§2.1Bellum cum Thraecibus gessit, Seuthem, socium Atheniensium, in regnum restituit.
He waged war with the Thracians, and restored Seuthes, an ally of the Athenians, to his kingdom.
apud Corinthum tanta severitate exercitui praefuit, ut nullae umquam in Graecia neque exercitatiores copiae neque magis dicto audientes fuerint duci,
At Corinth, he commanded the army with such severity that no troops in Greece were ever either better trained or more obedient to the command of their leader.
§2.2in eamque consuetudinem adduxit, ut, cum proelii signum ab imperatore esset datum, sine ducis opera sic ordinatae consisterent, ut singuli a peritissimo imperatore dispositi viderentur.
And he brought them into such a habit that, when the signal for battle had been given by the commander, they would stand in order without the intervention of a leader, in such a way that every single soldier seemed to have been posted by a most skillful general.
§2.3hoc exercitu moram Lacedaemoniorum interfecit, quod maxime tota celebratum est Graecia.
With this army he destroyed a mora of the Lacedaemonians, an exploit which was celebrated most of all throughout Greece.
iterum eodem bello omnes copias eorum fugavit, quo facto magnam adeptus est gloriam.
In the same war, he again put all their forces to flight, by which deed he acquired great glory.
§2.4cum Artaxerxes Aegyptio regi bellum inferre voluit, Iphicraten ab Atheniensibus ducem petivit, quem praeficeret exercitui conducticio, cuius numerus duodecim milium fuit.
When Artaxerxes wished to make war upon the king of Egypt, he requested Iphicrates from the Athenians as a leader to place over his mercenary army, the number of which was twelve thousand.
quem quidem sic omni disciplina militari erudivit, ut, quem ad modum quondam Fabiani milites Romae, sic Iphicratenses apud Graecos in summa laude fuerint.
Indeed, he trained this army so thoroughly in all military discipline that, just as the soldiers of Fabius once were at Rome, so the "Iphicratensians" were in the highest esteem among the Greeks.
§2.5idem subsidio Lacedaemoniis profectus Epaminondae retardavit impetus.
He also, having set out to the relief of the Lacedaemonians, checked the attacks of Epaminondas.
nam nisi eius adventus appropinquasset, non prius Thebani Sparta abscessissent, quam captam incendio delessent.
For had his approach not drawn near, the Thebans would not have departed from Sparta before they had captured it and destroyed it by fire.