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But Philip, the son of Demetrius, king of Macedonia, who poisoned Aratus of
The Thebans had defeated the Megarians in battle, and were already climbing the wall of
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When Philopoemen's term of office as general expired, and others were chosen to be generals of the Achaeans, he again crossed to
The Romans had equipped a fleet against Nabis, and Philopoemen was too enthusiastic to keep out of the quarrel. But being entirely ignorant of nautical affairs he unwittingly embarked on a leaky trireme, so that the Romans and their allies were reminded of the verses of Homer, where in the Catalogue note he remarks on the ignorance of the Arcadians of nautical matters.
8.50.8A few days after the sea-fight, Philopoemen and his band, waiting for a moonless night, burnt down the camp of the Lacedaemonians at
and Philopoemen, by changing the order of his line of retreat, caused the strongest positions to be to his advantage and not to that of his enemy. He overcame Nabis in the battle and massacred during the night many of the Lacedaemonians, so raising yet higher his reputation among the Greeks.
8.50.10After this Nabis secured from the Romans a truce for a fixed period, but died before this period came to an end, being assassinated by a man of Calydon, who pretended that he had come about an alliance, note but was in reality an enemy who had been sent for this very purpose of assassination by the Aetolians.
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At this time Philopoemen flung himself into For this reason, and because of his courage shown against both the despots, the Lacedaemonians offered him the house note of Nabis, worth more than a hundred talents. But he scorned the wealth, and bade the Lacedaemonians court with gifts, not himself, but those who could persuade the many in the meeting of the Achaeans—a suggestion, it is said, directed against Timolaus. He was again appointed general of the Achaeans. At this time the Lacedaemonians were involved in civil war, and Philopoemen expelled from the When the Romans under Manius defeated at Thermopylae Antiochus the descendant of Seleucus, named Nicator, and the Syrian army with him, Aristaenus of
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