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διῳκημένων δὲ πάντων αὐτῷ καλῶς ἀσπασάμενος τοὺς Ἕλληνας, καὶ παρακαλέσας τοὺς Μακεδόνας μεμνῆσθαι τῆς δεδομένης ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐλευθερίας σῴζοντας αὐτὴν δι᾽ εὐνομίας καὶ ὁμονοίας, ἀνέζευξεν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἤπειρον, ἔχων δόγμα συγκλήτου τοὺς συμμεμαχημένους αὐτῷ τὴν πρὸς Περσέα μάχην στρατιώτας ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ πόλεων ὠφελῆσαι.
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βουλόμενος δὲ πᾶσιν ἅμα καὶ μηδενὸς προσδοκῶντος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐξαίφνης ἐπιπεσεῖν, μετεπέμψατο τοὺς πρώτους ἐξ ἑκάστης
πόλεως ἄνδρας δέκα, καὶ προσέταξεν αὐτοῖς, ὅσος ἄργυρός ἐστι καὶ χρυσὸς ἐν οἰκίαις καὶ ἱεροῖς, ἡμέρᾳ ῥητῇ καταφέρειν.
ἑκάστοις δὲ συνέπεμψεν ὡς ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ δὴ τοῦτο φρουρὰν στρατιωτῶν καὶ ταξίαρχον προσποιούμενον ζητεῖν καὶ παραλαμβάνειν τὸ χρυσίον.
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ἐνστάσης δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας, ὑφ᾽ ἕνα καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν ἅμα καιρὸν ὁρμήσαντες ἐτράποντο πρὸς καταδρομὴν καὶ διαρπαγὴν τῶν πόλεων, ὥστε ὥρᾳ μιᾷ πεντεκαίδεκα ἀνθρώπων ἐξανδραποδισθῆναι μυριάδας, ἑβδομήκοντα δὲ πόλεις πορθηθῆναι,
γενέσθαι δ᾽ ἀπὸ τοσαύτης φθορᾶς καὶ πανωλεθρίας ἑκάστῳ στρατιώτῃ τὴν
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δόσιν οὐ μείζον᾽ ἕνδεκα δραχμῶν, φρῖξαι δὲ πάντας ἀνθρώπους τὸ τοῦ πολέμου τέλος, εἰς μικρὸν οὕτω τὸ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον λῆμμα καὶ κέρδος ἔθνους ὅλου κατακερματισθέντος.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
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