Cavarus, Gallic King, Negotiates Peace
So when the Gallic king, Cavarus, came to Byzantium,
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and showed himself eager to put an end to the
war, and earnestly offered his friendly intervention, both Prusias and the Byzantines consented to his proposals. And when the
Rhodians were informed of the interference of Cavarus and
the consent of Prusias, being very anxious to secure their own
object also, they elected Aridices as ambassador to Byzantium,
and sent Polemocles with him in command of three triremes,
wishing, as the saying is, to send the Byzantines "spear
and herald's staff at once." Upon their appearance a pacification was arranged,
in the year of Cothon, son of Callisthenes, Hieromnemon in Byzantium. note The treaty with the
Rhodians was simple: "The Byzantines will not collect toll
from any ship sailing into the Pontus; and in that case the
Rhodians and their allies are at peace with the Byzantines."
But that with Prusias contained the following provisions:
"There shall be peace and amity for ever between Prusias
and the Byzantines; the Byzantines shall in no way attack
Prusias, nor Prusias the Byzantines. Prusias shall restore to
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Byzantines all lands, forts, populations, and prisoners of war,
without ransom; and besides these things, the ships taken at
the beginning of the war, and the arms seized in the fortresses;
and also the timbers, stone-work, and roofing belonging to the
fort called Hieron" (for Prusias, in his terror of the approach of
Tiboetes, had pulled down every fort which seemed to lie
conveniently for him): "finally, Prusias shall compel such of
the Bithynians as have any property taken from the Byzantine
district of Mysia to restore it to the farmers."
Such were the beginning and end of the war of Rhodes and
Prusias with Byzantium.
