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458 B.C.At the close of the year Bion was archon
in Athens, and in Rome Publius Servilius Structus
and Lucius Aebutius Albas succeeded to the consulship. During this year a quarrel arose between
the Corinthians and Megarians over land on their borders and the cities went to war. At first they kept making raids on each other's territory and engaging
in clashes of small parties; but as the quarrel increased, the Megarians, who were increasingly
getting the worse of it and stood in fear of the Corinthians, made allies of the Athenians.
As a result the cities were again equal in military strength,
and when the Corinthians together with Peloponnesians advanced into Megaris with a strong army, the Athenians sent troops to the aid
of the Megarians under the command of Myronides, a man who was admired for his valour. A fierce
engagement took place which lasted a long time and each side matched the other in deeds of
courage, but at last victor