The Achaeans win a victory over Philip's troops. At this very time, and according to some accounts on the very day on which the battle of CvnosceDhalae was fought. the Achaeans routed Androsthenes. one of Philip's generals. in a Ditched Dartle at k,orintn. rninp intenaea to noia tnat city as a menace to the States of Greece, and after inviting the leading citizens to a conference on the pretext of setthe Corinthians could furnish for the念what force of cavalryhe had detained them allas hostages. The force in occupation consisted of 500 Macedo址ans and Boo auxiliaries of various nationalities. In addition to these he had sent i ooo Macedonians and i Zoo Illyrians and also Thracian and Cretan contingents (th ese tribes fought on both sides), amounting to goo in all. Th ere were in addition zooo heavv-armed troops。consisting of - Boeotians. Thessalians and Acarnanians. A draft from Corinth itself made up the whole force to booo men, and Androsthenes felt himself strong .enough to give battle.
The Achaean captain-general, Nicostratus, was at Sicyon with 2000 infantry and zoo cavalry, but seeing that he was inferior in both the number and the quality of his troops, he did not venture outside the walls. The king's troops overran and ravaged the territories of Pellene, Phlius and Cleonae. At last, to show their contempt for the timidity of their enemy, they invaded the territory of Sicyon and, sailing along the Achaean seaboard, harried and wasted the land.
Their confidence, as is usually the case, made them careless, and their raids were conducted with an absence of all precautions. Seeing a possibility of a successful surprise attack, Nicostratus sent secret information to all the cities round as to what force each city should contribute and on what day they should all muster at Apelaurus, a place in Stymphalia. All being in readiness on the appointed day he made a night march district of Phlius to Cleonae, no one knowing what his object was. He had with him 5000 infantry, :ere light-armed troops, and also·300 cavalry. .P waited for the return of the scouting patrols whom he had sent out to ascertain in
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The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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