. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. 87 Pyrrhus 287-286 Lysimachus 286-280 Ptolemy Ceraunus and others 280-277 Antigonus Gonatas 27 7-239 Demetrius II 239-229 Antigonus Doson 229-220 Philip Y 220-178 220. THE JETOLIAN LEAGUE. 217 League was a confederation of tribes instead of cities, like theAchaean. The diet or council of the league, called the Panaetolicum,assembled every autumn, generally at Thermon, to elect the stra-tegus and other officers; but the details of its affairs were conductedby a committee called Apocleti, who seem to have formed a
. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. 87 Pyrrhus 287-286 Lysimachus 286-280 Ptolemy Ceraunus and others 280-277 Antigonus Gonatas 27 7-239 Demetrius II 239-229 Antigonus Doson 229-220 Philip Y 220-178 220. THE JETOLIAN LEAGUE. 217 League was a confederation of tribes instead of cities, like theAchaean. The diet or council of the league, called the Panaetolicum,assembled every autumn, generally at Thermon, to elect the stra-tegus and other officers; but the details of its affairs were conductedby a committee called Apocleti, who seem to have formed a sort ofpermanent council. The iEtolians had availed themselves of the dis-organised state of Greece consequent upon the death of Alexanderto extend their power, and had gradually made themselves mastersofLocris, Phocis, Bceotia, together with portions of Acarnania,Thessaly, and Epirus. Thus both the Amphictyonic Council andthe oracle of Delphi were in their power. They had early wrestedNaupactus from the Achaeans, and had subsequently acquiredseveral Peloponnesian Coin of Philip V., king of Macedonia. Such was the condition of the iEtolians at the time of Philipsaccession. Soon after that event we find them, under the leadershipof Dorimachus, engaged in a series of freebooting expeditions inMessenia, and other parts of Peloponnesus. Aratus marched to theassistance of the Messenians at the head of the Achaean forces, butwas totally defeated in a battle near Caphyae. The Achaeans nowsaw no hope of safety except through the assistance of young monarch was ambitious and enterprising, possessingconsiderable military ability and much political sagacity. Hereadily listened to the application of the Achaeans, and in 220entered into an alliance with them. The war which ensuedbetween the iEtolians on the one side, and the Achaeans, assistedby Philip, on the other, and which lasted about three years, hasbeen called the Social War, Philip gained several victories over
Size: 2215px × 1128px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookidsmallerhisto, bookyear1864
