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Book 5 - Chapter 1

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<w lemma="%2Ato%5C">Τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ara%2Ftou">Ἀράτου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="newte%2Frou">νεωτέρου</w> <w lemma="strathgi%2Fan">στρατηγίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftos">ἔτος</w> <w lemma="e%29tu%2Fgxane">ἐτύγχανε</w> <w lemma="dielhluqo%5Cs">διεληλυθὸς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Apleia%2Fdos">Πλειάδος</w> <w lemma="e%29pitolh%2Fn:">ἐπιτολήν·</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dge">ἦγε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnous">χρόνους</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnos">ἔθνος</w>.
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<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="ou%28%3Dtos">οὗτος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29peti%2Fqeto">ἀπετίθετο</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%2Fn">ἀρχήν</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29eph%2Fratos">Ἐπήρατος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="parela%2Fmbane">παρελάμβανε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="h%28gemoni%2Fan:">ἡγεμονίαν·</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlw%3Dn">Αἰτωλῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Adwri%2Fmaxos">Δωρίμαχος</w> <w lemma="e%29strath%2Fgei">ἐστρατήγει</w>.
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<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxome%2Fnhs">ἀρχομένης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="qerei%2Fas">θερείας</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fbas">Ἀννίβας</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29kfanw%3Ds">ἐκφανῶς</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fous">Ῥωμαίους</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="a%29neilhfw%2Fs">ἀνειληφώς</w>, <w lemma="o%28rmh%2Fsas">ὁρμήσας</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="%2Akainh%3Ds">Καινῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="diaba%5Cs">διαβὰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fibhra">Ἴβηρα</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29nh%2Frxeto">ἐνήρχετο</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%3Ds">ἐπιβολῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="porei%2Fas">πορείας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itali%2Fan:">Ἰταλίαν·</w>
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<w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Atebe%2Frion">Τεβέριον</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2Asemprw%2Fnion">Σεμπρώνιον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhn">Λιβύην</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>, <w lemma="%2Apo%2Fplion">Πόπλιον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Akornh%2Flion">Κορνήλιον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ibhri%2Fan">Ἰβηρίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fstellon:">ἐξαπέστελλον·</w>
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<w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Dos">Πτολεμαῖος</w>, <w lemma="a%29pegnwko%2Ftes">ἀπεγνωκότες</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="presbei%2Fas">πρεσβείας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgw%7C">λόγῳ</w> <w lemma="dieca%2Fgein">διεξάγειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="%2Akoi%2Flhs">Κοίλης</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fas">Συρίας</w> <w lemma="a%29mfisbh%2Fthsin">ἀμφισβήτησιν</w>, <w lemma="e%29nh%2Frxonto">ἐνήρχοντο</w> <w lemma="polemei%3Dn">πολεμεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flois">ἀλλήλοις</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="basileu%5Cs">βασιλεὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippos">Φίλιππος</w>, <w lemma="e%29ndeh%5Cs">ἐνδεὴς</w> <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="si%2Ftou">σίτου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xrhma%2Ftwn">χρημάτων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w>, <w lemma="sunh%3Dge">συνῆγε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%5Cs">Ἀχαιοὺς</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxo%2Fntwn">ἀρχόντων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%29kklhsi%2Fan">ἐκκλησίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="a%28qroisqe%2Fntos">ἁθροισθέντος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqous">πλήθους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29%2Fgion">Αἴγιον</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmous">νόμους</w>, <w lemma="o%28rw%3Dn">ὁρῶν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Faraton">Ἄρατον</w> <w lemma="e%29qelokakou%3Dntas">ἐθελοκακοῦντας</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxairesi%2Fas">ἀρχαιρεσίας</w> <w lemma="gegenhme%2Fnhn">γεγενημένην</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29apellh%3Dn">Ἀπελλῆν</w> <w lemma="kakopragmosu%2Fnhn">κακοπραγμοσύνην</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29eph%2Fraton">Ἐπήρατον</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fprakton">ἄπρακτον</w> <w lemma="o%29%2Fnta">ὄντα</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsei">φύσει</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kataginwsko%2Fmenon">καταγινωσκόμενον</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w>,
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<w lemma="sullogisa%2Fmenos">συλλογισάμενος</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnwn">προειρημένων</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fgnoian">ἄγνοιαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29apellh%3Dn">Ἀπελλῆν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aleo%2Fntion">Λεόντιον</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fkrinen">ἔκρινεν</w> <w lemma="au%29%3Dqis">αὖθις</w> <w lemma="a%29nte%2Fxesqai">ἀντέχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Faraton">Ἄρατον</w>.
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<w lemma="pei%2Fsas">πείσας</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frxontas">ἄρχοντας</w> <w lemma="metagagei%3Dn">μεταγαγεῖν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29kklhsi%2Fan">ἐκκλησίαν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="%2Asikuw%3Dna">Σικυῶνα</w>, <w lemma="labw%5Cn">λαβὼν</w> <w lemma="to%2Fn">τόν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="presbu%2Fteron">πρεσβύτερον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="new%2Fteron">νεώτερον</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Faraton">Ἄρατον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xei%3Dras">χεῖρας</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Ftwn">γεγονότων</w> <w lemma="a%29naqei%5Cs">ἀναθεὶς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fan">αἰτίαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29apellh%3Dn">Ἀπελλῆν</w>, <w lemma="pareka%2Flei">παρεκάλει</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnein">μένειν</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="ai%28re%2Fsews">αἱρέσεως</w>.
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<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sugkataqeme%2Fnwn">συγκαταθεμένων</w> <w lemma="e%28toi%2Fmws">ἑτοίμως</w>, <w lemma="ei%29selqw%5Cn">εἰσελθὼν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%5Cs">Ἀχαιοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="xrhsa%2Fmenos">χρησάμενος</w> <w lemma="sunergoi%3Ds">συνεργοῖς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnois">προειρημένοις</w>, <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fprace">κατέπραξε</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%2Fn">ἐπιβολήν</w>.
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<w lemma="penth%2Fkonta">πεντήκοντα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fdoce">ἔδοξε</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%3Ds">Ἀχαιοῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="prw%2Fthn">πρώτην</w> <w lemma="a%29nazugh%5Cn">ἀναζυγὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="dou%3Dsi">δοῦσι</w> <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w> <w lemma="trimh%2Fnou">τριμήνου</w> <w lemma="misqodoth%3Dsai">μισθοδοτῆσαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="si%2Ftou">σίτου</w> <w lemma="prosqei%3Dnai">προσθεῖναι</w> <w lemma="muria%2Fdas:">μυριάδας·</w>
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<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipo%2Fn">λοιπόν</w>, <w lemma="e%28%2Fws">ἕως</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="parw%5Cn">παρὼν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Apeloponnh%2Fsw%7C">Πελοποννήσῳ</w> <w lemma="sumpolemh%3D%7C">συμπολεμῇ</w>, <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="lamba%2Fnein">λαμβάνειν</w> <w lemma="e%28ka%2Fstou">ἑκάστου</w> <w lemma="mhno%5Cs">μηνὸς</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="e%28ptakai%2Fdeka">ἑπτακαίδεκα</w>.
The year of office of the younger Aratus came to an end at the rising of the Pleiades, such being then the Achaean reckoning of time.
On his retirement he was succeeded by Eperatus, Dorimachus being still the strategus of the Aetolians.
Contemporaneously in the early summer, Hannibal, having now openly embarked on the war against <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, had started from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=New Carthage&groupId=791&placeId=1430">New Carthage</a>, and having crossed the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Ebro&groupId=549&placeId=1031">Ebro</a> was beginning to march on <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Italy&groupId=656&placeId=1199">Italy</a> in pursuit of his plan;
the Romans at the same time sent Tiberius Sempronius Longus to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Africa&groupId=300&placeId=294">Africa</a> with an army and Publius Cornelius Scipio to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Spain&groupId=983&placeId=1735">Spain</a>,
and Antiochus and Ptolemy, having abandoned the attempt to settle by diplomatic means their dispute about <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Coele-Syria&groupId=484&placeId=908">Coele-Syria</a>, went to war with each other.
King Philip, being in want of corn and money for his army, summoned the Achaeans through their magistrates to a General Assembly.
When this met at Aegium according to the law of the League, noticing that Aratus was little disposed to help him owing to the intrigues of Apelles against him at the late election, and that Eperatus was by nature no man of action and was held in contempt by all,
he became convinced by these facts of the error that Apelles and Leontius had committed, and decided to take the part of Aratus.
He therefore persuaded the magistrates to transfer the Assembly to Sicyon and there meeting the elder and younger Aratus in private and laying all the blame for what had happened on Apelles, he begged them not to desert their original policy.
Upon their readily consenting, he entered the assembly and with the support of these statesmen managed to obtain all he wanted for his purpose.
For the Achaeans passed a vote to pay him at once fifty talents for his first campaign, to provide three months' pay for his troops and ten thousand medimni of corn,
and for the future as long as he remained in the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a> fighting in alliance with them he was to receive seventeen talents per month from the League.