<w lemma="%2Akata%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="%2Adhmh%2Ftrios">Δημήτριος</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="sunei%3Dnai">συνεῖναι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pibolh%5Cn">ἐπιβολὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="parauti%2Fka">παραυτίκα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Adima%2Flhn">Διμάλην</w> <w lemma="a%29cio%2Fxrewn">ἀξιόχρεων</w> <w lemma="froura%5Cn">φρουρὰν</w> <w lemma="ei%29se%2Fpemye">εἰσέπεμψε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="a%28rmozou%2Fsas">ἁρμοζούσας</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w>, <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="loipw%3Dn">λοιπῶν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flewn">πόλεων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="a%29ntipoliteuome%2Fnous">ἀντιπολιτευομένους</w> <w lemma="e%29panei%2Fleto">ἐπανείλετο</w>, <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="fi%2Flois">φίλοις</w> <w lemma="e%29nexei%2Frise">ἐνεχείρισε</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="dunastei%2Fas">δυναστείας</w>,
<w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28potetagme%2Fnwn">ὑποτεταγμένων</w> <w lemma="e%29pile%2Fcas">ἐπιλέξας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29ndrwdesta%2Ftous">ἀνδρωδεστάτους</w> <w lemma="e%28cakisxili%2Fous">ἑξακισχιλίους</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fsthse">συνέστησε</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftous">τούτους</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Afa%2Fron">Φάρον</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="strathgo%5Cs">στρατηγὸς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="a%29fiko%2Fmenos">ἀφικόμενος</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29illuri%2Fda">Ἰλλυρίδα</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmewn">δυνάμεων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="qewrw%3Dn">θεωρῶν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fous">ὑπεναντίους</w> <w lemma="qarrou%3Dntas">θαρροῦντας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Adima%2Flhs">Διμάλης</w> <w lemma="o%29xuro%2Fthti">ὀχυρότητι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="paraskeuai%3Ds">παρασκευαῖς</w>, <w lemma="e%29%2Fti">ἔτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29na%2Flwton">ἀνάλωτον</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w>, <w lemma="tau%2Fth%7C">ταύτῃ</w> <w lemma="prw%3Dton">πρῶτον</w> <w lemma="e%29gxeirei%3Dn">ἐγχειρεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fkrine">ἔκρινε</w>, <w lemma="boulo%2Fmenos">βουλόμενος</w> <w lemma="kataplh%2Fcasqai">καταπλήξασθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fous">πολεμίους</w>.
<w lemma="parakale%2Fsas">παρακαλέσας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fnas">ἡγεμόνας</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosagagw%5Cn">προσαγαγὼν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frga">ἔργα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fous">πλείους</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Frcato">ἤρξατο</w> <w lemma="poliorkei%3Dn">πολιορκεῖν</w>.
<w lemma="labw%5Cn">λαβὼν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="kra%2Ftos">κράτος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Frais">ἡμέραις</w> <w lemma="e%28pta%5C">ἑπτὰ</w> <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Ftthse">ἥττησε</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="yuxai%3Ds">ψυχαῖς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fous">ὑπεναντίους</w>.
<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="parh%3Dsan">παρῆσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="pasw%3Dn">πασῶν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flewn">πόλεων</w> <w lemma="e%29pitre%2Fpontes">ἐπιτρέποντες</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dido%2Fntes">διδόντες</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%5Cs">αὑτοὺς</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w>.
<w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="prosdeca%2Fmenos">προσδεξάμενος</w> <w lemma="e%28ka%2Fstous">ἑκάστους</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="a%28rmozou%2Fsais">ἁρμοζούσαις</w> <w lemma="o%28mologi%2Fais">ὁμολογίαις</w> <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="plou%3Dn">πλοῦν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Afa%2Fron">Φάρον</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmh%2Ftrion">Δημήτριον</w>.
<w lemma="punqano%2Fmenos">πυνθανόμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="th%2Fn">τήν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="o%29xura%5Cn">ὀχυρὰν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="plh%3Dqos">πλῆθος</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="diafero%2Fntwn">διαφερόντων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28qroi%3Dsqai">ἡθροῖσθαι</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fais">χορηγίαις</w> <w lemma="e%29chrtu%3Dsqai">ἐξηρτῦσθαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllais">ἄλλαις</w> <w lemma="paraskeuai%3Ds">παρασκευαῖς</w>, <w lemma="u%28fewra%3Dto">ὑφεωρᾶτο</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="dusxerh%3D">δυσχερῆ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="poluxro%2Fnion">πολυχρόνιον</w> <w lemma="sumbh%3D%7C">συμβῇ</w> <w lemma="gene%2Fsqai">γενέσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="poliorki%2Fan">πολιορκίαν</w>.
<w lemma="dio%5C">διὸ</w> <w lemma="proorw%2Fmenos">προορώμενος</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fkasta">ἕκαστα</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="e%29xrh%2Fsato">ἐχρήσατο</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="kairo%5Cn">καιρὸν</w> <w lemma="toiw%3D%7Cde%2F">τοιῷδέ</w> <w lemma="tini">τινι</w> <w lemma="ge%2Fnei">γένει</w> <w lemma="strathgh%2Fmatos">στρατηγήματος</w>.
<w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenos">ποιησάμενος</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%2Fploun">ἐπίπλουν</w> <w lemma="nukto%5Cs">νυκτὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="nh%3Dson">νῆσον</w> <w lemma="panti%5C">παντὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="strateu%2Fmati">στρατεύματι</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="plei%3Don">πλεῖον</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w> <w lemma="a%29pebi%2Fbasen">ἀπεβίβασεν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fs">εἴς</w> <w lemma="tinas">τινας</w> <w lemma="u%28lw%2Fdeis">ὑλώδεις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="koi%2Flous">κοίλους</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w>,
<w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosi">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="nausi%5Cn">ναυσὶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pigenome%2Fnhs">ἐπιγενομένης</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fras">ἡμέρας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fplei">ἔπλει</w> <w lemma="prodh%2Flws">προδήλως</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fggista">ἔγγιστα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="lime%2Fna">λιμένα</w>.
<w lemma="sunorw%3Dntes">συνορῶντες</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="nau%3Ds">ναῦς</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Adhmh%2Ftrion">Δημήτριον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katafronou%3Dntes">καταφρονοῦντες</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="plh%2Fqous">πλήθους</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Frmhsan">ὥρμησαν</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="lime%2Fna">λιμένα</w>, <w lemma="kwlu%2Fsontes">κωλύσοντες</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29po%2F">ἀπό</w>
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<head>Demetrius Fortifies Dimale</head>While this was taking place, Demetrius, discovering<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note36">Illyrian war, B. C. 219.</note>the intentions of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>, threw a sufficient garrison into <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Dimale&groupId=539&placeId=1014">Dimale</a> and victualled it in proportion. In the other towns he put those who were opposed to him to death, and placed the chief power in the hands of his own partisans; and selecting six thousand of the bravest of his subjects, quartered them in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pharos&groupId=879&placeId=1586">Pharos</a>. When the Consul arrived in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Illyria&groupId=647&placeId=1186">Illyria</a> with his army, he found the enemies of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a> confident in the strength of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Dimale&groupId=539&placeId=1014">Dimale</a> and the elaborate preparations in it, and encouraged to resistance by their belief in its impregnability; he determined, therefore, to attack that town first, in order to strike terror into the enemy. Accordingly, after addressing an exhortation to the several officers of the legions, and throwing up siege works at several points, he began the siege in form. In seven days he took the town by assault, which so dismayed the enemy, that envoys immediately appeared from all the towns, surrendering themselves unconditionally to the protection of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Rome&groupId=935&placeId=1669">Rome</a>. The Consul accepted their submission: and after imposing such conditions as appeared suitable to the several cases, he sailed to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Pharos&groupId=879&placeId=1586">Pharos</a> to attack Demetrius himself. Being informed that the city there was strongly fortified, thronged with excellent soldiers, and well-furnished with provisions and all other munitions of war, he began to entertain misgivings that the siege would be long and difficult; and therefore, with a view to these difficulties, he adopted on the spur of the moment the following<pb n="182" />strategem. He crossed to the island by night with his whole army. The greater part of it he disembarked at a spot where the ground was well-wooded and low; while with only twenty ships he sailed at daybreak to the harbour nearest the town. The smallness of the number of the ships moved only the contempt of Demetrius when he saw them, and he immediately marched out of the town down to the harbour to oppose the landing of the enemy.
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