ λόγον τῶν ἀναλωθέντων.
But since the Mantineans took upon their own private resources no small part of the votive offerings, those who had broken the law hastened to prolong the war against the Eleans, so that in time of peace they might not have to give an account of the funds that had been spent.
§15.82.2τῶν δὲ ἄλλων Ἀρκάδων βουλομένων συνθέσθαι τὴν εἰρήνην, στάσεις ἐκίνησαν πρὸς τοὺς ὁμοεθνεῖς.
But while the other Arcadians wished to make peace, they stirred up factions against their fellow countrymen.
γενομένων οὖν δυεῖν ἑταιριῶν, συνέβαινε τῆς μὲν τοὺς Τεγεάτας, τῆς δὲ τοὺς Μαντινεῖς ἡγεῖσθαι.
Thus, when two factions arose, it happened that the Tegeans led the one, and the Mantineans the other.
§15.82.3ἐπὶ πολὺ δὲ τῆς διαφορᾶς αὐξηθείσης εἰς τὴν διὰ τῶν ὅπλων κρίσιν κατήντησαν, καὶ Τεγεᾶται μὲν πρεσβεύσαντες πρὸς Βοιωτοὺς ἔπεισαν ἑαυτοῖς βοηθεῖν, οἱ δὲ Βοιωτοὶ στρατηγὸν ἐπιστήσαντες Ἐπαμεινώνδαν καὶ δύναμιν ἀξιόλογον δόντες ἐξαπέστειλαν βοηθῆσαι τοῖς Τεγεάταις.
As the dispute grew greatly, they came to a decision through arms; and the Tegeans, having sent ambassadors to the Boeotians, persuaded them to come to their aid, and the Boeotians, having appointed Epaminondas as general and given him a notable force, dispatched him to help the Tegeans.
§15.82.4οἱ δὲ Μαντινεῖς τὴν ἐκ τῆς Βοιωτίας δύναμιν καὶ τὴν Ἐπαμεινώνδου δόξαν καταπλαγέντες, πρὸς τοὺς ἐχθροτάτους τῶν Βοιωτῶν Ἀθηναίους καὶ Λακεδαιμονίους πρέσβεις ἐκπέμψαντες ἔπεισαν συμμαχεῖν.
The Mantineans, terrified by the force from Boeotia and the reputation of Epaminondas, sent ambassadors to the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians, the bitterest enemies of the Boeotians, and persuaded them to enter into alliance.
ὧν ἀμφοτέρων ἁδρὰς δυνάμεις ταχέως ἀποστειλάντων, ἀγῶνες πολλοὶ καὶ μεγάλοι κατὰ τὴν Πελοπόννησον συνέστησαν.
When both of these quickly dispatched strong forces, many great struggles arose in the Peloponnese.
§15.82.5εὐθὺς οὖν Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν πλησίον οἰκοῦντες ἐστράτευσαν εἰς τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν, Ἐπαμεινώνδας δὲ κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν καιρὸν μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως προϊὼν καὶ τῆς Μαντινείας οὐ μακρὰν ἀπέχων ἐπύθετο παρὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων, ὅτι Λακεδαιμόνιοι πανδημεὶ πορθοῦσι τὴν τῶν Τεγεατῶν χώραν.
Immediately, therefore, the Lacedaemonians, living nearby, campaigned into Arcadia, while Epaminondas, advancing at this time with his force and being not far from Mantinea, learned from the inhabitants of the country that the Lacedaemonians had gone out in full force to ravage the territory of the Tegeans.
§15.82.6ὑπολαβὼν οὖν ἔρημον εἶναι στρατιωτῶν τὴν Σπάρτην, ἐπεβάλετο μὲν μέγα τι πρᾶξαι, τὴν δὲ τύχην ἔσχεν ἀντιπράττουσαν.
Supposing, therefore, that Sparta was empty of soldiers, he attempted to achieve a great enterprise, but he had fortune opposing him.
αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ νυκτὸς ὥρμησεν ἐπὶ τὴν Σπάρτην, ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων Ἆγις ὑποπτεύσας τὴν ἀγχίνοιαν τὴν Ἐπαμεινώνδου κατεστοχάσατο μὲν τὸ μέλλον ἐμφρόνως, ἐξέπεμψε δέ τινας Κρῆτας ἡμεροδρόμους, διʼ ὧν καταταχήσας τὸν Ἐπαμεινώνδαν τοῖς ἀπολελειμμένοις ἐν τῇ Σπάρτῃ ἐδήλωσε, διότι Βοιωτοὶ συντόμως ἥξουσιν ἐπὶ τὴν Λακεδαίμονα πορθήσοντες τὴν πόλιν, αὐτὸς δʼ ὡς ἂν τάχιστα δύναιτο μετὰ τῆς δυνάμεως ἥξει βοηθήσων τῇ πατρίδι.
For he himself set out by night for Sparta, but Agis, the king of the Lacedaemonians, having suspected the quick-wittedness of Epaminondas, anticipated the future wisely and sent out some Cretan runners, through whom, outstripping Epaminondas, he made it known to those left behind in Sparta that the Boeotians would shortly arrive at Lacedaemon to ravage the city, and that he himself would come as quickly as he could with his force to help his fatherland.
ἐκέλευεν οὖν τοῖς ἐν τῇ Σπάρτῃ παραφυλάττειν τὴν πόλιν μηδὲν καταπεπληγμένους· ταχὺ γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐπιφανέντα βοηθήσειν.
He ordered those in Sparta, therefore, to guard the city without being at all terrified; for he would quickly appear and bring aid.