§3.1Quibus rebus confectis cum propter diuturnitatem belli non solum regiones, sed etiam urbes desertas videret, conquisivit quos potuit, primum Siculos, dein Corintho arcessivit colonos, quod ab iis initio Syracusae erant conditae.
When these things had been accomplished, since because of the long duration of the war he saw not only the countryside but even the cities deserted, he gathered whom he could, first the Sicilians, and then he summoned colonists from Corinth, because Syracuse had originally been founded by them.
§3.2civibus veteribus sua restituit, novis bello vacuefactas possessiones divisit, urbium moenia disiecta fanaque detecta refecit, civitatibus leges libertatemque reddidit: ex maximo bello tantum otium totae insulae conciliavit, ut hic conditor urbium earum, non illi qui initio deduxerant, videretur.
He restored to the old citizens their property, distributed to the new ones the possessions made vacant by the war, rebuilt the shattered walls and uncovered temples of the cities, and restored laws and freedom to the states. After a very great war, he secured such peace for the whole island that he seemed to be the founder of those cities, rather than those who had originally led the colonists thither.
§3.3arcem Syracusis, quam munierat Dionysius ad urbem obsidendam, a fundamentis disiecit, cetera tyrannidis propugnacula demolitus est deditque operam, ut quam minime multa vestigia servitutis manerent.
At Syracuse, he demolished from its foundations the citadel which Dionysius had fortified to overawe the city, dismantled the other strongholds of tyranny, and took care that as few traces of servitude as possible should remain.
§3.4cum tantis esset opibus, ut etiam invitis imperare posset, tantum autem amorem haberet omnium Siculorum, ut nullo recusante regnum obtinere liceret, maluit se diligi quam metui.
Although he possessed such great power that he could have ruled even over the unwilling, and moreover enjoyed such great love from all the Sicilians that he might have obtained the royal power without anyone refusing, he preferred to be loved rather than feared.
itaque, cum primum potuit, imperium deposuit ac privatus Syracusis, quod reliquum vitae fuit, vixit.
Therefore, as soon as he could, he resigned his command and lived the remainder of his life as a private citizen at Syracuse.
§3.5neque vero id imperite fecit: nam quod ceteri reges imperio potuerunt, hic benivolentia tenuit.
Nor indeed did he do this unwisely; for what other kings held by power, he retained by goodwill.
nullus honos huic defuit, neque postea res ulla Syracusis gesta est publice, de qua prius sit decretum quam Timoleontis sententia cognita.
No honor was lacking to him, nor afterwards was any public business transacted at Syracuse, concerning which a decree was made before Timoleon's opinion had been made known.
§3.6nullius umquam consilium non modo antelatum, sed ne comparatum quidem est.
No one's counsel was ever not only preferred, but not even compared to his.
neque id magis eius benivolentia factum est quam prudentia.
And this was done not more through his goodwill than through his wisdom.