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War in Crete
AT this time the Cnosians, in alliance with the
B. C. 165. War in Crete of Cnosus and Gortyn against Rhaucus.
Gortynians, made war upon the Rhaucians, and
swore a mutual oath that they would not end
the war until they had taken Rhaucus.
But when the Rhodians received the decree regardingThe Rhodians are again refused an alliance.
Caunus, and saw that the anger of the Romans
was not abating, after having scrupulously carried
out the orders contained in the Senate's replies,
they forthwith sent Aristotle at the head of an embassy to
Rome, with instructions to make another attempt to secure the
alliance. They arrived in Rome at the height of summer, and,
having been admitted to the Senate, at once declared how
their people had obeyed the Senate's orders, and pleaded for
the alliance, using a great variety of arguments in a speech of
considerable length. But the Senate returned them a reply in
which, without a word about their friendship, they said that, as
to the alliance,
The Achaean Prisoners Detained
The Senate next called in the Rhodians and heard
Rhodians appeal against the injury done to their trade, B. C. 165.
what they had to say. When Astymedes entered,
he adopted a more moderate and more effective
line of argument than on his former embassy. He
omitted the invectives against others, and took
the humble tone of men who are being flogged, begging to be forgiven, and declaring that his country had suffered sufficient
punishment, and a more severe one than its crime deserved. Speech of Astymedes. And
then he went briefly through the list of the Rhodian
losses. "First, they have lost Lycia and Caria,
which had already cost them a large sum of
money, having been forced to support three wars against them;
while at the present moment they have been deprived of a considerable revenue which they used to draw from those countries.
But perhaps," he added, "this is as it should be: you gave
them to our people as a free gift, because you regarded us
with f
Envoys from Achaia in the Senate
After an interval the envoys of the Achaeans were
B. C. 165. Embassy from Achaia asking for the trial or release of
the Achaean détenus, who to the number of over 1000
had been summoned to Italy in B. C. 167. See 30, 13. Pausan. 7.10.11.
admitted with instructions conformable to the
last reply received, which was to the effect that
"The Senate were surprised that they should
apply to them for a decision on matters which they
had already decided for themselves." Accordingly another embassy under Eureas now appeared
to explain that "The league had neither heard
the defence of the accused persons, nor given
any decision whatever concerning them; but
wished the Senate to take measures in regard
to these men, that they might have a trial and not perish
uncondemned. They begged that, if possible, the Senate
should itself conduct the investigation, and declare who are the
persons guilty of those charges; but, if its variety of business
made it impossible to