§2.62.1οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τούτοις ἑξῆς φησιν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκ τῆς Μεγάλης πόλεως λαφύρων ἑξακισχίλια τάλαντα τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις πεσεῖν, ὧν τὰ δισχίλια Κλεομένει δοθῆναι κατὰ τοὺς ἐθισμούς.
Nay, furthermore, he says in what follows these things that six thousand talents from the spoils of Megalopolis fell to the Lacedaemonians, of which two thousand were given to Cleomenes according to custom.
§2.62.2ἐν δὲ τούτοις πρῶτον μὲν τίς οὐκ ἂν θαυμάσειεν τὴν ἀπειρίαν καὶ τὴν ἄγνοιαν τῆς κοινῆς ἐννοίας ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν πραγμάτων χορηγίας καὶ δυνάμεως;
But in these matters, first of all, who would not marvel at his lack of experience and ignorance of the common concept regarding the resources and power of Greek affairs?
ἣν μάλιστα δεῖ παρὰ τοῖς ἱστοριογράφοις ὑπάρχειν.
Which knowledge ought most of all to belong to historians.
§2.62.3ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐ λέγω κατʼ ἐκείνους τοὺς χρόνους, ἐν οἷς ὑπό τε τῶν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ βασιλέων, ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον ὑπὸ τῆς συνεχείας τῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους πολέμων ἄρδην κατέφθαρτο τὰ Πελοποννησίων, §2.62.4ἀλλʼ ἐν τοῖς καθʼ ἡμᾶς καιροῖς, ἐν οἷς πάντες ἓν καὶ ταὐτὸ λέγοντες μεγίστην καρποῦσθαι δοκοῦσιν εὐδαιμονίαν, ὅμως ἐκ Πελοποννήσου πάσης ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν ἐπίπλων χωρὶς σωμάτων οὐχ οἷόν τε συναχθῆναι τοσοῦτο πλῆθος χρημάτων.
For I am not speaking of those times when, both by the kings in Macedonia and even more by the continuity of their wars against one another, the affairs of the Peloponnesians had been utterly ruined, but of our own times, in which, though all are in agreement and seem to enjoy the greatest prosperity, nevertheless it is impossible to collect so great a sum of money from the whole of the Peloponnese, from the movable property itself apart from persons.
§2.62.5καὶ διότι τοῦτο νῦν οὐκ εἰκῇ, λόγῳ δέ τινι μᾶλλον ἀποφαινόμεθα, δῆλον ἐκ τούτων.
And that we are not declaring this now at random, but rather with some rational argument, is clear from the following.
§2.62.6τίς γὰρ ὑπὲρ Ἀθηναίων οὐχ ἱστόρηκε διότι καθʼ οὓς καιροὺς μετὰ Θηβαίων εἰς τὸν πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους ἐνέβαινον πόλεμον καὶ μυρίους μὲν ἐξέπεμπον στρατιώτας, ἑκατὸν δʼ ἐπλήρουν τριήρεις, §2.62.7ὅτι τότε κρίναντες ἀπὸ τῆς ἀξίας ποιεῖσθαι τὰς εἰς τὸν πόλεμον εἰσφορὰς ἐτιμήσαντο τήν τε χώραν τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἅπασαν καὶ τὰς οἰκίας, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὴν λοιπὴν οὐσίαν· ἀλλʼ ὅμως τὸ σύμπαν τίμημα τῆς ἀξίας ἐνέλιπε τῶν ἑξακισχιλίων διακοσίοις καὶ πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις.
For who has not recorded concerning the Athenians that, at the times when they entered into the war against the Lacedaemonians together with the Thebans, and were sending out ten thousand soldiers and manning a hundred triremes, they then decided to make the war contributions based on property value, and assessed the whole Attic territory and the houses, and likewise the rest of their property; but nevertheless the total assessment of value fell short of six thousand talents by two hundred and fifty talents.
§2.62.8ἐξ ὧν οὐκ ἀπεοικὸς ἂν φανείη τὸ περὶ Πελοποννησίων ἄρτι ῥηθὲν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ.
From which things what has just been said by me about the Peloponnesians would appear not unreasonable.
§2.62.9κατὰ δʼ ἐκείνους τοὺς καιροὺς ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς Μεγάλης πόλεως ὑπερβολικῶς ἀποφαινόμενος οὐκ ἄν τις εἰπεῖν τολμήσειεν πλείω γενέσθαι τριακοσίων, §2.62.10ἐπειδήπερ ὁμολογούμενόν ἐστι διότι καὶ τῶν ἐλευθέρων καὶ τῶν δουλικῶν σωμάτων τὰ πλεῖστα συνέβη διαφυγεῖν εἰς τὴν Μεσσήνην.
And during those times, even one who declared most extravagantly would not dare to say that more than three hundred talents came from Megalopolis itself, since it is agreed that the majority of the persons, both free and slave, happened to escape to Messene.
μέγιστον δὲ τῶν προειρημένων τεκμήριον· §2.62.11οὐδενὸς γὰρ ὄντες δεύτεροι τῶν Ἀρκάδων Μαντινεῖς οὔτε κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν οὔτε κατὰ τὴν περιουσίαν, ὡς αὐτὸς οὗτός φησιν, ἐκ πολιορκίας δὲ καὶ παραδόσεως ἁλόντες, ὥστε μήτε διαφυγεῖν μηδένα μήτε διακλαπῆναι ῥᾳδίως μηδέν, §2.62.12ὅμως τὸ πᾶν λάφυρον ἐποίησαν μετὰ τῶν σωμάτων κατὰ τοὺς αὐτοὺς καιροὺς τάλαντα τριακόσια.
And the greatest proof of the things aforesaid is this: for the Mantineans, who were second to none of the Arcadians either in power or in wealth, as this very man says, having been captured by siege and surrender, so that no one escaped and nothing was easily stolen away, nevertheless made the entire spoil, including persons, at the same times, only three hundred talents.