Though he was makinz no Droeress. what vexed the W马J 1毛‘口产 consul most was that he was allowine a comparison to be made 悦tween the tactics and wea pons of the contending armies;he recognised that there was no n ear prospect of a successful assault, and no means of winte巾g so far from the sea in a country utterly wasted by the ravages of war, and under these circumstances he raised the siege. There was no harbour on the whole of the Acarnanian and Aetolian coast-line which would admit all the transports :d in provisioning the troops and at the same time covered衍nter-quarters for the legionaries. Anticyra in Phocis, facing the Corinthian Gulf, seemed the most suitable place, as it was not far from Thessaly and the positions held by the enemy, and only separated from the Peloponnese by a narrow strip of sea. There he would have Aetolia and Acarnania behind him, and Locris and Boeotia on either side of him. Phanotea in Pbocis was taken without any fighting;Anticyra only made a brief resistance;the captures of Ambrysus and Hyarr polis speedily followed. Owing to the position of Uaulis on a lofty gill, its capture could not be effected by escalade or direct assault. By harassing the defending garrison with missiles and, when they made sorties, skirmishing against them, alternately. advancing and.1 " . " 1 t 1，retiring without。 attempting any-11 ". It r 11 thing decisive, he Drought tnem to such a pitch of carelessness and contempt for their opponents that when they retired within their gates thet ^.t_Romans rushed， in with， them， and took the， place" 1 1 1 r 11 " T 1 1 Dy Storm. Other unimportant strongholds fell into tcoman hands more through fear than through force of arms一Elatea closed its gates against him and there seemed little probability of its admitting either a Roman general or a Roman army unless it were compelled do; so by force.