<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aboiwti%2Fan">Βοιωτίαν</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="suntelesqh%3Dnai">συντελεσθῆναι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fois">Ῥωμαίοις</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkas">συνθήκας</w> <w lemma="a%29pokopeisw%3Dn">ἀποκοπεισῶν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdwn">ἐλπίδων</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsi">πᾶσι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kainotomei%3Dn">καινοτομεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29piballome%2Fnois">ἐπιβαλλομένοις</w>, <w lemma="a%29%2Fllhn">ἄλλην</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%5Cn">ἀρχὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fqesin">διάθεσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29la%2Fmbanon">ἐλάμβανον</w> <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="politei%3Dai">πολιτεῖαι</w>.
<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="dikaiodosi%2Fas">δικαιοδοσίας</w> <w lemma="e%28lkome%2Fnhs">ἑλκομένης</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="sxedo%5Cn">σχεδὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosi">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnt%27">πέντ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29tw%3Dn">ἐτῶν</w>, <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgoi">λόγοι</w> <w lemma="diedi%2Fdonto">διεδίδοντο</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w>, <w lemma="fasko%2Fntwn">φασκόντων</w> <w lemma="tinw%3Dn">τινῶν</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="die%2Fcodon">διέξοδον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sunte%2Fleian">συντέλειαν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w>.
<w lemma="pollh%3Ds">πολλῆς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="a%29mfisbhth%2Fsews">ἀμφισβητήσεως</w> <w lemma="u%28parxou%2Fshs">ὑπαρχούσης</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kaxe%2Fktas">καχέκτας</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29po%2Frwn">εὐπόρων</w>, <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fneto%2F">ἐγίνετό</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="sune%2Frghma">συνέργημα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="be%2Fltisq%27">βέλτισθ᾽</w> <w lemma="ai%28roume%2Fnois">αἱρουμένοις</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tau%29toma%2Ftou">ταὐτομάτου</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton">τοιοῦτον</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="%2Ati%2Ftos">Τίτος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmh%7C">Ῥώμῃ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flai">πάλαι</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29spou%2Fdaze">ἐσπούδαζε</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="kataporeuqh%3Dnai">καταπορευθῆναι</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Azeu%2Fcippon">Ζεύξιππον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Aboiwti%2Fan">Βοιωτίαν</w>, <w lemma="a%28%2Fte">ἅτε</w> <w lemma="kexrhme%2Fnos">κεχρημένος</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="sunergw%3D%7C">συνεργῷ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="polla%5C">πολλὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antioxikou%5Cs">Ἀντιοχικοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Afilippikou%5Cs">Φιλιππικοὺς</w> <w lemma="kairou%2Fs">καιρούς</w>.
<w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnous">χρόνους</w> <w lemma="e%29cei%2Frgasto">ἐξείργαστο</w> <w lemma="gra%2Fyai">γράψαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton">σύγκλητον</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Aboiwtoi%3Ds">Βοιωτοῖς</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="kata%2Fgein">κατάγειν</w> <w lemma="%2Azeu%2Fcippon">Ζεύξιππον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fm%27">ἅμ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="fugo%2Fntas">φυγόντας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fan">οἰκείαν</w>.
<w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="prospeso%2Fntwn">προσπεσόντων</w>, <w lemma="dei%2Fsantes">δείσαντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2Aboiwtoi%5C">Βοιωτοὶ</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="katelqo%2Fntwn">κατελθόντων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnwn">προειρημένων</w> <w lemma="a%29pospasqw%3Dsin">ἀποσπασθῶσιν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%5C">ἀπὸ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w> <w lemma="eu%29noi%2Fas">εὐνοίας</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenoi">βουλόμενοι</w> <w lemma="katakhruxqh%3Dnai">κατακηρυχθῆναι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kri%2Fseis">κρίσεις</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Azeu%2Fcippon">Ζεύξιππον</w>, <w lemma="a%28%5Cs">ἃς</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pigegramme%2Fnoi">ἐπιγεγραμμένοι</w>, *
? <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftw%7C">τούτῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="tro%2Fpw%7C">τρόπῳ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="dikw%3Dn">δικῶν</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="katedi%2Fkasan">κατεδίκασαν</w> <w lemma="i%28erosuli%2Fas">ἱεροσυλίας</w>, <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="lepi%2Fsaien">λεπίσαιεν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Adio%5Cs">Διὸς</w> <w lemma="tra%2Fpezan">τράπεζαν</w> <w lemma="a%29rgura%3Dn">ἀργυρᾶν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dsan">οὖσαν</w>, <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="qana%2Ftou">θανάτου</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Abraxu%2Fllou">Βραχύλλου</w> <w lemma="fo%2Fnon">φόνον</w>.
<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dioikh%2Fsantes">διοικήσαντες</w> <w lemma="ou%29ke%2Fti">οὐκέτι</w> <w lemma="prosei%3Dxon">προσεῖχον</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="grafome%2Fnois">γραφομένοις</w>, <w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fpempon">ἔπεμπον</w> <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rw%2Fmhn">Ῥώμην</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Akalli%2Fkriton">Καλλίκριτον</w>, <w lemma="fa%2Fskontes">φάσκοντες</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnasqai">δύνασθαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmous">νόμους</w> <w lemma="w%29%7Ckonomhme%2Fna">ᾠκονομημένα</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28toi%3Ds">αὑτοῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fkura">ἄκυρα</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w>.
<w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="presbeu%2Fsantos">πρεσβεύσαντος</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%3D">αὐτοῦ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Azeuci%2Fppou">Ζευξίππου</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhton">σύγκλητον</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aboiwtw%3Dn">Βοιωτῶν</w> <w lemma="proai%2Fresin">προαίρεσιν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fgrayan">ἔγραψαν</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fs">πρός</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twlou%5Cs">Αἰτωλοὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaiou%2Fs">Ἀχαιούς</w>, <w lemma="keleu%2Fontes">κελεύοντες</w> <w lemma="kata%2Fgein">κατάγειν</w> <w lemma="%2Azeu%2Fcippon">Ζεύξιππον</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="oi%29kei%2Fan">οἰκείαν</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29axaioi%5C">Ἀχαιοὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dsqai">ποιεῖσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffodon">ἔφοδον</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsxon">ἀπέσχον</w>, <w lemma="presbeuta%5Cs">πρεσβευτὰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="proexeiri%2Fsanto">προεχειρίσαντο</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fmpein">πέμπειν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="parakale%2Fsontas">παρακαλέσοντας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Aboiwtou%5Cs">Βοιωτοὺς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="legome%2Fnois">λεγομένοις</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="peiqarxei%3Dn">πειθαρχεῖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="dikaiodosi%2Fan">δικαιοδοσίαν</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w>, <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftw">οὕτω</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="a%29gagei%3Dn">ἀγαγεῖν</w>.
<w lemma="sune%2Fbaine">συνέβαινε</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="sunalla%2Fgmata">συναλλάγματα</w> <w lemma="pare%2Flkesqai">παρέλκεσθαι</w> <w lemma="polu%5Cn">πολὺν</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w>. <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="diakou%2Fsantes">διακούσαντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2Aboiwtoi%2F">Βοιωτοί</w>,
<w lemma="strathgou%3Dntos">στρατηγοῦντος</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ippi%2Fou">Ἱππίου</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w>, <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%2Fsxonto">ὑπέσχοντο</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsein">ποιήσειν</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="parakalou%2Fmena">παρακαλούμενα</w>, <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgon">ὀλίγον</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntwn">πάντων</w> <w lemma="w%29ligw%2Frhsan">ὠλιγώρησαν</w>. <w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Afilopoi%2Fmhn">Φιλοποίμην</w>,
<w lemma="%2A%28ippi%2Fou">Ἱππίου</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29poteqeime%2Fnou">ἀποτεθειμένου</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%2Fn">ἀρχήν</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29alke%2Ftou">Ἀλκέτου</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="pareilhfo%2Ftos">παρειληφότος</w>, <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fdwke">ἀπέδωκε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ai%29toume%2Fnois">αἰτουμένοις</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="r%28u%2Fsia">ῥύσια</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aboiwtw%3Dn">Βοιωτῶν</w>.
<w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="e%29gi%2Fneto">ἐγίνετο</w> <w lemma="katarxh%5C">καταρχὴ</w> <w lemma="diafora%3Ds">διαφορᾶς</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqnesin">ἔθνεσιν</w> <w lemma="ou%29k">οὐκ</w> <w lemma="eu%29katafro%2Fnhtos">εὐκαταφρόνητος</w>. <w lemma="parauti%2Fka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Flaxe">ἔλαχε</w> *
? <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Amurri%2Fxou">Μυρρίχου</w> <w lemma="qremma%2Ftwn">θρεμμάτων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Asi%2Fmwnos:">Σίμωνος·</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnhs">γενομένης</w> <w lemma="sumplokh%3Ds">συμπλοκῆς</w>, <w lemma="ou%29ke%2Fti">οὐκέτι</w> <w lemma="politikh%3Ds">πολιτικῆς</w> <w lemma="diafora%3Ds">διαφορᾶς</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="polemikh%3Ds">πολεμικῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxqras">ἔχθρας</w> <w lemma="e%29ge%2Fneto">ἐγένετο</w> <w lemma="katarxh%5C">καταρχὴ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prooi%2Fmion">προοίμιον</w>.
<w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhtos">σύγκλητος</w> <w lemma="prose%2Fqhke">προσέθηκε</w> <w lemma="ta%29ko%2Flouqon">τἀκόλουθον</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kaqo%2Fdou">καθόδου</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Azeu%2Fcippon">Ζεύξιππον</w>, <w lemma="taxe%2Fws">ταχέως</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="e%29cekau%2Fqh">ἐξεκαύθη</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemos:">πόλεμος·</w> <w lemma="nu%3Dn">νῦν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnh">ἐκείνη</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="paresiw%2Fphsen">παρεσιώπησεν</w>,
<w lemma="oi%28%2F">οἵ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Amegarei%3Ds">Μεγαρεῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pe%2Fsxon">ἐπέσχον</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="r%28u%2Fsia">ῥύσια</w>, <w lemma="diapresbeusame%2Fnwn">διαπρεσβευσαμένων</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>* <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="sunalla%2Fgmasin">συναλλάγμασιν</w>. —
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<head>The Murderers of Brachylles</head>In Boeotia, after the formation of the treaty between<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note6">The effect of the collapse of Antiochus upon Boeotia.</note><a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> and Antiochus, the hopes of the whole revolutionary party were destroyed. Politics therefore began to assume a new aspect; and whereas the administration of justice among them had been postponed for nearly the last twenty years, voices began to make themselves heard in the cities to the<pb n="304" />effect that "there ought to be an end and settlement of their mutual disputes." But after considerable controversy on this point, because the discontented were more numerous than the wealthy, the following circumstance occurred which helped accidently to support the party of order.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note7">Resistance to the recall of Zeuxippus.</note>Titus Flamininus had for some time past been zealously working in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> to secure the restoration of Zeuxippus to Boeotia, because he had found him serviceable on many occasions during the wars with Antiochus and Philip. And just at this time he had induced the Senate to send a despatch to the Boeotians ordering them to recall Zeuxippus and his fellow exiles. When this despatch arrived, the Boeotians, fearing that, if these men were restored, they would become detached from their good understanding with <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>, determined that the legal sentence upon Zeuxippus and the rest should be publicly proclaimed,<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note8">Some words are lost from the text describing their method of procedure.</note>which they had formerly drawn up against them.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note9">See<ref target="b18c43" targOrder="U">18, 43</ref>.<bibl n="Liv. 33.28" default="NO" valid="yes">Livy 33, 28</bibl>.</note>Thus they condemned them on two charges, first, of sacrilege for having stripped off the silver from the plated table of Zeus, and, secondly, of murder for having killed Brachylles. Having made this arrangement, they assumed that they need pay no further attention to the despatch of the Senate, but contented themselves with sending Callicritus and others to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> with the message that they were unable to rescind what had been settled by their laws. Zeuxippus having sent an embassy to the Senate at the same time, the Romans wrote to the Aetolians and Achaeans an account of the attitude assumed by the Boeotians, and ordered them to restore Zeuxippus to his country. The Achaeans refrained from invading the country with an army, but selected some ambassadors to go and persuade the Boeotians to obey the orders from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>; and also to settle the legal disputes existing between them and the Achaeans, on the same principles as they conducted the administration of justice at home: for it happened that there were some controversies between the two nations that had been dragging on for a long time. On receiving this message the Boeotians, whose Strategus was then Hippias, promised at the moment that they would do<pb n="305" />what was demanded of them, but shortly afterwards neglected it at every point. Therefore, when Hippias had laid down his office and Alcetas had succeeded him, Philopoemen gave all who chose license to make reprisals on the territories of the Boeotians; which proved the beginning of a serious quarrel between the two nations. For on the cattle of Myrrichus and Simon being driven off,<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note10">Some words are lost in the text which would more fully explain the transaction.</note>and a struggle arising over this transaction, the contest soon ceased to be political, and became the beginning and prelude of open war. If indeed the Senate had persisted in carrying out the restoration of Zeuxippus, war would quickly have been kindled; but as it maintained silence on the subject, the Megareans were induced by an embassy proposing terms to stop the reprisals. . . .<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note11">Some words are lost in the text which would more fully explain the transaction.</note>
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