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Cap. 117. Romanis Gallorum incursione admodum afflictis Volsci bellum inferunt. Hos M. Furius dictator domat, qui mox etiam Aequos Tuscosque vincit, et a Gallis aurum cum reliqua praeda recuperat. Galli in Iapygiam profecti redeunt et a Ceriis occiduntur. Callisthenes ab hoc anno historiam scribere exorsus est. LIB. XV. Prooemium: Lacedaemoniorum exemplo docetur, quam graves poenas dent superbi et iniusti. Tum huius libri termini constituuntur. Ol. 98, 3 : 386 a. Chr. 1. Artaxerxes Euagorae, regi Cypri, bellum infert magnis copiis ab utraque parte comparatis. 2—4. Propter commeatus penuriam in Persarum castris seditio orta aegre restinguitur. Euagoras acceptis ex Aegypto pluribus navibus proelium navale committere parat, sed superatur ad Citium. Persae Salaminem oppugnant. Euagoras in Aegyptum confugit, nova auxilia petens. 5. Lacedaemonii pacis pertaesi, in civitatibus seditiones excitant. Mantinenses ab eis oppugnati Atheniensium implorant auxilium. Quo facto novum in Graecia bellum commovetur. 6. In Sicilia Dionysius otium nactus poetarum studia sectatur. Philoxenus semel atque iterum tyranni carmina cavillatus in lautumias damnatur. Dionysius Platonem ut servum venum dat. Carmina sua Olympiae recitari iubet; sed risu sunt excepta. Quare dolore et insania captus tyrannus saevit in ipsos amicos. Ol. 98, 4 : 385 a. Chr. 8. Euagoras ex Aegypto redux pacis expetit condiciones. Iniquissimas proponit Tiribazus. Interea Tiribazus falsa criminatione ab Oronte accusatus in vincula conicitur. Iudicium de eo rex Persarum, tum bello Cadusiano occupatus, differt.

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Ch. 117. The Volsci make war on the Romans, who were greatly afflicted by the Gallic incursion. These the dictator M. Furius subdues, and soon also defeats the Aequi and Etruscans, and recovers the gold from the Gauls along with the rest of the booty. The Gauls, having set out for Iapygia, return and are slain by the Caerites. Callisthenes began to write history from this year. BOOK XV. Prologue: By the example of the Lacedaemonians, it is taught how severe are the penalties paid by the proud and unjust. Then the limits of this book are established. Ol. 98, 3 : 386 BC 1. Artaxerxes makes war on Euagoras, king of Cyprus, with large forces mustered on both sides. 2—4. Due to scarcity of supplies, a sedition arising in the Persian camp is with difficulty quelled. Euagoras, having received more ships from Egypt, prepares to join naval battle, but is defeated off Citium. The Persians besiege Salamis. Euagoras takes refuge in Egypt, seeking new auxiliaries. 5. The Lacedaemonians, weary of peace, stir up seditions in the cities. The Mantineans, attacked by them, implore the aid of the Athenians. By this action a new war is stirred up in Greece. 6. In Sicily, Dionysius, having obtained leisure, devotes himself to the pursuits of poets. Philoxenus, having mocked the tyrant's poems once and again, is condemned to the stone quarries. Dionysius sells Plato as a slave. He orders his poems to be recited at Olympia; but they are met with laughter. Wherefore the tyrant, seized with grief and madness, rages against his very friends. Ol. 98, 4 : 385 BC 8. Euagoras, returned from Egypt, seeks terms of peace. Tiribazus proposes very unfair terms. Meanwhile Tiribazus, accused by a false charge from Orontes, is thrown into chains. The king of the Persians, then occupied with the Cadusian war, postpones judgment on him.

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