That when the Athenians thought fit to abandon their city and to embark in their ships, they ventured on that perilous step without consulting them; and that on the other hand, wherever they had deliberated with the Lacedaemonians, they had proved themselves to be in judgment second to none.
Konklusio gisa, uste zutela hobe zela beren hiriak harresiak edukitzea eta hori, gainera, onuragarri izango zela, atenastarrentzat bakarrik ez eze, aliatu guztientzat ere, aliantzako batzar nagusietan ez baitzen posible itzal berdina edo antzekoa izatea, antzeko baliabide militarretan oinarritu ezean.