§16.74.1ἐπʼ ἄρχοντος δʼ Ἀθήνησι Νικομάχου Ῥωμαῖοι κατέστησαν ὑπάτους Γάιον Μάρκιον καὶ Τίτον Μάλλιον Τορκουᾶτον.
When Nicomachus was archon in Athens, the Romans appointed Gaius Marcius and Titus Manlius Torquatus as consuls.
ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Φωκίων μὲν ὁ Ἀθηναῖος κατεπολέμησε Κλείταρχον τὸν Ἐρετρίας τύραννον καθεσταμένον ὑπὸ Φιλίππου.
During their term of office, Phocion the Athenian defeated Cleitarchus, the tyrant of Eretria, who had been established by Philip.
§16.74.2κατὰ δὲ τὴν Καρίαν Πιζώδαρος ὁ νεώτερος τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐξέβαλεν ἐκ τῆς δυναστείας Ἄδαν καὶ ἐδυνάστευσεν ἔτη πέντε ἕως ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου διάβασιν εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν.
In Caria, Pixodarus, the younger of the brothers, expelled Ada from the principality and ruled for five years until Alexander's crossing into Asia.
Φίλιππος δὲ ἀεὶ μᾶλλον αὐξόμενος ἐπὶ τὴν Πέρινθον ἐστράτευσεν, ἐναντιουμένην μὲν ἑαυτῷ, πρὸς δὲ Ἀθηναίους ἀποκλίνουσαν.
Philip, growing ever stronger, marched against Perinthus, which was hostile to him and inclined toward the Athenians.
συστησάμενος δὲ πολιορκίαν καὶ μηχανὰς προσάγων τῇ πόλει καθʼ ἡμέραν ἐκ διαδοχῆς προσέβαλλεν τοῖς τείχεσιν.
Having established a siege and bringing up engines against the city, he attacked the walls daily in relays.
§16.74.3ὀγδοηκονταπήχεις δὲ πύργους κατασκευάσας, ὑπεραίροντας πολὺ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Πέρινθον πύργων, ἐξ ὑπεροχῆς κατεπόνει τοὺς πολιορκουμένους· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ διὰ τῶν κριῶν σαλεύων τὰ τείχη καὶ διὰ τῆς μεταλλείας ὑπορύττων ἐπὶ πολὺ μέρος τὸ τεῖχος κατέβαλεν.
Having constructed towers eighty cubits high, which far overtopped the towers of Perinthus, he harassed the besieged from his superior height; likewise, shaking the walls with battering rams and undermining them by mining, he threw down a large part of the wall.
ἀμυνομένων δὲ τῶν Περινθίων εὐρώστως καὶ ταχὺ τεῖχος ἕτερον ἀντοικοδομησάντων ἀγῶνες θαυμαστοὶ καὶ τειχομαχίαι συνίσταντο.
But as the Perinthians defended themselves vigorously and quickly built another wall in opposition, wonderful struggles and battles at the wall took place.
§16.74.4μεγάλης δὲ φιλοτιμίας ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων συνισταμένης ὁ μὲν βασιλεὺς πολλοὺς ἔχων καὶ παντοδαποὺς ὀξυβελεῖς διὰ τούτων τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπάλξεων διαγωνιζομένους διέφθειρεν, οἱ δὲ Περίνθιοι πολλοὺς καθʼ ἡμέραν ἀποβάλλοντες συμμαχίαν καὶ βέλη καὶ καταπέλτας παρὰ τῶν Βυζαντίων προσελάβοντο.
As great rivalry arose on both sides, the king, having many bolt-shooting catapults of all kinds, killed with these those who fought on the battlements, while the Perinthians, losing many men daily, received reinforcements, missiles, and catapults from the Byzantines.
§16.74.5ἐξισωθέντες οὖν πάλιν τοῖς πολεμίοις ἀνεθάρρησαν καὶ τετολμηκότως τοὺς ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος κινδύνους ὑπέμενον.
Having been made equal to the enemy again, they took heart and boldly endured the dangers on behalf of their fatherland.
οὐ μὴν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔληγε τῆς φιλοτιμίας, ἀλλὰ διελόμενος τὰς δυνάμεις εἰς πλείω μέρη συνεχῶς ἐκ διαδοχῆς ἐτειχομάχει καὶ καθʼ ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτωρ.
The king, however, did not cease from his rivalry, but dividing his forces into several parts, he continuously assaulted the walls in relays, both day and night.
τρισμυρίους δʼ ἔχων στρατιώτας καὶ βελῶν καὶ μηχανῶν πολιορκητικῶν πλῆθος, ἔτι δὲ τὰς ἄλλας μηχανὰς ἀνυπερβλήτους κατεπόνει τοὺς πολιορκουμένους.
Having thirty thousand soldiers and a multitude of missiles and siege engines, and also other apparatus on an unsurpassed scale, he wore down the besieged.