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12.1Philip to the Council and People of
To the embassies that I have repeatedly dispatched to ensure the observance of our oaths and agreements you have paid no attention, so that I am forced to send you a statement of the matters in which I consider myself wronged. But you must not be surprised at the length of the letter, for I have many charges to prefer, and it is necessary to put them all clearly and frankly.
12.2In the first place, when Nicias, my herald, was kidnapped note from my territory, you not only failed to bring the law-breakers to justice, but you kept the victim a prisoner for ten months, and the letters from me, of which he was the bearer, you read before your Assembly. Next, when the Thasians opened their harbor to the Byzantine war-galleys and to any pirates that chose to touch there, you ignored the incident, in spite of the clauses expressly denouncing such acts as hostile. 12.3Furthermore, about the same date, Diopithes note attacked Crobyle and Tiristasis and enslaved the inhabitants, laying waste the adjacent parts of
12.6Not content with this, you have shown your contempt for right and your hostility to me by actually sending an embassy to urge the king of
12.8But there is more to come. In your decrees you order me in so many words to leave
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