In the war which he now waged as Seleucid-strategus against Demetrius he succeeded in subduing almost the whole of Palestine.
Ismenias had just been elected Strategus of Boeotia; but the party who had supported a rival candidate had in revenge obtained a decree of the league banishing the Boeotarchs from all the Boeotian cities.
The second congress of the year seems to mean not that held for election of the Strategus for the next year, which met about 12th May, but the second regular meeting in August.
Philopoemen secured the adhesion of Sparta to the Achaean league: but the Spartans were never united in their loyalty to it, and during his year as Strategus (B.
He was succeeded in his office of Strategus by Diaeus (autumn B.
The result was, that, on the Strategus quoting all the treaties, and pointing out in detail the differences between them, which turned out to be important, the assembly demanded to know which it was that it was renewing.
Lycortas the Achaean Strategus crushed the spirits of the Messenians in the war.
Diaeus having recently come to Corinth after being appointed Strategusby the vote of the people, Andronidas and others came from Caecilius Metellus.
Finally, he bade them speak to Alexamenus the Strategus of the Aetolians.
Besides being authorized to veto motions, the strategus (general) had practically the sole power of introducing measures before the assembly.
The hundreds of onlookers saw him embrace the young strategus in a manner belying any rumour of estrangement, whilst Democrates stood on the sand waving his good wishes until the admiral climbed the ladder of the Nausicaä.
Around it squatted seven men who rose and bowed as the strategus entered.
He is elected strategus for next year because of his proud patriotism.
But to-day the strategus Democrates knows our customs too well to thrust himself upon an Attic gentlewoman who finds herself alone save for one servant.
After arranging this settlement, Aratus broke up his camp; and going on himself to the congress from of the Achaeans, handed over the mercenaries to Lycus of Pharae, as the Sub-Strategus of the league.
Sidenote: Disorder in Achaia owing to the incompetence of the Strategus Eperatus.
Here again, as in 5, 1, the outgoing Strategus appears to go out of office at the time of the election of his successor (see note on ch.
Agelaus was elected Aetolian Strategusin the autumn of B.
But he was entirely subordinate, and did not even succeed to power on the death of a strategus during the year of office, as the vice-president in America does.
To save himself he gave half the Oropian money to Diaeus, his successor as Strategus (B.
The title of Achaean Strategus seems to have been revived under the Empire.
I speak of course of the restored league after the election of oneStrategus began, B.
The Achaean Strategus was elected in the middle of May, the Aetolian in the autumn.
He was a native of Megalopolis in Arcadia, and in 208 was elected Strategus of the league.
But the violent and impolitic conduct of Critolaus, then Strategus of the league, rendered all attempts at accommodation fruitless, and after the return of the ambassadors the Senate declared war against the league.
The strategus and the orator having drawn for the letters, the urns are prepared accordingly by one of the commissioners and the two censors.
The strategus and the orator sitting, are consuls, or presidents of the Senate.
But the power of the Council of War being the expedition of this commonwealth, and the martial law of the strategus in the field, are those only from which there shall lie no appeal to the people.
But the strategus with the six commissioners is the signory of this commonwealth, having right of session and suffrage in every council of the Senate, and power either jointly or severally to propose in all or any of them.
The livery of the commonwealth for the fashion or the color may be changed at the election of the strategus according to his fancy.
The strategus and the orator having begun, all the rest do the like.
Aratus, strategus of the Achaean League, is poisoned by Philip V of Macedon; this alienates from him many Greek states.
It was thus that Pericles was reinstated in his post of strategus as well as in his ascendency over the public counsels--seemingly about August or September, B.
It has been said that the qualification of the strategus was ten times that of the archon.
So I went to the Strategus and showed I had served, but I met with no satisfaction.
The strategus was elected each year in the spring meeting of the assembly and entered on his duties a short time after his election.
The meeting in the spring had to elect the officers for the coming year: and the strategusentered on his duties in May, at the rising of the Pleiades (Polybius V.
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