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Book 22 - Chapter 10

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<w lemma="%2Ameta%5C">Μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w>, <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="panhgu%2Frews">πανηγύρεως</w> <w lemma="a%29kmazou%2Fshs">ἀκμαζούσης</w>, <w lemma="h%29%3Dlqe">ἦλθε</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Fintos">Κόιντος</w> <w lemma="%2Akaiki%2Flios">Καικίλιος</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedoni%2Fas">Μακεδονίας</w>, <w lemma="a%29naka%2Fmptwn">ἀνακάμπτων</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="presbei%2Fas">πρεσβείας</w> <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="e%29pre%2Fsbeuse">ἐπρέσβευσε</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Afi%2Flippon">Φίλιππον</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunagago%2Fntos">συναγαγόντος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aristai%2Fnou">Ἀρισταίνου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="strathgou%3D">στρατηγοῦ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29rxa%5Cs">ἀρχὰς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29argei%2Fwn">Ἀργείων</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w>, <w lemma="ei%29selqw%5Cn">εἰσελθὼν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Ako%2Fintos">Κόιντος</w> <w lemma="e%29me%2Fmfeto">ἐμέμφετο</w>, <w lemma="fa%2Fskwn">φάσκων</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="baru%2Fteron">βαρύτερον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pikro%2Fteron">πικρότερον</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fontos">δέοντος</w> <w lemma="kexrh%3Dsqai">κεχρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fois">Λακεδαιμονίοις</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pareka%2Flei">παρεκάλει</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="pleio%2Fnwn">πλειόνων</w> <w lemma="diorqw%2Fsasqai">διορθώσασθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="progegenhme%2Fnhn">προγεγενημένην</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fgnoian">ἄγνοιαν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ari%2Fstainos">Ἀρίσταινος</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxe">εἶχε</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28suxi%2Fan">ἡσυχίαν</w>, <w lemma="dh%3Dlos">δῆλος</w> <w lemma="w%29%5Cn">ὢν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="siwpa%3Dn">σιωπᾶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="dusarestei%3Dtai">δυσαρεστεῖται</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="w%29%7Ckonomhme%2Fnois">ᾠκονομημένοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="suneudokei%3D">συνευδοκεῖ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Akaikili%2Fou">Καικιλίου</w> <w lemma="legome%2Fnois:">λεγομένοις·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Adiofa%2Fnhs">Διοφάνης</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Amegalopoli%2Fths">Μεγαλοπολίτης</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fnqrwpos">ἄνθρωπος</w> <w lemma="stratiwtikw%2Fteros">στρατιωτικώτερος</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="politikw%2Fteros">πολιτικώτερος</w>, <w lemma="a%29nasta%5Cs">ἀναστὰς</w> <w lemma="ou%29x">οὐχ</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Don">οἷον</w> <w lemma="a%29pelogh%2Fqh">ἀπελογήθη</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosupe%2Fdeice">προσυπέδειξε</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="%2Akaikili%2Fw%7C">Καικιλίῳ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Afilopoi%2Fmena">Φιλοποίμενα</w> <w lemma="paratribh%5Cn">παρατριβὴν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fteron">ἕτερον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fgklhma">ἔγκλημα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w>.
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<w lemma="e%29%2Ffh">ἔφη</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedai%2Fmona">Λακεδαίμονα</w> <w lemma="kexeiri%2Fsqai">κεχειρίσθαι</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Ds">κακῶς</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Amessh%2Fnhn:">Μεσσήνην·</w>
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<w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="fugadikw%3Dn">φυγαδικῶν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Amesshni%2Fois">Μεσσηνίοις</w> <w lemma="a%29ntirrh%2Fseis">ἀντιρρήσεις</w> <w lemma="tine%5Cs">τινὲς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Ati%2Ftou">Τίτου</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fgramma">διάγραμμα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Afilopoi%2Fmenos">Φιλοποίμενος</w> <w lemma="dio%2Frqwsin">διόρθωσιν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28%2Fqen">ὅθεν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Akaiki%2Flios">Καικίλιος</w>, <w lemma="dokw%3Dn">δοκῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="tinas">τινας</w> <w lemma="o%28mognw%2Fmonas">ὁμογνώμονας</w>, <w lemma="ma%3Dllon">μᾶλλον</w> <w lemma="h%29gana%2Fktei">ἠγανάκτει</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="katakolouqei%3Dn">κατακολουθεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%28toi%2Fmws">ἑτοίμως</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28p%27">ὑπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="parakaloume%2Fnois">παρακαλουμένοις</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="sunelhluqo%2Ftas">συνεληλυθότας</w>.
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<w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Afilopoi%2Fmenos">Φιλοποίμενος</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aluko%2Frta">Λυκόρτα</w>, <w lemma="su%5Cn">σὺν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Farxwnos">Ἄρχωνος</w>, <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poiki%2Flous">ποικίλους</w> <w lemma="diaqeme%2Fnwn">διαθεμένων</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgous">λόγους</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kalw%3Ds">καλῶς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="diw%7Ckh%3Dsqai">διῳκῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aspa%2Frthn">Σπάρτην</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sumfero%2Fntws">συμφερόντως</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Alakedaimoni%2Fois">Λακεδαιμονίοις</w>, <w lemma="a%29du%2Fnaton">ἀδύνατον</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="kinh%3Dsai%2F">κινῆσαί</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pokeime%2Fnwn">ὑποκειμένων</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fneu">ἄνευ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="parabh%3Dnai">παραβῆναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpous">ἀνθρώπους</w> <w lemma="di%2Fkaia">δίκαια</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="qeou%5Cs">θεοὺς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fsia">ὅσια</w>,
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<w lemma="me%2Fnein">μένειν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fdoce">ἔδοξε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="parou%3Dsin">παροῦσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28pokeime%2Fnwn">ὑποκειμένων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w> <w lemma="dou%3Dnai">δοῦναι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="presbeuth%3D%7C">πρεσβευτῇ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%2Fkrisin">ἀπόκρισιν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Akaiki%2Flios">Καικίλιος</w> <w lemma="o%28rw%3Dn">ὁρῶν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="proai%2Fresin">προαίρεσιν</w>, <w lemma="h%29ci%2Fou">ἠξίου</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="pollou%5Cs">πολλοὺς</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3D%7C">αὑτῷ</w> <w lemma="sunagagei%3Dn">συναγαγεῖν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="e%29kklhsi%2Fan">ἐκκλησίαν</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiw%3Dn">Ἀχαιῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frxontes">ἄρχοντες</w> <w lemma="e%29ke%2Fleuon">ἐκέλευον</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dcai">δεῖξαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29ntola%2Fs">ἐντολάς</w>, <w lemma="a%28%5Cs">ἃς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxe">εἶχε</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sugklh%2Ftou">συγκλήτου</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w>. <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="parasiwpw%3Dntos">παρασιωπῶντος</w>, <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffasan">ἔφασαν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="suna%2Fcein">συνάξειν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29kklhsi%2Fan:">ἐκκλησίαν·</w>
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<w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmous">νόμους</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="e%29a%3Dn">ἐᾶν</w>, <w lemma="e%29a%5Cn">ἐὰν</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="fe%2Frh%7C">φέρῃ</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fggrapta">ἔγγραπτα</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="sugklh%2Ftou">συγκλήτου</w>, <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="oi%29%2Fetai">οἴεται</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="suna%2Fgein">συνάγειν</w>.
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<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Akaiki%2Flios">Καικίλιος</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="w%29rgi%2Fsqh">ὠργίσθη</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="mhqe%5Cn">μηθὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="sugxwrei%3Dsqai">συγχωρεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29cioume%2Fnwn">ἀξιουμένων</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fst%27">ὥστ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%2Fkrisin">ἀπόκρισιν</w> <w lemma="h%29boulh%2Fqh">ἠβουλήθη</w> <w lemma="de%2Fcasqai">δέξασθαι</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxo%2Fntwn">ἀρχόντων</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29napo%2Fkritos">ἀναπόκριτος</w> <w lemma="a%29ph%3Dlqen">ἀπῆλθεν</w>.
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<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%5C">Ἀχαιοὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="ai%29ti%2Fan">αἰτίαν</w> <w lemma="a%29ne%2Fferon">ἀνέφερον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="parousi%2Fas">παρουσίας</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Frkou">Μάρκου</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Afoloui%2Fou">Φολουίου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akaiki%2Flion">Καικίλιον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ari%2Fstainon">Ἀρίσταινον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adiofa%2Fnhn">Διοφάνην</w>, <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="a%29ntispasame%2Fnous">ἀντισπασαμένους</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29ntipolitei%2Fan">ἀντιπολιτείαν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Afilopoi%2Fmena:">Φιλοποίμενα·</w>
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<w lemma="kai%2F">καί</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="u%28poyi%2Fa">ὑποψία</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pollw%3Dn">πολλῶν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnous">προειρημένους</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fndras">ἄνδρας</w>. <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="%2Apelopo%2Fnnhson">Πελοπόννησον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w>.
<head>A Meeting of the Achaean League Parliament</head>I have already stated that in the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Peloponnese&groupId=861&placeId=1552">Peloponnese</a>, while Philopoemen was still Strategus,<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note26">Philopoemen Achaean Strategus for two years running, from</note>the Achaean league sent an embassy to Rome<pb n="309" />on the subject of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a>, and another to king Ptolemy to renew their ancient alliance.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note27">May B. C. 189 to May B. C. 187.</note>Immediately after Philopoemen had been succeeded by<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note28">Aristaenus. May, B. C. 187 to May, B. C. 186.</note>Aristaenus as Strategus, the ambassadors of king Ptolemy arrived, while the league meeting was assembled at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Megalopolis&groupId=745&placeId=1360">Megalopolis</a>. King Eumenes also had despatched an embassy offering to give the Achaeans one hundred and twenty talents, on condition that it was invested and the interest used to pay the council of the league at the time of the federal assemblies.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note29">Seleucus Philopator succeeded his father Antiochus the Great, B.C. 187. Business of the Achaean assembly. Letter from the Senate on the subject of Philopoemen's actions at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a>.</note>Ambassadors came also from king Seleucus, to renew his friendship with them, and offering a present of a fleet of ten ships of war. But when the assembly got to business, the first to come forward to speak was Nicodemus of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Elis&groupId=560&placeId=1048">Elis</a>, who recounted to the Achaeans what he and his colleagues had said in the Roman Senate about <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sparta&groupId=660&placeId=1208">Sparta</a>, and read the answer of the Senate; which was to the effect that the Senate disapproved of the destruction of the walls, and of the execution of the men put to death at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Compasium&groupId=488&placeId=917">Compasium</a>, but that it did not rescind any arrangement made. No one saying a word for or against this, the subject was allowed to pass.Next came the ambassadors from Eumenes, who renewed<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note30">The offer of Eumenes.</note>the ancestral friendship of the king with the Achaeans, and stated to the assembly the offer made by him. They spoke at great length on these subjects, and retired after setting forth the greatness of the king's kindness and affection to the nation.