§7.1Sine dubio post Leuctricam pugnam Lacedaemonii se numquam refecerunt neque pristinum imperium recuperarunt, cum interim numquam Agesilaus destitit quibuscumque rebus posset patriam iuvare.
Without a doubt, after the battle of Leuctra, the Lacedaemonians never recovered themselves, nor did they regain their former empire, while in the meantime Agesilaus never ceased to aid his country by whatever means he could.
§7.2nam cum praecipue Lacedaemonii indigerent pecunia, ille omnibus, qui a rege defecerant, praesidio fuit: a quibus magna donatus pecunia patriam sublevavit.
For as the Lacedaemonians were particularly in need of money, he was a protection to all who had revolted from the king; and gifted by them with a large sum of money, he relieved his country.
§7.3atque in hoc illud inprimis fuit admirabile, cum maxima munera ei ab regibus ac dynastis civitatibusque conferrentur, quod nihil umquam domum suam contulit, nihil de victu, nihil de vestitu Laconum mutavit.
And in this, the following was especially admirable: that although the greatest gifts were bestowed on him by kings, rulers, and states, he never brought anything home to his own house, and changed nothing of the food or clothing of the Laconians.
§7.4domo eadem fuit contentus, qua Eurysthenes, progenitor maiorum suorum, fuerat usus: quam qui intrarat, nullum signum libidinis, nullum luxuriae videre poterat, contra ea plurima patientiae atque abstinentiae.
He was content with the same house which Eurysthenes, the progenitor of his ancestors, had used; and whoever entered it could see no sign of self-indulgence, none of luxury, but on the contrary, very many of endurance and self-restraint.
sic enim erat instructa, ut in nulla re differret a cuiusvis inopis atque privati.
For it was so furnished that in no respect did it differ from that of any poor private citizen.