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Illyria (search for this): book 5, chapter 101
Greece (Greece) (search for this): book 5, chapter 101
Italy (Italy) (search for this): book 5, chapter 101
Macedonia (Macedonia) (search for this): book 5, chapter 101
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Philip Hears of Thrasymene
Accordingly, when he heard that the galleys of
Scerdilaidas were committing acts of piracy off Malea, and
treating all merchants as open enemies, and had treacherously
seized some of his own vessels which were at anchor at
Leucas, he fitted out twelve decked ships, eight open
vessels, and thirty light craft called hemioliae,According to Suidas, these were light vessels used by pirates: but whether
the name arose from their construction, capacity, or the number of their oars,
seems uncertain. According to Hesychius they had two banks of oars
(di/krotos nau=s: ploi=on mikro/n). and sailed
through the Euripus in hot haste to come up with the
Illyrians; exceedingly excited about his plans for carrying on the war against the Aetolians, as he knew nothing as
yet of what had happened in Italy. For the defeat of the
Romans by Hannibal in Etruria took place while Philip was
besieging Thebes, but the report of that occurrence had not
yet reached Greece. Philip arrived
Patrae (Greece) (search for this): book 5, chapter 101
Thebes (Greece) (search for this): book 5, chapter 101
217 BC (search for this): book 5, chapter 101