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Contents of the Fifteenth Book of Diodorus
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The garrison in the Cadmeia under the exhortations of their
commanders stoutly defended themselves against their adversaries, expecting that the
Lacedaemonians would come shortly with a large army. Now as long as they had sufficient food,
they held out stubbornly against the attacks and slew and wounded many of their besiegers,
supported by the strength of the citadel; but when the scarcity of provisions increased and the
Lacedaemonians, occupied in mustering forces, were long in coming, dissension spread amongst
them.
[2]
For the Lacedaemonians among them thought they should
hold out till death, while their partners in war from the allied cities, who were many times
their number, declared themselves for surrendering the Cadmeia. Under such compulsion even the
men from Sparta itself, who were but few, joined in the evacuation of the citadel. These
therefore capitulated on terms and returned to the Peloponnese;
[3]
but the Lacedaemonians advanced with a considerable force on Thebes, and, coming just too
late, were unsuccessful in their attack.1 They put on trial the three officers of the garrison, sentenced
two to death, and inflicted so heavy a fine upon the third that his estate could not pay it.
[4]
Subsequently the Athenians returned home, and the Thebans
assailed Thespiae but were unsuccessful in their attack.While
these things were taking place in Greece, the Romans dispatched five hundred colonists, who
were to be exempt from taxes, to Sardinia.2
1 Cp. Xen. Hell. 5.4.13-18, Plut. Pelopidas 13.
2 The Romans were scarcely interested in Sardinia before the first Punic War. Hence Satricum, a city of Latium, may be the correct reading. Cp. Livy 6.16.6.
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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