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During this period Greece was the scene of disturbances and revolutionary movements from which arose the war called Lamian.1 The reason was this. The king had ordered all his satraps to dissolve their armies of mercenaries,2 and as they obeyed his instructions, all Asia was overrun with soldiers released from service and supporting themselves by plunder. Presently they began assembling from all directions at Taenarum in Laconia,

1 Justin 13.5.1-8. The war did not actually break out until after Alexander's death, and Diodorus gives an account of it later (Book 18.8 ff.) which repeats some of this material.

2 Cp. chap. 106.3.

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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