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after_o which_o time_n the_o carthaginian_n raze_v the_o city_n to_o the_o ground_n which_o have_v continue_v ruin_v and_o in_o its_o rubbish_n to_o this_o day_n chap._n viii_o the_o lacedaemonian_n quarrel_n with_o the_o athenian_n for_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o sea_n when_o dromoclides_n be_v archon_n of_o athens_n and_o marcus_n fabius_n and_o caius_n manlius_n 473._o olymp._n 76._o 2._o anno_fw-la mund._o 3497._o ant._n chr._n 473._o consul_n of_o rome_n the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v high_o concern_v for_o their_o loss_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o therefore_o be_v great_o exasperate_v against_o the_o grecian_n who_o have_v desert_v they_o they_o breathe_v out_o revenge_n with_o just_a indignation_n against_o they_o a_o general_n council_n therefore_o be_v call_v they_o advise_v together_o concern_v war_n to_o be_v proclaim_v against_o the_o athenian_n in_o order_n to_o the_o recovery_n of_o their_o dominion_n at_o sea_n and_o in_o several_a other_o assembly_n 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be_v again_o refer_v to_o the_o senate_n suppose_v none_o will_v dare_v to_o contradict_v the_o general_a sense_n of_o the_o citizen_n but_o one_o of_o the_o senator_n of_o the_o family_n of_o hercules_n 473._o ant._n chr._n 473._o call_v hetaemaridas_n a_o man_n of_o great_a esteem_n among_o the_o citizen_n for_o his_o virtue_n advise_v quite_o otherwise_o and_o declare_v his_o opinion_n that_o they_o shall_v suffer_v the_o athenian_n quiet_o to_o enjoy_v the_o dominion_n of_o the_o sea_n for_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o sparta_n to_o contend_v about_o that_o sovereignty_n and_o urge_v many_o reason_n for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o his_o opinion_n which_o be_v not_o at_o first_o very_o grateful_a he_o at_o length_n prevail_v both_o with_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n to_o wave_v the_o war._n and_o so_o it_o be_v conclude_v according_a to_o his_o advice_n as_o most_o advantageous_a to_o desist_v the_o athenian_n at_o the_o first_o be_v in_o 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any_o wife_n that_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o leave_v marriage_n law_n about_o marriage_n her_o husband_n to_o marry_v any_o other_o man_n provide_v he_o be_v no_o young_a than_o her_o former_a husband_n and_o that_o he_o who_o cast_v off_o his_o wife_n shall_v marry_v none_o young_a than_o the_o wife_n he_o reject_v and_o he_o succeed_v so_o well_o in_o his_o proposal_n that_o by_o have_v the_o law_n amend_v he_o not_o only_o escape_v the_o rope_n but_o by_o this_o mean_n his_o wife_n that_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o a_o young_a fellow_n be_v force_v to_o return_v to_o he_o again_o 445._o ant._n chr._n 445._o the_o three_o law_n which_o solon_n likewise_o have_v make_v which_o be_v amend_v be_v that_o concern_v virgin_n and_o orphan_n the_o law_n be_v that_o where_o there_o be_v a_o heiress_n leave_v the_o next_o of_o kin_n may_v demand_v she_o in_o marriage_n and_o so_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n a_o young_a woman_n a_o orphan_n may_v demand_v he_o that_o be_v of_o her_o next_o kindred_n 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punishment_n in_o themselves_o he_o easy_o restrain_v the_o citizen_n from_o luxury_n and_o excess_n for_o none_o be_v willing_a to_o expose_v themselves_o as_o laughingstock_n to_o their_o fellow_n citizen_n by_o own_v themselves_o guilty_a of_o such_o foul_a offence_n many_o other_o law_n concern_v contract_n and_o other_o difference_n which_o may_v arise_v be_v with_o great_a judgement_n make_v by_o he_o which_o will_v be_v too_o tedious_a particular_o to_o relate_v and_o beside_o the_o scope_n and_o intent_n of_o our_o history_n we_o shall_v therefore_o return_v whence_o we_o make_v a_o digression_n 443._o p._n 300._o olymp._n 83._o 4._o ant._n ch._n 443._o lysimachides_n be_v chief_a ruler_n of_o athens_n when_o the_o roman_n confer_v the_o consular_a dignity_n upon_o titus_n menenius_n and_o poplius_n sestius_n capitolinus_n in_o their_o time_n the_o sybarite_n that_o have_v escape_v in_o the_o late_a sedition_n seat_v themselves_o at_o the_o river_n tarentum_n where_o they_o 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the_o night_n but_o no_o other_o for_o he_o know_v well_o enough_o that_o neither_o the_o syracusian_n nor_o his_o confederate_n 436._o p._n 436._o will_v ever_o suffer_v he_o to_o grant_v to_o they_o any_o such_o liberty_n but_o he_o do_v this_o because_o he_o be_v unwilling_a utter_o to_o destroy_v the_o carthaginian_n that_o the_o syracusian_n through_o fear_n of_o they_o may_v find_v no_o opportunity_n or_o leisure_n by_o disturb_v of_o he_o to_o seek_v after_o the_o regain_n of_o their_o liberty_n have_v therefore_o agree_v with_o the_o carthaginian_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v go_v the_o four_o night_n next_o after_o he_o draw_v his_o whole_a army_n into_o the_o city_n upon_o which_o imilco_n deliver_v the_o three_o hundred_o talent_n to_o some_o appoint_v for_o that_o purpose_n africa_n imilco_n give_v 300_o talent_n to_o dionysius_n to_o have_v liberty_n to_o depart_v into_o africa_n who_o convey_v they_o secret_o in_o the_o night_n into_o the_o castle_n when_o the_o time_n appoint_v be_v come_v imilco_n fill_v forty_o galley_n with_o citizen_n of_o carthage_n with_o a_o intent_n to_o be_v go_v leave_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o army_n behind_o he_o and_o he_o be_v no_o soon_o enter_v into_o the_o port_n but_o some_o corinthian_n discern_v that_o dionysius_n trifle_v away_o the_o time_n in_o get_v the_o soldier_n and_o officer_n together_o be_v impatient_a and_o forthwith_o make_v after_o they_o and_o by_o row_v hard_a at_o length_n get_v up_o to_o the_o carthaginian_a ship_n that_o be_v in_o the_o rear_n which_o they_o sink_v by_o pierce_v they_o through_o with_o the_o beak_n of_o their_o ship_n afterward_o dionysius_n draw_v 394._o the_o carthaginian_n pursue_v ant._n ch._n 394._o out_o his_o army_n but_o the_o sicilian_n who_o side_v with_o the_o carthaginian_n be_v almost_o all_o flee_v through_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o country_n and_o escape_v to_o their_o several_a city_n before_o the_o syracusian_n can_v reach_v up_o to_o they_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n when_o dionysius_n have_v place_v guard_n at_o several_a pass_n to_o intercept_v they_o that_o flee_v he_o march_v with_o his_o army_n in_o the_o night_n to_o the_o enemy_n camp_n upon_o which_o all_o the_o barbarian_n now_o betray_v both_o by_o their_o general_n and_o the_o carthaginian_n and_o likewise_o by_o the_o sicilian_n flee_v away_o in_o great_a fear_n and_o amazement_n of_o who_o part_n be_v take_v fall_v in_o among_o their_o enemy_n guard_n that_o waylay_v they_o other_o and_o the_o great_a part_n throw_v away_o their_o arm_n and_o cry_v for_o quarter_n but_o the_o spaniard_n with_o their_o arm_n get_v into_o a_o body_n and_o send_v a_o trumpet_n to_o dionysius_n to_o offer_v themselves_o to_o he_o as_o confederate_n upon_o which_o he_o make_v a_o league_n with_o they_o and_o join_v they_o to_o the_o regiment_n of_o his_o
and_o government_n by_o treachery_n and_o they_o make_v peace_n with_o they_o of_o erbissa_n and_o so_o stand_v the_o affair_n of_o sicily_n at_o that_o time_n chap._n viii_o agesilaus_n make_v general_n against_o the_o persian_n by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n go_v to_o ephesus_n they_o send_v to_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n for_o assistance_n the_o persian_n rout_v at_o sipylus_n by_o agesilaus_n tissaphernes_n head_n cut_v off_o in_o a_o bath_n at_o larissa_n the_o war_n between_o the_o phocean_n and_o baeotian_o in_o greece_n when_o the_o lacedaemonian_n foresee_v the_o great_a war_n they_o be_v likely_a to_o have_v with_o the_o persian_n they_o make_v agesilaus_n one_o of_o their_o two_o king_n their_o general_n who_o raise_v six_o thousand_o man_n and_o choose_v thirty_o of_o the_o most_o eminent_a citizen_n to_o be_v member_n of_o the_o senate_n pass_v over_o out_o of_o europe_n to_o ephesus_n there_o he_o raise_v four_o thousand_o more_o and_o so_o march_v into_o the_o field_n with_o a_o army_n of_o ten_o thousand_o foot_n and_o four_o ãâã_d ush_n ann._n 174._o rather_o four_o thousand_o horse_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d hundred_o horse_n after_o the_o camp_n follow_v a_o rabble_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o pillage_n and_o plunder_n not_o inferior_a in_o number_n to_o the_o army_n itself_o he_o run_v through_o the_o plain_n of_o the_o caystrion_n and_o waste_v and_o spoil_v all_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o persian_n as_o far_o as_o to_o cumae_n move_a from_o thence_o he_o spend_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o summer_n in_o spoil_v and_o waste_v phrygia_n the_o country_n next_o adjoin_v and_o have_v load_v his_o army_n with_o pillage_n and_o spoil_n about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o autumn_n return_v with_o his_o army_n to_o ephesus_n while_o these_o thing_n be_v act_v the_o lacedaemonian_n send_v ambassador_n to_o nepherite_v to_o otherwise_o call_v nepherite_v nephreus_n king_n of_o egypt_n in_o order_n to_o procure_v his_o assistance_n in_o the_o war_n who_o send_v to_o the_o spartan_n tackle_n and_o furniture_n for_o a_o hundred_o galley_n and_o five_o hundred_o thousand_o bushel_n of_o wheat_n instead_o of_o soldier_n pharax_n therefore_o the_o lacedaemonian_a admiral_n lose_v from_o rhodes_n with_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o sail_n arrive_v at_o cassandra_n a_o castle_n of_o caria_n distant_a a_o hundred_o lacedaemonian_n ant._n ch._n 394._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n send_v tackle_n for_o ship_n and_o wheat_n to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o fifty_o stage_n from_o caunus_n set_v sail_n from_o thence_o he_o besiege_v caunus_n and_o conon_n the_o persian_a admiral_n who_o then_o lie_v there_o with_o a_o fleet_n of_o forty_o sail._n but_o artaphernes_n and_o pharnabazus_n approach_v to_o the_o relief_n of_o caunus_n with_o a_o great_a army_n pharax_n raise_v his_o siege_n and_o return_v with_o his_o fleet_n to_o rhodes_n after_o this_o canon_n get_v together_o fourscore_o galley_n and_o with_o these_o sail_n over_o the_o chersone_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o rhodes_n refuse_v to_o suffer_v the_o peloponnesian_a fleet_n to_o enter_v lacedaemonian_n rhodes_n revolt_v foom_n the_o lacedaemonian_n their_o harbour_n and_o revoit_fw-fr from_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o receive_v conon_n with_o his_o navy_n into_o their_o port_n and_o city_n and_o present_o after_o they_o who_o bring_v corn_n out_o of_o egypt_n design_v for_o the_o lacedaemonian_n not_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o defection_n of_o the_o rhodian_o sail_v bold_o to_o the_o island_n upon_o which_o conon_n the_o persian_a admiral_n with_o the_o help_n of_o the_o rhodian_o bring_v they_o and_o their_o load_n into_o the_o port_n and_o store_v the_o city_n with_o corn._n and_o there_o come_v likewise_o other_o ship_n to_o conon_n ten_o from_o silicia_n and_o fourscore_o from_o phenicia_n under_o the_o command_n of_o the_o lord_n lieutenant_n of_o the_o province_n of_o sâdon_n but_o afterward_o agesilaus_n draw_v out_o his_o army_n into_o the_o plain_a of_o caystrus_n and_o the_o place_n asia_n ant._n ch._n 394._o agesilaus_n pââlages_n in_o asia_n near_o to_o sipylus_n plunder_v and_o spoil_v the_o inhabitant_n upon_o which_o tissaphernes_n with_o a_o army_n of_o ten_o thousand_o horse_n and_o fifty_o thousand_o foot_n come_v upon_o the_o back_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o kill_v all_o the_o straggler_n as_o they_o be_v forage_v and_o range_v about_o the_o country_n but_o agesilaus_n with_o a_o phalanx_n draw_v up_o in_o a_o square_a possess_v himself_o of_o the_o rise_a ground_n at_o sipylus_n watch_v his_o opportunity_n to_o set_v upon_o the_o enemy_n and_o from_o thence_o overran_a all_o the_o country_n as_o far_o as_o to_o sardis_n and_o among_o other_o waste_v and_o 439._o p._n 439._o destroy_v a_o paradise_n a_o paradise_n garden_n belong_v to_o tissaphernes_n set_v with_o all_o sort_n of_o tree_n and_o other_o thing_n for_o delight_n and_o divertisement_n in_o time_n of_o peace_n beautify_v with_o very_o great_a art_n and_o cost_n march_v thence_o when_o he_o come_v half_a way_n between_o sardis_n and_o thyberne_n he_o send_v xenocles_n the_o spartan_a in_o the_o night_n with_o fourteen_o hundred_o man_n into_o a_o wood_n to_o lie_v in_o ambush_n in_o order_n to_o intercept_v the_o enemy_n he_o himself_o about_o spring_n of_o day_n march_v forward_o with_o the_o army_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v pass_v the_o ambuscade_n the_o barbarian_n in_o great_a ambuscade_n rout_n tissaphernes_n by_o a_o ambuscade_n fury_n on_o the_o sudden_a set_v upon_o his_o rear_n upon_o which_o he_o forthwith_o wheel_v about_o and_o when_o they_o be_v hot_o engage_v he_o lift_v up_o a_o sign_n to_o they_o in_o ambush_n who_o forthwith_o with_o a_o great_a shout_n come_v in_o and_o fell_a upon_o the_o enemy_n who_o see_v themselves_o surround_v in_o great_a fear_n and_o terror_n betake_v themselves_o to_o their_o heel_n of_o who_o six_o thousand_o be_v kill_v in_o the_o pursuit_n and_o a_o great_a number_n of_o prisoner_n take_v and_o the_o lacedaemonian_n seize_v the_o enemy_n camp_n which_o be_v very_o rich_a tissaphernes_n himself_o amaze_v at_o the_o valour_n of_o the_o spartan_n in_o a_o great_a fright_v flee_v out_o of_o the_o battle_n to_o sardis_n agesilaus_n be_v move_v to_o march_v up_o high_o into_o the_o other_o province_n but_o because_o the_o sacrifice_n do_v not_o point_v out_o to_o he_o any_o good_a success_n he_o return_v with_o his_o army_n to_o the_o seaside_n artaxerxes_n king_n of_o asia_n hear_v of_o the_o rout_v of_o his_o army_n be_v both_o afraid_a and_o angry_a afraid_a of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o angry_a at_o tissaphernes_n who_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o war._n and_o parysatis_n the_o queen-mother_n have_v not_o long_o before_o pray_v artaxerxes_n even_o upon_o her_o knee_n to_o take_v revenge_n upon_o tissaphernes_n for_o she_o bear_v he_o a_o mortal_a hatred_n 394._o ant._n ch._n 394._o because_o he_o be_v instrumental_a to_o frustrate_v the_o expedition_n of_o her_o son_n against_o his_o brother_n artaxerxes_n therefore_o make_v tithraustes_n general_n and_o command_v he_o to_o seize_v tissaphernes_n give_v he_o likewise_o letter_n direct_v to_o all_o the_o city_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o province_n order_v they_o to_o observe_v his_o command_n as_o soon_o as_o tithraustes_n come_v to_o colosse_n in_o phrygia_n by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o governor_n of_o larissa_n he_o seize_v tissaphernes_n in_o a_o bath_n and_o cut_v off_o his_o order_n tissaphernes_n kill_v by_o the_o king_n order_n head_n and_o send_v it_o to_o the_o king_n after_o which_o he_o make_v a_o truce_n with_o agesilaus_n for_o six_o month_n while_o affair_n go_v thus_o in_o asia_n the_o phocean_n make_v war_n upon_o the_o boeotian_o and_o pray_v war._n war_n between_o the_o boeotian_o and_o phocian_n call_v the_o boeotian_n war._n aid_n and_o assistance_n from_o the_o lacedaemonian_n upon_o which_o lysander_n be_v send_v thither_o with_o a_o few_o soldier_n who_o raise_v more_o after_o he_o come_v to_o phocis_n but_o not_o long_o after_o pausanias_n king_n of_o sparta_n be_v send_v to_o phocis_n with_o six_o thousand_o whereupon_o the_o boeotian_o draw_v out_o their_o force_n and_o be_v join_v by_o the_o athenian_n their_o confederate_n find_v haliartus_n besiege_v by_o lysander_n and_o the_o phocean_n whereupon_o a_o battle_n be_v fight_v in_o which_o lysander_n and_o many_o of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n with_o their_o confederate_n be_v kill_v the_o boeotian_o pursue_v not_o far_o but_o two_o hundred_o theban_n lose_v their_o life_n by_o fall_v down_o some_o steep_a precipice_n through_o their_o own_o carelessness_n this_o be_v afterward_o call_v the_o boeotian_n war._n but_o pausanias_n hear_v of_o the_o defeat_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n enter_v into_o a_o truce_n with_o the_o boeotian_o and_o return_v with_o his_o army_n into_o peloponnesus_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n conon_n the_o persian_a admiral_n commit_v the_o care_n of_o the_o fleet_n to_o
hieronymus_n and_o nicodamus_n two_o athenian_n and_o he_o himself_o hasten_v away_o to_o the_o king_n sail_v 440._o ant._n ch._n 394._o conon_n employ_v by_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n against_o the_o lacedaemonian_n p._n 440._o to_o silicia_n and_o from_o thence_o pass_v to_o thapsacus_n in_o syria_n he_o put_v himself_o in_o a_o barge_n and_o sail_v down_o the_o river_n euphrates_n to_o babylon_n here_o be_v admit_v to_o the_o king_n he_o promise_v that_o if_o the_o king_n will_v but_o furnish_v he_o with_o money_n and_o other_o necessary_n as_o he_o shall_v think_v fit_a he_o will_v undertake_v to_o ruin_v the_o lacedaemonian_a fleet._n the_o king_n be_v much_o please_v and_o high_o commend_v and_o reward_v he_o and_o order_v a_o paymaster_n to_o attend_v he_o and_o pay_v he_o as_o much_o money_n as_o he_o shall_v from_o time_n to_o time_n require_v he_o give_v he_o likewise_o liberty_n to_o choose_v what_o persian_a he_o will_v to_o be_v his_o colleague_n and_o assistant_n in_o the_o command_n and_o he_o thereupon_o choose_v pharnabazus_n and_o after_o he_o have_v take_v order_n for_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o utmost_a of_o his_o power_n he_o go_v down_o to_o sea_n chap._n ix_o the_o confederate_a war_n by_o the_o argive_n and_o other_o against_o the_o lacedaemonian_n the_o battle_n at_o aricas_n the_o fight_n at_o nemea_n pisander_n the_o lacedaemonian_a admiral_n rout_v in_o a_o sea-fight_n at_o cnidus_n by_o the_o persian_a fleet_n command_v by_o conon_n the_o athenian_a the_o corinthian_a war_n against_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o the_o great_a sedition_n there_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o year_n diophantus_n be_v make_v lord_n chancellor_n at_o athens_n and_o at_o rome_n six_o military_a tribune_n be_v invest_v with_o the_o consular_a authority_n that_o be_v to_o say_v 393._o olymp._n 96._o 2._o ant._n ch._n 393._o lucius_z valerius_n marcus_n furius_n quintus_fw-la servilius_n quintus_z sulpitius_n mistake_v sulpitius_n mistake_v claudius_n maximus_n claudius_n marcus_n valerius_n maximus_n ogron_n and_o war._n and_o lucius_n furius_n the_o confederate_a war._n marius_n appius_n in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o government_n the_o boeotian_o and_o athenian_n the_o corinthian_n and_o the_o argive_n confederated_a for_o they_o conceive_v that_o if_o they_o be_v the_o most_o considerable_a and_o large_a city_n of_o greece_n do_v but_o stick_v close_a one_o to_o another_o they_o may_v easy_o overcome_v the_o lordly_a power_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o the_o rather_o for_o that_o they_o be_v hate_v of_o their_o confederate_n for_o their_o tyrannical_a government_n to_o this_o end_n they_o first_o order_v a_o general_n assembly_n of_o member_n from_o the_o several_a city_n to_o meet_v at_o corinth_n where_o be_v meet_v they_o order_v all_o thing_n necessary_a concern_v the_o war._n afterward_o they_o send_v messenger_n from_o city_n to_o city_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n take_v off_o many_o from_o side_v with_o the_o 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continual_a pickeer_n and_o light_n and_o frequent_a skirmish_n chap._n iii_o polypidas_n send_v general_n by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n against_o the_o olynthian_o a_o great_a plague_n in_o carthage_n the_o beotian_n war._n cadmea_n retake_v a_o confederacy_n of_o the_o city_n against_o the_o lacedaemonian_n cleombrotus_n attempt_v to_o surprise_n the_o pireum_n at_o athens_n the_o athenian_n seize_v actea_n in_o eubea_n agesilaus_n enter_v beotia_n the_o sea-fight_n at_o naxus_n after_o the_o end_n of_o the_o year_n pytheas_n be_v create_v chief_a magistrate_n of_o athens_n and_o 378._o p._n 469._o olymp._n 100_o 1._o an._n m._n 3592._o ant._n ch._n 378._o six_o military_a tribune_n bear_v the_o consular_a authority_n at_o rome_n titus_n quintius_n lucius_n servilius_n lucius_z julius_z aquilius_n lucius_n aquilius_n lucius_n decius_n lucretius_n anchius_fw-la and_o servius_n sulpitius_n at_o that_o time_n be_v solemnize_v the_o hundred_o olympiad_n at_o elis_n in_o which_o dionysiodorus_n the_o tarentine_n bear_v away_o the_o prize_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n agestpolis_n king_n of_o lacedaemon_n die_v in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o his_o brother_n cleombrotus_n succeed_v he_o reign_v nine_o year_n but_o the_o lacedaemonian_n constitute_v polybidas_n general_n and_o send_v he_o forth_o against_o olynthian_o polybidas_n subdue_v the_o olynthian_o the_o olynthian_o he_o swear_v all_o his_o soldier_n to_o be_v true_a and_o faithful_a to_o he_o and_o gain_v many_o victory_n manage_v the_o war_n with_o the_o valour_n and_o conduct_n that_o become_v a_o good_a general_n at_o length_n improve_n his_o good_a fortune_n and_o frequent_a sucess_n he_o drive_v the_o olynthian_o within_o their_o wall_n and_o pin_v they_o up_o so_o terrify_v they_o that_o he_o force_v they_o to_o submit_v to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n as_o their_o sovereign_a lord_n as_o soon_o as_o the_o 378._o ant._n ch._n 378._o olynthian_o be_v enroll_v among_o the_o 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of_o convenient_a opportunity_n to_o antigonus_n he_o assign_v the_o command_n of_o lycia_n and_o the_o great_a phrygia_n to_o cassander_n caria_n to_o 56._o to_o meleager_n for_o menander_n ush_n ann_n 290_o arrian_n lib._n 3._o p._n 56._o meleager_n lydia_n to_o leonatus_n phrygia_n all_o along_o the_o coast_n of_o the_o hellespont_n and_o in_o this_o manner_n be_v the_o province_n divide_v in_o europe_n thrace_n with_o the_o nation_n border_v upon_o the_o sea_n of_o pontus_n be_v commit_v to_o lysimachus_n and_o macedonia_n with_o those_o border_n upon_o it_o to_o antipater_n as_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o asian_a province_n it_o be_v think_v most_o adviseable_a not_o to_o alter_v but_o to_o leave_v they_o under_o the_o government_n of_o the_o former_a lord_n lieutenant_n the_o province_n next_o adjoin_v be_v entrust_v with_o taxilis_n and_o the_o king_n border_v upon_o he_o but_o the_o province_n adjoin_v to_o mount_n caucasus_n call_v parapamisus_n be_v assign_v to_o oxiertes_n 321._o ant._n ch._n 321._o king_n of_o the_o bactrian_n who_o daughter_n rhoxana_n alexander_n have_v marry_v arachesia_n and_o gedrosia_n to_o sybirtius_n ariana_n and_o drangina_n to_o stasanoris_fw-la of_o solos_fw-la bactriana_n and_o sogdiana_n and_o sardiana_n for_o sogdiana_n sardiana_n be_v allot_v to_o philip_n parthia_n and_o hyrcania_n to_o phrataphernes_n persia_n to_o peucestes_n carmania_n to_o tlepolemus_n media_n to_o atrapas_n the_o province_n of_o babylon_n to_o archon_n and_o mesopotamia_n to_o arcesilaus_n seleucus_n he_o create_v general_n of_o the_o brave_a brigade_n of_o the_o social_n horse_n hephestion_n be_v the_o first_o commander_n of_o that_o brigade_n than_o perdiccas_n and_o the_o three_o be_v this_o seleucus_n he_o order_v that_o taxiles_n and_o porus_n shall_v enjoy_v the_o absolute_a authority_n within_o their_o own_o kingdom_n as_o alexander_n himself_o have_v before_o appoint_v the_o care_n of_o the_o rest_n the_o the_o lay_n of_o the_o body_n to_o sleep_v at_o rest_n funeral_n and_o of_o prepare_v a_o chariot_n to_o convey_v the_o king_n body_n to_o hammon_n be_v commit_v to_o arideus_n but_o as_o for_o craterus_n the_o most_o noble_a of_o alexander_n captain_n he_o be_v some_o time_n before_o send_v by_o alexander_n with_o ten_o thousand_o of_o the_o old_a soldier_n that_o be_v discharge_v from_o further_a service_n in_o the_o persian_a war_n into_o cilicia_n to_o put_v in_o execution_n some_o instruction_n in_o write_v give_v he_o by_o the_o king_n which_o after_o the_o king_n death_n his_o successor_n determine_v shall_v be_v no_o further_o proceed_v in_o for_o perdiccas_n find_v in_o the_o king_n commentary_n not_o only_o the_o vast_a sum_n of_o money_n intend_v to_o be_v expend_v in_o the_o funeral_n of_o hephestion_n but_o likewise_o many_o other_o thing_n of_o extraordinary_a cost_n and_o charge_v design_v by_o the_o king_n he_o judge_v it_o far_o more_o advisable_a to_o let_v they_o alone_o but_o lest_o he_o shall_v seem_v to_o take_v too_o much_o upon_o he_o 321._o ant._n ch._n 321._o and_o by_o his_o private_a judgement_n to_o detract_v from_o alexander_n wisdom_n and_o discretion_n he_o refer_v all_o these_o matter_n to_o the_o determination_n of_o a_o general_n council_n of_o the_o macedonian_n the_o chief_a and_o the_o most_o considerable_a head_n of_o the_o king_n purpose_n contain_v in_o his_o commentary_n his_o commentary_n book_n of_o remembrance_n be_v these_o that_o a_o thousand_o long_a ship_n large_a than_o those_o of_o three_o tire_v of_o oar_n shall_v be_v build_v in_o phoenicia_n syria_n cilicia_n and_o cyprus_n in_o order_n to_o a_o invasion_n commentary_n thing_n set_v down_o in_o alexander_n commentary_n upon_o the_o carthaginian_n and_o other_o inhabit_v the_o sea_n coast_n of_o africa_n and_o spain_n with_o all_o island_n adjoin_v as_o far_o as_o sicily_n 2._o that_o a_o plain_a and_o easy_a way_n shall_v be_v make_v straight_o along_o through_o the_o sea_n coast_n of_o africa_n to_o hercules_n his_o pillar_n 3._o that_o six_o magnificent_a temple_n shall_v be_v build_v and_o that_o fifteen_o hundred_o talent_n shall_v be_v expend_v in_o the_o cost_n of_o each_o of_o they_o 4._o that_o arsenal_n and_o port_n shall_v be_v make_v in_o place_n convenient_a and_o fit_a for_o the_o reception_n of_o so_o great_a a_o navy_n 5._o that_o the_o new_a city_n shall_v be_v plant_v with_o colony_n and_o that_o people_n shall_v be_v transplant_v out_o of_o asia_n into_o europe_n and_o other_o out_o of_o europe_n into_o asia_n to_o the_o end_n that_o by_o intermarriage_n and_o mutual_a affinity_n he_o may_v establish_v peace_n and_o concord_n between_o the_o two_o main_a continent_n of_o the_o world_n some_o of_o the_o temple_n beforementioned_a be_v to_o be_v build_v in_o delos_n delphos_n and_o dodona_n some_o in_o macedonia_n as_o the_o temple_n of_o jupiter_n in_o dio_n diana_n temple_n in_o amphipolis_n another_o to_o minerva_n in_o 321._o in_o corsica_n ant._n ch._n 321._o cyrnus_n to_o which_o goddess_n he_o
place_n look_v upon_o all_o greece_n to_o be_v the_o common_a country_n of_o every_o grecian_a and_o that_o they_o have_v heretofore_o repulse_v the_o barbarian_n at_o sea_n who_o invade_v they_o with_o a_o design_n to_o enslave_v greece_n and_o that_o now_o they_o have_v determine_v to_o oppose_v the_o macedonian_n for_o the_o common_a good_a with_o their_o navy_n life_n and_o fortune_n the_o wise_a sort_n of_o the_o grecian_n judge_v the_o athenian_n more_o forward_o than_o prudent_a in_o pass_v this_o decree_n and_o what_o they_o have_v design_v seem_v to_o carry_v a_o honourable_a aspect_n but_o 321._o ant._n ch._n 321._o nothing_o of_o profit_n and_o advantage_n to_o the_o state_n for_o that_o they_o make_v a_o stir_n and_o bustle_v unreasonable_o and_o begin_v a_o war_n against_o mighty_a and_o victorious_a army_n when_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n for_o it_o and_o though_o they_o have_v the_o repute_n of_o a_o prudent_a people_n yet_o they_o consider_v not_o the_o notorious_a ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o thebes_n however_o notwithstanding_o the_o ambassador_n come_v to_o the_o city_n and_o by_o their_o usual_a florid_n way_n of_o address_n have_v heat_v and_o egg_v they_o on_o to_o the_o war_n yet_o many_o confederated_a in_o the_o league_n some_o in_o the_o name_n of_o their_o several_a city_n and_o other_o in_o the_o name_n of_o whole_a country_n as_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o grecian_n some_o side_v with_o the_o macedonian_n and_o other_o stand_v neuter_n but_o all_o the_o aetolian_n general_o as_o be_v before_o say_v enter_v into_o the_o confederacy_n and_o after_o they_o all_o the_o thessalian_n except_o they_o of_o pellena_n likewise_o the_o oetaean_n except_o the_o heracleans_n the_o phthiotians_n among_o the_o achean_o except_o the_o theban_n the_o elian_o except_o the_o malean_n then_o general_o all_o the_o dorean_o locrian_o and_o phocian_o join_v in_o the_o league_n also_o the_o enians_n clyzean_n and_o dolopeans_n to_o these_o join_v likewise_o the_o athamanes_n leucadian_o and_o molossian_n under_o the_o command_n of_o arypteus_n but_o this_o man_n play_v the_o impostor_n in_o the_o confederacy_n and_o afterward_o underhand_o treacherous_o aid_v the_o macedonian_n a_o small_a part_n likewise_o of_o the_o illyrian_n and_o thracian_n out_o of_o hatred_n to_o the_o macedonian_n come_v into_o the_o league_n together_o with_o the_o carystines_n out_o of_o euboea_n and_o at_o length_n out_o of_o 321._o ant._n ch._n 321._o peloponnesus_n the_o argive_n sicyonian_o elean_n messenian_n and_o those_o that_o inhabit_a coast_n inhabit_a the_o sea_n coast_n acta_fw-la all_o these_o before_o name_v confederate_v with_o the_o grecian_n the_o people_n of_o athens_n also_o send_v auxiliary_n to_o leosthenes_n out_o of_o the_o city_n five_o thousand_o foot_n and_o five_o hundred_o horse_n and_o two_o thousand_o mercenary_n who_o be_v oppose_v by_o the_o boetian_o in_o their_o march_n through_o boetia_n for_o the_o reason_n follow_v alexander_n when_o he_o raze_v thebes_n grant_v the_o territory_n of_o the_o city_n to_o the_o neighbour_a boetian_o who_o divide_v the_o land_n of_o those_o miserable_a people_n among_o themselves_o by_o lot_n and_o thereby_o gain_v large_a possession_n who_o understand_v that_o the_o athenian_n if_o they_o prevail_v design_v to_o restore_v the_o country_n and_o land_n to_o the_o theban_n side_v with_o the_o macedonian_n and_o while_o the_o boetian_o be_v encamp_v at_o platea_n leosthenes_n come_v with_o part_n of_o his_o force_n into_o boetia_n and_o draw_v up_o the_o athenian_n into_o battalion_n fall_v upon_o the_o inhabitant_n rout_v they_o and_o set_v up_o a_o trophy_n and_o then_o return_v to_o pylas_n here_o after_o he_o have_v block_v up_o all_o the_o passage_n he_o encamp_v for_o some_o time_n expect_v the_o macedonian_a army_n but_o antipater_n who_o be_v leave_v viceroy_n of_o europe_n by_o alexander_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o hear_v of_o his_o death_n at_o babylon_n and_o of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o province_n send_v to_o craterus_n in_o cilicia_n to_o come_v to_o he_o with_o all_o the_o force_n he_o have_v for_o his_o assistance_n for_o he_o be_v send_v away_o some_o time_n before_o into_o cilicia_n have_v ready_a thirty_o thousand_o macedonian_n who_o be_v dismiss_v from_o the_o service_n in_o asia_n with_o which_o he_o be_v return_v into_o macedonia_n he_o likewise_o solicit_v philotas_n 321._o ant._n ch._n 321._o who_o have_v the_o province_n of_o phrygia_n near_o the_o hellespont_n under_o his_o command_n to_o assist_v he_o and_o promise_v to_o he_o one_o of_o his_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n for_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o insurrection_n of_o the_o grecian_n against_o he_o he_o leave_v sippas_n with_o a_o considerable_a body_n of_o man_n general_n in_o macedonia_n with_o order_n to_o raise_v many_o more_o and_o he_o himself_o march_v out_o of_o macedonia_n into_o thessaly_n with_o thirteen_o thousand_o foot_n and_o six_o hundred_o horse_n for_o at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v great_a scarcity_n of_o soldier_n in_o macedonia_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o recruit_n send_v into_o asia_n with_o these_o force_n sail_v along_o the_o whole_a fleet_n near_o at_o hand_n which_o alexander_n have_v send_v into_o macedonia_n with_o a_o vast_a treasure_n out_o of_o the_o king_n treasury_n the_o navy_n consist_v of_o a_o hundred_o and_o ten_o galley_n of_o three_o tire_n of_o oar_n the_o thessalian_n indeed_o at_o the_o beginning_n join_v with_o antipater_n have_v send_v to_o he_o many_o brave_a horse_n but_o afterward_o be_v bring_v over_o by_o the_o athenian_n into_o the_o contrary_a interest_n they_o turn_v off_o with_o their_o horse_n to_o leosthenes_n and_o join_v with_o the_o athenian_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o greece_n the_o athenian_n therefore_o grow_v very_o strong_a by_o many_o flock_v thus_o in_o to_o they_o the_o grecian_n thessaly_n antipater_n rout_v ant._n ch._n 321._o lamia_n a_o city_n in_o thessaly_n over_o power_v the_o macedonian_n and_o overcome_v they_o in_o a_o battle_n antipater_n be_v rout_v not_o dare_v to_o abide_v in_o the_o field_n nor_o judge_v it_o safe_a to_o return_v into_o macedonia_n flee_v to_o lamia_n where_o he_o draw_v in_o his_o army_n into_o the_o city_n repair_v the_o wall_n furnish_v himself_o with_o arm_n offensive_a and_o defensive_a and_o with_o corn_n and_o provision_n wait_v for_o supply_n out_o of_o asia_n leosthenes_n with_o all_o his_o force_n come_v up_o close_o to_o lamia_n fortify_v his_o camp_n with_o a_o besiege_v lamia_n besiege_v deep_a trench_n and_o rampire_n and_o first_o he_o draw_v up_o his_o army_n in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o city_n to_o provoke_v the_o macedonian_n to_o fight_v but_o they_o not_o dare_v to_o engage_v he_o daily_o assault_v the_o wall_n with_o fresh_a man_n succeed_v one_o another_o but_o the_o macedonian_n make_v a_o stout_a defence_n and_o many_o of_o the_o grecian_n through_o their_o 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the_o city_n near_o 321._o ant._n ch._n 321._o lose_v for_o want_n of_o provision_n fortune_n on_o a_o sudden_a turn_v the_o scale_n to_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o macedonian_n for_o antipater_n make_v a_o sally_n upon_o they_o that_o be_v busy_v in_o open_v the_o trench_n where_o leosthenes_n come_v in_o to_o their_o relief_n receive_v a_o blow_n upon_o the_o head_n with_o a_o stone_n which_o fell_v he_o to_o the_o ground_n and_o so_o be_v carry_v off_o half_a dead_a into_o the_o camp_n and_o die_v the_o three_o day_n after_o and_o be_v honourable_o bury_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o kill_v leosthenes_n kill_v the_o noble_a service_n he_o have_v perform_v in_o the_o war._n the_o athenian_n command_v hyperides_n to_o set_v forth_o his_o praise_n in_o a_o funeral_n oration_n who_o be_v esteem_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o orator_n at_o that_o time_n both_o for_o his_o eloquence_n and_o particular_a hatred_n of_o the_o macedonian_n for_o demosthenes_n the_o
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