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165 BC (search for this): book 31, chapter 1
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,