§10.1Hic tamen tam callidus vir extremo tempore captus est Mithridatis, Ariobarzanis filii, dolo.
Yet this so crafty man was in the end deceived by the treachery of Mithridates, the son of Ariobarzanis.
namque is pollicitus est regi se eum interfecturum, si rex permitteret, ut quodcumque vellet liceret impune facere, fidemque de ea re more Persarum dextra dedisset.
For he had promised the king that he would kill him, if the king would permit him to do with impunity whatever he wished, and had given a pledge on that matter by his right hand, according to the custom of the Persians.
§10.2hanc ut accepit a rege missam, copias parat et absens amicitiam cum Datame facit, regis provincias vexat, castella expugnat, magnas praedas capit, quarum partim suis dispertit, partim ad Datamen mittit; pari modo complura castella ei tradit.
When he received this pledge sent by the king, he prepared his forces and, though absent, formed a friendship with Datames; he harassed the king's provinces, stormed his castles, and took great booty, part of which he distributed to his own men, and part he sent to Datames; in like manner, he delivered several castles to him.
§10.3haec diu faciendo persuasit homini se infinitum adversus regem suscepisse bellum, cum nihilo magis, ne quam suspicionem illi praeberet insidiarum, neque colloquium eius petivit neque in conspectum venire studuit.
By doing these things for a long time, he persuaded the man that he had undertaken an endless war against the king, while nevertheless, so that he might not afford him any suspicion of treachery, he neither sought an interview with him nor strove to come into his sight.
sic absens amicitiam gerebat, ut non beneficiis mutuis, sed communi odio, quod erga regem susceperant, contineri viderentur.
Thus he maintained the friendship while absent, so that they seemed to be held together not by mutual benefits, but by the common hatred which they had conceived toward the king.