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LIBRI XV. XLIII

Cap. sium foederi adiunguntur. Chabrias in Hestiaeos et Cyclades insulas mittitur. 31. Lacedaemoniorum sociorumque copiis in decem partes divisis praeest Agesilaus, vir fortissimus. 32. In Boeotiam movet Agesilaus: Thebani in campum descendere recusant, Chabrias Atheniensium dux novo pugnae genere hostem excipit. 33. Agesilai responsum, cur impetum non fecerit. Chabriae honores. Post reditum Agesilai Thebani Thespias adoriuntur. Phoebidas Lacedaemoniorum dux cadit. 34. Facta nova in Boeotiam expeditione ab Agesilao proelium committitur. Agesilaus primo victor mox cedere cogitur. Inter Naxum et Parum Pollis et Chabrias pugna navali decertant. 35. Reportata victoria Chabrias cum classe redit in Piraeum. Romae M. Manlius capitis damnatur. Ol. 101, 1 : 376 a. Chr. 36. Triballi Abderitarum agros compilant. Abderitis paene oppressis auxilio venit Chabrias, mox tamen dolo peremptus. Successit Timotheus, qui novos conciliat socios et Lacedaemonios ad Leucadem proelio fundit. 37. Thebani Lacedaemonios Orchomenum tenentes vincunt. Hermeas res Siciliae usque ad hunc annum descripsit. Ol. 101, 2 : 375 a. Chr. 38. Artaxerxes pacem inter Graecos componere studet, ut belli Aegyptiis inferendi fiant socii. Soli Thebani recusant; reliqui ineunt pacem, qua singulis civitatibus suo iure uti conceditur. 39. Thebani viribus et ducum virtute freti altiores spiritus sumunt. 40. Pleraeque civitates libertate insolentius usi incidunt in seditiones, inprimis Phialenses, Corinthii, Megarenses, Phliasii. Ol. 101, 3 : 374 a. Chr. 41. Persae Aegyptum adoriuntur, Pharnabazo et Iphicrate ducibus. Copiarum naviumque numerus. Tardius, ut solent Persarum duces, rem gerunt.

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BOOK XV. XLIII

Ch. to the Athenian league. Chabrias is sent against the Hestiaeans and the Cyclades islands. 31. With the forces of the Lacedaemonians and their allies divided into ten parts, Agesilaus, a most valiant man, is in command. 32. Agesilaus marches into Boeotia: the Thebans refuse to descend into the plain; Chabrias, the Athenian commander, receives the enemy with a new type of battle formation. 33. The response of Agesilaus as to why he did not make an attack. Honors for Chabrias. After Agesilaus' return, the Thebans attack Thespiae. Phoebidas, the Lacedaemonian commander, falls. 34. A new expedition having been made into Boeotia by Agesilaus, battle is joined. Agesilaus, at first victorious, soon is compelled to yield. Between Naxos and Paros, Pollis and Chabrias contend in a naval battle. 35. Having reported his victory, Chabrias returns with the fleet to Piraeus. At Rome, M. Manlius is condemned to death. Ol. 101, 1 : 376 BC 36. The Triballi plunder the territory of the Abderites. With the Abderites almost overwhelmed, Chabrias comes to their aid, but is soon slain by treachery. Timotheus succeeded him; he wins over new allies and routs the Lacedaemonians in battle at Leucas. 37. The Thebans defeat the Lacedaemonians holding Orchomenus. Hermias described the affairs of Sicily down to this year. Ol. 101, 2 : 375 BC 38. Artaxerxes strives to arrange peace among the Greeks, so that they might become allies in the war he intends to wage against the Egyptians. Only the Thebans refuse; the rest enter into peace, by which each city is granted the right to use its own laws. 39. The Thebans, relying on their strength and the valor of their commanders, assume a higher spirit. 40. Most cities, having used their liberty with excessive insolence, fall into seditions, especially the Phialensians, Corinthians, Megarians, and Phliasians. Ol. 101, 3 : 374 BC 41. The Persians attack Egypt, under the command of Pharnabazus and Iphicrates. The number of forces and ships. They conduct the affair rather slowly, as Persian commanders are wont to do.