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Cap. priorum iniuriarum obliti subveniunt. Epaminondas in Laconicam impetum facit quadripartito agmine. 64. Quattuor Thebanorum agmina qua in Laconicam irruperint describitur. Ischolas tertio agmini oppositus ut alter Leonidas celebratur. 65. Epaminondas totum exercitum ad oppugnandam Spartam convertit. Re male gesta Epaminondas terram depopulatus cum magna praeda in Arcadiam se recipit. Lacedaemonii copias augent et exercent. 66. Epaminondas Messenen diu desolatam summo studio instaurat. Messeniorum fata breviter percensentur. 67. Lacedaemonii et Athenienses de communi terrae marisque imperio paciscuntur. Arcades duce Lycomede Pallenen expugnant. Pelopidas Thessalis contra Alexandrum Pheraeum auxilio missus Larisam occupat. Idem regem Macedonum foedere sibi conciliat eiusque filium Philippum obsidem Thebas mittit. 68. Arcades, Argivi, Elei Boeotos sollicitant, ut novo impetu Peloponnesum occupent. Athenienses Chabria duce Corinthi cum Lacedaemoniis se coniungunt. Isthmum vallo fossaque intercludunt. Epaminondas et vallum et oppositam Lacedaemoniorum aciem perrumpit. 69. Troezene et Epidaurus Epaminondae resistunt, Sicyon et Phlius se tradunt. Corinthum felicissime defendit Chabrias. 70. Succurrunt Lacedaemoniis milites Galli et Hiberi, a Dionysio missi. Artaxerxes Graecos per Philiscum denuo ad pacem adhortatur. Cuncti obsequuntur praeter Thebanos. — Euphron Sicyonios tyrannide oppressit. Ol. 103, 1 : 368 a. Chr. 71. In Macedonia in locum Alexandri Ptolemaeus Alorites rex succedit. — Pelopidas cum Ismenia ab Alexandro Pheraeo comprehenditur. Thebani auxilio missi includuntur. Tum Epaminondas, qui privatus expeditioni interfuit, exercitum servavit. 72. Epaminondae imperium abrogatum erat, quod invidi eum proditionis accusaverant. Arcades ab Lacedae-

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Ch. forgetful of previous wrongs, come to their aid. Epaminondas makes an attack on Laconia with a fourfold column. 64. It is described how the four columns of the Thebans burst into Laconia. Ischolas, placed opposite the third column, is celebrated as another Leonidas. 65. Epaminondas turns his whole army to the attack on Sparta. With the affair having gone badly, Epaminondas, after ravaging the land, withdraws with great booty into Arcadia. The Lacedaemonians increase and train their forces. 66. Epaminondas restores Messene, long desolate, with the greatest zeal. The fates of the Messenians are briefly reviewed. 67. The Lacedaemonians and Athenians make a pact concerning common dominion by land and sea. The Arcadians, under the command of Lycomedes, storm Pallene. Pelopidas, sent to aid the Thessalians against Alexander of Pherae, occupies Larisa. The same wins over the king of the Macedonians by treaty and sends his son Philip as a hostage to Thebes. 68. The Arcadians, Argives, and Eleans solicit the Boeotians to occupy the Peloponnese with a new attack. The Athenians, under the command of Chabrias, join the Lacedaemonians at Corinth. They block the Isthmus with a rampart and ditch. Epaminondas breaks through both the rampart and the opposing line of the Lacedaemonians. 69. Troezen and Epidaurus resist Epaminondas; Sicyon and Phlius surrender themselves. Chabrias most successfully defends Corinth. 70. Gallic and Iberian soldiers, sent by Dionysius, come to the aid of the Lacedaemonians. Artaxerxes, through Philiscus, again urges the Greeks to peace. All comply except the Thebans. — Euphron oppressed the Sicyonians with tyranny. Ol. 103, 1 : 368 BC 71. In Macedonia, Ptolemy Alorites succeeds Alexander as king. — Pelopidas, along with Ismenias, is seized by Alexander of Pherae. The Thebans sent to their aid are trapped. Then Epaminondas, who had taken part in the expedition as a private citizen, saved the army. 72. Epaminondas' command had been abrogated because jealous men had accused him of treason. The Arcadians, defeated by the Lacedaemonians