Cim. 2.1Tālī modō custōdiā līberātus Cimōn celeriter ad prīncipātum pervēnit.Freed from custody in this way, Cimon quickly rose to the leading position. Cim. 2.1Habēbat enim satis ēloquentiae, summam līberālitātem, magnam prūdentiam cum iūris cīvīlis tum reī mīlitāris, quod cum patre ā puerō in exercitibus fuerat versātus.For he had enough eloquence, the greatest generosity, and great skill both in civil law and in military matters, because from boyhood he had served with his father in the armies. Cim. 2.1Itaque hic et populum urbānum in suā tenuit potestāte et apud exercitum plūrimum valuit auctōritāte.So he both kept the people of the city under his control and had the greatest influence with the army. Cim. 2.2Prīmum imperātor apud flūmen Strȳmona magnās cōpiās Thraecum fugāvit, oppidum Amphipolim cōnstituit eōque decem mīlia Athēniēnsium in colōniam mīsit.First, as general, he routed great forces of Thracians at the river Strymon, founded the town of Amphipolis, and sent ten thousand Athenians there as a colony. Cim. 2.2Īdem iterum imperātor apud Mycalēn Cypriōrum et Phoenīcum ducentārum nāvium classem dēvictam cēpit eōdemque diē parī fortūnā in terrā ūsus est.Again as general, at Mycale he defeated and captured a fleet of two hundred Cypriot and Phoenician ships, and on the same day enjoyed equal fortune on land.
Cim. 2.3Namque hostium nāvibus captīs statim ex classe cōpiās suās ēdūxit barbarōrumque maximam vim ūnō concursū prōstrāvit.For as soon as the enemy's ships had been captured, he led his forces out of the fleet and laid low a huge host of barbarians in a single charge. Cim. 2.4Quā victōriā magnā praedā potītus cum domum reverterētur, quod iam nōnnūllae īnsulae propter acerbitātem imperiī dēfēcerant, bene animātās cōnfirmāvit, aliēnātās ad officium redīre coēgit.Having gained much plunder by this victory, as he was returning home, since some islands had already revolted because of the harshness of the rule, he strengthened those that were well disposed and forced those that had become estranged to return to their allegiance. Cim. 2.5Scȳrum, quam eō tempore Dolopēs incolēbant, quod contumācius sē gesserant, vacuēfēcit, possessōrēs veterēs urbe īnsulāque ēiēcit, agrōs cīvibus dīvīsit.Scyros, which the Dolopians inhabited at that time, he emptied because they had behaved rather defiantly; he expelled the old owners from the city and the island, and divided the lands among the citizens. Cim. 2.5Thasiōs opulentiā frētōs suō adventū frēgit.The Thasians, who relied on their wealth, he broke by his arrival.
Cim. 2.5Hīs ex manubiīs arx Athēnārum, quā ad merīdiem vergit, est ōrnāta.From these spoils the citadel of Athens was adorned on the side where it faces south.