X ymae was sacked. Then the Aetolians took Cyphaera, a stronghold commanding Dolopia. These st were rapidly carried out in a few days. XZV.A Athamanians, on hearing of the Roman victory, did not二remain inactive.0 19照he felt little con-, fidence in l us.soldiers Amynander deggea._ .2 " t.the consul to lend1 !'} 1 " TT him a small detachment with which to attaCK Uompni. ne began by seizing Phaeca, a place lying between Gomphi the pass over Pindus which divides Athamania from Thes andsalr.days Then he marched to the attack on Gomphi. For several the inhabitants defended their city most vigorously, but when the scaling-ladders were at last placed against the walls their -fears drove them to surrender. The fall of Gomphi created the liveliest y. The garrisons of Argenta, Pherinium, mo and Lampsus surrendered in rapid succession together with other unimportant for成树， posts in the neighbourhood. ，，Whilst the Athamanians and the Aetolians, delivered一from tine maceaOMan Deru。were thus making their gain out of the victory which others had won, and Thessaly, d血btful whom to一 count as friend or foe, was being devastated by three armies once. the consul marched through the defile 伍吐t atof ，J the enemy had left open to him and entered the country of Epirus. He knew perfectly well which side. the Epirotes, with the exception of Charopas, had favoured, but as he saw that they were anxious to repair their past mistakes by doing their utmost to carry out his commands, he measured them by their present rather than their former attitude, and through his clemency and readiness to forgive he secured their attachment for the future. After despatching instructions to Corcyra for the transports to come into the Ambracian Gulf he advanced by easy stages for four days and fixed his camp at the foot of the Cercetian range of mountains. Amynander was requested to bring up his troops to the same place, not so much because his assistance was required as because the consul wished to have them as his guides into Thessaly. Most of the Epirotes were allowed to volunteer for service also.