Dat. 5.1Haec dum geruntur, Artaxerxēs reminīscēns, ā quantō bellō ad quam parvam rem prīncipem ducum mīsisset, sē ipse reprehendit et nūntium ad exercitum Acēn mīsit, quod nōndum Datamēn profectum putābat, quī dīceret, nē ab exercitū discēderet.While this is going on, Artaxerxes, remembering from how great a war to how small a matter he had sent the foremost of his generals, reproached himself and sent a messenger to the army at Ace, since he thought Datames had not yet set out, to tell him not to leave the army. Dat. 5.1Hic priusquam pervenīret, quō erat profectus, in itinere convēnit, quī Aspim dūcēbant.Before this man reached the place for which he had set out, he met on the road those who were leading Aspis. Dat. 5.2Quā celeritāte cum magnam benivolentiam rēgis Datamēs cōnsecūtus esset, nōn minōrem invidiam aulicōrum excēpit, quod illum ūnum plūris quam sē omnēs fierī vidēbant.Though by this speed Datames had won great goodwill from the king, he incurred no less jealousy from the courtiers, because they saw that he alone was valued more highly than all of them. Dat. 5.2Quō factō cūnctī ad eum opprimendum cōnsēnsērunt.Because of this they all agreed together to destroy him.
Dat. 5.3Haec Pandantēs, gazae custōs rēgiae, amīcus Datamī, perscrīpta eī mittit, in quibus docet eum in magnō fore perīculō, sī quid illō imperante adversī in Aegyptō accidisset.Pandantes, keeper of the royal treasury, a friend of Datames, writes all this out in full and sends it to him, informing him that he would be in great danger if anything went wrong in Egypt under his command. Dat. 5.4Namque eam esse cōnsuētūdinem rēgiam, ut cāsūs adversōs hominibus tribuant, secundōs fortūnae suae: quō fierī ut facile impellantur ad eōrum perniciem, quōrum ductū rēs male gestae nūntientur.For it was the custom of kings to attribute misfortunes to men and successes to their own fortune: so it came about that they were easily driven to the ruin of those under whose leadership failures were reported. Dat. 5.4Illum hōc maiōre fore in discrīmine, quod, quibus rēx maximē oboediat, eōs habeat inimīcissimōs.He would be in all the greater peril because those whom the king obeyed most were his bitterest enemies. Dat. 5.5Tālibus ille litterīs cognitīs, cum iam ad exercitum Acēn vēnisset, quod nōn ignōrābat ea vērē scrīpta, dēscīscere ā rēge cōnstituit.When he had read this letter, having already come to the army at Ace, since he well knew that it had been written truthfully, he decided to break away from the king.
Dat. 5.5Neque tamen quicquam fēcit, quod fidē suā esset indignum.Yet he did nothing that was unworthy of his good faith. Dat. 5.6Nam Mandroclem Magnētem exercituī praefēcit;For he put Mandrocles of Magnesia in command of the army; Dat. 5.6ipse cum suīs in Cappadociam discēdit coniūnctamque huic Paphlagoniam occupat, cēlāns, quā voluntāte esset in rēgem.he himself departs with his own men into Cappadocia and seizes Paphlagonia, which adjoins it, concealing what his attitude towards the king was. Dat. 5.6Clam cum Ariobarzane facit amīcitiam, manum comparat, urbēs mūnītās suīs tuendās trādit.Secretly he makes friendship with Ariobarzanes, gathers a force, and hands over fortified cities to his men to guard.