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Conclusion of Book 2
My reason for writing about this war at such length,
was the advisability, or rather necessity, in view of the general
purpose of my history, of making clear the relations existing
between Macedonia and Greece at a time which coincides
with the period of which I am about to treat.
Just about the same time, by the death of Euergetes,B. C. 284-280. B. C. 224-220.
Ptolemy Philopator succeeded to the throne of Egypt. At the
same period died Seleucus, son of that Seleucus who had the
double surnames of Callinicus and Pogon: he was succeeded
on the throne of Syria by his brother Antiochus. The deaths of
these three sovereigns—Antigonus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus—fell
in the same Olympiad, as was the case with the
three immediate successors to Alexander the
Great,—Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Lysimachus,—
for the latter all died in the 124th Olympiad, and the former
in the 139th.
I may now fitly close this book. I have completed the
introduction and laid the foundation on which
Why Begin With This Period of History
I thought this was the best point; first, because it is there
Reasons for starting from this point. (1.) The fact that the history of
Aratus ends at that point. (2.) The possibility of getting good evidence. (3.) The changes
in the various governments in the 139th Olympiad. B. C. 224-220
that Aratus leaves off, and I meant my work, as
far as it was Greek history, to be a continuation
of his; and, secondly, because the period thus
embraced in my history would fall partly in the
life of my father, and partly in my own; and
thus I should be able to speak as eye-witness
of some of the events, and from the information
of eye-witnesses of others. To go further back
and write the report of a report, traditions at
second or third hand, seemed to me unsatisfactory either with a view to giving clear impressions
or making sound statements.Philip, son of Macedonia;But, above
all, I began at this period because it was then that the history
of the whole world
Lukewarmness of the Allies
These events occurred in the previous Olympiad,The Olympiads being counted from the summer solstice, these events
139th Olympiad, B. C. 224-220; 140th Olympiad, B. C. 220-216.
occurring before midsummer of B. C. 220 belong to the 139th Olympiad. The
140th begins with midsummer B. C. 220. what
I am now going to relate belong to the 140th.
The resolutions passed by the Achaean
The Achaean league determine upon war with the Aetolians, and send round to their allies for assistance.
federal assembly were these. That embassies
should be sent to Epirus, Boeotia, Phocis,
Acarnania, and Philip, to declare how the Aetolians, in defiance
of treaty, had twice entered Achaia with arms,
and to call upon them for assistance in virtue of
their agreement, and for their consent to the
admission of the Messenians into the alliance.
Next, that the Strategus of the Achaeans should
enrol five thousand foot and five hundred horse,
and support the Messenians in case the Aetolians