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[6] The whole story was investigated and the fact established. Dimnus stabbed himself on the spot,1 but Philotas, while acknowledging his carelessness, nevertheless denied that he had had any part in the plot and agreed to leave judgement concerning him to the Macedonians.

1 Others report that Dimnus killed himself (Curtius 6.7.29-30) or was killed resisting capture (Plut. Alexander 49.4).

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