that the great empire had had in the fifth century,

雅典帝国在前五世纪时的力量和势力范围
but it was scary from the standpoint of the great king

但是从波斯王的角度来看这已经很可怕了
and so he might very well have wanted to restore peace to Greece

因此他可能非常希望希腊重建和平
as a way of stopping excuses for further expansion on the part of the Athenians.

好让雅典方面没了进一步扩张的借口
On the other hand, the Athenians were not unhappy

另一方面雅典人也很乐意
to make peace as an opportunity to consolidate the gains

他们可以利用和平时期巩固既得利益
that they had had and because that would put a stop to

因为和平协议可以让他们日益忌惮
what I think was beginning to worry them,

如日方升的底比斯人
the expansion of Thebes.

无法开疆阔土
Now, mind you,

需要各位注意到是
they're still worried number one about Sparta in 375.

雅典人在前375年最担心的仍是斯巴达人
Spartans haven't been defeated by anybody;

斯巴达从未被打败