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Excerpt from Peloponnesian War, Vol. 2 About the 'same time Phaeax, son of Erasistratus, set isnici sail with twocolleagues as ambassador from Athens to Italy and Sicily. Therleontines, upon the'departure of the Athenians from Sicily after the pacification, ' had placed a number of new citizens upon the' roll, and the commons had a design for redividing the land; but the upper classes, aware of their 'intention, called in the Syracusans and expelled the commons. These last were scattered in various directions; but the upper classes came to an agreement with the Syracusans, abandoned and laid waste their city, and went and lived at Syracuse; whereathey were made citizens. Afterwards some of them 'were. Dissatisfiedyand leaving Syracuse occupied Phocmse, a quarter of the town of Leontini, and Bricin niae, a strong place'in the Leontine country, and-being there joined by most 'of the exiled' commons carried (in war from the fortifications. The Athenians hearing this, sent tax to see if they could not by some means so convince their allies there and the rest of the Sicilians of the ambitious desighs of.syracuse, f as to induce'them to form a general coalition against her, and thus save the 'com mons of Leontini. Arrived in Sicily, Phaeax succeeded at Camarina and'agrig'entum, but meeting with a 'repulse at Gela did not go on to the rest, as he saw that he should not succeed with them, but returned -through the country of the Sicels to Catana, and after visiting Bricinniae as he passed, and encouraging its inhabitants, 'sailed back1 to Athens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a b