and what didn't represent Spartan policy,

而非代表斯巴达的政策
then they should have withdrawn the garrison.

那么他们就应该撤军
The garrison stayed,

但军队留下来了
so that Sparta now--this was something that rang all around the Greek world.

因此斯巴达现在横行霸道于整个希腊世界
This was the worst thing anybody could remember

这是最糟的事情任何人都会记得
in peace time with no allegation of cause,

在和平时期不经任何辩解
they had simply seized another city,

斯巴达便无端侵占另一个城邦
an ancient city, a great city,

一座古代城邦或一个伟大的城邦
and they refused to back off.

而且他们拒绝撤军
Finally there's one other example of this same kind of behavior.

最后还有个类似行为的例子
The government in Thebes was tyrannical,

底比斯的政府是僭主制
imposed upon an unwilling people;

这种形式引起一些人的不满