<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="%2A%29aqh%2Fnaios">Ἀθήναιος</w> <w lemma="kate%2Fpleuse">κατέπλευσε</w> <w lemma="nausi%5C">ναυσὶ</w> <w lemma="katafra%2Fktois">καταφράκτοις</w> <w lemma="o%29gdoh%2Fkonta:">ὀγδοήκοντα·</w>
<w lemma="w%28%3Dn">ὧν</w> <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnte">πέντε</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tetrh%2Freis">τετρήρεις</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dsan">ἦσαν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rodi%2Fwn">Ῥοδίων</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29postaleisw%3Dn">ἀποσταλεισῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Akrhtiko%5Cn">Κρητικὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosi">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Akuzikhnw%3Dn">Κυζικηνῶν</w>, <w lemma="e%28pta%5C">ἑπτὰ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosi">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon">Ἄτταλον</w>, <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loipai%5C">λοιπαὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="summa%2Fxwn">συμμάχων</w>.
<w lemma="poihsa%2Fmenos">ποιησάμενος</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="plou%3Dn">πλοῦν</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ellhspo%2Fntou">Ἑλλησπόντου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="suna%2Fyas">συνάψας</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flesi">πόλεσι</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Aprousi%2Fan">Προυσίαν</w> <w lemma="tattome%2Fnais">ταττομέναις</w> <w lemma="a%29poba%2Fseis">ἀποβάσεις</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="sunexei%3Ds">συνεχεῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29poiei%3Dto">ἐποιεῖτο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kakw%3Ds">κακῶς</w> <w lemma="dieti%2Fqei">διετίθει</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>.
<w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="su%2Fgklhtos">σύγκλητος</w> <w lemma="diakou%2Fsasa">διακούσασα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="para%5C">παρὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aprousi%2Fou">Προυσίου</w> <w lemma="presbeutw%3Dn">πρεσβευτῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nakexwrhko%2Ftwn">ἀνακεχωρηκότων</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllous">ἄλλους</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsteilen">ἀπέστειλεν</w>, <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fappio%2Fn">Ἄππιόν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aklau%2Fdion">Κλαύδιον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aleu%2Fkion">Λεύκιον</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Foppion">Ὄππιον</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aau%29%3Dlon">Αὖλον</w> <w lemma="%2Aposto%2Fmion">Ποστόμιον</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28%5C">οἳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parageno%2Fmenoi">παραγενόμενοι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29asi%2Fan">Ἀσίαν</w> <w lemma="die%2Flusan">διέλυσαν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Ftas">τοιαύτας</w> <w lemma="sunqh%2Fkas">συνθήκας</w> <w lemma="e%29pagago%2Fmenoi">ἐπαγαγόμενοι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="basile%2Fas">βασιλέας</w> <w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frous">ἀμφοτέρους</w>,
<w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="paraxrh%3Dma">παραχρῆμα</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosi">εἴκοσι</w> <w lemma="katafra%2Fktous">καταφράκτους</w> <w lemma="nh%3Das">νῆας</w> <w lemma="a%29podou%3Dnai">ἀποδοῦναι</w> <w lemma="%2Aprousi%2Fan">Προυσίαν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29atta%2Flw%7C">Ἀττάλῳ</w>, <w lemma="pentako%2Fsia">πεντακόσια</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="katenegkei%3Dn">κατενεγκεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ftesin">ἔτεσιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%2Fkosi:">εἴκοσι·</w>
<w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w> <w lemma="a%29mfote%2Frous">ἀμφοτέρους</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="h%28%5Cn">ἣν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%2Fteron">πρότερον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w>, <w lemma="o%28%2Ft%27">ὅτ᾽</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="e%29ne%2Fbainon">ἐνέβαινον</w>.
<w lemma="diorqw%2Fsasqai">διορθώσασθαι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="%2Aprousi%2Fan">Προυσίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="katafqora%5Cn">καταφθορὰν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fras">χώρας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Amhqumnai%2Fwn">Μηθυμναίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29gaie%2Fwn">Αἰγαιέων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="%2Akumai%2Fwn">Κυμαίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hrakleiwtw%3Dn">Ἡρακλειωτῶν</w>, <w lemma="e%28kato%5Cn">ἑκατὸν</w> <w lemma="ta%2Flanta">τάλαντα</w> <w lemma="do%2Fnta">δόντα</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnois">προειρημένοις</w>.
<w lemma="grafeisw%3Dn">γραφεισῶν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="sunqhkw%3Dn">συνθηκῶν</w>, <w lemma="a%29ph%3Dgon">ἀπῆγον</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</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="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fattalon">Ἄτταλον</w>, <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="nautika%5Cs">ναυτικὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="pezika%2Fs">πεζικάς</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29atta%2Flou">Ἀττάλου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aprousi%2Fou">Προυσίου</w> <w lemma="diafora%3Ds">διαφορᾶς</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dtos">τοιοῦτος</w> <w lemma="o%28%2F">ὅ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="xeirismo%5Cs">χειρισμὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29genh%2Fqh">ἐγενήθη</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcewn">πράξεων</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>*
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<head>Roman Envoys Make Peace Between Prusias and Attalus</head>At the same time Athenaeus set sail with eighty<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note26">Summer of B. C. 154. Attalus's brother Athenaeus harasses the coast of Prusias's kingdom.</note>decked ships, of which five were quadriremes sent by the Rhodians for the Cretan war, twenty from Cyzicus, twenty-seven Attalus's own, and the rest contributed by the other allies. Having sailed to the <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Hellespont&groupId=620&placeId=1141">Hellespont</a>, and reached the cities subject to Prusias, he made frequent descents upon the coast, and greatly harassed the country. But when the Senate heard the report of the commissioners who had returned from Prusias, they immediately despatched three new ones, Appius Claudius, Lucius Oppius, and Aulus Postumius: who, on arriving in Asia, put an end to the war by bringing the two kings to make peace, on condition of Prusias at once handing over to Attalus twenty decked ships, and paying him five hundred talents in twenty years, both retaining the territory which they had at the commencement of the war. Farther, that Prusias should make good the damage done to the inhabitants of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Methymna&groupId=766&placeId=1388">Methymna</a>, <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Aegae&groupId=285&placeId=560">Aegae</a>, Cymae, Heracleia, by a payment of a hundred talents to those towns. The treaty having been drawn out in writing on those terms, Attalus withdrew his army and navy to his own country. Such are the particulars of the events which took place in the quarrel between Attalus and Prusias. . . .
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