Affairs in Greece.-Little attention had been paid to affairs in Greece for the last two years. As a result, Philip, finding that the Aetolians had been abandoned by the Romans to whom alone they looked for help, compelled them to sue for peace and accept whatever terms he chose. Had he not devoted all his strength to secure this result as soon as possible, operations against them would have been interrupted by proconsul P. Sempronius -who had succeeded Sulpicius h妇剧afJO .上.口nto.奋几 ，eLd、二c commanded a force of r o,ooo infantry, i ooo cavalry and ships of war, a considerable force to bring to the assistance our allies. Hardly had the peace been concluded when news reached the king that the Romans . w er( at Dyrrachium and that the Parthini and neighbouring tri bes had risen and were besieging Dimallum. The Romans had diverted their force to this Dlace. for as the Aetolians had concluded the treaty with the king without their consent, they showed their resentment by refusing 终help whi少they were sentto give them. On receiving， thisP mzeuizence rhii1D. anXious to prevent the movement from 吸曰声1，‘ sDreadinr. hastened to ADollonia. Sempronius had withdrawn -v产几产JL to this place after sending Laetorius with a portion of his force and fifteen ships to Aetolia to see how matters stood there and, if possible, upset the peace. Philip ravaged the country round Apollonia, and brought his forces up to the city in order to give· the Romans an opportunity of fighting. As, however, he saw that they kept within their walls, and feeling doubtful as to his ability to attack the place, he withdrew 'into his kingdom. An additional motive for his retirement ~his desire to establish peace` with them as he had with the Aetolians. or if not peace at all events a truce. and conseauently 加avoided irritating them by further hostilities. ’The Epirotes were by this time tired of the long-continued 一war. and after sounding the Romans sent envoys to Philip with proposals for a general settlement and assu血g him that there :tms no doubt as to its being arranged if he would confer with 轰脚anpronius. The king was by no means averse from the pro- and readilv consented to visit EDirus. Phoenice. an 才JL产 》rtant city in Epirus, was chosen as the place of meeting, there the king, after a preliminary interview with Aeropus, Dardas and Philip, the chief magistrates of the Epirotes, met Sempronius. There were present at the conference Amynander, king o, the Athamanians, as well as the chief m匆strates of the Epirotes and Acarnanians. The Epirote magistrate, Philip, opened the discussion娜 appealing to the king and the Roman general to put a stop to the war out of consideration for the Epirotes. The conditions of peace as stated by SemDronius were that the Parthini togetner witn the towns of uimanum, uargunum anct r.ugenium should belong to Rome, and Atintania should be annexed by Macedon, if Philip obtained the sanction of the senate to the arrangement. When the terms were settled the king included Prusias, king of Bithynia, and also the Achaeaus, the Boeotians, the Thessalians, the Acarnanians and the Epirotes as parties to the agreement. The Romans on their side extended its provisions to the Ilienses, King Attalus, Pleuratus, Nabis, tyrant of the Lacedaemonians, the Eleans, the Messenians and the Athenians. The clauses were then reduced to writing and duly sealed. A two months' armistice was being sent to Rome to 吵tain from the夕sembly the ratification of the treaty. All the tribes voted for it;they were glad to be relieved for the time from the pressure of other wars now that their efforts were directed towards Africa. After