Cornelii Nepotis Vitae (Hamilton)/Iphicrates

by Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

Vitae (Editio Interlinearis Latina-Anglica Ad Modum Hamiltonii)

XI. Iphicrates

editio: Philadelphia, 1890(?); Iacobus Hamiltonius (James Hamilton) et Ioannes Gulielmus Subsilvius (J. W. Underwood) recensuit

X. Dion	XII. Chabrias

I

Iphicrates	Atheniensis	nobilitatus-est	non	tam
Iphicrates	the Athenian	was renowned	not	so much

magnitudine	rerum	gestarum,	quam	militari
by greatness	of things	carried on,	as	by military

disciplina.	Enim	fuit	tali	dux,	ut
discipline.	For	he was	such	a leader,	that

compararetur	non	solum	cum	primis	suae
he might be compared	not	only	with	the first	of his own

aetatis,	sed	ne-quidem	quidam	de	maioribus
age,	but	not even	any one	of	(his) greaters

natu	anteponeretur.	Vero
by birth (predecessors)	might be preferred.	But

versatus-est	multum	in	bello,	saepe	praefuit
he was employed	much	in	war,	often	he commanded

exercitibus,	nusquam	gessit	rem	male
to armies,	nowhere	he carried on	thing	badly

sua	culpa;	vicit	semper	consilio,	que
by his own	fault;	he conquered	always	by counsel,	and

eo	valuit	tantum,	ut	in	militari	re
in this	he prevailed	so much,	that	in	military	affair

attulerit (sub.)	multa	partim	nova,	fecerit (sub.)
he brought	many (things)	partly	new,	made

partim	meliora.	Namque	ille	mutavit	pedestria
partly	better.	For	he	changed	the pedestrian (infantry)

arma,	quum	ante	illum
arms,	when	before	him (being)

imperatorem	uterentur (sub.)	maximis	clypeis,	brevibus
commander	they did use	very large	shields,	short

hastis,	minutis	gladiis.	Ille	e-contrario	fecit
spears,	little	swords.	He	on the contrary	made

peltam	pro	parma	(a	quo
the half-moon-buckler	for	the shield	(from	which

pedites	[postea]	appellantur	πελτασταί,)
the foot soldiers	[afterwards]	are called	peltastae,)

ut	essent	leviores	ad	motus	que
that	they might be	lighter	to	motions	and

concursus;	duplicavit	modum	hastae,	fecit
onsets;	he doubled	the measure	of the spear,	he made

gladios	longiores.	Idem	mutavit	genus
the swords	longer.	The same	changed	the kind

loricarum,	et,	pro	sertis	atque
of coats of mail,	and,	for	connected (rings or chains)	and

aeneis,	dedit	linteas.	Quo	facto	reddidit
brazen,	he gave	linen.	By which	deed	he rendered

milites	expeditiores.	Nam,	pondere
the soldiers	less encumbered.	For,	the weight

detracto,	curavit	quod	aeque	tegeret
being withdrawn,	he took care of	what	equally	might cover

corpus,	et	esset	leve.
the body,	and	might be	light.

II

Gessit	bellum	cum	Thracibus;	restituit
He carried on	war	with	the Thracians;	he restored

in	regnum,	Seuthen	socium	Atheniensium.	Apud
into	the kingdom,	Seuthes	the ally	of the Athenians.	At

Corinthum	praefuit	exercitui	tanta
Corinth	he commanded	to army	with so much

severitate,	ut	nullae	copiae	umquam	fuerint (sub.)	in
strictness,	that	no	forces	ever	have been	in

Graecia	neque	exercitatiores	neque	magis
Greece	neither	more exercised	nor	more

audientes	dicto	duci;	que	adduxit
hearing (obedient)	to word	to general;	and	he brought

in	eam	consuetudinem,	ut,	quum	signum
into	that	custom,	that,	when	the signal

praelii	datum-esset (sub.)	ab	imperatore,
of battle	had been given	by	the commander,

consisterent,	sine	opera	ducis,	sic
they did arrange,	without	the work	of the general,	so

ordinate,	ut	viderentur	dispositi	singuli	ab
regulated,	that	they might seem	disposed	one by one	by

peritissimo	imperatore.	Hoc	exercitu
the most skilful	commander.	With this	army

intercepit	Moram	Lacedaemoniorum,	quod
he intercepted	the battalion	of the Lacedemonians,	which

celebratum-est	maxime	tota	Graecia.	Iterum
was celebrated	very much	in whole	Greece.	Again

eodem	bello	fugavit	omnes	copias	eorum.
in the same	war	he routed	all	the forces	of them.

Quo	facto	adeptus-est	magnam	gloriam.	Quum
By which	deed	he acquired	great	glory.	When

Artaxerxes	voluit	inferre	bellum	Aegyptio
Artaxerxes	willed	to bring on	war	to the Egyptian

regi,	petivit	Iphicratem	ducem	ab	Atheniensibus,
king,	he sought	Iphicrates	(as) leader	from	the Athenians,

quem	praeficeret	conductitio	exercitui,	numerus
whom	he might set over	to hired	army,	the number

cuius	fuit	duodecim	millium.	Quem	quidem
of which	was	of twelve	thousands.	Which	indeed

erudivit	omni	militari	disciplina	sic,	ut
he instructed	in every	military	discipline	so,	that

quemadmodum	quondam	Romani	milites	appellati-sunt
like as	formerly	the Roman	soldiers	were called

Fabiani,	sic	Iphicratenses	fuerint (sub.)	in	summa
Fabian,	so	Iphicratensian	were	in	the highest

laude	apud	Graecos.	Idem,	profectus
praise	among	the Greeks.	The same,	having set out

subsidio	Lacedaemoniis,	retardavit	impetus
to assistance	to the Lacedemonians,	delayed	the assaults

Epaminondae.	Nam	nisi	adventus	eius
of Epaminondas.	For	unless	the arrival	of him

appropinquasset (sub.),	Thebani	abscessissent
had approached,	the Thebans	would have departed

non	Sparta	priusquam	delessent (sub.)
not	from Sparta	before that	they had destroyed (it)

captam	incendio.
taken	by burning.

III

Autem	fuit	et	magno	animo	et	corpore,
But	he was	both	with great	mind	and	body,

que	imperatoria	forma,	ut	aspectu	ipso
and	with commanding	form,	that	by appearance	itself

iniiceret (sub.)	cuivis	admirationem	sui:
he did cast in	to any one	admiration	of himself:

sed	nimis	remissus	in	labore,	que	parum	patiens,
but	too	remiss	in	labour,	and	too little	patient,

ut	Theopompus	prodidit	memoriae,	vero
as	Theopompus	has transmitted	to memory,	but

bonus	civis,	que	magna	fide.	Quod
a good	citizen,	and	with great	faith.	Which

declaravit	cum	in	aliis	rebus,	tum	maxime	in
he declared	as well	in	other	things,	as	chiefly	in

tuendis	liberis	Amyntae	Macedonis.
protecting	the children	of Amyntas	the Macedonian.

Namque	Eurydice,	mater	Perdiccae	et
For	Eurydice,	the mother	of Perdiccas	and

Philippi,	cum	his	duobus	pueris,	Amynta
of Philip,	with	these	two	boys,	Amyntas

mortuo,	confugit	ad	Iphicratem,	que
being dead,	fled for refuge	to	Iphicrates,	and

defensa-est	opibus	eius.	Vixit	ad
was defended	by the resources	of him.	He lived	to

senectutem,	animis	suorum	civium	placatis
old age,	the minds	of his own	citizens	being appeased

in	se.	Semel	dixit	caussam	capitis,
unto	himself.	Once	he said (pleaded)	cause	of head,

sociali	bello,	simul	cum	Timotheo,
in the confederate	war,	together	with	Timotheus,

que	absolutus-est	eo	iudicio.	Reliquit
and	was acquitted	in that	trial.	He left

filium	Menesthea,	natum	ex	Thressa,	filia
a son	Menestheus,	born	from	a Thracian,	daughter

regis	Coti.	Is,	quum	interrogaretur (sub.)	utrum
of king	Cotus.	He,	when	he was asked	whether

faceret (sub.)	patrem	ne	matrem	pluris,
he did make	father	or	mother	of more (account,)

inquit,	matrem.	Quum	id	videretur (sub.)	mirum
said,	mother.	When	that	did seem	wonderful

omnibus,	at	ille	inquit,	facio	merito.	Nam
to all,	but	he	said,	I do (it)	deservedly.	For

pater,	quantum	fuit	in	se,
father,	as far as	it was	in	himself (in his power),

genuit	me	Thracem;	contra	ea
begat	me	a Thracian;	contrary to	these (things)

mater,	Atheniensem.
mother,	an Athenian.