...city, and to stay the advance of Metellus and the Romans, should they march that way. When the picked Arcadian troops had been overthrown near Chaeroneia, Metellus moved his army and marched against Thebes , for the Thebans had joined the Achaeans in investing Heracleia, and had taken part in the engagement of Scarpheia. Then the inhabitants, of both sexes and of all ages, abandoned the city and wandere...