" . , is , Is . , . . .w it lair that he should renounce ail claim to the cities which he had himself captured and held by the rights of war, and even he had inherited from his ancestors. and the Aetolians were prepar Ing almost sunset the conference was Philip returned to址s anchorage to their camps. Nicaea had been fixed upon for the next meeting and Quinctius arrived there punctually on the following day, but there was no Philip anywhere, nor did any message arrive from him for several hours. A last, when tl ast, w en they had given up all hope of his coming. his 、.O e ships suddenly appeared. He explained that as such heavy and humiliating demands were made upon him and he was at a loss how to act, he had spent the day in deliberation. it was gene eved that he had purposel ed the proceedings the day in order Uiat no bight be left for the AchaeAn-q and Aetolians to make their reply. This suspicion was. c呼rmed when he requested.that, in order to avoid -.waste of tune in recriminations and bring_ the matter to a final issue, the others might be allowed to withdraw, and he and the Roman general left to confer together. At first this was demurred to, as it would look as if. the allies were shut out from the conference, but as he persisted in his deman d, .it was agreed to by all that the others should withdraw and the Roman commander accompanied by a mili tary tribune Appius Claudius, should go forward to the edge of the beach whilst the king attended妙two of his suite came ashore .There they conversed for some time in private. it is not known what report of the interview Philip gave to his people, but the statement which Quinctius made to the allies was to the effect that Philip was prepared to cede to the Romans the whole of the Ill州an coast and deliver up the and any prisoners there might be; to return to Attalus and their captured crews;to restore to the Rhodians the district they call Peraea, but he would not evacuate Iasos and Bargyliae;to the Aetolians he would restore Pharsalus and Larisa but not Thebes;to the Achaeans he would cede not only Argos but Corinth as well. Not one of the parties concerned was satisfied with these proposals, for they said that they were los吨more than they were zainine. and unless Philiv withdrew his zarrisons from v、J产几v the whole of Greece, grounds of quarrel would never be wanting.