He had been left by Alexander at Ecbatana in charge of the royal treasures since the treasures, and appears also to have held the important satrapy of Babylon.So great was the discouragement of the Lacedaemonians at the loss of their fleet that the Ephor Endius proceeded to Athens to treat for peace on the basis of both parties standing just as they were.Leosthenes, desirous to finish the war at a blow, pressed the siege with the utmost vigour; but his assaults were repulsed, and he was compelled to resort to the slower method of a blockade.460 they sent a powerful fleet to Egypt to assist Inarus, who had revolted against Persia; but this expedition proved a complete failure, for at the end of six years the revolt was put down by the Persians, and the Athenian fleet destroyed (B.
After the fall of Tyre, Alexander marched with his army towards Egypt, whilst his fleet proceeded along the coast.] He was brought before the dicastery on this charge the Spartans found themselves compelled to acquiesce, and sentenced to pay a considerable fine; but eventually a s trong reaction occurred in his favour.He now resolved to collect the whole forces of his empire, and to lead them in person against Athens.He succeeded in persuading the Milesians to make him a large grant of money, whilst the leading men even came forward with private subscriptions.Ptolemy Ceraunus quitted Egypt in disgust, and fled to the court of Lysimachus; and Arsinoe, the wife of Lysimachus, jealous of her stepson Agathocles, the heir apparent to the throne, and desirous of securing the succession for her own children greater than any they, conspired with Ptolemy Ceraunus against the life of Agathocles.
But the Athenian reverses did not end here.Thus terminated this mighty but unsuccessful expedition.In spite which was intrusted to the command of the Athenian Callippus, however, of the disgraceful flight of their general, the right wing maintained their ground for a considerable time, till some cavalry and peltasts issuing from Amphipolis attacked them in flank and rear, and compelled them to fly.Lysander had taken up his station at Ephesus, with the Lacedaemonian fleet of 70 triremes; and when Cyrus arrived at Sardis, in the spring of 407 B.C.Aratus was so hard pressed that he was compelled to solicit the assistance of the Macedonians.During his administration 1000 Athenian citizens we re settled in the Thracian Chersonese, 500 in Naxos, and 250 in Andros.
At the age of 80 the indomitable old man proceeded with a force of 1000 hoplites to assist Tachos, king of Egypt, in his revolt against Persia.Long speeches were a Spartan’s abhorrence, and he was trained to express himself with sententious brevity.Little is known of Athens before the age of Solon.He was a native of Samos and was born about B.His youth encouraged the AEtolians to make predatory incursions into the Peloponnesus.Sparta ratified the treaty for herself and her allies; but Athens took the oaths only for herself, and was followed separately by her allies.The latter were in a state of abject poverty, They had borrowed money from the wealthy at exorbitant rates of interest upon the security of their property and their persons.
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