Never had so many cities been taken and laid desolate, here by the barbarians, here by the parties contending (the old inhabitants being sometimes removed to make room for others); never was there so much banishing and blood-shedding, now on the field of battle, now in the strife of faction.
Inoiz ez zen gelditu hainbeste hiri despopulatuta, batzuk barbaroen eskutik eta beste batzuk gudaroste kontrarioen borrokan zebiltzan Heleniarren euren eskutik-hiri batzuetan, gainera, okupazioarekin batera populazio aldaketa gertatu zen-, eta sekula ez zen gertatu hainbeste erbesteratze eta odol isurketa, dela gerraren beraren, dela herritarren arteko istiluen ondorioz.