§6.55.1καὶ γὰρ ἄνδρα ἕνα καὶ πόλιν ὅλην ἐπὶ ταῖς καλλίσταις τῶν ἰδίων πράξεων φιλοτιμεῖσθαι χρή, καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς ὅπως ὁμολογούμεναι ταύταις ἔσονται σκοπεῖν.
For indeed, both an individual man and a whole state ought to pride themselves on the most noble of their own deeds, and to see to it that their remaining actions shall be consistent with them.
ὑμεῖς τοίνυν ἤδη πολλοὺς πολεμίους, ὑφʼ ὧν τὰ μέγιστα ἠδικήθητε, ὑποχειρίους λαβόντες, οὔτʼ ἀνελεῖν οὔτʼ ἐκβαλεῖν ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐβουλήθητε, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἴκους καὶ κλήρους αὐτοῖς ἀπέδοτε, καὶ πατρίδας οἰκεῖν, ἐξ ὧν ἔφυσαν, εἰάσατε, ἰσοψήφοις τʼ εἶναι καὶ πολίταις ὑμετέροις ἤδη τισὶν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐχαρίσασθε.
You, therefore, having taken into your power many enemies by whom you had been most grievously wronged, wished neither to destroy them nor to expel them from their own lands, but even restored to them their homes and allotments, and allowed them to inhabit the fatherlands in which they were born, and already granted to some of them to have equal votes and to be your citizens.
§6.55.2τούτου δʼ ἔτι θαυμασιώτερον ἔργον ὑμῶν ἔχω λέγειν, ὅτι καὶ τῶν ὑμετέρων πολιτῶν πολλοὺς μεγάλα εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐξαμαρτόντας ἀφήκατε τῶν τιμωριῶν, εἰς αὐτοὺς. μόνους ἀποσκήψαντες τοὺς αἰτίους τὴν ὀργήν, ὧν ἦσαν οἵ τε Ἀντέμνας κληρουχήσαντες καὶ Κρουστομέρειαν καὶ Μεδύλλειαν καὶ Φιδήνην καὶ ἄλλοι συχνοί.
And I can speak of an even more wonderful deed of yours than this, namely, that you also let off from punishment many of your own citizens who had committed great offences against you, directing your anger only against the actual authors of the trouble, among whom were those who had colonized Antemnae, Crustumerium, Medullia, Fidenae, and many others.
τί γὰρ δεῖ πάντας ἐξαριθμεῖσθαι νυνί, οὓς ὑμεῖς ἐκ πολιορκίας κρατηθέντας μετρίως ἐνουθετήσατε καὶ πολιτικῶς;
For what need is there now to enumerate them all, whom you, after they were overcome by siege, admonished moderately and in a civic manner?
καὶ οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅπως ἢ κινδυνός τις διὰ ταῦτα κατέλαβε τὴν πόλιν ἢ ψόγος, ἀλλʼ ἐπαινεῖταί τε ὑμῶν τὸ ἐπιεικὲς καὶ οὐδὲν ἠλάττωται τοῦ ἀσφαλοῦς.
And there is no way that either any danger or blame befell the city because of these actions, but your clemency is praised, and your security has been in no way diminished.
§6.55.3ἔπειτα οἱ τῶν πολεμίων φειδόμενοι τοῖς φίλοις πολεμήσετε, καὶ οἱ τὰ ὑποχείρια γενόμενα μεθιέντες ἀζήμια τοὺς συγκατακτησαμένους ὑμῖν τὴν ἀρχὴν ζημιώσετε, πόλιν τε τὴν αὐτῶν ὑμῶν παρέχοντες ἅπασι τοῖς δεομένοις ἀσφαλῆ καταφυγήν, ταύτης ἀπελαύνειν ὑπομενεῖτε τοὺς αὐθιγενεῖς, οἷς καὶ συνετράφητε καὶ συνεπαιδεύθητε καὶ πολλῶν ἐκοινωνήσατε κακῶν τε καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἐν εἰρήνῃ τε καὶ κατὰ πολέμους;
Will you then, who spare your enemies, make war upon your friends? And will you, who dismiss without harm those who have fallen into your hands, harm those who helped you win your empire? And while you offer your own city as a safe refuge to all who need it, will you submit to expelling from it its native inhabitants, with whom you were brought up and educated, and with whom you shared many hardships and blessings both in peace and in war?
οὐκ, ἐὰν τά γε δίκαια καὶ τὰ προσήκοντα τοῖς ὑμετέροις ἔθεσι βούλησθε πράττειν καὶ χωρὶς ὀργῆς κρίνητε τὸ συμφέρον.
You will not do so, if you wish to act justly and in accordance with your customs, and if you judge what is advantageous without anger.