text_original: Laconia had not men enough to till it, and seventy of the hundred townships of old times were quite abandoned. As early as the days of the historian Polybius it was observed that Italy could no more put into the field Depopulation of Italy and Greece. 201 such forces as she raised in the second Punic war, and that not for lack of manhood but of men, Polybius The Gracchi not long after called public notice to the fact of the decreasing numbers military of free labourers in the country, and tried to itaiy.
text_transcription: LACONIA HAD NOT MEN ENOUGH TO TILL IT AND SEVENTY OF THE HUNDRED TOWNSHIPS OF OLD TIMES WERE QUITE ABANDONED AS EARLY AS THE DAYS OF THE HISTORIAN POLYBIUS IT WAS OBSERVED THAT ITALY COULD NO MORE PUT INTO THE FIELD SUCH FORCES AS SHE RAISED IN THE SECOND PUNIC WAR AND THAT NOT FOR LACK OF MANHOOD BUT OF MEN THE GRACHY NOT LONG AFTER CALLED PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE FACT OF THE DECREASING NUMBERS OF FREE LABORERS IN THE COUNTRY AND TRIED TO
phonemes: lækˈoʊniə hæd nˌɑːt mˈɛn ɪnˈʌf tə tˈɪl ɪt, ænd sˈɛvənti ʌvðə hˈʌndɹɪd tˈaʊnʃɪps ʌv ˈoʊld tˈaɪmz wɜː kwˈaɪt ɐbˈændənd. æz ˈɜːli æz ðə dˈeɪz ʌvðə hɪstˈɔːɹiən pɑːlˈɪbɪəs ɪt wʌz əbzˈɜːvd ðæt ˈɪɾəli kʊd nˈoʊmˌɔːɹ pˌʊt ˌɪntʊ ðə fˈiːld diːpˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən ʌv ˈɪɾəli ænd ɡɹˈiːs. tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd wˈʌn sˈʌtʃ fˈɔːɹsᵻz æz ʃiː ɹˈeɪzd ɪnðə sˈɛkənd pjˈuːnɪk wˈɔːɹ, ænd ðæt nˌɑːt fɔːɹ lˈæk ʌv mˈænhʊd bˌʌt ʌv mˈɛn, pɑːlˈɪbɪəs ðə ɡɹˈækaɪ nˌɑːt lˈɔŋ ˈæftɚ kˈɔːld pˈʌblɪk nˈoʊɾɪs tə ðə fˈækt ʌvðə dˈiːkɹiːsɪŋ nˈʌmbɚz mˈɪlətˌɛɹi ʌv fɹˈiː lˈeɪbɚɹɚz ɪnðə kˈʌntɹi, ænd tɹˈaɪd tʊ ˈɪɾeɪi.