Arrival of Aemilius. He summo二a council of war一 Lucius Aemilius Regilius, who succeeded to the command of the fleet, was met at the Piraeus by Epicrates. On hearing of the defeat of the Rhodians, as he himself had only two quinqueremes, he took Epicrates and his four ships with him to Asia, and some ships from Athens accompanied him. He crossed the Aegean to Chios. Timasicrates the Rhodian arrived there in the dead of night with two ouinaueremes from z)amos。and on DeinL conauctea to Aemilius。explained tnat ne had been sent as an escort because the king's ships made those waters dangerous for transports by their constant excursions from the Hellespont and from Abydos. Whilst Aemilius was crossing from Chios to Samos he was met by two Rhodian quadriremes sent to him by Livius, and Eumenes also met hire with two quinqueremes. On his arrival at Samos, Aemilius took over the fleet from Livius, and after the customary sacrifices had been duly offered he called a council of war. Livius was first asked for his opinion. He said that no one couia give more sincere advice than the man who advised another to do what he would himself do. were he in his place. me naa naa it in nis mina to sau to hnnesus witn the whole of nls neet. incluainea a number of transports loaded witn ballast. and sinking these at the entrance of the harbour. This barrage would not involve much trouble because the mouth of the harbour was like that of a river, long, narrow and full of shoals. 玉b n仪. 奋‘心、2压 h七入 。贬ar。 way he would have prevented the enemy from operating,. lei