?Meeting 1奋‘ 奋‘0.卜比 0，了Ie the Achaean League.-While the consul was engaged in siege of Elatea.the hope of achievin ga er success briebtened before him. namelv. of inducine the Achaeans to abandon their alliance with Philip and enter into friendly relations with Rome. Cycliadas, the leader of the Macedonian party, had been expelled, and Aristaenus, a favourer of the Roman alliance. was chief magistrat^. The Koman feet m conjunction with those of Attalus and Rhodes were anchored at Cenchreae, preparing to make a joint attack on Corinth. The consul thought that, before commencing operations, it would be better to send an embassy to the Achaeans and give an undertaking that ii they would abandon the king and go over to the Romans; Corinth should be incorporated in the Achaean league. At the consul's suggestion, envoys were accordingly sent by his brother Lucius，and by Attalus, the Rhodians and the Athenians. A meetinLy of the counci was convened at Sicyon.- The Achaeans, however, were far from clear as to what course they ought to pursue. They，ere in fear of Nabis the Lacedaemonian, their dangerous and relentless enemy, they dreaded t卜arms ofMr朴me,r州they were under many obligations to" t " t t .t t the lvlacedonians for their Kind services both in bygone yearst .t r .t t " t " tr .t ".t and_ recently.，But the， Kung himself， they viewed with. suspiciont " r ".t t t. t " ., on account of his faithlessness and cruelty;his action at the 4-".11。,&ik，，。++A.,koa.。;，。。，奋。.。。+。6 A*%a，。tT1 f}1AA7.1T} }'/1A4' {,11116 {.116 V Qr lr L"krl lCli 11V二111I.JVl t'"ZiL\.C L.V. CUlllJ‘‘W %.16"11 V Lr11"Lr J占，甘 恕粗war he would be moree at a loss what view to瞬渭nt .teith瓢ever.the s蛊 of their respective States or in the general council of the League;even when thinking the matter over by themselves, they couldnot make up their minds as to what it was they really wanted or what was best for them. whilst the councillors were in this state of indecision the envoys were introduced quested to state their case. The Roman envoy, L. Calpurnius, vas the first to speak. He was followed by the tatives of Kind Attalus, and then came the delegates front Rhodes. The emissaries of Philip were the next to speak and the Athenians came last of all, that might reply to the .Macedonians. ThpSe last attacked the tlk川 ，n。以0 enn yge 州th almost greater bitterness had suffered more or undergone such harsh treatment. 't whole day was taken up with the continuous speeches of these deputations, and at sunset the council broke up.