§16.69.1ἐπʼ ἄρχοντος δʼ Ἀθήνησι Λυκίσκου Ῥωμαῖοι κατέστησαν ὑπάτους Μάρκον Οὐαλέριον καὶ Μάρκον Ποπίλιον, Ὀλυμπιὰς δʼ ἤχθη ἑκατοστὴ καὶ ἐνάτη, καθʼ ἣν ἐνίκα στάδιον Ἀριστόλοχος Ἀθηναῖος.
When Lyciscus was archon in Athens, the Romans elected Marcus Valerius and Marcus Popillius as consuls, and the One Hundred and Ninth Olympiad was celebrated, in which Aristolochus the Athenian won the stadion race.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Ῥωμαίοις μὲν πρὸς Καρχηδονίους πρῶτον συνθῆκαι ἐγένοντο.
In their time, the first treaty was concluded between the Romans and the Carthaginians.
§16.69.2κατὰ δὲ τὴν Καρίαν Ἰδριεὺς ὁ δυνάστης τῶν Καρῶν ἐτελεύτησεν ἄρξας ἔτη ἑπτά, τὴν δὲ ἀρχὴν διαδεξαμένη Ἄδα ἡ ἀδελφὴ καὶ γυνὴ ἐδυνάστευσεν ἔτη τέσσαρα.
In Caria, Idrieus, the ruler of the Carians, died after ruling for seven years, and Ada, his sister and wife, having succeeded to the rule, governed for four years.
§16.69.3κατὰ δὲ τὴν Σικελίαν Τιμολέων μὲν Ἀδρανίτας καὶ Τυνδαρίτας εἰς συμμαχίαν προσλαβόμενος στρατιώτας οὐκ ὀλίγους παρʼ αὐτῶν παρέλαβεν, ἐν δὲ ταῖς Συρακούσσαις πολλὴ ταραχὴ κατεῖχε τὴν πόλιν Διονυσίου μὲν τὴν Νῆσον ἔχοντος, Ἱκέτα δὲ τῆς Ἀχραδινῆς καὶ Νέας πόλεως κυριεύοντος, Τιμολέοντος δὲ τὰ λοιπὰ τῆς πόλεως παρειληφότος, καὶ Καρχηδονίων τριήρεσι μὲν ἑκατὸν καὶ πεντήκοντα καταπεπλευκότων εἰς τὸν μέγαν λιμένα, πεζοῖς δὲ στρατιώταις πεντακισμυρίοις κατεστρατοπεδευκότων.
In Sicily, while Timoleon, having received the Adranitae and Tyndaritae into alliance, took over not a few soldiers from them, in Syracuse great confusion possessed the city, with Dionysius holding the Island, Hicetas being master of Achradina and Neapolis, Timoleon having taken over the rest of the city, and the Carthaginians having sailed into the Great Harbor with one hundred and fifty triremes and encamped with fifty thousand infantry.
διόπερ τῶν περὶ τὸν Τιμολέοντα καταπεπληγμένων τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πολεμίων ἄλογός τις καὶ παράδοξος ἐγένετο μεταβολή· §16.69.4πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ Μάρκος ὁ τῶν Καταναίων τύραννος δύναμιν ἀξιόλογον ἔχων προσέθετο τῷ Τιμολέοντι, ἔπειτα πολλὰ τῶν φρουρίων ὀρεγόμενα τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἀπέκλινε πρὸς αὐτόν, τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον Κορίνθιοι δέκα ναῦς πληρώσαντες χρήματά τε πορίσαντες ἐξαπέστειλαν εἰς τὰς Συρακούσσας.
Therefore, when Timoleon's men were terrified by the multitude of the enemy, a certain unreasonable and unexpected change occurred: for first, Marcus, the tyrant of Catana, having a considerable force, joined Timoleon; next, many of the outposts, longing for freedom, inclined toward him; and finally, the Corinthians, having manned ten ships and provided money, dispatched them to Syracuse.
§16.69.5ὧν πραχθέντων Τιμολέων μὲν ἐθάρρησεν, οἱ δὲ Καρχηδόνιοι φοβηθέντες ἀπέπλευσαν ἐκ τοῦ λιμένος ἀλόγως καὶ μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν ἐπικράτειαν ἀπηλλάγησαν.
When these things had been accomplished, Timoleon took heart, but the Carthaginians, having become afraid, sailed out of the harbor without reason and departed with all their force to their own territory.
§16.69.6μονωθέντος δὲ τοῦ Ἱκέτα Τιμολέων περιγενόμενος τῶν πολεμίων ἐκράτησε τῶν Συρακουσσῶν.
Since Hicetas was left isolated, Timoleon, having prevailed over his enemies, gained control of Syracuse.
εὐθὺς δὲ καὶ τὴν Μεσσήνην μετατεθειμένην πρὸς Καρχηδονίους ἀνεκτήσατο.
And immediately he also recovered Messene, which had gone over to the Carthaginians.
§16.69.7καὶ τὰ μὲν κατὰ Σικελίαν ἐν τούτοις ἦν.
And such was the state of affairs in Sicily.
κατὰ δὲ τὴν Μακεδονίαν Φίλιππος πατρικὴν ἔχθραν διαδεδεγμένος πρὸς Ἰλλυριοὺς καὶ τὴν διαφορὰν ἀμετάθετον ἔχων ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὴν Ἰλλυρίδα μετὰ πολλῆς δυνάμεως.
In Macedonia, Philip, having inherited an ancestral enmity toward the Illyrians and keeping the difference unalterable, invaded Illyria with a large force.
πορθήσας δὲ τὴν χώραν καὶ πολλὰ τῶν πολισμάτων χειρωσάμενος μετὰ πολλῶν λαφύρων ἐπανῆλθεν εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν.
And having plundered the territory and subdued many of the towns, he returned to Macedonia with much booty.
§16.69.8μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα παρελθὼν εἰς τὴν Θετταλίαν καὶ τοὺς τυράννους ἐκ τῶν πόλεων ἐκβαλὼν ἰδίους ταῖς εὐνοίαις ἐποιήσατο τοὺς Θετταλούς· ἤλπιζε γὰρ τούτους ἔχων συμμάχους καὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας ῥᾳδίως εἰς εὔνοιαν προτρέψασθαι· ὅπερ καὶ συνέβη γενέσθαι.
After this, having entered Thessaly and expelled the tyrants from the cities, he made the Thessalians his own through their goodwill; for he hoped that, having them as allies, he would also easily induce the Greeks to goodwill, which indeed came to pass.
εὐθὺς γὰρ οἱ πλησιόχωροι τῶν Ἑλλήνων συνενεχθέντες τῇ τῶν Θετταλῶν κρίσει συμμαχίαν προθύμως πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐποιήσαντο.
For immediately the neighboring Greeks, agreeing with the decision of the Thessalians, eagerly made an alliance with him.