Nepos, Datames 1

Dat. 1.1Datamēs, patre Camisare, nātiōne Cāre, mātre Scythissā nātus, prīmum mīlitum in numerō fuit apud Artaxerxēn eōrum, quī rēgiam tuēbantur.Datames, whose father was Camisares, a Carian by nation, and whose mother was a Scythian, was at first in the number of those soldiers at the court of Artaxerxes who guarded the palace. Dat. 1.1Pater eius Camisarēs, quod et manū fortis et bellō strēnuus et rēgī multīs locīs fidēlis erat repertus, habuit prōvinciam partem Ciliciae iūxtā Cappadociam, quam incolunt Leucosyrī.His father Camisares, because he had been found brave in action, vigorous in war and loyal to the king in many places, held as his province the part of Cilicia next to Cappadocia which the Leucosyrians inhabit. Dat. 1.2Datamēs mīlitāre mūnus fungēns prīmum, quālis esset, aperuit in bellō, quod rēx adversus Cadūsiōs gessit.Datames, while performing military service, first revealed what sort of man he was in the war which the king waged against the Cadusians. Dat. 1.2Namque hic magnī fuit eius opera.For here his efforts were of great value. Dat. 1.2Quō factum est, cum in eō bellō cecidisset Camisarēs, ut paterna eī trāderētur prōvincia.So it came about that, when Camisares had fallen in that war, his father's province was handed over to him.