At least, we don't know the details of this very well,

至少我们并不是很了解其中的细节
but a very unusual thing seems to have happened.

但似乎发生了一件极其特殊的事
The Thebans ultimately were able to increase the size

底比斯最终通过
of their army by using farmers,

征召农民扩充了他们的军队
who would not ordinarily have been able to afford hoplite equipment,

即便这些人购置不起重装步兵的装备
but somehow the state managed to equip poorer farmers

但是国家却设法让这些贫穷的农民
and to turn them into hoplites,

成为了重装步兵兵
so that ultimately the army that Thebes commanded--

这最终使得底比斯指挥的军队...
when you get down to the years after the Battle of Leuctra,

在底比斯和他们的同盟击败斯巴达人的
in which the Thebans and their friends defeated the Spartans,

洛伊克特拉之战后的几年
you will see

你会发现
that really a huge army, by Greek standards,

一支希腊人意义上的真正庞大的军队