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[4] Accordingly he drew up his army in line of battle immediately at the close of the assembly and advanced upon the city. Since no one disputed with him the open country, he entered fearlessly within the walls, and making his way through Achradina1 encamped in the market-place, no one daring to come out against him.

1 See Plutarch's account in Plut. Dion 28-29. Achradina (Plut. Dion 29.1) is an extension of the city, covering the eastern part of the plateau of Epipolae.

Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.

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