The Aetolians make their submission to Rome.-Shortly before the fall of Heraclea the Aetolians, assembled in council at Hypata, sent a deputation to Antiochus including Thoas. who
J‘几~J， had·been sent be :fore .They were instructed to ask the king to call up his land and sea forces once more and cross over into Greece;if anvthing prevented him from doing this.then thev
J毛.声二吸~声产J were to ask him to send money and troops and to point out to him that it concerned his regal dignity and his personal honour not to betray his allies, and if he allowed the Romans after destrovinLy the Aetolians to have a Derfectly free hand and land in Asia with an tneir torces the very satety of nis iungaom would be imperilled. What they said was true and therefore made all the deeper impression on the king. He gave them money for their immediate requirements and pledged himself to send military and naval assistance. Thoas he kept with him, and the
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Thoas — a candidate entry
The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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