On Sparta (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch

Author:Plutarch [Plutarch]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780140449433
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2005-05-25T16:00:00+00:00

14. The Mantineans, then, were the first to appeal to him. And when he crept into the city by night, they expelled the Achaean garrison with his help, and then put themselves at his disposal. He restored them both their laws and their constitution, and on the same day marched off to Tegea. A little later he made a detour through Arcadia and descended upon Pharae in Achaea, with the aim of either provoking a battle with the Achaeans or discrediting Aratus for having run away and abandoned the area27 to him. Though Hyperbatas was general at the time, Aratus in fact exercised complete authority among the Achaeans. The Achaeans came out in full force and pitched camp at Dymae, 28 near the Hecatombaeum. When Cleomenes came up, it did not strike him as a good plan to place his camp between the hostile city of Dymae and the Achaean army. So he took the risk of challenging the Achaeans and forcing them to engage. He won a pitched battle by routing their phalanx: many of them were killed in the fighting, while many survivors were taken prisoner. Cleomenes then made an assault on Lasium, 29 expelled its Achaean garrison and handed the city to the Eleans.

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