Nepos, Aristides 3

Arist. 3.1Quōs quō facilius repellerent, sī forte bellum renovāre cōnārentur, ad classēs aedificandās exercitūsque comparandōs quantum pecūniae quaeque cīvitās daret, Aristīdēs dēlēctus est quī cōnstitueret, eiusque arbitriō quadringēna et sexāgēna talenta quotannīs Dēlum sunt collāta: id enim commūne aerārium esse voluērunt.

In order that they might more easily drive them back if they should try to renew the war, Aristides was chosen to decide how much money each state should give for building fleets and raising armies, and by his decision four hundred and sixty talents were brought to Delos every year: for they wanted that to be the common treasury.

Note. quō facilius: quō replaces ut before a comparative in purpose clauses ('so that more easily'). quantum pecūniae quaeque cīvitās daret is an indirect question; quī cōnstitueret is a relative clause of purpose ('to decide'). quadringēna et sexāgēna: distributives, '460 each (year)'. The treasury of the Delian League was kept on the sacred island of Delos.

Arist. 3.1Quae omnis pecūnia posterō tempore Athēnās trānslāta est.

All this money was later moved to Athens.

Note. In 454 BC the treasury was moved to Athens, which then used the allies' money for its own purposes, including the buildings on the Acropolis.

Arist. 3.2Hic quā fuerit abstinentiā, nūllum est certius indicium quam quod, cum tantīs rēbus praefuisset, in tantā paupertāte dēcessit, ut quī efferrētur vix relīquerit.

Of how great his self-restraint was there is no surer proof than that, although he had been in charge of such great affairs, he died in such poverty that he barely left enough to be buried with.

Note. quā fuerit abstinentiā: an indirect question, with an ablative of description ('of what integrity he was'). quī efferrētur: quī is an old ablative ('the means by which'), so 'enough for him to be carried out for burial'. relīquerit is perfect subjunctive in a result clause.

Arist. 3.3Quō factum est ut fīliae eius pūblicē alerentur et dē commūnī aerāriō dōtibus datīs collocārentur.

As a result his daughters were supported at public expense and given in marriage with dowries paid from the common treasury.

Note. Quō factum est ut: 'because of this it came about that'. dōtibus datīs: ablative absolute. collocāre (fīliam) is the regular phrase for giving a daughter in marriage.

Arist. 3.3Dēcessit autem ferē post annum quārtum quam Themistoclēs Athēnīs erat expulsus.

He died, moreover, about four years after Themistocles had been driven out of Athens.

Note. post annum quārtum quam = quārtō annō postquam. Themistocles was ostracized around 471 BC; Aristides died around 467.