§27.1.1ὅτι ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ παρεγένοντο πρέσβεις παρὰ μὲν Θεσπιέων οἱ περὶ Λασῆν καὶ Καλλέαν, παρὰ δὲ Νέωνος Ἰσμηνίας,
At this time, there arrived envoys: from the Thespians, Lasen and Kalleas with their followers, and from Neon, Ismenias.
§27.1.2οἱ μὲν περὶ Λασῆν ἐγχειρίζοντες τὴν ἑαυτῶν πατρίδα Ῥωμαίοις, ὁ δʼ Ἰσμηνίας κατὰ κοινὸν πάσας τὰς ἐν τῇ Βοιωτίᾳ πόλεις διδοὺς εἰς τὴν τῶν πρεσβευτῶν πίστιν.
Lasen and his followers surrendered their own city to the Romans, while Ismenias offered all the cities in Boeotia collectively into the protection of the Roman commissioners.
§27.1.3ἦν δὲ τοῦτο μὲν ἐναντιώτατον τοῖς περὶ τὸν Μάρκιον, τὸ δὲ κατὰ πόλιν διελεῖν τοὺς Βοιωτοὺς οἰκειότατον.
This was entirely contrary to the policy of Marcius and his colleagues, whereas to divide the Boeotians city by city was most suited to their interests.
§27.1.4διὸ τοὺς μὲν περὶ τὸν Λασῆν καὶ τοὺς Χαιρωνεῖς καὶ τοὺς Λεβαδεῖς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους, ὅσοι παρῆσαν ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων, ἀσμένως ἀπεδέχοντο καὶ κατέψων, §27.1.5τὸν δʼ Ἰσμηνίαν παρεδειγμάτιζον, ἀποτριβόμενοι καὶ παρορῶντες.
Therefore, they gladly received and courted Lasen and his followers, as well as the Chaeroneans, the Lebadeans, and all the others who were present from the individual cities, but they made an example of Ismenias, repelling and ignoring him.
§27.1.6ὅτε καὶ συνεπιθέμενοί τινες τῶν φυγάδων μικροῦ κατέλευσαν τὸν Ἰσμηνίαν, εἰ μὴ κατέφυγεν ὑπὸ τὰ δίθυρα τῶν Ῥωμαίων.
On which occasion, some of the exiles joined in the attack and almost stoned Ismenias to death, had he not fled for refuge under the double-doors of the Romans' quarters.
§27.1.7κατὰ δὲ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ταῖς Θήβαις συνέβαινε ταραχὰς εἶναι καὶ στάσεις.
Around this same time, it happened that there were disturbances and dissensions in Thebes.
§27.1.8οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἔφασαν δεῖν διδόναι τὴν πόλιν εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων πίστιν, οἱ δὲ Κορωνεῖς καὶ Ἁλιάρτιοι συνδεδραμηκότες εἰς τὰς Θήβας ἀκμὴν ἀντεποιοῦντο τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ μένειν ἔφασαν δεῖν ἐν τῇ πρὸς τὸν Περσέα συμμαχίᾳ.
For some maintained that they ought to surrender the city to the protection of the Romans, while the Coroneans and Haliartians, who had flocked into Thebes, still vigorously contested the issue and asserted that they must abide by the alliance with Perseus.
§27.1.9καὶ μέχρι μέν τινος ἐφάμιλλος ἦν ἡ διάθεσις τῶν στασιαζόντων.
For a time, indeed, the strength of the contending factions was evenly matched.
Ὀλυμπίχου δὲ τοῦ Κορωνέως πρώτου μεταθεμένου καὶ φάσκοντος δεῖν ἀντέχεσθαι Ῥωμαίων, ἐγένετό τις ὁλοσχερὴς ῥοπὴ καὶ μετάπτωσις τοῦ πλήθους, §27.1.10καὶ πρῶτον μὲν τὸν Δικέταν ἠνάγκασαν πρεσβεύειν πρὸς τοὺς περὶ τὸν Μάρκιον, ἀπολογησόμενον ὑπὲρ τῆς πρὸς τὸν Περσέα συμμαχίας.
But when Olympichus of Coronea was the first to change sides and declare that they must hold to the Romans, a complete shift and change of mind occurred among the multitude, and first they compelled Diketas to go on an embassy to Marcius and his colleagues, in order to make a defense for their alliance with Perseus.
§27.1.11μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τοὺς περὶ τὸν Νέωνα καὶ τὸν Ἱππίαν ἐξέβαλον, συντρέχοντες ἐπὶ τὰς οἰκίας αὐτῶν καὶ κελεύοντες αὐτοὺς ὑπὲρ αὑτῶν ἀπολογεῖσθαι περὶ τῶν διῳκονομημένων· οὗτοι γὰρ ἦσαν οἱ τὰ περὶ τὴν συμμαχίαν οἰκονομήσαντες.
After this, they expelled Neon and Hippias with their followers, rushing to their houses and demanding that they defend themselves for their administration; for these were the ones who had managed the matters of the alliance.
τούτων δὲ παραχωρησάντων, §27.1.12ἐξ αὐτῆς ἁθροισθέντες εἰς ἐκκλησίαν πρῶτον μὲν τιμὰς ἐψηφίσαντο καὶ δωρεὰς τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις, εἶτʼ ἐνεργεῖν ἐπέταξαν τοῖς ἄρχουσι τὴν συμμαχίαν,
When these men withdrew, immediately gathering in the assembly, first they voted honors and gifts to the Romans, and then ordered the magistrates to put the alliance into effect.
§27.1.13ἐπὶ δὲ πᾶσιν πρεσβευτὰς κατέστησαν τοὺς ἐγχειριοῦντας τὴν πόλιν Ῥωμαίοις καὶ κατάξοντας τοὺς παρʼ αὑτῶν φυγάδας.
and finally, they appointed envoys who were to surrender the city to the Romans and recall their own exiles.