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Cap. 34. Elei in gratiam redeunt cum Lacedaemoniis, qui pacatis circa civitatibus Messeniis bellum inferunt, eosque Graecia excedere cogunt. Pars eorum Cyrenen transvecta ibi discordiis intestinis interit. 35. Romanorum tunc colonia Velitras deducta. Ol. 95, 1 : 400 a. Chr. 35. Artaxerxes Tissaphernem in oram Asiae mittit ad coercendos rebelles. Tamos Ioniae praefectus ad Psammetichum in Aegyptum aufugit, qui transfugam occidit eiusque opibus potitur. Tissaphernes fines Cumaeorum vastat. 36. Lacedaemonii pro Graecis in Asia bellum suscipiunt duce Thibrone. 37. Thibronis exercitui adiungunt se Graeci ab expeditione Cyri reduces. Dionysius Hadranum condidit. Archelaus rex Macedoniae moritur. Succedit Orestes, mox Aeropus. Athenis Socrates supplicio afficitur. Ol. 95, 2 : 399 a. Chr. 38. Lacedaemonii in Thibronis locum Dercylidam substituunt. Hic multa loca Troadis occupat; factis cum Pharnabazo octo mensium indutiis Thraces in Bithynia infestat. Lacedaemonii seditionem Heracleae in Trachinia exortam compescunt. Chersonesum a Thracibus vexatam liberat et munit Dercylidas. 39. Classis Persarum, cui praefuit Conon, in Ciliciam proficiscitur, Pharnabazus et Tissaphernes Ephesum contendunt, ubi ante ineundam pugnam indutiae fiunt. 40. Rhegini crescentem Dionysii potentiam veriti, cum Syracusanis exsulibus et Messeniis bellum in tyrannum excitant; sed orto sociorum dissensu ultro pacem offerunt. 41. Dionysius opportunum ratus, bellum inferre Carthaginiensibus tum pestilentia afflictis, in apparando eo acerrimus est. Undique fabros convocat ad arma conficienda struendasque naves. 42. Catapulta inventa. Artificum industriam praemiis Dionysius excitat. Tetreres et penteres invenit.

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Ch. 34. The Eleans are reconciled with the Lacedaemonians, who, having pacified the surrounding cities, make war on the Messenians and compel them to depart from Greece. Part of them, transported to Cyrene, perish there through internal discords. 35. At that time a Roman colony was led to Velitrae. Ol. 95, 1 : 400 BC 35. Artaxerxes sends Tissaphernes to the coast of Asia to coerce the rebels. Tamos, prefect of Ionia, flees to Psammetichus in Egypt, who slays the fugitive and seizes his resources. Tissaphernes ravages the territory of the Cumaeans. 36. The Lacedaemonians undertake war for the Greeks in Asia under the command of Thibron. 37. The Greeks returning from Cyrus' expedition join themselves to Thibron's army. Dionysius founded Hadranum. Archelaus, king of Macedonia, dies. Orestes succeeds him, soon Aeropus. At Athens, Socrates is put to death. Ol. 95, 2 : 399 BC 38. The Lacedaemonians substitute Dercylidas in Thibron's place. He occupies many places in the Troad; having made a truce of eight months with Pharnabazus, he harasses the Thracians in Bithynia. The Lacedaemonians quell a sedition that had arisen at Heraclea in Trachis. Dercylidas liberates the Chersonese, harassed by the Thracians, and fortifies it. 39. The Persian fleet, under the command of Conon, sets out for Cilicia; Pharnabazus and Tissaphernes hasten to Ephesus, where a truce is made before engaging in battle. 40. The Rhegians, fearing the growing power of Dionysius, together with the Syracusan exiles and the Messenians, stir up war against the tyrant; but due to discord arising among the allies, they voluntarily offer peace. 41. Dionysius, deeming it opportune to make war on the Carthaginians, then afflicted with pestilence, is most energetic in preparing for it. He summons craftsmen from everywhere to make arms and build ships. 42. The catapult is invented. Dionysius stimulates the industry of the artisans with rewards. He invents the quadrireme and quinquereme.